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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)
Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Munich Philharmonic
1:31
II. "Imple superna gratia" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Philharmonischer Chor München, Michael Nagy, Valery Gergiev, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Munich Philharmonic, Simone Schneider, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:13
III. "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
Orfeón Donostiarra, Philharmonischer Chor München, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Simone Schneider, Katharina Magiera, Michael Nagy, Valery Gergiev, Simon O'Neill, 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)
Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Michael Nagy, Simone Schneider, Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
2:40
VI. "Accende lumen sensibus" (Live)
Michael Nagy, Simone Schneider, Orfeón Donostiarra, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonischer Chor München, Simon O'Neill, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:50
VII. "Veni, Creator" (Live)
Simon O'Neill, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Simone Schneider, Evgeny Nikitin, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Claudia Mahnke, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Philharmonischer Chor München, Munich Philharmonic, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:07
VIII. "Gloria sit Patri Domino" (Live)
Simone Schneider, Philharmonischer Chor München, Katharina Magiera, Michael Nagy, Evgeny Nikitin, Claudia Mahnke, Orfeón Donostiarra, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
2:43
I. Poco Adagio (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
4:22
II. Più mosso (Allegro moderato) [Live]
Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev
2:41
III. "Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Live)
Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic
3:13
IV. "Ewiger Wonnebrand" (Live)
Michael Nagy, Valery Gergiev, 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, Philharmonischer Chor München, Katharina Magiera, Augsburger Domsingknaben, 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)
Simon O'Neill, Katharina Magiera, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Munich Philharmonic
1:47
IX. "Ich spür soeben" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Valery Gergiev, Regula Mühlemann, Munich Philharmonic
1:10
X. "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Live)
Simon O'Neill, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Valery Gergiev
3:40
XI. "Dir, der Unberührbaren" (Live)
Valery Gergiev, Orfeón Donostiarra, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor München, Jacquelyn Wagner
3:14
XII. "Bei der Liebe" (Live)
Katharina Magiera, Simone Schneider, Valery Gergiev, 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, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Munich Philharmonic, 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)
Claudia Mahnke, Philharmonischer Chor München, Michael Nagy, Orfeón Donostiarra, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Valery Gergiev, Katharina Magiera, Simon O'Neill, Simone Schneider, Munich Philharmonic, Evgeny Nikitin, Jacquelyn Wagner, Johannes Berger
4:49

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

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  • Gustav Mahler

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  • Valery Gergiev

    Conductor

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    Chorus, Choir

  • Orfeón Donostiarra

    Chorus, Choir

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