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Classical
The history of the Chorus began in 1957, when sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Hillis accepted the challenge, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus first performed in March and April 1958.
![]() | Rich Brunner voc US |
![]() | Mary Ann Beatty voc |
![]() | James P. Yarbrough voc |
![]() | Edward K. Osaki voc |
![]() | Kip Snyder voc, b |
![]() | Charles M. Olson voc, b |
![]() | Kathy Kerchner voc |
![]() | Gail Friesema voc |
![]() | Elizabeth Hare |
![]() | Sarah Herbert |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Messa da Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Barbara Frittoli / Olga Borodina, Mario Zeffiri / Ildar Abdrazakov, Chicago Symphony Chorus | 2010 | Album |
Daphnis et Chloé / Gloria | Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Jessica Rivera, Bernard Haitink | 2009 | Album |
Mahler 2 | Gustav Mahler, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Miah Persson, Christianne Stotijn, Bernard Haitink | 2009 | Album |
Symphonies (Symphony Of Psalms · In C · In 3 Movements) | Igor Stravinsky - Georg Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1999 | Album |
La Marseillaise | Placido Domingo, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 1998 | Single |
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg | Richard Wagner, Georg Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillion, Alan Opie, Herbert Lippert, René Pape | 1997 | Album |
Daniel BARENBOIM BERLIOZ RAVEL | Daniel Barenboim, Placido Domingo, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, Donald Peck | 1996 | Compil. |
Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' | Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Aleksashkin, Anthony Hopkins, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1995 | Album |
Otello | Luciano Pavarotti · Giuseppe Verdi · Kiri Te Kanawa · Leo Nucci · The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus · Georg Solti | 1995 | Album |
Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi - Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier, Placido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 1994 | Album |
Missa Solemnis Op. 123 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Barenboim, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1994 | Album |
El Mesías (Selección) / La Creación (Selección) | Georg Friedrich Händel / Joseph Haydn – Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1993 | Album |
Oedipus Rex | Igor Stravinsky, Philip Langridge • Florence Quivar • James Morris • Jan-Hendrik Rootering • Donald Kaasch • Jules Bastin, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Levine | 1993 | Album |
Cantata Profana Sz 94 / The Wooden Prince Sz 60 (Op. 13) | Béla Bartók - Pierre Boulez, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1992 | Album |
Otello | Giuseppe Verdi · Luciano Pavarotti / Kiri Te Kanawa / Leo Nucci / Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1991 | Album |
Otello (Excerpts) | Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci, Georg Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1991 | Album |
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 | Charles Ives - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1991 | Album |
Messiah - Great Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1991 | Album |
The Lovers / Prayers Of Kierkegaard | Samuel Barber - Dale Duesing, Sarah Reese, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Andrew Schenck | 1991 | Album |
Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Arias And Choruses) | Johann Sebastian Bach / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tom Krause / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1990 | Album |
Choruses | Giuseppe Verdi, Chicago Symphony Chorus Director: Margaret Hillis - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1990 | Album |
Hallelujah - Famous Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1989 | Compil. |
La Damnation De Faust | Hector Berlioz, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Frederica von Stade, Malcolm King, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1989 | Album |
Daniel Barenboim - Brahms | Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Janet Williams, Thomas Hampson, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1988 | Compil. |
Holidays Symphony • The Unanswered Question • Central Park In The Dark | Charles Ives - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1988 | Album |
Symphony No. 9 | Ludwig van Beethoven - Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1987 | Album |
Ludwig Van Beethoven; The Nine Symphonies, Volume III | Ludwig van Beethoven, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis | 1987 | Compil. |
A Faust Symphony | Franz Liszt / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1986 | Album |
Bear Down, Chicago Bears | Georg Solti Conducts The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1986 | Album |
Messiah Arias & Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1986 | Album |
Carmina Burana | Carl Orff - June Anderson · Bernd Weikl · Philip Creech, Chicago Symphony Chorus And The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1985 | Album |
Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, Gwynne Howell, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1985 | Album |
Moses Und Aron | Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1985 | Album |
A German Requiem | Johannes Brahms - Kathleen Battle • Håkan Hagegård • Chicago Symphony Chorus • Margaret Hillis • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra • James Levine | 1984 | Album |
A German Requiem / Songs Of Brahms | Johannes Brahms - Kathleen Battle • Håkan Hagegård, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1984 | Album |
Sinfonía Nº 9 En Re Menor, Opus 125 "Coral" 1º Parte | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1983 | Album |
Sinfonía Nº 9 En Re Menor, Opus 125 "Coral" 2º Parte | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1983 | Album |
Die Schöpfung | Joseph Haydn, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1982 | Album |
La Damnation De Faust | Hector Berlioz, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Riegel, Frederica von Stade, José van Dam, Malcolm King, Georg Solti | 1982 | Album |
Fidelio Highlights | Ludwig van Beethoven, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti, Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann, Hans Sotin, Theo Adam | 1981 | Album |
Symphonie No. 8 - Te Deum | Anton Bruckner, Daniel Barenboim, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Jessye Norman, Yvonne Minton, David Rendall, Samuel Ramey | 1981 | Album |
Symphonie Nr. 7/ Helgoland • 150. Psalm | Anton Bruckner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Daniel Barenboim, Ruth Welting | 1980 | Album |
Fidelio | Ludwig Van Beethoven - Hildegard Behrens • Peter Hofmann • Hans Sotin • Theo Adam • Sona Ghazarian • David Kuebler • Gwynne Howell • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1980 | Album |
The Flying Dutchman - Highlights | Richard Wagner • Georg Solti, Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, Martti Talvela, René Kollo, Werner Krenn, Isola Jones, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1979 | Album |
A German Requiem - Variations On A Theme By Haydn | Johannes Brahms / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Kiri Te Kanawa, Georg Solti, Bernd Weikl, Margaret Hillis | 1979 | Album |
Four Sacred Pieces | Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
Missa Solemnis | Ludwig van Beethoven - Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton, Mallory Walker, Gwynne Howell, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis | 1978 | Album |
Der Fliegende Holländer | Richard Wagner - Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, René Kollo, Isola Jones, Werner Krenn, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1977 | Album |
Symphonie No.2 | Gustav Mahler, Marilyn Horne, Carol Neblett, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | 1977 | Album |
Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti, Leontyne Price, Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1977 | Album |
Symphony No. 3 In D Minor | Gustav Mahler - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Marilyn Horne | 1976 | Album |
Messe In H-Moll | Johann Sebastian Bach, Felicity Lott · Anne Sofie Von Otter · Hans Peter Blochwitz · William Shimell · Gwynne Howell, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1974 | Album |
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral' | Ludwig van Beethoven - Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus / Pilar Lorengar / Yvonne Minton / Stuart Burrows / Martti Talvela | 1972 | Album |
Symphonies 1 And 9 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Fritz Reiner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1962 | Album |
The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz 73 / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Sz 106 | Béla Bartók - Pierre Boulez, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | Album | |
Te Deum • Helgoland • 150.Psalm | Anton Bruckner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Daniel Barenboim | Album | |
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 | Gustav Mahler, Carol Neblett • Marilyn Horne • Frederica von Stade, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado | Compil. | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream • Ein Sommernachtstraum • Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete / Rosamunde | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Franz Schubert - Judith Blegen • Florence Quivar • Chicago Symphony Chorus • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra • James Levine | Album |