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.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Veni creator spiritus" (Live)
    1:26
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Imple superna gratia" (Live)
    4:25
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)
    1:47
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: Tempo I (Allegro, etwas hastig)
    1:25
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpeti" (Live)
    2:48
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Accende lumen sensibus" (Live)
    5:22
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Qui Paraclitus diceris" (Live)
    4:18
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: "Gloria sit Patri Domino" (Live)
    1:52
  9. 9.
    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: Poco adagio (Live)
    6:23
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: Più mosso (Allegro moderato)
    3:47
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Live)
    4:31
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Ewiger Wonnebrand" (Live)
    1:38
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen" (Live)
    4:37
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Gerettet ist das edle Glied" (Live)
    1:03
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Jene Rosen, aus den Händen" (Live)
    2:10
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest" (Live)
    1:47
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Ich spür' soeben" (Live)
    0:35
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Hier ist die Aussicht frei" - "Freudig empfangen wir" (Live)
    0:38
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Live)
    2:41
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Jungfrau, rein im schönsten Sinne" (Live)
    1:44
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: Äußerst langsam. Adagissimo (Live)
    1:38
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Dir, der Unberührbaren" - "Du schwebst zu Höhen" (Live)
    2:42
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen" (Live)
    0:59
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: ''Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland" (Live)
    1:27
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte" (Live)
    1:04
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Die du großen Sünderinnen" (Live)
    1:38
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Live)
    0:47
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Er überwächst uns schon" (Live)
    1:19
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben" (Live)
    2:14
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Komm! hebe dich zu höhern Sphären" (Live)
    1:18
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Blicket auf zum Retterblick" (Live)
    6:19
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    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: "Alles Vergängliche" (Live)
    6:41

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