Solti Conducts Mahler 8

On this broadcast, we present the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s multiple Grammy Award–winning release of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, the Symphony of a Thousand. This work was recorded at the Sofiensaal in Vienna during the Orchestra’s first tour to Europe in the fall of 1971, under the baton of eighth music director Georg Solti (he would be knighted the following year).

Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1982 (London)

Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
Georg Solti conductor
Heather Harper soprano
Lucia Popp soprano
Arleen Augér soprano
Yvonne Minton contralto
Helen Watts contralto
René Kollo tenor
John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Martti Talvela bass
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Norman Balatsch director
Wiener Singverein
Helmut Froschauer director
Wiener Sängerknaben
1971 (London)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Lisa Simeone host

23-29

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