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Symphony no. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II: Final Scene From Goethe’s “Faust”: Äußerst langsam. Adagissimo “Dir, der Unberührbaren”

Bernadette Greevy, BBC Singers, Wandsworth School Choir, Elizabeth Connell, Wendy Eathorne, Linda Esther Gray, BBC Choral Society, Edda Moser, Siegmund Nimsgern, Alberto Remedios, Marius Rintzler, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Length 29:00Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: l. "Neige, Neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Una Poenitentium)Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: j. "Dir, der Unberührbaren" (Chor, Una Poenitentium))Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: k. Bei der Liebe, die den Füssen (Magna Peccatrix, Mulier Samaritana, Maria Aegyptiaca)Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: m. "Er überwächst uns schon" (Knaben Chor, Una Poenitentium)Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: n. Komm! Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären! (Mater Gloriosa und Chor)Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: o. "Blicket auf zum Retterblick" (Doctor Marianus, Chor und Knaben Chor)Song: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: p. "Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis" (Chorus Mysticus, soloists)

Who played and sang

Pierre BoulezconductorBBC Symphony Orchestraperforming orchestraAlberto RemediosvocalBBC SingersvocalBBC Choral SocietyvocalBernadette GreevyvocalEdda MoservocalElizabeth ConnellvocalLinda Esther GrayvocalMarius RintzlervocalSiegmund NimsgernvocalWandsworth School ChoirvocalWendy Eathornevocal

On these albums

Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été / Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été / Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E-flat majorHector Berlioz, Gustav Mahler; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez · 1993

Source: MusicBrainz recording 5fb0bf68-ef9b-4a0d-a432-540a3a0e626c (CC0).