Leonard Bernstein: Mahler Symphony 8, Vienna Philharmonic

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Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Part I, Hymn: "Veni, creator spiritus"
Part II, Final Scene from Goethe's "Faust", Part II

Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Edda Moser, soprano (Magna Peccatrix)
Judith Blegen, soprano (Una poenitentium)
Gerti Zeumer, soprano (Mater gloriosa)
Ingrid Mayr, contralto (Mulier Samaritana)
Agnes Baltsa, contralto (Maria Aegyptiaca)
Kenneth Riegel, tenor (Doctor Marianus)
Hermann Prey, baritone (Pater ecstaticus)
Jose Van Dam, bass (Pater profundus)

Concert Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Choir of the Society of Friends of Music
Vienna Boy's Choir

Vienna Philharmonic