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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)

Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev
2020

Mahler’s colossal symphony, cantata and oratorio rolled into one, setting Christian liturgy and words from Goethe’s Faust, gets the spectacular performance it demands. Its premiere in Munich in 1910, by the same orchestra heard here, featured 1,030 instrumental, choral and vocal musicians—hence its nickname, “Symphony of a Thousand”. The effect, Mahler wrote, was that the listener would “imagine the universe beginning to ring and resound”, from the explosive opening hymn of praise through to the stately, Wagnerian orchestral opening of Part II, the symphony’s imploring, beautiful bass aria and its transcendent, redemptive choral ending. Gergiev, the Munich Philharmonic and massed voices in the hundreds project Mahler’s musical universe in glorious, vivid colour.

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 in E‑Flat Major, “Symphony of a Thousand”
1:12:37
I. "Veni, Creator Spiritus" (Live)
Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
1:31
II. "Imple superna gratia" (Live)
Philharmonischer Chor München, Simone Schneider, Claudia Mahnke, Evgeny Nikitin, Valery Gergiev, Simon O'Neill, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Munich Philharmonic, Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:13
III. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin, Orfeón Donostiarra, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Claudia Mahnke, Michael Nagy, Philharmonischer Chor München, Jacquelyn Wagner
1:36
IV. Tempo I. (Allegro, etwas hastig) [Live]
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
1:19
V. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Michael Nagy, Claudia Mahnke, Valery Gergiev, Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic, Evgeny Nikitin, Simone Schneider, Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Jacquelyn Wagner
2:40
VI. "Accende lumen sensibus" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Evgeny Nikitin, Philharmonischer Chor München, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Claudia Mahnke, Simone Schneider, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:50
VII. "Veni, Creator" (Live)
Michael Nagy, Simon O'Neill, Philharmonischer Chor München, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Evgeny Nikitin, Simone Schneider, Orfeón Donostiarra, Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Claudia Mahnke, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:07
VIII. "Gloria sit Patri Domino" (Live)
Simone Schneider, Munich Philharmonic, Michael Nagy, Simon O'Neill, Evgeny Nikitin, Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Claudia Mahnke, Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Jacquelyn Wagner
2:43
I. Poco Adagio (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev
4:22
II. Più mosso (Allegro moderato) [Live]
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
2:41
III. "Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic
3:13
IV. "Ewiger Wonnebrand" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Michael Nagy
1:27
V. "Wie Felsengrund mir zu Füßen" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin
3:56
VI. "Gerettet ist das edle Glied" (Live)
Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Munich Philharmonic
1:14
VII. "Jene Rosen" (Live)
Philharmonischer Chor München, Katharina Magiera, Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
1:45
VIII. "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev, Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic
1:47
IX. "Ich spür soeben" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Regula Mühlemann
1:10
X. "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simon O'Neill, Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev
3:40
XI. "Dir, der Unberührbaren" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:14
XII. "Bei der Liebe" (Live)
Simone Schneider, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Claudia Mahnke
4:55
XIII. "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner
0:51
XIV. "Er überwächst uns schon" (Live)
Augsburger Domsingknaben, Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:34
XV. "Komm! Hebe Dich" (Live)
Regula Mühlemann, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simon O'Neill
6:49
XVI. "Alles Vergängliche" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin, Michael Nagy, Johannes Berger, Katharina Magiera, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simone Schneider, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic, Orfeón Donostiarra, Claudia Mahnke, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:49

17 January 2020 24 Tracks, 1 hour 12 minutes ℗ 2020 Münchner Philharmoniker

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  • Gustav Mahler

    Composer

  • Munich Philharmonic

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  • Valery Gergiev

    Conductor

  • Philharmonischer Chor München

    Chorus, Choir

  • Orfeón Donostiarra

    Chorus, Choir

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