Duration
23 Min
Solti conducts Strauss: Four Last Songs – with Lucia Popp
Concert
Chicago Symphony
Production Date: 19/10/1977
23 Min
Soprano Lucia Popp joins Georg Solti and his Chicago Symphony Orchestra for one of Richard Strauss's most beloved works, his valedictory Four Last Songs, completed shortly before his death in 1949. Solti both knew Strauss and was chosen to conduct the music at his funeral, so brings unique insight into these beautiful songs, while Lucia Popp was one of the finest sopranos of her generation, renowned especially for her singing of Mozart and Strauss. This performance, captured in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, is one to treasure.
- Soloist:
- Lucia Popp (Soprano)
- Ensemble:
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Sir Georg Solti
