April 13
A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight
This week, we take a look back at Grammy-winning performances by the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Music directors Daniel Barenboim and Sir Georg Solti conduct Bruckner’s Psalm 150 and Brahms’s A German Requiem. Former principal guest conductor Pierre Boulez conducts Bartók’s Cantata profana.
Anton Bruckner
Psalm 150
Ruth Welting soprano
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1979 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Béla Bartók
Cantata profana
John Aler tenor
John Tomlinson baritone
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Pierre Boulez conductor
1991 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Johannes Brahms
A German Requiem
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
Bernd Weikl baritone
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1978 (London)