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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)

Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
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)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic
1:31
II. "Imple superna gratia" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simone Schneider, Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:13
III. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Simon O'Neill, Katharina Magiera, Simone Schneider, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Valery Gergiev, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
1:36
IV. Tempo I. (Allegro, etwas hastig) [Live]
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
1:19
V. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Simone Schneider, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Michael Nagy, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
2:40
VI. "Accende lumen sensibus" (Live)
Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Orfeón Donostiarra, Simone Schneider, Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Michael Nagy, Katharina Magiera, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Simon O'Neill, Philharmonischer Chor München, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:50
VII. "Veni, Creator" (Live)
Simone Schneider, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Michael Nagy, Simon O'Neill, Orfeón Donostiarra, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Philharmonischer Chor München, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:07
VIII. "Gloria sit Patri Domino" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Simon O'Neill, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simone Schneider, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Katharina Magiera, Michael Nagy, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
2:43
I. Poco Adagio (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
4:22
II. Più mosso (Allegro moderato) [Live]
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
2:41
III. "Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Philharmonischer Chor München, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
3:13
IV. "Ewiger Wonnebrand" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Michael Nagy, Munich Philharmonic
1:27
V. "Wie Felsengrund mir zu Füßen" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin, Munich Philharmonic
3:56
VI. "Gerettet ist das edle Glied" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Philharmonischer Chor München, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Munich Philharmonic
1:14
VII. "Jene Rosen" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic
1:45
VIII. "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Munich Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann
1:47
IX. "Ich spür soeben" (Live)
Simon O'Neill, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Munich Philharmonic, Katharina Magiera
1:10
X. "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Live)
Simon O'Neill, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Munich Philharmonic
3:40
XI. "Dir, der Unberührbaren" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:14
XII. "Bei der Liebe" (Live)
Simone Schneider, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Claudia Mahnke, Munich Philharmonic
4:55
XIII. "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner
0:51
XIV. "Er überwächst uns schon" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:34
XV. "Komm! Hebe Dich" (Live)
Simon O'Neill, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic
6:49
XVI. "Alles Vergängliche" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Simon O'Neill, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic, Michael Nagy, Simone Schneider, Katharina Magiera, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:49

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

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  • Valery Gergiev

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