For orchestra, 8 solo voices, double chorus, boys' chorus, and organ.
The 1st movement a setting of the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus; the 2nd a setting of the final scene from Goethe's Faust.
Language (note)
Sung in Latin (1st movement) or German (remainder).
Author
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, composer.
Title
Symphony no. 8 : Symphony of a thousand / Mahler.
Publisher
Cleveland, OH : Telarc, [1991]
Copyright date
℗1991
Playing time
011937
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Deborah Voigt, Margaret Jane Wray, Heidi Grant, sopranos ; Delores Ziegler, Marietta Simpson, mezzo-sopranos ; Michael Sylvester, tenor ; William Stone, baritone ; Kenneth Cox, bass ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Atlanta Boy Choir ; Ohio State University Chorale ; Ohio State University Symphonic Choir ; Master Chorale of Tampa Bay ; members of the University of South Florida Chorus ; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1991 April 27-29 Woodruff Memorial Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Language
Sung in Latin (1st movement) or German (remainder).