| 作曲者 | Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)・グスタフ・マーラー |
| タイトル | Symphony = Symphonie No. 8 E flat major (Choral score) |
| サブタイトル | "Symphony of a Thousand" |
| 出版社 | Universal Edition・ユニヴァーサル・エディション |
| 楽器編成 | soli, boys' choir, 2 mixed choirs (SATB) and orchestra |
| 品番 | mds9790008055577 |
| 校訂者 | Karl Heinz Fuessl |
| 言語 | ドイツ語 • ラテン語 |
| 形状 | 353 g |
| 出版番号 | UE2660A |
| ISMN | 979-0-008-05557-7 |
| ISBN | 978-3-7024-2664-4 |
One hundred years after its premiere in Munich, Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony is as technically challenging now as it ever was. That original performance featured a chorus of 850 singers with an orchestra of 171 musicians, leading to the "Symphony of a Thousand" epitaph of which the composer apparently disapproved. While the expanded orchestra is required by the score, the choral component can be sung by eight principals and a much smaller chorus. The combined choirs that came together on Saturday night as the Adelaide Festival Chorus numbered less than 500. Mahler's 8th is a two-part symphony that marries the sacred and the secular into a personal declaration of love for his wife. The music resonates with artistic anguish and spiritual yearning and its power can be truly moving. (Diana Carroll, March 2010)
1. Teil
Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus
2. Teil
Schlussszene aus „Faust“