Celebrating the career of Duain Wolfe, the second director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9. The broadcast begins with choral selections from Verdi’s Messa de Requiem, Macbeth, Nabucco, and Otello, all recorded for CSO Resound.
Muti Conducts Beethoven 9
Duain Wolfe (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)
Playlist
All pieces feature the Chicago Symphony Chorus directed by Duain Wolfe
Verdi: Fuoco di gioia! from Otello
Verdi: Gli arredi festivi from Nabucco
Verdi: Patria oppressa! from Macbeth
Verdi: Sanctus from Messa da Requiem
Verdi: Libera me from Messa da Requiem
Barbara Frittoli, soprano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
Janai Brugger, soprano; Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Johansson, tenor; Tareq Nazmi, bass