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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonie_no_8_de_Mahler
Great presentation of the legendary american conductor Leonard Bernstein, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Chrous, the Vienna Boys Choir, Edda Moser (soprano), Judith Blegen (soprano), Gerti Zeumer (soprano), Ingrid Mayr (contralto), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone) and Jose Van Dam (bass) [uff!], playing one of the greatest versions of 8th Symphony of Gustav Mahler of all time.
Gustav Mahler, Symphonie n° 8 en mi bémol majeur "Symphony of A Thousand" /Sinfonie der Tausend
Part I - Hymnus "Veni, Creator Spiritus" 0:00
Part II - Final scene from "Faust" 24:10 (Schlusszene aus Faust II)
Mimi Coertse, soprano
Hilde Zadek, soprano
Lucretia West, contralto
Ira Malaniuk, contralto
Giuseppe Zampieri, tenor
Hermann Prey, baritone
Otto Edelmann, bass
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Sindverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien
Die Wiener Sängerknaben
Die Wiener Philharmoniker
Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
28.8.1960, Salzburg, Felsenreitschule
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