This is the finest orchestra in world, in my opinion. The Chicago Symphony is the mack-daddy/big cheese of professional orchestras. They have always had the finest brass section in the world (which I am treating you with in this video) and have a marvelous Clarinet Section to boot. Everybody else is, you know, unreal! Basically, the last chair, inside, 2nd violinist would be playing high 1st part in some other orchestra.
This is a 1993 performance and profile of the CSO playing Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" with Daniel Barenboim conducting. This is, by far, my favorite work of Strauss (which sucks because I've been called to play it twice down here and haven't been able to.) Even more fascinating is Barenboim's marriage to Jacqueline DuPre and his care for her until her untimely death from MS in 1987. She is also a subject of the movie "Hilary and Jackie." Oh, and she was one of the finest instrumentalists of her generation. Enjoy Barenboim, the CSO and Ein Heldenleben.
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