Late Romantic

Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust

Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust by Gustav Mahler. 263 recordings in this catalogue, from 1971 to 2025.

Movements

I. "Höchste Herrscherin der Welt" (Doctor Marianus, Chor)
L. "Neige, Neige, du Ohnegleiche" (Una Poenitentium)
"Waldung, sie schwankt heran" (Chor und Echo)

Top Performers

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 24 rec

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 24 rec

Vienna Philharmonic

Orchestra · 19 rec

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 17 rec

Leonard Bernstein

Conductor · 16 rec

Lorin Maazel

Conductor · 16 rec

London Symphony Chorus

Choir · 16 rec

Michael Gielen

Conductor · 14 rec

Recordings (263)

Performers	Year	Label
Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic, Judith Blegen · view	1991	Deutsche Grammophon	1:13
Helmuth Froschauer, Leonard Bernstein, Walter Hagen-Groll · view	1991	Deutsche Grammophon	4:24
Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic, Hermann Prey · view	1991	Deutsche Grammophon	1:36
Helmuth Froschauer, Leonard Bernstein, Uwe Theimer · view	1991	Deutsche Grammophon	3:57
Helmuth Froschauer, Leonard Bernstein, Walter Hagen-Groll · view	1991	Deutsche Grammophon	4:32
Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Deborah Voigt · view	1991	Telarc	28:56
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Pamela Coburn · view	1990	Sony Classical	2:20
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic · view	1990	Sony Classical	1:32
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Arnold Schoenberg Chor · view	1990	Sony Classical	4:48
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Pamela Coburn · view	1990	Sony Classical	0:57
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Arnold Schoenberg Chor · view	1990	Sony Classical	2:19
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Arnold Schoenberg Chor · view	1990	Sony Classical	1:18
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Arnold Schoenberg Chor · view	1990	Sony Classical	2:24
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Siegmund Nimsgern · view	1990	Sony Classical	1:52
Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Choir, Richard Versalle · view	1987	EMI Classics	4:11
Alois Ickstadt, Eliahu Inbal, Uwe Gronostay · view	1987	Brilliant Classics	54:38
Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Choir, Edith Wiens · view	1987	EMI Classics	5:55
Klaus Tennstedt, Jorma Hynninen · view	1987	EMI Classics	1:28
Rafael Kubelík, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Motettenchor · view	1986	Folha de S. Paulo	3:54
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra · view	1986	Decca Classics	12:29