Mahler: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand" - Adagio from Symphpony No. 10 San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas

• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Minor:
• 1 I. Adagio 27:41
• Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand":
• 2 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Veni, creator spiritus - 07:24
• 3 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Accende lumen sensibus - 04:29
• 4 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Infunde amorem cordibus - 08:56
• 5 Part I, Veni, creator spiritus: Gloria sit Patri Domino 02:27
• 6 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Poco adagio - 11:13
• 7 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Waldung, sie schwankt heran - 04:57
• 8 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Ewiger Wonnebrand - 01:15
• 9 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Fussen - 04:36
• 10 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Gerettet ist das edle Glied - 05:40
• 11 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Hier ist die Aussicht frei - 04:20
• 12 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Dir, der Unberuhrbaren - 04:57
• 13 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Du schwebst zu Hohen der ewigen Reiche - 01:26
• 14 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland - 07:58
• 15 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Komm! Hebe dich zu hohern Spharen! - 01:17
• 16 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Blicket auf - 06:34
• 17 Part II, Final Scene from Faust: Alles Vergangliche 06:05
• Total Runtime 01:51:15

Info for Mahler: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand" - Adagio from Symphpony No. 10

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony reach the culmination of their best-selling series of Mahler Symphonies with the Eighth, “Symphony of a Thousand”, coupled with the Adagio from Symphony No. 10.

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony reach the 11th instalment of their award-winning Mahler cycle with a live recording of the mighty Eighth Symphony, “Symphony of a Thousand”, coupled with the Adagio from Symphony No. 10. This release marks the culmination of their recordings of the complete Symphonies; future recordings rounding out the series will include Des Knaben Wunderhorn with baritone Thomas Hampson, Rückert Lieder with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, and Songs of a Wayfarer. One of the most notable recording projects of our time, the series has been a world-wide commercial and artistic success, selling over 100,000 CDs. Every release has entered the top 10 of the Billboard Classical Chart, and the series has garnered four Grammy® Awards, a Gramophone Award, and numerous other international citations.

“In part II, however, Tilson Thomas manages to create a sense of rapt introspection and untroubled serenity far removed from the more tangible and portentous lyricism Solti tends to provide in quiet passages. …this is one of the most consistently satisfying and stimulating Mahler's Tenth, receives a lovingly harrowing performance; it demonstrates MTT's ability to characterise Mahler precisely and effectively without wallowing in undirected or unwarranted emotion.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“Tilson Thomas's reading is always warm and spontaneous-sounding but its real strength lies in the way phrases connect so that what can sometimes seem, on certain versions, merely a series of episodes...emerges very much 'of a piece'...Tilson Thomas [draws] more colour and variety (tonal and emotional) from the score than almost any of his rivals” (Gramophone Magazine)

“Very much on the plus side are the ­superlative orchestral playing, which is as consistently fine and well integrated as in any Mahler cycle currently ­available on disc, and the exceptional dynamic range and refinement of the ­recorded sound, which is demonstrated even more spectacularly than before” (The Guardian)

Erin Wall, soprano
Elza van den Heever, soprano
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo
Yvonne Naef, mezzo
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Quinn Kelsey, baritone
James Morris, bass-baritone
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Pacific Boychoir
San Francisco Girls Choir
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

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