CD From the Archives, Vol. 22: Chicago Symphony Chorus, A Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration

Contents:

Disc 1:

Johann Sebastian Bach, Selections from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Recorded December 16, 1999

Peter Schreier (conductor)
Duain Wolfe (chorus director)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kyrie in D minor, K. 341
Recorded March 3 & 5, 1983

Claudio Abbado (conductor)
James Winfield (chorus director)

Claude Debussy, Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Recorded February 4 & 6, 1982

Laura Stanley (soprano)
Kathleen Karnes-Ferrin (mezzo-soprano)
Karen Zajac (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Dymit (tenor)
Dale Prest (baritone)
Margaret Hillis (conductor and chorus director)

Stephen Foster, Camptown Races (Arranged by David Cullen)
Recorded July 4, 1992

Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
James Levine (conductor)
Cheryl Frazes Hill (chorus director)

Traditional, I've Just Come from the Fountain (Arranged by Carl Davis)
Recorded July 4, 1992

Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
James Levine (conductor)
Cheryl Frazes Hill (chorus director)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Scherzo: The Waves
Recorded May 15, 1980

Raymond Leppard (conductor)
Margaret Hillis (chorus director)

William Walton, Belshazzar's Feast
November 4 & 6, 1976

Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
Margaret Hillis (chorus director)

Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder: Seht die Sonne
Recorded June 26, 1987

James Levine (conductor)
Margaret Hillis (chorus director)

Disc 2:

Johann Sebastian Bach, Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50
Recorded December 20 & 22, 1984

Margaret Hillis (conductor and chorus director)

Richard Strauss, Die Tageszeiten, Op. 76
Recorded November 10, 1979

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
James Winfield (chorus director)

Modest Mussorgsky, Salammbô: Chorus of Priestesses
Recorded March 7, 1981

Lucia Valenti-Terrani (mezzo-soprano)
Philip Kraus (baritone)
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Margaret Hillis (chorus director)

Modest Mussorgsky, Joshua
Recorded March 7, 1981

Lucia Valenti-Terrani (mezzo-soprano)
Philip Kraus (baritone)
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Margaret Hillis (chorus director)

Igor Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms
Recorded November 2, 2000

Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Duain Wolfe (chorus director)

Giuseppe Verdi, Selections from Messa da Requiem
Recorded November 14, 1968

Martina Arroyo (soprano)
Jean Martinon (conductor)
Margaret Hillis (chorus director)

Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

All performances recorded live by WFMT-FM, Chicago, and furnished for this release by the Samuel R. and Marie Louise Rosenthal Archives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.