【專輯名稱】Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"《馬勒:降E大調第八號「千人交響曲」》
【專輯藝人】Gustav Mahler(作曲), Georg Solti(指揮), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
【專輯風格】Classical, Instrumental, Original recording remastered
【發行日期】2006年
【發行公司】Decca
在第二「部份」,《浮士德》的最後場景裡,歌德設計讓天主教傳統的慈悲聖母為浮士德帶來救贖。首先是懺悔之女葛麗卿向聖母的祈求,接著是三位新約聖經中的贖罪之女在旁幫腔,就連丟擲玫瑰花瓣使浮士德得以遠離魔鬼侵犯的年輕天使們與早夭升天的孩童都一同祈求,讓浮士德最終能靈肉分離,捨棄遺留在塵世的軀殼、洗滌淨化升天的靈魂。而整首第八號交響曲的最終轉折也正是當聖母緩緩唱出:「來吧!升向更高的境界吧!」之時,自此音樂如同裊裊輕煙扶搖直上,隨著聖母主題不斷攀升,最終抵達馬勒在這首交響曲中的最後高潮-神秘合唱樂段。在神秘合唱樂段中,馬勒從沉吟低語到高聲歡唱,不斷地反覆最後一句歌詞「永恆女性、接引我們向上」(Das Ewig-Weibliche ,zieht uns hinan),最後還以這句歌詞為引,將整首交響曲帶到最終尾聲。
本輯為已故指揮大師蕭提最出色的傑作之一,留聲機雜誌推崇為「第一個真正偉大的馬勒第8號交響曲錄音」(first really great recording of Mahler’s Eighth)。他強力統合芝加哥交響樂團、維也納國立歌劇院合唱團、維也納少年合唱團及多位出色歌唱家,駕馭這超過四百人以上的巨型團體,合力成就馬勒這部編製龐大、結構複雜的「千人」交響曲最熱力四射的演出。錄音亦是DECCA歷年之最,龐大的動態與演唱細節的捕捉鉅細靡遺,更難能可貴的是樂團的層次依然歷歷分明,炙熱濃烈的臨場感更是完整無缺,企鵝唱片評鑑三星帶花桂冠加身乃實至名歸。
Part One:
01. Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat / Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Veni creator spiritus"
02. Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat / Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Imple superna gratia"
03. Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat / Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Infirma nostri corporis"
04. Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat / Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Accende lumen sensibus"
05. Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat / Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Veni, Creator...Da gaudiorum praemia"
06. Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat / Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Gloria sit Patri Domino"
Part Two:
07. Symphony No.8 in E Flat / Final scene from Goethe's "Faust" - Poco adagio: "Waldung, sie schwankt heran"
08. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Ewiger Wonnebrand''
09. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Wie Felsenabgrund Mir Zu FüBen''
10. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Gerettet Ist Das Edle Glied''
11. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Uns Bleibt Ein Erdenrest''
12. Symphony No.8 in E Flat / Final scene from Goethe's "Faust" - "Hochste Herrscherin der Welt"
13. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Bei Der Liebe, Die Den Fussen''
14. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Neige, Neige, Du Ohnegleiche''
15. Symphony No.8 In E Flat / Final Scene From Goethe's ''Faust'' - ''Blicket Auf Zum Retterblick''
16. Symphony No.8 in E Flat / Final scene from Goethe's "Faust" - "Alles Vergangliche"