A Guided Tour of Mahler's 8th Symphony in E♭ major (Part 2 of 2)

In this video I present the music and analysis. If you want to see my introductory comments, you can find them here:    • A Guided Tour of Mahler's 8th Symphony in ...   In this 1995 recording, Claudio Abbado directs the Berlin Philharmonic and vocal forces that include Cheryl Studer (Soprano I, Una poenitentium), Sylvia McNair (Soprano II, Magna Peccatrix), Andrea Rost (Soprano III, Mater Gloriosa), Anne Sofie von Otter (Alto I, Mulier Samaritana), Rosemarie Lang (Alto II, Maria Aegyptiaca), Peter Seiffert (Tenor, Doctor Marianus), Bryn Terfel (Baritone, Pater Ecstaticus), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass, Pater Profundus) the Rundfunkchor Berlin, the Prager Philharmonischer Chor, and the Tölzer Knabenchor. This recording can be found on the Deutsche Grammophon label.