Tracklist

Symphony Of A Thousand (Symphony No. 8 In Eb Major)
A	Part I - Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus	24:30
B	Part II - Closing Scene From Goethe's "Faust" (Beginning)	12:40
C	Part II - Closing Scene From Goethe's "Faust" (Continued)	20:25
D	Part II - Closing Scene From Goethe's "Faust" (Conclusion)	24:35

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Uncredited] – Hermann Prey
• Bass Vocals [Uncredited] – Otto Edelmann
• Choir [Uncredited] – Vienna Boys Choir*
• Chorus [Uncredited] – Vienna Festival Chorus*
• Composed By – Gustav Mahler
• Conductor – Dimitri Mitropoulos
• Contralto Vocals [Uncredited] – Ira Malaniuk, Lucretia West
• Design [Cover] – Edwin Francis
• Orchestra – Vienna Festival Orchestra*
• Soprano Vocals [Uncredited] – Hilda Zadek*, Mimi Coertse
• Tenor Vocals [Uncredited] – Giuseppe Zamperi*

Notes

Multi-colored labels (blue & red).

Electronically enhanced for Stereo effect.

Records are in order for a record changer: Side 1/4 are on same record and side 2/3 are on same record.

Recorded: August 28, 1960, Salzburg Festival.

[Liner]
"After 1958 Mitropoulos made guest appearances with the leading orchestras throughout U.S.A. and Europe. He died in 1960, and this performance of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, at the 1960 Vienna Festival, may well be the last he recorded."

Also issued as Ars Nova C 25/125 (LP) & Hunt 558 (CD)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Printed below catalog number on cover): S-3402
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): SD 3189 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): SD 3189 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): SD 3189 C-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): SD 3189 D
• Other (Mastering etching): Pete Helffrich
• Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, hand-etched side A): SD 3189 A Pete Helffrich ARC 7/6/70
• Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, hand-etched side B): SD 3189 B Pete Helffrich ARC 7-6-70
• Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, hand-etched side C): SD 3189 C-1 ARC 7-6-70 Pete Helffrich
• Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2, hand-etched side D): SD 3189 D Pete Helffrich ARC 7 6 70

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
C 519992 B	Mahler*, Dimitri Mitropoulos	Mahler*, Dimitri Mitropoulos - Symphonie No. 8 ‎(2xCD, Album, Mono)	Orfeo D'Or	C 519992 B	Germany	Unknown
SDBR 3441	Gustav Mahler, Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting The Vienna Festival Orchestra*	Gustav Mahler, Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting The Vienna Festival Orchestra* - Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) ‎(LP)	Everest	SDBR 3441	US	1978
920.108/109	Mahler* , Solistes Choeurs* Et Orchestre du Festival de Vienne* / Dimitri Mitropoulos	Mahler* , Solistes Choeurs* Et Orchestre du Festival de Vienne* / Dimitri Mitropoulos - Symphonie N°8 ‎(2xLP)	Classic	920.108/109	France	Unknown
S/3073, S/3074, S-3073, S-3074	Gustav Mahler, Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting Soloists, And The Vienna Festival Orchestra*	Gustav Mahler, Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting Soloists, And The Vienna Festival Orchestra* - Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major ("Symphony Of A Thousand") ‎(2xLP, Album, Club)	World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club	S/3073, S/3074, S-3073, S-3074	Australia	1968
3189/2, SDBR 3189/2	Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting Soloists, Choirs and The Vienna Festival Orchestra* / Gustav Mahler	Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting Soloists, Choirs and The Vienna Festival Orchestra* / Gustav Mahler - Symphony Of A Thousand (Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major) ‎(2xLP, Album + Box)	Everest, Everest	3189/2, SDBR 3189/2	US	1966