February 8
Solti Conducts Beethoven and Liszt
This week, we hear two Grammy Award-winning recordings of Sir Georg Solti and the CSO. Opening the broadcast is Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Vladimir Ashkenazy. Next, we hear Liszt’s A Faust Symphony, featuring vocal soloist Siegfried Jerusalem and the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 19
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1972 (London)
Franz Liszt
A Faust Symphony
Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1986 (London)