Symphonie No.8
Album by Gustav Mahler & Giuseppe Sinopoli & Philharmonia Chorus & Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra
Symphonie No. 8 is the eighth symphony by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, completed in 1906 and first performed in 1910. A large-scale choral symphony that blends late-Romantic orchestral forces with vocal soloists and chorus, it exemplifies Mahler's expansive orchestration and his exploration of symphonic and vocal fusion at a pivotal point in his career when he was producing increasingly monumental works.

First released: 1992
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Disc 1
- 1.Symphonie no. 8: Veni, creator spiritus1:24
- 2.Symphonie no. 8: "Imple superna gratia"3:58
- 3.Symphonie no. 8: "Infirma nostri corporis"2:42
- 4.Symphonie no. 8: Tempo I. (Allegro, etwas hastig)1:29
- 5.Symphonie no. 8: "Infirma nostri corporis"3:17
- 6.Symphonie no. 8: "Accende lumen sensibus"4:57
- 7.Symphonie no. 8: "Veni, Creator...Da gaudiorum praemia"3:52
- 8.Symphonie no. 8: "Gloria sit Patri Domino"3:30
Disc 2
- 2.Symphonie no. 8: Poco adagio5:49
- 3.Symphonie no. 8: Più mosso (Allegro moderato)3:34
- 4.Symphonie no. 8: "Waldung, sie schwankt heran"4:07
- 5.Symphonie no. 8: "Ewiger Wonnebrand"1:28
- 6.Symphonie no. 8: "Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen"4:50
- 7.Symphonie no. 8: "Gerettet ist das edle Glied" - "Hände verschlinget"0:53
- 8.Symphonie no. 8: "Jene Rosen, aus den Händen"1:43
- 9.Symphonie no. 8: "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest"2:24
- 10.Symphonie no. 8: "Ich spür' soeben" - "Freudig empfangen wir"1:10
- 11.Symphonie no. 8: "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt"5:07
- 12.Symphonie no. 8: "Dir, der Unberührbaren" - "Du schwebst zu Höhen"3:29
- 13.Symphonie no. 8: "Bei der Liebe" - "Bei dem Bronn" - Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte"4:21
- 14.Symphonie no. 8: "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche"0:58
- 15.Symphonie no. 8: "Er überwächst uns schon" - "Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben"3:46
- 16.Symphonie no. 8: "Komm! hebe dich zu höhern Sphären" - "Blicket auf zum Retterblick"8:03
- 17.Symphonie no. 8: "Alles Vergängliche"6:21






