https://audite.de/en/product/SACD/92551-g_mahler_symphony_no_8.html live recording of 24 June 1970 4022143925510 92551 ACX 2005.01.01 "Und so hört man auf dieser Platte eine der zügigsten, lebendigsten pulsierendsten und kontrastreichsten Interpretationen dieser Symphonie, die ich kenne." (Pizzicato) Symphony No. 8 is Mahler’s most monumental symphony, for it is itself a combination of two enormous choral cantatas; in it, Mahler brings together “Veni, creator spiritus”, the old Pentecostal hymn of Hrabanus Maurus, with Goethe’s Faust II. The two texts could hardly be more dissimilar,... 1970-06-24 Symphony No. 8 ('Symphony of a Thousand') - I. Teil - Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus Mahler Gustav 07.07.1860 18.05.1911 Kraus Eberhard organ Mathis Edith soprano Arroyo Martina soprano Spoorenberg Erna soprano Hamari Julia alto Procter Norma alto Grobe Donald tenor Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich baritone Crass Franz bass Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks orchestra Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks choir Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks choir Regensburger Domspatzen boy's choir Münchner MotettenChor choir Kubelik Rafael conductor https://audite.de/en/download/mp3/92551_01_01.mp3 1970-06-24 Symphony No. 8 ('Symphony of a Thousand') - II. Teil - Schlußszene aus Goethes Faust Mahler Gustav 07.07.1860 18.05.1911 Kraus Eberhard organ Mathis Edith soprano Spoorenberg Erna soprano Arroyo Martina soprano Hamari Julia alto Procter Norma alto Grobe Donald tenor Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich baritone Crass Franz bass Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks orchestra Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks choir Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks choir Regensburger Domspatzen boy's choir Münchner MotettenChor choir Kubelik Rafael conductor https://audite.de/en/download/mp3/92551_01_02.mp3 1970-06-24 Symphony No. 8 ('Symphony of a Thousand') - II. Teil - Schlußszene aus Goethes Faust Mahler Gustav 07.07.1860 18.05.1911 Kraus Eberhard organ Mathis Edith soprano Arroyo Martina soprano Spoorenberg Erna soprano Hamari Julia alto Procter Norma alto Grobe Donald tenor Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich baritone Crass Franz bass Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks orchestra Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks choir Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks choir Regensburger Domspatzen boy's choir Münchner MotettenChor choir Kubelik Rafael conductor https://audite.de/en/download/mp3/92551_01_03.mp3