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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger (sopranos), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Helen Watts (contralto), Rene Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Awards:
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Classical Album of the Year
Now at last Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great...
Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger (sopranos), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Helen Watts (contralto), Rene Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
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Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
-
Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Choral Performance
-
Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Classical Album of the Year
Now at last Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great...
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- Heather Harper (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Helen Watts (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Arleen Auger (soprano)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1971-08-30
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Awards and reviews
Now at last Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great occasion ... so overwhelming is the build-up of tension
2010
outstanding in every way, extrovert in display but full of dark implications...one of [Solti's] finest Mahler records
