Other author/creator | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 author. |
Other author/creator | Studer, Cheryl performer. |
Other author/creator | McNair, Sylvia (Soprano), performer. |
Other author/creator | Rost, Andrea, performer. |
Other author/creator | Otter, Anne Sofie von performer. |
Other author/creator | Lang, Rosemarie, performer. |
Other author/creator | Seiffert, Peter, performer. |
Other author/creator | Terfel, Bryn, performer. |
Other author/creator | Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- performer. |
Other author/creator | Abbado, Claudio conductor. |
Other author/creator | Berliner Rundfunk. Grosser Chor performer. |
Other author/creator | Pražský filharmonický sbor, performer. |
Other author/creator | Tölzer Knabenchor performer. |
Other author/creator | Berliner Philharmoniker, performer. |
Uniform title | Symphonies, no. 8, E♭ major |
General note | Deutsche Grammophon: 445 843-2 (on discs: 445 844-2--445 845-2). |
General note | For 3 sopranos, 2 altos, tenor, baritone, bass, children's chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra. |
General note | The 1st movement a setting of the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus; the 2nd a setting of the final scene from Goethe's Faust. |
General note | Compact discs. |
General note | Program notes in English by Donald Mitchell and texts in German and Latin with English translations ([28] p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
Performer |
Cheryl Studer, Sylvia McNair, Andrea Rost, sopranos ; Anne Sofie von Otter, Rosemarie Lang, altos ; Peter Seiffert, tenor ; Bryn Terfel, baritone ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering, bass ; Rundfunkchor Berlin ; Prager Philharmonischer Chor ; Tölzer Knabenchor ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded February 1994 in the Grosser Saal, Philharmonie, Berlin. |
Language | Sung in Latin (1st movement) and German (2nd movement). |
Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
Genre/form | Musical settings. |
Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
LCCN | 99591883 |
UPC |
028944584325 |
Publisher number | 445 843-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
Publisher number | 445 844-2--445 845-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
Publisher number | D212285 BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. |