December 26
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
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
1979
Béla Bartók
Cantata profana
John Aler, tenor
John Tomlinson, baritone
Pierre Boulez, conductor
1991
Johannes Brahms
A German Requiem
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Bernd Weikl, baritone
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1978 (London)