Ludwig van Beethoven, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti – Symphony No. 9 Opus 125 'Choral' (VG+/VG+) – LP, EU 1987

Symphony No. 9 Opus 125 'Choral' is an LP by Ludwig van Beethoven, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1987 released on the Decca label.

About this album

Georg Solti’s Beethoven Ninth is a gripping, high-discipline reading of the Choral Symphony, driven by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Recorded with exceptional clarity, it brings drama, precision and large-scale momentum to Beethoven’s final symphony, balancing fierce orchestral attack with the human warmth of the “Ode to Joy” finale. The distinguished solo quartet, including Martti Talvela, Pilar Lorengar, Stuart Burrows and Yvonne Minton, adds vocal weight and character to a performance that reflects Solti’s reputation for taut, electrifying orchestral control. First issued in 1972, it remains one of the era’s most admired accounts of this landmark work.