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”
Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Tamara Wilson, Morris Robinson, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Chorale, Tamara Mumford, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Gustavo Dudamel, Simon O'Neill
Ryan McKinny, Morris Robinson, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Mihoko Fujimura, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leah Crocetto, Tamara Wilson, Pacific Chorale, Simon O'Neill, Tamara Mumford
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ryan McKinny, Gustavo Dudamel, Mihoko Fujimura, Morris Robinson, Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leah Crocetto, Simon O'Neill, Tamara Mumford
Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Wilson, Morris Robinson, Gustavo Dudamel, National Children's Chorus, Ryan McKinny, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tamara Mumford
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leah Crocetto, Gustavo Dudamel, Ryan McKinny, Morris Robinson, Pacific Chorale, Tamara Mumford, Simon O'Neill, Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Mihoko Fujimura
Ryan McKinny, Pacific Chorale, Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Simon O'Neill, Gustavo Dudamel, Tamara Wilson, Morris Robinson, Tamara Mumford, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Children's Chorus
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale
Gustavo Dudamel, Ryan McKinny, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Morris Robinson, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children's Chorus, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mihoko Fujimura, Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Children's Chorus
Gustavo Dudamel, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Pacific Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simon O'Neill, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Pacific Chorale, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Mihoko Fujimura
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Tamara Mumford
Tamara Mumford, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Tamara Wilson, Mihoko Fujimura
Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Pacific Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Children's Chorus, Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Gustavo Dudamel, Erin Morley, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Simon O'Neill, National Children's Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale
Tamara Wilson, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Simon O'Neill, National Children's Chorus, Leah Crocetto, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Gustavo Dudamel, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Tamara Mumford, Morris Robinson

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