With its enormous vocal, choral and orchestral forces, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, later to be dubbed ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, is one of the largest and longest symphonies in the active repertoire. Part One, inspired by the Whitsuntide Vesper hymn Veni creator spiritus, is an invocation to the Creator Spirit. Part Two, a setting of the closing scene from Goethe’s Faust, depicts Faust’s redemption through wisdom and love. “Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound”, was how Mahler himself described the impact of the closing pages of the Symphony. Barbara Kubiak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soprano I (Magna Peccatrix) Izabela Kłosi´ nska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soprano II (Una Poenitentium) Marta Boberska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soprano III (Mater Gloriosa) Jadwiga Rappé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alto I (Mulier Samaritana) Ewa Marciniec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alto II (Maria Aegyptica) Timothy Bentch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tenor (Doctor Marianus) Wojciech Drabowicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baritone (Pater Ecstaticus) Piotr Nowacki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass (Pater Profundis) Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra Polish Radio Choir in Kraków • Cardinal Stefan Wyszy´ nski University Choir Warsaw Boys Choir • Antoni Wit Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 8 A full track and artist list can be found in the booklet • Subtitles in Latin (Part I) and German (Part II) and English (translation) • Sung texts and translations can be found at www.naxos.com/libretti/mahler8.htm Recorded at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall from 1st to 6th June, 2005. Producers: Andrzej Sasin and Aleksandra Nagórko • Booklet Notes: Richard Whitehouse Cover image by Elena Ray (Dreamstime.com) 2006 & 2011 Naxos Rights International Ltd • Booklet notes in English • Made in Germany DTS and the DTS-HD Master Audio Logo are the trade-marks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. AUDIO presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit, 96 kHz 5.1 Surround - DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo - PCM DURATION 1:20:51 To listen to the music without a video monitor, simply insert the disc into yourplayer, wait for the disc to start up and press PLAYon your remote control. You can select your preferred audio format at any time using the coloured buttons on your remote as listed above. DISC INFO www.naxos.com

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NAXOS 24-bit, 96 kHz Stereo and Surround recordingsWith its enormous vocal, choral and orchestral forces, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, later to be dubbed‘Symphony of a Thousand’, is one of the largest and longest symphonies in the active repertoire. PartOne, inspired by the Whitsuntide Vesper hymn Veni creator spiritus, is an invocation to the CreatorSpirit. Part Two, a setting of the closing scene from Goethe’s Faust, depicts Faust’s redemptionthrough wisdom and love. “Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound”, washow Mahler himself described the impact of the closing pages of the Symphony.

Barbara Kubiak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soprano I (Magna Peccatrix)Izabela Kłosinska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soprano II (Una Poenitentium)Marta Boberska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soprano III (Mater Gloriosa)Jadwiga Rappé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alto I (Mulier Samaritana)Ewa Marciniec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alto II (Maria Aegyptica)Timothy Bentch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tenor (Doctor Marianus)Wojciech Drabowicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baritone (Pater Ecstaticus)Piotr Nowacki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass (Pater Profundis)

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra Polish Radio Choir in Kraków • Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Choir

Warsaw Boys Choir • Antoni Wit

GustavMAHLER

(1860-1911)

Symphony No. 8

A full track and artist list can be found in the booklet • Subtitles in Latin (Part I) and German (Part II) and English (translation) • Sung texts and translations can be found at www.naxos.com/libretti/mahler8.htm

Recorded at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall from 1st to 6th June, 2005. Producers: Andrzej Sasin and Aleksandra Nagórko • Booklet Notes: Richard Whitehouse

Cover image by Elena Ray (Dreamstime.com)� 2006 & � 2011 Naxos Rights International Ltd • Booklet notes in English • Made in Germany

DTS and the DTS-HD Master Audio Logo are the trade-marks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

AUDIO presented in HIGH DEFINITION 24-bit, 96 kHz

� 5.1 Surround - DTS-HD Master Audio � 2.0 Stereo - PCM

DURATION 1:20:51To listen to the music without a video monitor, simply insert the disc into your player, wait for the disc to start up and press PLAY on your remote control. You can select yourpreferred audio format at any time using the coloured buttons on your remote as listed above.

DISC INFO

HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO DISC

www.naxos.com

MAHLERSymphony No. 8

‘Symphony of a Thousand’

Kubiak • Kłosinska • Boberska • Rappé • MarciniecBentch • Drabowicz • Nowacki • Warsaw Boys Choir

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra

Antoni Wit

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