Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”, GMW 48Download sheet music
Eight soloists: three sopranos, two contraltos, tenor, baritone and bass. Also two mixed choruses, boys’ choir, organ and orchestra. Part I sets the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus and Part II the...Read more
Eight soloists: three sopranos, two contraltos, tenor, baritone and bass. Also two mixed choruses, boys’ choir, organ and orchestra. Part I sets the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus and Part II the final scene of Goethe’s “Faust”, Part Two.
`Symphonie der Tausend` 1906/07, dedicated to the his wife Alma. 1. Part: Veni, creator spiritus Imple superna gratia Infirma nostri corporis Accende lumen sensibus Veni, creator spiritus Glora Patri Domino 2. Part: Poco adagio - Waldung, sie schwankt heran Ewiger Wonnebrand Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen Gerettet ist das edle Glied Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest - Hier ist die Aussicht frei Höchste Herrscherin der Welt - Dir, der Unberührbaren Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche Blicket auf zum Retterblick Alles Vergängliche Close
Georg Solti
(conductor)
,
Heather Harper
(soprano),
Yvonne Minton
(mezzo-soprano),
John Shirley-Quirk
(bass-baritone),
Arleen Auger
(soprano),
Lucia Popp
(soprano),
Martti Talvela
(Bass),
Helen Watts
(mezzo-soprano),
Rene Kollo
(tenor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
, Vienna State Opera Choir
Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Singverein; Wiener Sängerknaben. Recorded in the Sofiensaal, Vienna, in August and September 1971Read moreCollapseWiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Singverein; Wiener Sängerknaben. Recorded in the Sofiensaal, Vienna, in August and September 1971
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