Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

Album by Gustav Mahler & Utah Symphony & Maurice Abravanel

Symphony No. 8, nicknamed "Symphony of a Thousand", is the eighth symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1906 and premiered in 1910. The work is a large-scale late-Romantic choral symphony that deploys vast orchestral and vocal forces, blending symphonic and choral textures and reflecting Mahler's late-career exploration of expansive, spiritual and theatrical forms that had a notable place in early 20th-century musical developments.
First released: 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Veni Creator Spiritus
    1:32
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Imple superna gratia
    4:08
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Infirma nostri corporis
    5:32
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Accende lumen sensibus
    2:27
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Tu Septiformis Munere
    6:16
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Gloria Patri Domino
    3:00
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Heilige Anachoreten
    9:45
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Pater Ecstaticus
    1:35
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Pater Profundus
    4:24
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Chor der Engel
    3:35
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Die vollendeteren Engel
    2:07
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Doctor Marianus
    0:43
  13. 13.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Doctor Marianus - parte II
    3:49
  14. 14.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Chor
    3:06
  15. 15.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Magna Peccatrix
    5:19
  16. 16.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Una Poenitentium
    4:51
  17. 17.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Doctor Marianus/Chor
    5:37
  18. 18.
    Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Chorus Mysticus
    4:57