"Revelatory...chorus and orchestra are astonishing: both of them very fine bodies and, here, responding to Zinman's idea of the music as though for joy and with the assurance of true virtuosos...exhilarating and quite profoundly moving..." - GramophoneBeethoven's greatest choral work in a sublime performance under the direction of David Zinman, universally regarded as one of today's finest Beethoven conductors. The Missa Solemnis was first performed in 1824 and Beethoven himself proclaimed it his greatest work to date. The Swiss Chamber Choir (Schweizer Kammerchor) was founded in 1997 under the direction of Fritz Näf, who has made 15 CDs and recordings for radio and television. The four soloists are all well-known as opera and oratorio singers in Europe. Born in 1936, American conductor David Zinman has risen to the pinnacle of his career in the last decade. His discography of some 100 recordings has won five Grammys and two Grands Prix du Disque. Founded in 1868, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra is Switzerland's oldest symphony orchestra.
