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!"
Philip Kraus, A. Robert Johnson, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
3. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Fritz Kreisler)
Act 1, "Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern"
Benedictus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Yvonne Minton, Gwynne Howell, Georg Solti, Mallory Walker