"One for the Road:" Chicago Symphony Orchestra

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 2, 2010 10:40PM

The Grammy Awards were announced today and there was some discussion as to how we should cover it. Overall, we were sort of "meh" about it, but Mavis Staples did get a well-deserved nod and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra earned two more nominations in its storied history, for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance (for the recording of Verdi's Requiem with the CSO Chrous) and for Best Orchestral Performance (for the recording of works by Stravinsky).

Our familiarity with the CSO dates back to Sir Georg Solti, who was the conductor who effectively transformed the orchestra into the internationally renowned powerhouse it is today. We thought we'd look at those days today. Here is Mahler's Symphony No. 5, second movement.