When Lorin Maazel retired from his seven year tenure with the New York Philharmonic in 2009, he led the ensemble through one final masterpiece: Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony. The monumental work employed the combined forces of the New York Philharmonic, New York Choral Artists, The Dessoff Choirs, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Guests soloists were seperated by sex and stationed on opposite ends of the stage: for dramatic as well as practical purposes. Enjoy this recording from June 24, 2009.
Mahler Symphony No. 8
Lorin Maazel (Photo: Barbara Haws /Chris Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and darkened, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano; Nancy Gustafson, soprano; Jeanine De Bique, soprano; Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor; Wolfgang Schöne, bass; Jason Grant, bass-baritone
New York Choral Artists
The Dessoff Choirs
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
