Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Solti (2-CD)

“This is a fine performance, and one which can stand beside any which has been recorded . . . Solti has his own qualities, and is favored with at least two incomparable performances among his soloists.” — Gramophone

Sir Georg Solti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, dutifully prepared by longtime director Margaret Hillis, in Verdi’s iconic Messa da Requiem — a recorded account of the famed concerts presented by the CSO in April 1975 and again in May 1977.

1977 Grammy® Award, Best Classical Performance–Choral

Verdi Messa da Requiem (Requiem Mass)
Leontyne Price soprano
Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
Veriano Luchetti tenor
José van Dam bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
June 1977, Medinah Temple, Chicago

Discs: 2
Record Label: RCA
Release Date: November 8, 2004