 | from Mahler: Symphony No 8 (LSO0669) 1 Veni, creator spiritus [1'25] 77 minutes 7 seconds 18 tracks2 Imple superna gratia [3'55] 3 Infirma nostri corporis [6'12] 4 Accende lumen sensibus [4'44] 5 Veni, creator spiritus [3'47] 6 Gloria sit Patri Domino [2'47] 7 Final scene from Goethe's Faust: Poco adagio (Chorus) [12'30] 8 Ewiger Wonnebrand (Pater ecstaticus) [1'34] 9 Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen (Pater profundus) [4'30] 10 Gerettet ist das edle Glied (Chorus) [3'08] 11 Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest (Chorus/Mulier Samaritana/Doctor Marianus) [2'48] 12 Höchste Herrscherin der Welt! (Doctor Marianus/Chorus) [4'02] 13 Dir, der Unberührbaren (Chorus/Una poenitentium) [3'37] 14 Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen (Magna peccatrix/Mulier Samaritana/Maria Aegyptiaca) [5'01] 15 Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche (Una poenitentium/Chorus) [4'12] 16 Komm! Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären! (Mater gloriosa/Chorus) [1'10] 17 Blikket auf (Doctor Marianus/Chorus) [6'16] 18 Alles Vergängliche (Chorus) [5'29] 'Magnetic and compelling ... brilliantly and subtly animated choral singing injects a sense of bleak mystery and awe. It’s the kind of performance you instantly wish you had witnessed, but this v ... 'Mahler’s mightiest symphony, with its huge orchestral forces and massive choral utterances, emerges with all the overwhelming sonic power the score demands ... its potent blend of spirituality a ... |