Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

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Fischer has a fine grasp of the work’s structure, so that the first movement’s conclusion is truly climactic. He is able, too, to sculpt Mahler’s huge second-movement Goethe setting with real... — Classical Music, March 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: FR-725
Label: Reference Recordings
Length: 79 minutes

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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

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Orla Boylan (soprano), Celena Shafer (soprano), Amy Owens (soprano), Charlotte Helekant (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (baritone), Markus Werba (baritone), Jordan Bisch (bass)
Utah Symphony Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Madeleine Choir School Choristers
Thierry Fischer
Recorded: 19-20 February 2016
Recording Venue: Live recording, Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Ia. Veni, creator spiritus. Veni, creator spiritus (Live)

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Ib. Veni, creator spiritus. Interlude - Infirma nostri corporis (Live)

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Ic. Veni, creator spiritus. Accende lumen sensibus (Live)

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Id. Veni, creator spiritus. Veni, creator spiritus (Reprise) [Live]

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Ie. Veni, creator spiritus. Gloria sit Patri Domino (Live)

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IIa. Final Scene from Faust. Poco adagio (Live)

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IIb. Final Scene from Faust. Waldung, sie schwankt heran (Live)

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IIc. Final Scene from Faust. Ewiger Wonnebrand (Live)

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IId. Final Scene from Faust. Gerettet ist das edle Glied vom Bösen (Live)

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IIe. Final Scene from Faust. Hier ist die Aussicht frei (Live)

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IIf. Final Scene from Faust. Äußerst langsam - Dir, der Unberührbaren (Live)

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IIg. Final Scene from Faust. Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche (Live)

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IIh. Final Scene from Faust. Komm! Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären! (Live)

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IIi. Final Scene from Faust. Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis (Live)

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The Utah Symphony is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, history and recording legacy. Here they join with the internationally-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir to present a thrilling and authoritative interpretation of the immense Mahler Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand.” This new release was recorded live in February 2016, from concerts in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, sponsored by the O.C. Tanner Gift of Music. This organization was founded over 30 years ago through the combined vision of Obert C. Tanner and Gordon B. Hinckley, to share performances of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony, as a gift to the community.

Reference Recordings joins Utah Symphony in thanks to their 75th Anniversary Signature Sponsor, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and to Ken and Carolyn Gardner, their 75th Anniversary Mahler Cycle Sponsors, and to Jack Wheatley, their Recording Sponsor, for making this recording possible.

Thierry Fischer, Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009, has revitalized the orchestra with creative programming and critically acclaimed performances that have drawn consistently full houses. Highlights of his tenure include complete symphony cycles of Mahler in commemoration of former Utah Symphony Music Director, Maurice Abravanel, complete Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Nielsen cycles, a multi-season Stravinsky and Haydn symphony cycle and tours of Utah’s five national parks, state parks and national monuments in 2014 and 2017. Maestro Fischer has also initiated a major commissioning program in Utah that has produced new works by Simon Holt and Michael Jarrell, and works by Nico Muhly, Andrew Norman, and Augusta Read Thomas which are on Utah Symphony’s previous album Dawn to Dust (FR-719SACD).

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Classical Music March 2018

Fischer has a fine grasp of the work’s structure, so that the first movement’s conclusion is truly climactic. He is able, too, to sculpt Mahler’s huge second-movement Goethe setting with real intelligence. The Utah orchestra, which many listeners may know from Maurice Abravanels’s Vanguard Mahler recordings, are on splendid form; the choirs even more so, including excellent contributions from the children.

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

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