Gustav Mahler - Faust

The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler. The second part of the symphony follows the narrative of the final stages in Goethe’s poem—the journey of Faust’s soul, rescued from the clutches of Mephistopheles, on to its final ascent into heaven. Landemann’s proposed sonata structure for the movement is based on a division, after an orchestral prelude, into five sections which he identifies musically as an exposition, three development episodes, and a finale. Recorded by Berliner Philharmoniker, c