Chicago Symphony Chorus
The Chicago Symphony Chorus is among the best choruses attached to a world-class symphony orchestra. It was established in 1957, when the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, engaged Margaret Hillis to develop a permanent chorus of a quality fit to partner the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at its concerts. Hillis already had a record of achievement: she was a junior golf champion and a civilian flying instructor for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She studied music at Indiana University and the Juilliard School (she had been a tuba and string bass player in her high school band), became assistant to America's leading choral conductor, Robert Shaw, and was conductor of the chorus of the American Opera Society in New York. She quickly fulfilled the mission given her by Reiner, developing one of the world's greatest choral groups.
Recordings of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with its chorus have won a number of Grammy Awards. It also appears with visiting symphony orchestras when they wish to perform a choral/orchestral work. The chorus also tours with the orchestra and has been critically acclaimed for its performances in Europe, which include Berlioz's Damnation of Faust, Schoenberg's Moses und Aron, and Brahms' Requiem.
In 1994 Duain Wolfe succeeded Hillis as the chorus' director. He originated the orchestra and chorus' popular Welcome Yule! Christmas concert programs.
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Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase, Piano Concerto, Prométhée
Anatol Ugorski, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1999
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Sir Georg Solti, Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 mai 1981
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Duain Wolfe, Pierre Boulez
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1996
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Liszt: A Faust Symphony
Sir Georg Solti, Siegfried Jerusalem, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 août 1986
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Riccardo Muti Ccnducts Italian Masterworks (Live)
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Chicago Symphony Chorus, Riccardo Zanellato, Chicago Children's Choir
Classique - Paru chez CSO Resound le 7 déc. 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), James Levine
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1990
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie (Live) (Live)
Riccardo Muti, Gérard Depardieu, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Mario Zeffiri, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Kyle Ketelsen
Musique symphonique - Paru chez CSO Resound le 11 sept. 2015
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Shostakovich : Symphony No.13, Op.113 "Babi Yar" (Live)
Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Chicago Symphony Chorus, Alexey Tikhomirov
Classique - Paru chez CSO Resound le 17 janv. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Orff: Carmina Burana
June Anderson, Philip Creech, Bernd Weikl, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), James Levine
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1985
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Stravinsky: Symphony in C/Symphony in 3 Movements/Symphonie de Psaumes
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1999
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Liszt: Faust Symphony; Dante Symphony; Les Préludes; Prometheus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Chicago Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jesús López-Cobos
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2000
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Bach, J.S. St. Matthew Passion - Arias & Choruses
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schoenberg: Kol Nidre - Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Riccardo Muti, Alberto Mizrahi, Ildar Abdrazakov, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Duain Wolfe
Classique - Paru chez CSO Resound le 29 sept. 2016
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
Sir Georg Solti, Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 3 déc. 1984
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (Live In Chicago / 1992)
Sir Georg Solti, Ruth Ziesak, Uwe Heilmann, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 4 déc. 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Messiah
Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: Opera Choruses
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Sir Georg Solti
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orff: Carmina Burana
June Anderson, Philip Creech, Bernd Weikl, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), James Levine, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Schubert: Rosamunde
Judith Blegen, Florence Quivar, James Levine, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9; Psalm 150
Ruth Welting, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Daniel Barenboim
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 20 août 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo