Symphony no. 8

Album by Gustav Mahler & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Yannick Nézet‐Séguin

Symphony No. 8 is the eighth symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1906 and first performed in 1910. A vast choral–symphonic work combining large orchestra, multiple choirs and vocal soloists, it blends late-Romantic harmony, dense orchestration and expansive thematic architecture, representing a culmination of Mahler's symphonic and vocal experiments and exemplifying late-Romantic scale and ambition.
First released: 17th January 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Veni, creator spiritus”
    1:26
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Imple superna gratia”
    4:25
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Infirma nostri corporis”
    1:47
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: Tempo I (Allegro, etwas hastig)
    1:25
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpeti”
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Accende lumen sensibus”
    5:22
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Qui Paraclitus diceris”
    4:18
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 8: Part I. Hymnus “Veni, creator spiritus”: “Gloria sit Patri Domino”
    1:52
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Poco adagio
    6:23
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Più mosso (Allegro moderato)
    3:47
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Chor und Echo: “Waldung, sie schwankt heran”
    4:31
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Pater ecstaticus: “Ewiger Wonnebrand”
    1:38
  13. 13.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Pater profundus: “Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen”
    4:37
  14. 14.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Chor der Engel: “Gerettet ist das edle Glied der Geisterwelt vom Bösen” / Chor seliger Knaben: “Hände verschlinget euch”
    1:03
  15. 15.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Chor der jüngeren Engel: “Jene Rosen, aus den Händen”
    2:10
  16. 16.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Die vollendeteren Engel: “Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest”
    1:47
  17. 17.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Die jüngeren Engel: “Ich spür’ soeben nebelnd um Felsenhöh’”
    0:35
  18. 18.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Doctor Marianus: “Hier ist die Aussicht frei” / Chor seliger Knaben: “Freudig empfangen wir”
    0:38
  19. 19.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Doctor Marianus: “Höchste Herrscherin der Welt!”
    2:41
  20. 20.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Doctor Marianus: “Jungfrau, rein im schönsten Sinne”
    1:44
  21. 21.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Äußerst langsam. Adagissimo
    1:38
  22. 22.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: “Dir, der Unberührbaren“ / Chor der Büßerinnen und Una poenitentium: “Du schwebst zu Höhen ewigen Reiche”
    2:42
  23. 23.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Manga peccatrix: “Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen”
    0:59
  24. 24.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Mulier Samaritana: “Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland”
    1:27
  25. 25.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Maria Aegyptiaca: “Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte”
    1:04
  26. 26.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Magna peccatrix, Mulier Samaritana, Maria Aegyptiaca: “Die du großen Sünderinnen”
    1:38
  27. 27.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Una poenitentium: “Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche”
    0:47
  28. 28.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Selige Knaben: “Er überwächst uns schon”
    1:19
  29. 29.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Una poenitentium: “Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben”
    2:14
  30. 30.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Mater gloriosa: “Komm! hebe dich zu höhern Sphären!”
    1:18
  31. 31.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Doctor Marianus: “Blicket auf zum Retterblick, alle reuig Zarten”
    6:19
  32. 32.
    Symphony no. 8: Part II. Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”:, Part II: Chorus mysticus: “Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis”
    6:41

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