Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live) Philadelphia Orchestra & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1:
• 1Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Veni creator spiritus" (Live)01:26
• 2Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Imple superna gratia" (Live)04:26
• 3Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Infirma nostri corporis" (Live)01:47
• 4Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: Tempo I (Allegro, etwas hastig) (Live)01:25
• 5Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpeti" (Live)02:48
• 6Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Accende lumen sensibus" (Live)05:22
• 7Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Qui Paraclitus diceris" (Live)04:18
• 8Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: "Gloria sit Patri Domino" (Live)01:53
• 9Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: Poco adagio (Live)06:24
• 10Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 1: Più mosso (Allegro moderato) (Live)03:48
• Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2:
• 11Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Live)04:32
• 12Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Ewiger Wonnebrand" (Live)01:39
• 13Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen" (Live)04:37
• 14Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Gerettet ist das edle Glied" (Live)01:04
• 15Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Jene Rosen, aus den Händen" (Live)02:10
• 16Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest" (Live)01:47
• 17Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Ich spür' soeben" (Live)00:35
• 18Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Hier ist die Aussicht frei" - "Freudig empfangen wir" (Live)00:39
• 19Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Live)02:42
• 20Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Jungfrau, rein im schönsten Sinne" (Live)01:45
• 21Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: Äußerst langsam. Adagissimo (Live)01:39
• 22Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Dir, der Unberührbaren" - "Du schwebst zu Höhen" (Live)02:42
• 23Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen" (Live)01:00
• 24Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: ''Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland" (Live)01:27
• 25Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte" (Live)01:05
• 26Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Die du großen Sünderinnen" (Live)01:38
• 27Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Live)00:48
• 28Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Er überwächst uns schon" (Live)01:20
• 29Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben" (Live)02:15
• 30Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Komm! hebe dich zu höhern Sphären" (Live)01:18
• 31Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Blicket auf zum Retterblick" (Live)06:20
• 32Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Pt. 2: "Alles Vergängliche" (Live)06:42
• Total Runtime01:23:21

Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)

The nickname "Symphony of a Thousand" may be an exaggeration; there will be "only" four hundred or so singers and instrumentalists in these performances. But Mahler's masterful Symphony No. 8 is otherwise immune to hyperbole. It's an enormous, ambitious, soul-stirring work that simply must be experienced live.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin marshals these tremendous forces to produce a sublime realization of Mahler's absolute belief in the profound importance of this music. These performances mark the 100th anniversary--almost to the day--of the Symphony's U.S. premiere by The Philadelphia Orchestra. It played a pivotal role in launching our now-renowned ensemble onto the international stage. Leopold Stokowski (who'd seen Mahler himself conduct the world premiere in Munich in 1910) insisted that his Philadelphians should be first to perform the work in America, despite the cost and difficulty. The reverberations from that performance continue today.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano
Erin Wall, soprano
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Markus Werba, baritone
John Relyea, bass
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
The American Boychoir

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