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Gounod: Faust / Araiza, Te Kanawa, Davis


Release Date: 11/14/2006 
Label:  Philips   Catalog #: 000765602   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Charles Gounod
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,  Yevgeny Nesterenko,  Francisco Araiza,  Andreas Schmidt,   ... 
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Bavarian Radio Chorus
Number of Discs: 3 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 3 Hours 13 Mins. 

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This is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era. Davis has generated just the sense of a live and lively performance seldom found on the rival recordings. He obviously cherishes the work, lavishes immense care on Gounod's felicitous scoring and persuades his Bavarian forces to lift the rhythms in a really Beechamesque manner. It also has one of Philips's most natural, forward and well-balanced recordings with voices in perfect alignment with the orchestra.

-- Gramophone
 This is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era. Davis has generated just the sense of a live and lively performance seldom found on the rival recordings. He obviously cherishes the work, lavishes immense care on Gounod's felicitous scoring and persuades his Bavarian forces to lift the rhythms in a really Beechamesque manner. It also has one of Philips's most natural, forward and well-balanced recordings with voices in perfect alignment with the orchestra.

-- Gramophone
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Works on This Recording

1. Faust by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Yevgeny Nesterenko (Bass), Francisco Araiza (Tenor),
Andreas Schmidt (Baritone), Pamela Coburn (Soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (Alto),
Gilles Cachemaille ()
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Bavarian Radio Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
 Date of Recording: 02/1986 
Venue:  Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany 
Language: French 

Sound Samples

Faust / Act 1: No.1 Introduction
Faust / Act 1: "Rien!... En vain j'interroge"
Faust / Act 1: No.3 "Mais ce Dieu"
Faust / Act 1: "Me voici!" - "Eh bien!"
Faust / Act 2: No.5 "Vin ou bière"
Faust / Act 2: No.6 "O sainte médaille"
Faust / Act 2: No.6b Invocation: "Avant de quitter ces lieux" - "Al- lons, amis"
Faust / Act 2: No.7 Ronde du veau d'or: "Le veau d'or"
Faust / Act 2: No.8 "Merci de ta chanson"
Faust / Act 2: No.9 "Ainsi que la brise légère" - "Ne permettez-vous pas"
Faust / Act 3: No.10 Entr'acte - "Faites-lui les aveux"
Faust / Act 3: No.11 "C'est ici?"
Faust / Act 3: No.12 "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure"
Faust / Act 3: No.13 "Alerte, la voilà"
Faust / Act 3: No.14 "Je voudrais bien savoir"
Faust / Act 3: No.14a "Chanson du Roi de Thulé: "Il était un roi" - "Les grands seigneurs"
Faust / Act 3: Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir"
Faust / Act 3: No.15 "Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je!"
Faust / Act 3: No.16 "Prenez mon bras" - "Et quoi! toujours seule?"
Faust / Act 3: No.17 "Il était temps"
Faust / Act 3: No.18 "Il se fait tard"
Faust / Act 3: No.18a "Eternelle! O nuit d'amour" - "Marguerite!"
Faust / Act 3: No.18b "Divine pureté"
Faust / Act 3: No.18c "Tenez! Elle ouvre sa fenêtre"
Faust / Act 4: No.19 "Elles ne sont plus là"
Faust / Act 4: No.19a "Il ne revient pas"
Faust / Act 4: No.20 "Marguerite! Siebel!'
Faust / Act 4: No.20a "Si le bonheur" - "Soyez béni, Siebel"
Faust / Act 4: No.21 "Seigneur, daignez permettre"
Faust / Act 4: No.22 "Déposons les armes"
Faust / Act 4: No.22a "Gloire immortelle" - No.23 "Allons, Siebel"

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Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Great Faust December 18, 2012 By Weston Williams (Birmingham, AL) See All My Reviews "This is a great Faust. The orchestra is great, the audio quality is great, and the solosits are fantastic. A great option for Faust-lovers and lovers of opera in general." Report Abuse
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