Mahler: Symphony no. 8 (LSO/Horenstein)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in Eb Major "Symphony of a Thousand" Joyce Barker (sop.I) - Magna Peccatrix Agnes Giebel (sop.II) - Una Poenitentium Beryl Hatt (sop.) - Mater Gloriosa Kerstin Meyer (alt.I) - Mulier Samaritana Helen Watts (alt.II) - Maria Aegyptiaca Kenneth Neate (ten.) - Doctor Marianus Alfred Orda (bar.) - Pater Ecstaticus Arnold van Mill (bass) - Pater Profundus BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society; Goldsmiths' Choral Union; Hampstead Choral Society; Emanuel School Boys' Choir; Orpington Junior Singers Musical Associate: Berthold Goldschmidt London Symphony Orchestra Hugh Maguire, leader; Charles Spinks, organ cond: Jascha Horenstein (live, Royal Albert Hall, London, 20 March 1959) 0:00 - Commentary by Deryck Cooke 05:46 Part 1 - Hymnus: Veni Creator Spiritus 29:10 Part 2 - Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust The image shows the Royal Albert Hall, London, during the performance. There were 756 performers on and behind the stage.