Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Angela Meade, Erin Wall, Lisette Oropesa (sopranos), Elizabeth Bishop, Mihoko Fujimura (contraltos), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Markus Werba (baritone), John Relyea (bass)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
It’s a wonder the roof wasn’t lifted clean off Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall during this live recording of Mahler’s epic. This is brilliant music-making that will leave you breathless.
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Angela Meade, Erin Wall, Lisette Oropesa (sopranos), Elizabeth Bishop, Mihoko Fujimura (contraltos), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Markus Werba (baritone), John Relyea (bass)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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It’s a wonder the roof wasn’t lifted clean off Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall during this live recording of Mahler’s epic. This is brilliant music-making that will leave you breathless.
About
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s new Mahler recording marks a return to the core symphonic repertoire with the Philadelphia Orchestra Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony was billed as the “Symphony of a Thousand” exploring themes of redemption through the power of love
The performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of its music director Nézet-Séguin in March 2016 marked – almost to the day – the 100th anniversary of the glorious U.S. premiere by the very same orchestra in 1916, then conducted by Stokowski
Contents and tracklist
- Joe Miller (chorus master), Angela Meade (soprano), Scott Tucker (chorus master), Fernando Malvar-Ruiz (chorus master), Elizabeth Bishop (contralto), John Relyea (bass), Mihoko Fujimura (contralto), Erin Wall (soprano), Markus Werba (bass-baritone), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor)
- The American Boychoir, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Choral Arts Society of Washington, Westminster Symphonic Choir
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2016-03-13
- Recording Venue: Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
Awards and reviews
June 2020
It’s a wonder the roof wasn’t lifted clean off Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall during this live recording of Mahler’s epic. This is brilliant music-making that will leave you breathless.
