CSO: Ludwig van Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Center
In addition to the composer’s symphonies, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has recorded Beethoven’s overtures and piano concertos — featuring pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy, Van Cliburn, and Artur Schnabel — as well as Fidelio and the Missa solemnis with the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Act 1, "O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra· Philip Kraus· Georg Solti· A. Robert Johnson· Chicago Symphony Chorus
3. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Fritz Kreisler)
Act 1, "Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern"
Benedictus
Mallory Walker· Gwynne Howell· Chicago Symphony Orchestra· Chicago Symphony Chorus· Georg Solti· Yvonne Minton· Lucia Popp