Mahler: Symphony No. 8 / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Gustav Mahler
    • PERFORMER
      Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 15, 2023
    • UPC
      7318599924960
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2496
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Veni, creator spiritus -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    2. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Imple superna gratia -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    3. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Infirma nostri corporis -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    4. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Tempo I: Allegro, etwas hastig -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    5. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Infirma nostri corporis -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    6. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Accende lumen sensibus -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    7. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Da gaudiorum praemia -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    8. Part I: Veni, creator spiritus: Gloria sit Patri Domino

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    9. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Poco adagio -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    10. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Più mosso: Allegro moderato -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    11. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Waldung, sie schwankt heran -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    12. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Ewiger Wonnebrand -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Julian Orlishausen

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    13. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füssen -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    14. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Gerettet ist das edle Glied - Hände verschlinget euch -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    15. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Jene Rosen, aus den Händen -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    16. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    17. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Ich spür' soeben nebeind um Felsenhöh' - Hier ist die Aussicht frei - Freudig empfangen wir -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Banks

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    18. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Höchste Herrscherin der Welt! -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Banks

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    19. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Dir, der Unberührbaren - Du schwebst zu Höhen der ewigen Reiche -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Jacquelyn Wagner

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    20. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Bei der Liebe, die den Füssen - Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland - Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    21. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Jacquelyn Wagner

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    22. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Er überwächst uns schon - Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Jacquelyn Wagner

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    23. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Komm! Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären! - Blicket auf zum Retterblick, alle reuig Zarten -

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Barry Banks

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    24. Part II: Final Scene from Faust: Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä


For its final concert of the 2021–22 season and Osmo Vänskä’s last as artistic director, the Minnesota Orchestra chose to present Mahler’s mammoth Eighth Symphony, which calls for one of the largest complement of performers in the history of music, a symbol of the communitarian spirit of collective cultural, social, and religious-philosophical endeavor in what has been referred to as a ‘Mass for the Masses’.

Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, unlike his others, reveals no contrary despairing voice. It is instead a monumentally affirmative expression of human spiritual achievement achieved through the union of two seemingly incompatible texts: the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus and the conclusion of the second part of Goethe’s Faust. Its première in Munich in September 1910 gave rise to the greatest triumph of Mahler’s career, and a rollcall of European royalty and the artistic élite attended the final public rehearsal and the performances.

The Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä are here joined by Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler as well as the Minnesota Chorale, the National Lutheran Choir, the Minnesota Boychoir and the Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir.