Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" (1999) Cover Front Album Composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Conductor Georg Solti Orchestra / Ensemble I Chicago Symphony Orchestra Length 79:40 Format CD Genre Vocal; Symphony Chorus I Wiener Staatsopernchor Chorus Master Norbert Balatsch Index 298 Out of Print No Musicians Soloist Harper; Popp; Auger; Minton; Watts; Kollo; Shirley-Quirk; Talvela Credits Producer David Harvey Label Decca Catalog Line Legends Track List 01 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: "Veni, Creator Spiritus" 01:27 02 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: "Imple superna gratia" 04:25 03 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: "Infirma nostri corporis" 06:20 04 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: "Accende lumen sensibus" 04:43 05 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: "Veni, creator spiritus" 03:49 06 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: "Gloria sit Patri Domino" 02:37 07 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: Poco Adagio - "Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Chor und Echo) 14:14 08 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Ewiger Wonnebrand" (Pater Ecstaticus) 01:35 09 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen" (Pater Profundus) 04:41 10 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Gerettet ist das edle Glied" (Engel) 03:03 11 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest" "Hier ist die Aussicht frei" (Die vollendeteren Engel) (Doctor Marianus, die jungeren Engel) 02:58 12 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" "Dir, der Unberuhbaren" (Doctor Marianus) (Chor) 08:07 13 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen" (Magna Peccatrix) 04:54 14 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Una Poenitentium (Gretchen)) 05:18 15 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Blicket auf zum Retterblick" (Doctor Marianus; Chor) 04:46 16 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II: Final Scene from Goethe's Faust, Part II: "Alles Vergängliche" (Chorus Mysticus) 06:43 Personal Purchase Date 3/9/2002 Value $13.50 Store eBay Condition 100% Librettist Johann Wolfgang van Goethe Nationality Austrian Premiere Hall I of the 1908 Munich Exhibition, September 12, 1910 Language German Period Romantic Details Studio Sofiensaal, Vienna Catalog Number 460 972-2 Live No Recording Date 8/1/1971 Spars ADD Reissue Yes Sound Stereo Notes Heather Harper: Soprano I (Magna Peccatrix) Lucia Popp: Soprano II (Una Poenitentium) Arleen Auger: Soprano III (Mater Gloriosa) Yvonne Minton: Contralto I (Mulier Samaritana) Helen Watts: Contralto II (Maria Aegyptiaca) Rene Kollo: Tenor (Doctor Marianus) John Shirley-Quirk: Baritone (Pater Ecstaticus) Martii Talvela: Bass (Pater Profundus) Wiener Staatsopernchor, directed by Norbert Balatsch Wiener Singverein, directed by Helmut Froschauer Wiener Sangerknaben Completed in 1906 Notes, text and translation Essay: "Solti conducts Mahler" by Michael Kennedy