Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Mariss Jansons

• 1 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Veni, creator spiritus - 01:27
• 2 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Imple superna gratia - 04:31
• 3 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Infirma nostri corporis - 06:07
• 4 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Accende lumen sensibus - 05:10
• 5 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Veni, creator spiritus - 05:16
• 6 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Gloria sit Patri Domino 02:12
• 7 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Poco adagio - 13:11
• 8 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Ewiger Wonnebrand - 01:53
• 9 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Fussen - 04:34
• 10 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Gerettet ist das edle Glied - 03:05
• 11 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest - Hier ist die Aussicht frei - 03:00
• 12 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Hochste Herrscherin der Welt! - 04:04
• 13 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Dir, der Unberuhrbaren - 03:55
• 14 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Bei der Liebe, die den Fussen - 05:20
• 15 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche - 03:57
• 16 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Komm! Hebe dich - 01:00
• 17 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Blicket auf zum Retterblick - 05:30
• 18 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Alles Vergangliche ist nur ein Gleichnis 05:53
• Total Runtime 01:20:05

Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)

'Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. There are no more human voices, only planets and suns revolving in their orbits,' wrote Gustav Mahler to his friend, Willem Mengelberg, on 18 August 1906. The day before, he had completed the sketches of the Eighth Symphony in little more than three weeks, and that after a very hectic season.

The legendary relationship between Gustav Mahler, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Willem Mengelberg has established a firm tradition of playing Mahler in Amsterdam. During the 1960s the orchestra and Bernard Haitink started recording a Mahler discography that still remains one of the cornerstones of any Mahlerian's collection. Ricccardo Chailly's tenure as chief conductor yielded another brilliant Mahler cycle and now Mariss Jansons is steadily building his tribute to the composer.

Recorded during the same Mahler cycle as the recently released Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 – part of the full Mahler cycle that the orchestra performed in the 2009-2011 seasons to celebrate the composer's 150th birthday and 100th anniversary of his death - Mariss Jansons's interpretation of the Eight Symphony is one more jewel in the crown of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; with a star-studded cast and excellent choral forces, this 'Symphony of a Thousand' left a lasting impression on the audience.

“Jansons keeps the music moving and gives himself something to pull back from in the biggest tuttis...And he has a shining Christine Brewer as his first soprano popping those top Bs and Cs above the stave...up there among the select front-runners.” (Gramophone)

“The performance has absolutely no weak links. The choral singing, so crucial in this work, is highly disciplined and excellent...The playing of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is superb throughout...the performance is superbly controlled and though Jansons gives the music its head he keeps a very firm grip on things and also displays tremendous attention to detail” (MusicWeb International)

“Jansons' line up of Wagnerian soloists for this live Concertgebouw Mahler spectacular is possibly the most impressive since Georg Solti's classic 1971 recording...If this still doesn't rise quite to the top of my list of recorded Mahler Eights, it's partly because Jansons doesn't 'do' impetuous from the outset as Mahler asks” (BBC Music Magazine)

Christine Brewer, soprano
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Maria Espada, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, alto
Robert Dean Smith, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Stefan Kocán, bass
Netherlands Radio Choir
State Choir „Latvija“
Bavarian Radio Choir
National Boys Choir
National Children's Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor

Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 4 and 6 March 2011

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