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Gounod: Faust

Kiri te Kanawa (Marguerite), Francisco Araiza (Faust), Evgeny Nesterenko (Méphistophélès), Andreas Schmidt (Valentin), Pamela Coburn (Siébel), Marjana Lipovsek (Marthe), Gilles Cachemaille (Wagner)

Symphonie-Orchester und chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Colin Davis

Gounod: Faust
A deeply sympathetic reading of Gounod's score. Araiza is best as Faust the lover; Te Kanawa might not sparkle as brightly as her jewels, but Nesterenko oozes wicked charm.

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20125 out of 5 stars

Gounod: Faust

Kiri te Kanawa (Marguerite), Francisco Araiza (Faust), Evgeny Nesterenko (Méphistophélès), Andreas Schmidt (Valentin), Pamela Coburn (Siébel), Marjana Lipovsek (Marthe), Gilles Cachemaille (Wagner)

Symphonie-Orchester und chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Colin Davis

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A deeply sympathetic reading of Gounod's score. Araiza is best as Faust the lover; Te Kanawa might not sparkle as brightly as her jewels, but Nesterenko oozes wicked charm.

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20125 out of 5 stars

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Studio recording, 1986

Contents and tracklist

Gounod: Faust / Act 1
Work length23:42
No. 1 Introduction
Track length6:02
"Rien!... En vain j'interroge"
Track length8:01
No. 3 "Mais ce Dieu"
Track length1:15
"Me voici!" - "Eh bien!"
Track length8:24
Gounod: Faust / Act 2
Work length26:42
No. 5 "Vin ou bière"
Track length4:48
No. 6 "O sainte médaille"
Track length1:42
No. 6b Invocation: "Avant de quitter ces lieux" - "Al- lons, amis"
Track length4:59
No. 7 Ronde du veau d'or: "Le veau d'or"
Track length2:02
No. 8 "Merci de ta chanson"
Track length6:16
No. 9 "Ainsi que la brise légère" - "Ne permettez-vous pas"
Track length6:55
Gounod: Faust / Act 3
Work length49:55
No. 10 Entr'acte - "Faites-lui les aveux"
Track length4:13
No. 11 "C'est ici?"
Track length3:28
No. 12 "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure"
Track length5:25
No. 13 "Alerte, la voilà"
Track length0:42
No. 14 "Je voudrais bien savoir"
Track length1:39
No. 14a "Chanson du Roi de Thulé: "Il était un roi" - "Les grands seigneurs"
Track length4:45
Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir"
Track length4:46
No. 15 "Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je!"
Track length2:49
No. 16 "Prenez mon bras" - "Et quoi! toujours seule?"
Track length6:51
No. 17 "Il était temps"
Track length1:30
No. 18 "Il se fait tard"
Track length3:52
No. 18a "Eternelle! O nuit d'amour" - "Marguerite!"
Track length4:33
No. 18b "Divine pureté"
Track length2:11
No. 18c "Tenez! Elle ouvre sa fenêtre"
Track length3:11
Gounod: Faust / Act 4
Work length45:44
No. 19 "Elles ne sont plus là"
Track length4:08
No. 19a "Il ne revient pas"
Track length3:14
No. 20 "Marguerite! Siebel!'
Track length1:19
No. 20a "Si le bonheur" - "Soyez béni, Siebel"
Track length4:29
No. 21 "Seigneur, daignez permettre"
Track length9:37
No. 22 "Déposons les armes"
Track length3:05
No. 22a "Gloire immortelle" - No. 23 "Allons, Siebel"
Track length4:21
No. 23a "Qu'attendez-vous encore?"
Track length1:11
No. 24 Sérénade: "Vous qui faites l'endormie"
Track length2:53
No. 25 "Que voulez-vous, messieurs?"
Track length4:21
No. 26 "Par ici, mes amis!"
Track length7:06
Gounod: Faust / Act 5
Work length27:57
No. 27 La nuit de Walpurgis: "Dans les bruyères"
Track length3:30
No. 28 "Jusqu'aux premières feux"
Track length4:18
No. 29 Chant bachique: "Doux nectar"
Track length3:26
No. 30 "Va t'en"
Track length4:55
No. 30a "Mon coeur est pénétré"
Track length6:25
No. 31 "Alerte, alerte!"
Track length3:15
No. 32 Apothéose: "Sauvée!"
Track length2:08
Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music
Work length17:48
1. Les Nubiennes, valse (Allegretto)
Track length2:35
2. Adagio
Track length4:43
3. Danse antique (Allegretto)
Track length1:33
4. Variations de Cléopatre (Moderato maestoso)
Track length1:44
5. Les Troyennes (Moderato con moto)
Track length2:34
6. Variations du miroir (Allegretto)
Track length1:53
7. Danse de Phryné (Allegro vivo)
Track length2:46

Awards and reviews

Christmas 2012

A deeply sympathetic reading of Gounod's score. Araiza is best as Faust the lover; Te Kanawa might not sparkle as brightly as her jewels, but Nesterenko oozes wicked charm.
5 out of 5 stars
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