Composer: Charles François Gounod
Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov, Raymond Myers, Robert Massard, Margreta Elkins, Franco Corelli, Dame Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Singers
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Eloquence
Catalogue: ELQ4822566
Release: 2015
Size: 287 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Faust – Version 1860 / 1869 (highlights)
01. No.5 “Vin ou bière”
02. No.6b Invocation: “Avant de quitter ces lieux” – “Al- lons, amis”
03. No.7 Ronde du veau d’or: “Le veau d’or”
04. Ne permetterez-vous pas
05. No.10 Entr’acte – “Faites-lui les aveux”
06. Quel trouble inconnu…Salut! Demeure chaste et pure
07. No.14b Air des bijoux: “Ah! Je ris de me voir”
08. No.18 “Il se fait tard”
09. No.19a “Il ne revient pas”
10. No.22 “Déposons les armes”
11. Qu’attendez-vous encore?…Vous qui faites l’endormie
12. No.25 “Que voulez-vous, messieurs?”
13. “Alerte, alerte!”
Recorded in 1966 in superb ‘Decca Sound’, these highlights from Gounod’s most widely-performed opera extracts music from the second act onwards. The Soldier’s Chorus has rarely been done with such swagger, Ghiaurov is a terrifying Mephistopheles and Corelli a passionate Dr. Faust.