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American operatic contralto, born 1 August 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States and died 9 April 2012 in Branford, Connecticut, United States.
ALBUMS
Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti, Richard Tucker (2), Renato Bruson, Orianna Santunione, Lili Chookasian, Orchestra* E Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Un Ballo In Maschera
2019, 2xCD, Album, Mono, Maggio Live, RMMusic, 
,
, Opera/Romantic
Richard Strauss, Olivia Stapp, Natalie Costa, Lili Chookasian, Christopher Keene
Elektra - May 1, 1977 Performance
2014, 2xCD, Album, OperaDepot.com
Mahler*, Chookasian*, Lewis*, von Stade*, Philadelphia Orchestra*, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Andrew Davis
Das Lied Von Der Erde / Rückert-Lieder
1994, 
Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo*, Cornel MacNeil*, Lily Chookasian*
Un Ballo In Maschera
1993, 2xCD, Album, Ornamenti
Lili Chookasian & Şahan Arzruni
Positively Armenian
1987, LP, Album, Positively Armenian
Yardumian* / Varujan Kojian, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Lili Chookasian
Armenian Suite / Symphony No. 2 "Psalms"
1982
Beethoven* ; Patricia Brooks, Lili Chookasian, George Shirley, Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mass In C Major, Op. 86
1968
Beethoven* - Philadelphia Orchestra* / Eugene Ormandy, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir*, Richard P. Condie, Lucine Amara, Lili Chookasian, John Alexander (7), John Macurdy
The Ninth Symphony
1967, Vinyl, 
,
, Classical
Mahler* - Eugene Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra*, Lili Chookasian, Richard Lewis
Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Song Of The Earth)
1967
Verdi* - Boston Symphony*, Leinsdorf*, Nilsson*, Chookasian*, Bergonzi*, Flagello*, Boston Chorus Pro Musica*
Requiem
1966
Richard Yardumian / Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra*, Lili Chookasian
Symphonies No. 2 ("Psalms") For Medium Voice And Orchestra - Symphony No. 1 - Chorale-Prelude
1966
Menotti* - Boston Symphony* / Erich Leinsdorf, George London (2), Lili Chookasian
The Death Of The Bishop Of Brindisi
1965, ,
, Modern
Prokofiev*, Lili Chookasian Contralto, The Westminster Choir*, Warren Martin Director, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers
Alexander Nevsky
1962
Gustav Mahler - Hartford Symphony Orchestra*, Hartford Symphony Chorale, Fritz Mahler, Margaret Hoswell, Lili Chookasian, Rudolf Petrak
Das Klagende Lied
1959
Lili Chookasian, Ernst Haefliger, Hermann Prey, Raymond Michalski, Musica Aeterna Orchestra And Chorus* And Frederic Waldman
Mendelssohn: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht Und Ouvertüre: Die Heimkehr Aus Der Fremde
LP, MCA Records, MCA Records
Pro-Komitas Choral Society With Lili Chookasian, H. Hrant Agbabian
Armenian Music
LP, Artisan (2)
Walter Susskind, Lili Chookasian, Richard Cassilly
Mahler Das Lied von Der Erde
CD, Album, Vox Unique
Donizetti* - Caballé*, Oncina*, Chookasian*, Alberti*
Roberto Devereux
3xLP, Album, Box, MRF Records
Strauss*, Olivia Stapp, Lili Chookasian, Natalie Costa, Richard Cross, Alan Crabbe, Christopher Keene, Syracuse Symphony*
Elektra (Syracuse, April 1977) / Opera Vol. 40
2xCD, Album, St-Laurent Studio
Donizetti*, Montserrat Caballé, Lili Chookasian, Juan Oncina, Walter Alberti, Carlo Felice Cillario
Roberto Devereux (Highligths)
LP, Penzance Records, 
,
, Opera
APPEARANCES +
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983
2025, 94xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,
Choral/Baroque/Romantic/Modern
Anshel Brusilow Conducts The Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia
The Complete RCA Album Collection
2023, 6xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963
2023, 88xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,
Classical/Choral/Baroque/Romantic/Modern
Various
DG 120 - The Anniversary Edition
2018, 121xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A + Box,, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Classical/Romantic/Modern/Baroque/Medieval/Choral/Early/Opera/Oratorio/Schlager/Twelve-tone/Radioplay
Various
The Choir - The Ultimate Collection
2015, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music, ,
, Choral
Various
Living Stereo 60 CD Collection Vol. 2
2014, 60xCD, Album, RM, Car + Box, Comp, Ltd, RCA Red Seal, Sony Music, ,
, Baroque/Classical/Renaissance/Romantic/Modern/Impressionist/Opera/Contemporary/Choral
Eugene Ormandy – Various
Eugene Ormandy Conducts 20th Century Classics
2012, 12xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, Sony Music
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Essential Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2006, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Sony Classical
Mussorgsky* / Prokofiev* - Thomas Schippers
Pictures At An Exhibition. Alexander Nevsky
2004, CD, Comp, RM, Sony Classical
Richard Wagner • George London (2) • Leonie Rysanek • Giorgio Tozzi • Sándor Kónya • Orchestra* And Chorus* Of The Metropolitan Opera Conductor: Karl Böhm
Der Fliegende Holländer
2004, 2xCD, Album, Gala (8), 
,
, Opera/Romantic
Britten*, Jon Vickers, Lucine Amara, Geraint Evans, Jean Madeira
Peter Grimes
2004, 2xCD, Bensar Records
Prokofiev*, Mussorgsky*, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky/Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
2002, SACD, Multichannel, Album, Comp, Sony Classical
Gustav Mahler / Leonard Bernstein
The Complete Symphonies
2001
Giuseppe Verdi / Gian Carlo Menotti - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Messa da Requiem / The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi
2001, 2x CD, ,
, Choral/Romantic/Modern
Purcell*, Bernstein*, Porter*, Mendelssohn*
"As You Like It" - Shakespeare In Music
2000, CD, Comp, Sony Classical
Mahler*, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Das Lied von Der Erde
2000
The San Francisco Opera*
San Francisco Opera
1999, CD-ROM, Comp, MP3, Audio Encyclopedia
Various
The Great War - Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I
1999, CD, ,
, Early/Impressionist/Ragtime/Modern/Dixieland
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven
1998, CD, Comp, CBS, Ullstein Musik
Mahler*, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Symphony No. 8 "Symphony Of A Thousand" (Part 1) - Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto)
1997
Gaetano Donizetti - Sutherland*, Tucker*, Guarrera*, S.Varviso*
Lucia Di Lammermoor
1994
Prokove'ev* - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*, Thomas Schippers, Orchestre National De France, Loren Maazel*
Aleksander Nevskij, Op. 78 / Sinfonia N. 1 In Re Magg. "Classica"
1991, CD, Comp, Armando Curcio Editore
V. Bellini* / Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda, Ezio Flagello, Soloists*, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The "Metropolitan Opera"* Conductor Silvio Varviso
La Sonnambula
1989,
Opera
Various
Positively Armenian 1
1987
Beethoven*, Rudolf Serkin, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver
Beethoven - The Five Piano Concertos; "Choral" Fantasy, op. 80
1984, 4xLP, Album, Comp, RE, Box, Telarc
Beethoven* / Rudolf Serkin, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Piano Concerto No. 3 • "Choral" Fantasy
1983, CD, ,
, Classical
Various
Die Ganze Welt Der Klassik 1
1981, 5xLP, Comp + Box, CBS
Eugene Ormandy - The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Ormandy Era - Volume III - Time Honored Classics
1980, 5xLP, Comp, RM, Red + Box, Ltd, The Franklin Mint Record Society, ,
, Romantic/Modern
Hamlet Minassian
Armenian Pop Music
1979
Beethoven*
Evasion Classique : Les Plus Belles Pages De Ludwig van Beethoven
1976, 2xLP, Comp, CBS, CBS Harmony, CBS Harmony, 
,
, Classical
Beethoven*
The Greatest Hits Album
1972
Komitas
The Music Of Komitas
1970, 2xLP + Box, Komitas Centennial Committee, Inc
Beethoven* - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic • Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra* • Rudolf Serkin • Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie
The Beethoven Album
1970
Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Gesamtausgabe
1970
Wagner* - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Götterdämmerung
1970, 
,
, Opera/Romantic
Beethoven*
Beethoven's Greatest Hits
1969
Mendelssohn* • Musica Aeterna Orchestra & Chorus* / Waldman, Cond.*
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht + Son And Stranger
1969
Mahler* - Philadelphia Orchestra* / Ormandy*
Symphony No. 10 / Das Lied Von Der Erde
1968
Vaughan Williams* - New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 4 In F Minor / Serenade To Music
1968
Lalo Schifrin, The MGM Studio Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By Lawrence Foster
Lalo Schifrin's Dramatic Cantata The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich
1968, Vinyl, 
,
, Neo-Classical
Richard Yardumian - Anshel Brusilow, Chamber Symphony Of Philadelphia
Come, Creator Spirit: A New Mass In English
1967
Beethoven*, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir*
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125
1967, Vinyl, ,
, Classical
Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti
Petite Messe Solennelle (1863) / Requiem Mass (1835)
1966, 3xLP, Box, Not On Label
Giuseppe Verdi, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Messa Di Requiem
1966
Ludwig van Beethoven, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Nine Symphonies
1966
Boston Symphony* / Erich Leinsdorf - Menotti*
The Death Of The Bishop Of Brindisi
1965, Vinyl, 
,
, Modern
Various
First Performance - Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts
1962
The General Mills "Hymns Of All Churches" Choir*
Hymns Of All Churches
1951, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Gospel
Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Gesamtausgabe - Der Zyklus Der Salzburger Osterfestspiele
19xLP + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Romantic/Opera
Chopin*, Beethoven*, Bach*, Mozart*
Greatest Hits Of
4xLP, Comp, Columbia Masterworks
Wagner* - Karajan*, Berliner Philharmoniker
Der Ring Des Nibelungen Vol.1 : Das Rheingold • Götterdämmerung
6xCass, RE + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Opera
Prokofiev*, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Thomas Schippers
Alexander Nevsky - Romeo & Juliet (Excerpts/Auszüge/Extraits)
CD, Comp, RM, CBS Masterworks
Beethoven*
Beethoven’s Greatest Hits
LP, Comp, 360, Columbia Masterworks
Gustav Mahler - Fritz Mahler
Das Klagende Lied
Richard Strauss, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Regina Resnik, Eberhard Wächter, Karl Böhm
Elektra
Richard Wagner, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
El Ocaso De Los Dioses
Prokofiev* - Thomas Schippers Conducting The New York Philharmonic
Alexander Nevsky
Donizetti* - Montserrat Caballe*, Vanzo*, Paskalis*, Berbie*, Perlea*
Lucrezia Borgia
Beethoven*, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Eugene Ormandy, Westminster Choir*, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Régine Crespin, Philadelphia Orchestra*, Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers
Symphony No. 9 "Choral" Choral Fantasy
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Classical
