For it's final concert of the 2021-22 season and Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤'s last as artistic director, the Minnesota Orchestra chose to present Mahler's mammoth Eighth Symphony, which calls for one of the largest complement of performers in the history of music, a symbol of the communitarian spirit of collective cultural, social and religious-philosophical endeavour in what has been referred to as a 'Mass for the Masses'. Mahler's Eighth Symphony, unlike his others, reveals no contrary despairing voice. It is instead a monumentally affirmative expression of human spiritual achievement achieved through the union of two seemingly incompatible texts: the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus and the conclusion of the second part of Goethe's Faust. It's premiÃ¨re in Munich in September 1910 gave rise to the greatest triumph of Mahler's career, and a rollcall of European royalty and the artistic Ã©lite attended the final public rehearsal and the performances. The Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ are here joined by Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler as well as the Minnesota Chorale, the National Lutheran Choir, the Minnesota Boychoir and the Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir

Tracklist:

Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Veni, creator spiritus - [01:19]
Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Imple superna gratia - [04:09]
Part I: Veni, crea tor spiritus: Infirma nostri corporis - [01:45]
Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Tempo I: Allegro, etwas hastig - [01:26]
Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Infirma nostri corporis - [02:53]
Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Accende lumen sensibus - [04:45]
Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Da gaudiorum praemia - [04:12]
Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Gloria sit Patri Domino [02:30]
Part II: F inal Scene from Faust: Poco adagio - [07:11]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: PiÃ¹ mosso: Allegro moderato - [03:18]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Waldung, sie schwankt heran - [05:23]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Ewiger Wonnebrand - [01:51]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu FÃ¼ssen - [04:46]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Gerettet ist das edle Glied - HÃ¤ nde verschlinget euch - [01:01]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Jene Rosen, aus den HÃ¤nden - [02:06]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest - [01:48]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Ich spÃ¼r' soeben nebeind um FelsenhÃ¶h' - Hier ist die Aussicht f... [01:17]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: HÃ¶chste Herrscherin der Welt! - [04:35]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Dir, der UnberÃ¼hrbaren - Du schwebst zu HÃ¶hen der ewigen Reiche - [04:02]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Bei der Liebe, die den FÃ¼ssen - Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weil... [04:55]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche - [00:46]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Er Ã¼berwÃ¤chst uns schon - Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben - [03:22]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Komm! Hebe dich zu hÃ¶hern SphÃ¤ren! - Blicket auf zum Retterblick... [07:44]
Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Alles VergÃ¤ngliche ist nur ein Gleichnis [05:11]

UPC: 7318599924960
Label: Bis
Release Date: 12.1.23
Format: CD

Mahler / Sampson / Cooke - Symphony No. 8 (Hybr) (CD)