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

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

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