This week, Bernard Haitink leads the CSO in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, featuring vocalists Miah Persson and Christianne Stotijn, alongside the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Opening the broadcast, Pierre Boulez leads Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy.
Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
Pierre Boulez conductor
1995 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)
Bernard Haitink conductor
Miah Persson soprano
Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
2008 (CSO Resound)
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host
25-22
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