Mahler Symphony No 8 in E♭ »Sinfonie der Tausend« Franz Welser-Möst

Gustav Mahler Sinfonie nr. 8 in Es-Dur », Sinfonie der Tausend« Symphony No 8 in E♭, of a Thousand Franz Welser-Möst conducts Wiener Philharmoniker Wiener Sängerknaben (Haydnchor), Wiener Singverein: Chor Erin Wall, soprano; Emily Magee, soprano; Regula Mühlemann, soprano; Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto; Jennifer Johnston, alto; Giorgio Berrugi, tenor; Peter Mattei, baritone; Georg Zeppenfeld, bass 00:00 1. Part I: Veni creator spiritus (invocation of the Holy Spirit): hymn believed to have been written in Latin by Rabanus Maurus in the 9th century. 23:07 2. Part II: Closing scene from Goethe’s Faust: journey of Faust’s soul, rescued from the clutches of Mephistopheles, on to its final ascent into Heaven. Note: invocation of the Holy Spirit, it is sung in the Roman Catholic Church during liturgical celebrations on the feast of Pentecost (at both Terce and Vespers). It is also sung at occasions such as the entrance of Cardinals to the Sistine Chapel when they