Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand"

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand"

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
2021

Dudamel: “There are no words to describe the immersive, overpowering experience of being a conductor. Share with me this monumental live performance with my beloved LA Phil, remastered in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos audio technology in rich, remarkable 3D sound.” Recorded live at Walt Disney Concert Hall in May and June of 2019, this landmark performance marked the end of the LA Philharmonic’s centennial season. Known since its debut in 1910 by the nickname “Symphony of a Thousand”—because of the overwhelming number of performers it calls for—Mahler’s 8th features 346 here, Gustavo Dudamel enlisting the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, National Children’s Chorus and soloists Tamara Wilson, Leah Crocetto, Erin Morley, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Ryan McKinny and Morris Robinson to realise his vision. It’s still plenty powerful. Mahler wrote that he intended for the listener to “imagine the universe beginning to ring and resound”—and that sense of scale is captured fully here with help from Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. Every flash of brass and flurry of strings and weave of towering voices sounds as though it’s close enough to touch and comprehend, ringing and resounding all around you.

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Morris Robinson, Pacific Chorale, Leah Crocetto, Ryan McKinny, Gustavo Dudamel, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Mumford, Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Morris Robinson, Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale, Tamara Mumford, Leah Crocetto, Ryan McKinny, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Tamara Mumford, Gustavo Dudamel, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Ryan McKinny, Morris Robinson
Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, National Children's Chorus, Ryan McKinny, Morris Robinson, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Tamara Mumford, Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, Leah Crocetto, Ryan McKinny, Morris Robinson, Tamara Mumford, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Mumford, Tamara Wilson, National Children's Chorus, Morris Robinson, Ryan McKinny, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Ryan McKinny
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Morris Robinson, Gustavo Dudamel
National Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mihoko Fujimura, Pacific Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children's Chorus
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill
Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tamara Wilson, Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel, Mihoko Fujimura, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Tamara Mumford
Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Tamara Mumford
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Leah Crocetto
National Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Leah Crocetto, National Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Erin Morley, Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Pacific Chorale, National Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Tamara Mumford, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Pacific Chorale, National Children's Chorus, Ryan McKinny, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, Leah Crocetto, Morris Robinson, Los Angeles Master Chorale

7 June 2021 32 Tracks, 1 hour 15 minutes ℗ 2021 LA Phil, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

RECORD LABEL

Deutsche Grammophon

Production

  • Dmitriy Lipay
    Producer
  • Alexander Lipay
    Recording Engineer, Mastering Engineer
  • Dmitriy Lipay
    Recording Engineer, Mastering Engineer