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

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  • Valery Gergiev

    Conductor

  • Orfeón Donostiarra

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  • Philharmonischer Chor München

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