Artist: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Title: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 01:22:58
Total Size:  1.48 GB

Tracklist:

1. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Ia. Veni, Creator Spiritus (Live) (1:21)
2. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Ib. Imple superna gratia (Live) (4:10)
3. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Ic. Infirma nostri corporis (Live) (1:45)
4. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Id. Allegro, etwas hastig (Live) (1:27)
5. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Ie. Infirma nostri corporis (Live) (2:53)
6. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": If. Accende lumen sensibus (Live) (4:45)
7. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Ig. Veni, Creator Spiritus - Da gaudiorum praemia (Live) (4:12)
8. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Ih. Gloria sit Patri Domino (Live) (2:52)
9. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIa. Poco adagio (Live) (7:14)
10. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIb. Più mosso (Live) (3:18)
11. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIc. Waldung, sie schwankt heran (Live) (5:23)
12. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IId. Ewiger Wonnebrand (Live) (1:51)
13. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIe. Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen (Live) (4:46)
14. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIf. Gerettet ist das edle Glied - Hände verschlinget (Live) (1:01)
15. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIg. Jene Rosen aus den Händen (Live) (2:06)
16. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIh. Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest (Live) (1:48)
17. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIi. Ich spür' soeben - Freudig empfangen wir - Hier ist die Aussicht fre (Live) (1:17)
18. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIj. Höchste Herrscherin der Welt (Live) (4:35)
19. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIk. Dir, der Unberührbaren - Du schwebst zu Höhen (Live) (4:02)
20. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIl. Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen - Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland - (Live) (4:55)
21. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIm. Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche (Live) (0:47)
22. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIn. Er überwächst uns schon - Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben (Live) (3:21)
23. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIo. Komm! Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären - Blicket auf zum Retterblick (Live) (7:44)
24. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": IIp. Alles Vergängliche (Live) (5:42)

For its final concert of the 2021–22 season and Osmo Vänskä’s last as artistic director, the Minnesota Orchestra chose to present Mahler’s mammoth Eighth Symphony, which calls for one of the largest complement of performers in the history of music, a symbol of the communitarian spirit of collective cultural, social and religious-philosophical endeavour in what has been referred to as a ‘Mass for the Masses’. Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, unlike his others, reveals no contrary despairing voice. It is instead a monumentally affirmative expression of human spiritual achievement achieved through the union of two seemingly incompatible texts: the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus and the conclusion of the second part of Goethe’s Faust. Its première in Munich in September 1910 gave rise to the greatest triumph of Mahler’s career, and a rollcall of European royalty and the artistic élite attended the final public rehearsal and the performances. The Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä are here joined by Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler as well as the Minnesota Chorale, the National Lutheran Choir, the Minnesota Boychoir and the Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir.