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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 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)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev
1:31
II. "Imple superna gratia" (Live)
Johannes Berger, Valery Gergiev, Michael Nagy, Evgeny Nikitin, Munich Philharmonic, Orfeón Donostiarra, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Katharina Magiera, Philharmonischer Chor München, Claudia Mahnke, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:13
III. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Michael Nagy, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic, Orfeón Donostiarra, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Claudia Mahnke, Evgeny Nikitin, Johannes Berger, Jacquelyn Wagner
1:36
IV. Tempo I. (Allegro, etwas hastig) [Live]
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
1:19
V. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Johannes Berger, Claudia Mahnke, Michael Nagy, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Evgeny Nikitin, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner
2:40
VI. "Accende lumen sensibus" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Philharmonischer Chor München, Johannes Berger, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Valery Gergiev, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Katharina Magiera, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:50
VII. "Veni, Creator" (Live)
Michael Nagy, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Johannes Berger, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Orfeón Donostiarra, Katharina Magiera, Evgeny Nikitin, Munich Philharmonic, Claudia Mahnke, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:07
VIII. "Gloria sit Patri Domino" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Michael Nagy, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Philharmonischer Chor München, Johannes Berger, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Orfeón Donostiarra, 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)
Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, 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)
Munich Philharmonic, Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Katharina Magiera, Orfeón Donostiarra
1:14
VII. "Jene Rosen" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München
1:45
VIII. "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest" (Live)
Regula Mühlemann, Katharina Magiera, Munich Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Valery Gergiev
1:47
IX. "Ich spür soeben" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Regula Mühlemann, Valery Gergiev
1:10
X. "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Simon O'Neill, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic
3:40
XI. "Dir, der Unberührbaren" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Valery Gergiev, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:14
XII. "Bei der Liebe" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Claudia Mahnke, Katharina Magiera, Simone Schneider
4:55
XIII. "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Jacquelyn Wagner
0:51
XIV. "Er überwächst uns schon" (Live)
Philharmonischer Chor München, Regula Mühlemann, Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:34
XV. "Komm! Hebe Dich" (Live)
Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Valery Gergiev, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Regula Mühlemann, Simon O'Neill
6:49
XVI. "Alles Vergängliche" (Live)
Augsburger Domsingknaben, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simone Schneider, Simon O'Neill, Michael Nagy, Evgeny Nikitin, Johannes Berger, Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Claudia Mahnke, Jacquelyn Wagner
4:49

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

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  • Gustav Mahler

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  • Valery Gergiev

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  • Orfeón Donostiarra

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