Gustav Mahler: Symphony no.8 in E flat major Symphony of a Thousand

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony no.8 in E flat major “Symphony of a Thousand” First part, according to the Veni Creator Spiritus. Second Part, based on the final scene of the second Faust (1831) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Simone Schneider, soprano Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano Regula Mühlemann, soprano Claudia Mahnke, viola Katharina Magiera, viola Simon O’Neill, tenor Michael Nagy, baritone Evgeny Nikitin, bass Johannes Berger, organ Andreas Herrmann, choir director José Antonio Sáinz Alfaro, choir director Reinhard Kammler, choir director Philharmonic Chor Munich Orfeón Donostiarra Augsburger Domsingknaben Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Valery Gergiev, conductor