COMPANY: Deutsche Grammophon
ARTIST: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler

Product: 028948378715

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s new Mahler recording marks a return to the core symphonic repertoire with the Philadelphia Orchestra Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony was billed as the “Symphony of a Thousand” exploring themes of redemption through the power of love

The performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of its music director Nézet-Séguin in March 2016 marked – almost to the day – the 100th anniversary of the glorious U.S. premiere by the very same orchestra in 1916, then conducted by Stokowski.

Joe Miller (chorus master), Angela Meade (soprano), Scott Tucker (chorus master), Fernando Malvar-Ruiz (chorus master), Elizabeth Bishop (contralto), John Relyea (bass), Mihoko Fujimura (contralto), Erin Wall (soprano), Markus Werba (bass-baritone), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor)
The American Boychoir, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Choral Arts Society of Washington, Westminster Symphonic Choir
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Recorded: 2016-03-13
Recording Venue: Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia