Michael Tilson Thomas - Mahler: Symphony No 8, 10 Adagio (2008) [SACD]

Winner of three Grammy Awards: 'Best Classical Album', 'Best Choral Performance', and 'Best Engineered Classical Album'
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.
Mahler's immense creation - featuring hundreds of musicians, three choruses (San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus), and soloists (Erin Wall, Elza van den Heever, Laura Claycomb, Katarina Karnéus, Yvonne Naef, Anthony Dean Griffey, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris) - is a symphony so epic in scope that it has been dubbed the 'Symphony of A Thousand'. Mahler's Eighth-a tale of damnation and salvation-is quintessentially a romantic work, but it owes a great debt to the towering Baroque choral works of J.S. Bach.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
01 Symphony No. 10 in F Sharp minor (Incomplete): Adagio
02 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 1. Hymnus - Veni, Creator Spiritus
03 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 1. Accende Lumen Sensibus
04 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 1. Infunde Amorem Cordibus
05 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 1. Gloria Patri Domino
Disc 2:
01 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Poco Adagio
02 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Waldung, Sie Schwankt Heran
03 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Ewiger Wonnebrand
04 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Wie Felsenabgrund Mir Zu Fьssen
05 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Gerettet Ist Das Edle Glied
06 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Hier Ist Die Aussicht Frei
07 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Dir, Der Unberьhrbaren
08 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Du Schwebst Zu Hцhen
09 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Bei Dem Bronn, Zu Dem Schon Weiland
10 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Komm, Hebe Dich Zu Hцhern Sphдren
11 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Blicket Auf
12 Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ('Symphony of a Thousand'): Part 2. Alles Vergдngliche
Personnel:
Erin Wall
Eliza van den Heever
Laura Claycomb
Katarina Karneus
Yvonne Naef
Anthony Dean Griffey
Quinn Kelsey
James Morris
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Pacific Boychoir
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)