Our program recognizes the incredible recording legacy of eighth music director Sir Georg Solti, the reigning Grammy champion with 31 awards to his credit, including 24 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Two of the best orchestral performance awardees—Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique—bookend this program, along with selections from Haydn’s The Creation and Verdi’s Requiem, both winners for best choral performance.
Sir Georg Solti: Grammy Champ
Sir Georg Solti
Playlist
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, by Richard Strauss
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
“Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes” from The Creation, by Joseph Haydn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, chorus director
Sanctus from Messa da Requiem, by Giuseppe Verdi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, chorus director
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, by Hector Berlioz
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, conductor