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







