Vladimir Jurowski - Jurowski Conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The world premiere of Mahler’s colossal Eighth Symphony, in Munich in September 1910, was the greatest success of his life. Ten years earlier, his then future wife, Alma, had received this blunt verdict from her step-father, the painter Carl Moll: ‘Mahler? Great conductor. Also composes – but it’s no good.’ Until 1910, many would have shared Moll’s doubts about Mahler as a composer; but with the premiere of the Eighth Symphony all that changed. Mahler’s PR man, the wily and brilliantly theatrical impresario Emil Gutmann, did a superb job. It was Gutmann who coined the eye-catching nickname ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, to Mahler’s initial horror – though he relented somewhat when he saw how much interest Gutmann had stirred up. Munich’s colossal new Music Festival Hall was sold out, twice. (Gutmann insisted on two performances.) The audiences included a dazzling array of A-list names from the musical and literary worlds, and there were representatives of several European royal houses. The first performance, under Mahler’s own direction, was, for once, well prepared, and the response was sensational, from the audience in the hall, and afterwards in the press. In a sense, however, Mahler had done a lot of Gutmann’s work for him. …

TRACKLIST

1. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Veni, Creator Spiritus
2. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Imple superna Gratia
3. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Infirma nostri corporis
4. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Tempo I: Allegro, etwas hastig
6. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Accende lumen sensibus
7. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Qui Paraclitus diceris
8. Vladimir Jurowski - Part I: Gloria Patri Domino
9. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Poco adagio
10. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Piu mosso: Allegro moderato
11. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Waldung, sie schwankt heran
12. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Ewiger Wonnebrand
13. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füssen
14. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Gerettet ist das edle Glied – Hände verschlinget euch
15. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Jene Rosen aus den Händen
16. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest
17. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Ich spür' soeben – Hier ist die Aussicht frei – Freudig empfangen wir
18. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Höchste Herrscherin der Welt!
19. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Dir, der Unberührbaren – Du schwebst zu Höhen der ewigen Reiche
20. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Bei der Liebe, die den Füssen
21. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland
22. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte
23. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche
24. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Er überwächst uns schon – Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben
25. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Komm! Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären! – Blicket auf zum Retterblick, alle reuig Zarten
26. Vladimir Jurowski - Part II: Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis



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