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