Front cover image for Symphony no. 8 ; Adagio from Symphony no. 10

Symphony no. 8 ; Adagio from Symphony no. 10

Gustav Mahler, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erin Wall (Performer), Elza Van den Heever (Performer), Laura Claycomb (Performer), Katarina Karnéus (Performer), Yvonne Naef (Performer), Anthony Dean Griffey (Performer), Quinn Kelsey (Performer), James Morris (Performer), Michael Tilson Thomas (Conductor), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Performer), Pacific Boychoir (Performer), San Francisco Girls Chorus (Performer), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Performer)
The first part of Mahler's 8th symphony is built around the 4th century Latin hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus (come, spirit of creation). The second part retells the final episode of Goethe's Faust in which the title character finds salvation. This recording also includes the Adagio from Mahler's 10th symphony and is the final installment of the San Francisco Symphony's Mahler cycle
Music CD, German, [2009]
San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco, [2009]