(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1908(STU) - Seidler-Winkler Bruno - Grammophon-Orchester*
2 1912(STU) - Ruhlmann François - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*
3 1920(STU) - Sabajno Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*
4 1928(LE) - Goossens Eugene - Covent Garden*
5 1929-1931(SE) - Bigot Eugène - Orchestra*
6 1929-30(STU) - Beecham Thomas - Orchestra*
7 1930(SE) - Wolff Albert - L'Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux*
8 1930(STU) - Busser Henri - L'Opéra de Paris*
9 1931(SE) - Weigert Hermann - Orchestermitgliedern der Staatsoper, Berlin*
10 1936(Act 1;SE) - Molajoli Lorenzo - Teatro alla Scala*
11 1937(LE) - Krips Josef - Wiener Staatsoper*
12 1937(RA) - Keilberth Joseph - Stuttgarter Rundfunk*
13 1938(RA) - Steiner Heinrich - Berliner Reichsender*
14 1940 (16/3)(LI) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*
15 1940 (6/4)(LI) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*
16 1940(SE) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*
17 1943(LI) - Beecham Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
18 1943(LI) - Rother Arthur - Städtische Oper Berlin*
19 1944(LE) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*
20 1944(LI) - Beecham Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
21 1947(RE) - Gressier Jules - Orchestre Radio-Lyrique*
22 1947-48(STU) - Beecham Thomas - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
23 1948(STU) - Nebolsin Vasily - Bolshoi Theatre*
24 1949(LI) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*
25 1949?(STU) - Nebolsin Vasily - Bolshoi Theatre*
26 1950(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*
27 1950(SE) - Halasz Laszlo - New York City Opera*
28 1951(STU) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*
29 1953(LI) - Herbert Walter - New Orleans Opera*
30 1953(LI) - Monteux Pierre - Metropolitan Opera*
31 1953(STU) - Cluytens André - L'Opéra de Paris*
32 1954(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
33 1955(LI) - Monteux Pierre - Metropolitan Opera*
34 1956(LI) - Monteux Pierre - Metropolitan Opera*
35 1956(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
36 1957(SE) - Leitner Ferdinand - Münchner Philharmoniker*
37 1957(STU) - Rivoli Gianfranco - VIENNA OPERA*
38 1958(LI) - Morel Jean - Metropolitan Opera*
39 1958(STU) - Cluytens André - L'Opéra de Paris*
40 1958?(SE) - Etcheverry Jésus - Orchestre*
41 1959(Act 1;SE) - Khaikin Boris - Bolshoi Theatre*
42 1959(LI) - Margaritov Atanas - Sofia National Opera*
43 1959(LI) - Morel Jean - Metropolitan Opera*
44 195?(SE) - Goehr Walter - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra*
45 1960(RA) - Rosa Parodi Armando La - RAI Torino*
46 1960(SE) - Etcheverry Jésus - Orchestre Symphonique*
47 1961(LI) - Rudel Julius - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
48 1961(SE) - Couraud Marcel - L'Opéra de Karlsruhe*
49 1961?(SE) - Couraud Marcel - Badische Staatskapelle*
50 1963(LI) - Guingal Alain - Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao*
51 1963?(SE) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
52 1965(LI) - Bonynge Richard - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
53 1965(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Metropolitan Opera*
54 1966(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
55 1966(LI) - Lombard Alain - Metropolitan Opera*
56 1966(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Metropolitan Opera*
57 1966(STU) - Bonynge Richard - London Symphony Orchestra*
58 1967(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
59 1967(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Teatro alla Scala*
60 1967(SE) - Gorzynski Zdzislaw - Wielki Theatre Warsaw*
61 1968(LI) - Märzendorfer Ernst - Wiener Staatsoper*
62 1968(LI) - Rudel Julius - New York City Opera*
63 1969(LI) - Belardinelli Danilo - Orquesta de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)*
64 1969(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Metropolitan Opera*
65 1970(LI) - Gusella Mario - Teatro Margherita di Genova*
66 1971(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
67 1971(LI:4/10/71) - Lombard Alain - Metropolitan Opera*
68 1971(LI;14/10/71) - Lombard Alain - Metropolitan Opera*
69 1972(LI) - Benzi Roberto - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest*
70 1972(LI) - Rich Martin - Metropolitan Opera*
71 1973(LI) - Ethuin Paul - NHK Symphony Orchestra***
72 1973(SE) - Kegel Herbert - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig*
73 1973(SE) - Patanè Giuseppe - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin*
74 1974(LI) - Mackerras Charles - Covent Garden*
75 1974(LI) - Matheson John - Covent Garden*
76 1975(SE) - Lukács Ervin - Hungarian State Opera*
77 1976(LI) - Mackerras Charles - L'Opéra de Paris**
78 1976(LI) - Prêtre Georges - L'Opéra de Paris*
79 1976(STU) - Lombard Alain - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg*
80 1977(LI) - Maag Peter - Covent Garden*
81 1977(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Metropolitan Opera*
82 1977(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Teatro alla Scala*
83 1977(LI) - Périsson Jean - San Francisco Opera*
84 1978(STU) - Prêtre Georges - L'Opéra de Paris*
85 1979(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Lyric Opera of Chicago***
86 1980(LI) - Plasson Michel - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
87 1980(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Bayerische Staatsoper*
88 1981(LI) - Divall Richard - Victoria State Opera Orchestra*
89 1983(LI) - Dutoit Charles - Covent Garden*
90 1983(LI) - Gandolfi Romano - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
91 1983(LI) - Plasson Michel - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse**
92 1985(LI) - Baudo Serge - Opera Company of Philadelphia***
93 1985(LI) - Binder Erich - Wiener Staatsoper**
94 1985(LI) - Lombard Alain - Hamburgische Staatsoper*
95 1985(STU) - Lenárd Ondrej - Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra*
96 1986(LI) - Guingal Alain - Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna**
97 1986(STU) - Davis Colin - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
98 1987(LI) - Fournet Jean - Chicago Lyric Opera*
99 1991(STU) - Plasson Michel - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse*
100 1993(LI) - Tabakov Emil - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia**
101 1993(STU) - Rizzi Carlo - Welsh National Opera*
102 1995(LI) - Nelson John - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande***
103 1996(LI) - Nelson John - Chicago Lyric Opera*
104 1997(LI) - Fournillier Patrick - Teatro alla Scala*
105 1997(LI) - Rudel Julius - Metropolitan Opera*
106 1998(STU) - Parry David - Philharmonia Orchestra*
107 2000(LI) - Auguin Philippe - Los Angeles Opera*
108 2000(LI) - Young Simone - Bayerische Staatsoper*
109 2001(LI) - Benini Maurizio - L'Opéra National de Paris**
110 2003(LI) - Bertini Gary - L'Opéra National de Paris*
111 2004(LI) - Flint Mark - Michigan Opera Theatre*
112 2004(LI) - Pappano Antonio - Covent Garden***
113 2005(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
114 2005(LI) - Rota Marcello - Orchestra Sinfonica Carlo Coccia di Novara**
115 2007(LI) - Benini Maurizio - Metropolitan Opera*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Bruno Seidler-Winkler - 1908(STU)
Orchestra - Grammophon-Orchester
Chorus - Königliche Hofoper Berlin
Faust - Karl Jörn
Méphistophélès - Paul Knüpfer
Marguerite - Emmy Destinn
Valentin - Desider Zador
Siébel - Marie Götze
Marthe - Ida von Scheele-Müller
Wagner - Arthur Neuendahn
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Black Disc - Grammophon 42075/79, 43059/96, 040521/23, 042163/64, O443101/02, 44366/80, 044081/85 {single-sided 78s} Discophilia KS 4-6 {3LPS}; Ema Destinova Edition No.7
Compact Disc; - Supraphon 11 2136-2 (Collection) {12CDS} (1994)ª; Mike Richter - Audio Encyclopedia 301 (From Which We Came - CD-ROM) (1999)ª; True Sound Transfers TT 1913-1914 (+Desider Zador - recital) {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1994 p.186 [JBS]
Opera Now - May 1995 p.63
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.433
Orpheus - November 1994 p.65
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.47-48 [JA]
Comments:- Recorded March-April 1906. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel
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Conductor François Ruhlmann - 1912(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris
Chorus - L'Opera Comique de Paris
Faust - Léon Beyle
Méphistophélès - André Gresse
Marguerite - Jeanne Camredon
Valentin - Jean Noté
Siébel - Marguérite D' Elty
Marthe - Jeanne Goulancourt
Wagner - Pierre Dupré
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Black Disc - Pathé 1622-49 {28x78s}
Compact Disc; - Marston 53007 (+historical excerpts) {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.58-59 [US]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2006 p.103 [SH]
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Conductor Carlo Sabajno - 1920(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Faust - Giuliano Romagnola
Méphistophélès - Fernando Autori
Marguerite - Gemma Bosini
Valentin - Adolfo Pacini
Siébel - Gilda Timitz
Marthe - Nelda Garrone
Wagner - Napoleone Limonta
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Black Disc; - Società Nazionale del Grammofono «La Voce del Padrone»; S 5260 - S 5298 (even numbers) (20x78s) (1921)ª
Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 301 - From Which We Came - The First Opera Sets (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- The 78s are listed in the catalogue of the Società Nazionale del Grammofono dated aprile 1921. They were recorded between 7 February 1920 and 14 June 1920. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel
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Conductor Eugene Goossens - 1928(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Faust - Joseph Hislop
Méphistophélès - Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin
Siébel - Jane Laugier
Wagner - Franklyn Kelsey
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Black Disc; - HMV DB 1189 (part); *EMI RLS 742 (collection) {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Phonographe PH 5047; Eklipse EKA 50; Preiser Records 89965; (collection) {1CD}; Pearl GEM 0203 (+Otello - excerpts) {1CD} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1929 p.350 (Klein p.250); September 1979 p.522 [AB]; February 2004 p.82 [JBS]
Opera Now - March/April 1996 p.105
ARSC Journal - Vol.XII No.1-2 p.92 [PLM]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.96 [TP]
American Record Guide - September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.278 [VAL]
The Record Collector - Vol.49 No.3 September 2004 pp.220-221 [LFH]
International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 (mention) [MT]
Correo Musical Argentino - No.171 setiembre 1995 p.2
L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.84
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (22 June 1928). Act 1 is complete and there are also excerpts from Acts 2, 3, and 4
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Conductor Eugène Bigot - 1929-1931(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Faust - Georges Thill
Méphistophélès - Fred Bordon
Marguerite - Marthe Nespoulos
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Black Disc - Columbia LFX 143 - LFX 150 - LF 17 - LFX 182/3 - D 15180 (78s); EMI 2C 061 12073
Compact Disc - *EMI CZS 7 67103-2 (Collection)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- In the church scene the role of Marguerite is sung by Marise Beaujon
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1929-30(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Choir
Faust - Heddle Nash
Méphistophélès - Robert Easton
Marguerite - Miriam Licette
Valentin - Harold Williams
Siébel - Doris Vane
Marthe - Muriel Brunskill
Wagner - Robert Carr
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Black Disc; - Columbia DX 88-103 {16x78s) (UK) (1930)ª; HMV «Treasury» HLM 7052 {1LP} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - Dutton Laboratories 2DAX 2001 {1CD} (1994)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 9010 {2CDS} (2000)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1930 p.231; July 1974 p.256 [JBS]; May 1994 p.132; July 1994 p.30
Comments:- *Some sides were conducted by Clarence Raybould. More details can be found in THE RECORD COLLECTOR Vol.50 No.2 June 2005 pp.114-116.
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Conductor Albert Wolff - 1930(SE)
Orchestra - L'Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Chorus - Choeurs
Faust - René Lapelletrie
Méphistophélès - José Beckmans
Marguerite - Germaine Martinelli
Valentin - Charles Cambon
Siébel - Bernadette Lemichel de Roy
Marthe - Mme. Nidoc
Wagner - Michel Cozette
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Black Disc - Polydor 95386-90 (5x78s}; Polydor 27382-86 (5x78s); Polydor 566070-74 (5x78s)
Compact Disc; - Andante 3996-3999 (+complete opera cond. Busser +short excerpts) {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1931 p.445 (Klein p.496); June 2002 p.82 [JBS]
Opera - July 2002 pp.873-874 [RL]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.135-137 [JM]
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.66 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.576-580 [WA]
American Record Guide - September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 pp.240-241 [KM]
International Record Review - February 2003 pp.53-54 [HC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.61 junio 2003 p.81 [BD]
Comments:- A Polydor «Abridged Opera»
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Conductor Henri Busser - 1930(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opera de Paris
Faust - César Vezzani
Méphistophélès - Marcel Journet
Marguerite - Mireille Berthon
Valentin - Louis Musy
Siébel - Marthe Coiffier
Marthe - Jeanne Montfort
Wagner - Michel Cozette
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Black Disc - La Voix de son Maître L 806-825 (20x78s); HMV C 2122-2141 (20x78s) Victor «Musical Masterpiece Set» 105 (11020-11039) (20x78s) Club 99 OP 1000 {3LPS}; Discophilia KS 25-27
Compact Disc; - Music Memoria 30186-17 {2CDS}; *Pearl GEMM CDS 9987 {2CDS} (1993)ª; *Legendry Recordings LR-CD-1012-3 {2CDS}; Malibran Music CDRG 104 (+arias) ; {2CDS} (1998)ª; Andante 3996-3999 (+excerpts cond. Wolff +other short excerpts) {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1993 p.126; September 1999 p.104 (In brief) [JBS]; June 2002 p.82 [JBS]; Awards Issue 2002 p.119 (mention) [RN]
Opera - July 1993 p.876; July 2002 pp.873-874 [RL]
Opera Now - May 1993 p.59
Fanfare - November-December 1993 p.554; Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.135-137 [JM]
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.66 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.3 Autumn 1990 pp.161-163 [WA2]: Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.576-580 [WA2]
ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.177 [CPGP]: Vol.21 No.1 Spring 1990 p.149 (letter): Vol.21 No.2 Fall 1990 p.307 (letter)
American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.2 September-October 1993 p.5: September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 pp.240-241 [KM]
Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.1 [JTH]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.101 [MO]
International Record Review - February 2003 pp.53-54 [HC]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII - N.125 gennaio 1999 p.94 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.52 julio-agosto 2002 p.89 [MC]: No.61 junio 2003 p.81 [BD]
Comments:- Recorded between 20 February 1930 and 19 November 1930. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. The advertisment for the Malibran-Music CDs in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL (mai 1998 No.224 p.15) gives the conductor as Boutry. Roger Boutry was born in 1932
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Conductor Hermann Weigert - 1931(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestermitgliedern der Staatsoper, Berlin
Chorus - Chormitgliedern der Staatsoper, Berlin
Faust - Helge Roswaenge
Méphistophélès - Eduard Kandl
Marguerite - Hedwig von Debicka
Valentin - Heinrich Schlusnus
Siébel - Hedwig Jungkurth
Marthe - Marie Schutz-Dornburg
Wagner - Waldemar Henke
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Black Disc - Polydor 95446-95450 {5x78s} (blue label) Polydor 27377-273881 {5x78s};Polydor 15272-15276 {5x78s}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. According to Michael Seil and Christian Zwarg (The Record Collector June 2002 p.101) the Heinrich Schlusnus's contribution was recorded in 1931.
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Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli - 1936(Act 1;SE)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Faust - Antonio Melandri
Méphistophélès - Nazareno De Angelis
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Black Disc - Columbia D 14586/8(3x78s)
Compact Disc - *Preiser Records «Lebendige Vergangenheit 89134 {1LP}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- The CD does not contain the prelude. It is not clear if this is on the original78s
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Conductor Josef Krips - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Faust - Jussi Björling
Méphistophélès - Alexander Kipnis
Marguerite - Esther Réthy
Valentin - Alexander Svéd
Siébel - Dora Komarek
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 337 (+Björling recital) {1LP} (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (7 March 1937). Björling sings in Swedish and the rest of the cast in German, except that on the EJS LP a recording of Björling singing 'Salut demeure' in French from a Dutch radio broadcast has been spliced in. Some of these excerpts appeared on Koch Schwann «Wiener Staatsoper Live» Vol.4 (see «More EJS» p.597)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1937(RA)
Orchestra - Stuttgarter Rundfunk
Chorus - Stuttgarter Rundfunk
Faust - Helge Roswaenge
Méphistophélès - Georg Hann
Marguerite - Margarete Teschenmacher
Valentin - Hans Hermann Nissen
Siébel - Carla Spletter
Marthe - Elisabeth Waldenau
Wagner - Alexander Welitsch
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Black Disc - Unique Opera Recordings UORC 245; Preiser Records FSF 3
Compact Disc; - *Preiser Records 90040 {2CDS}; Arkadia 78056 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 50361 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.14 No.4 March/April 1991 p.223 [HF]
Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.56 [DN]
American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.307 [VAL]
Musica (Milano) - N.120 ottobre 2000 p.75 [GR]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 pp.99-100 [MG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 5 December 1937. The CDs issued by Cantus Classics are listed on their omline catalogue
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Conductor Heinrich Steiner - 1938(RA)
Orchestra - Berliner Reichsender
Chorus - Berliner Reichsender
Faust - Helge Roswaenge
Méphistophélès - Michael Bohnen
Marguerite - Hilde Singenstreu
Valentin - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
Siébel - Helmut Melchert
Marthe - Margarethe Arndt-Ober
Wagner - Franz Wolf
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 941.96 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto «Historical» 2MCD 992H.029 (1999)ª; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 208 «Opera auf Deutsch» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.17 No.6 July/August 1994 p.141
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.60
Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.42
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Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940 (16/3)(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Richard Crooks
Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza
Marguerite - Helen Jepson
Valentin - Leonard Warren
Siébel - Lucielle Browning
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Wilfred Engelman
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 275 {2LPS} (1976)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 March 1940). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.197-199
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Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940 (6/4)(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Richard Crooks
Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza
Marguerite - Helen Jepson
Valentin - Leonard Warren
Siébel - Helen Olheim
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Wilfred Engelman
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 188 {3LPS} (1960)ª
Compact Disc; - *NAXOS «Historical» 8.110016-7 {2CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - March 1998 p.292 [AB]
Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.99 [ST]
Orpheus - März 1998 S.58 [DN]
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.48 [SS]
BBC Music Magazine - April 1998 p.89 [GH]
The Record Collector - Vol.43 No.3 September 1998 p.192 [PS]
Répertoire - No.110 février 1998 pp.34-35 [LB]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.117 marzo 1998 p.93 [GL]
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Boston (6 April 1940). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.197-199
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Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Armand Tokatyan
Méphistophélès - Norman Cordon
Marguerite - Eleanor Steber
Valentin - George Cehanovsky
Wagner - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc - World's Greatest Operas SR 48/50 (78s)
Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- According to HIGH FIDELITY (October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.40, p.47) the role of Faust is shared by Tokatyan and Jobin
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1943(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Raoul Jobin
Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza
Marguerite - Licia Albanese
Valentin - John Charles Thomas
Siébel - Lucielle Browning
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Wilfred Engelman
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Compact Disc; - *AS-disc 1104/5; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 792 {2CDS}; ; The Radio Years RY 23/24 {2CDS}; Aura LRC 1109 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2258/59 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0065 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2004 p.77 [AB]
Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.8
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.19 marzo-mayo 1996 p.69
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1943)
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Conductor Arthur Rother - 1943(LI)
Orchestra - Städtische Oper Berlin
Chorus - Städtische Oper Berlin
Faust - Helge Roswaenge
Méphistophélès - Georg Hann
Marguerite - Trude Eipperle
Valentin - Hans Wocke
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0112 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
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Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1944(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Raoul Jobin
Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza
Marguerite - Licia Albanese
Valentin - Martial Singher
Siébel - Martha Lipton
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - John Baker
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 434 (& 1628)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the MET (16 December 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1944(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Raoul Jobin
Méphistophélès - Ezio Pinza
Marguerite - Licia Albanese
Valentin - Martial Singher
Siébel - Lucielle Browning
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - John Baker
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1490 (& 918 & 683 & 1250) ; The Opera Lovers FAUS 194401 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Jules Gressier - 1947(RE)
Orchestra - Orchestre Radio-Lyrique
Faust - José Luccioni
Méphistophélès - Paul Cabanel
Marguerite - Géori Boué
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 202 - Opera in Paris (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of the Scène de l'église and the finale broadcast on 5 November 1947
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1947-48(STU)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Faust - Georges Noré
Méphistophélès - Roger Rico
Marguerite - Géori Boué
Valentin - Roger Bourdin
Siébel - Huguette Saint-Arnaud
Marthe - Betty Bannerman
Wagner - Ernest Frank
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Black Disc; - HMV DB 9422-9437 (16x78s,AC) (1949)ª; RCA Victor DM 1300 {16x78s;AC} (1949)ª; RCA Victor LCT 1000 {3LPS} (1951)ª
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90355 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Malibran Music CDRG 153 (+Geori Boué - recital) {3CDS} (2000)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110117-18 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1949 p.124; September 2001 p.92 [AB]
Opera - February 1950 p.34; January 1999 p.124 [AB] April 1999 p.383 (letter)
Opera News - October 10 1949 p.27 [SF3]
Orpheus - November + Festival 1998 S.90 [GH]; 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.87-S.88 [GH]; Oktober 2001 S.57-S.58 [SL]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.576-580 [WA]
Opéra International - No.248 juillet-aoüt 2000 p.72 [JP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.88 [JLD]
American Record Guide - December 1951 Vol.18 No.4 p.127, p.130 [PHR]: November/ December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.294 [RVL]: November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.307 [DA]
International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]
International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 p.74, p.76 [SP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII - N.127 marzo 1999 pp.94-96 [GL]
Répertoire - No.137 juillet/aoüt 2000 p.74
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 pp.89-90 [VJ]
Comments:- Recorded between 25 February 1947 and 30 June 1948. More details can be found in«Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel
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Conductor Vasily Nebolsin - 1948(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Opera
Faust - Ivan Kozlovsky
Méphistophélès - Mark Reizen
Marguerite - Elisabeta Shumskaya
Valentin - Ivan Burlak
Siébel - Eugenia Gribova
Marthe - Nina Ostrumova
Wagner - Ivan Skobiov
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Black Disc - Melodiya MIO-45101 002 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Dante LYS 301-303 {3CDS} (+Act 1 - Khaikin +excerpts in Russian) (1998)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0129 {2CDS} (2005)ª; *Audio Encyclopedia AE 207 - Opera Russe (A Mike Richter CD-Rom
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.313-314 [HF]
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.48 [SS]
Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [NL]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.101 [MO]
Répertoire - No.115 juillet/aoüt 1998 p.87 (mention)
Musica (Milano) - n.109 Anno 22 agosto-settembre 1998 p.88 [EG]
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Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Giuseppe di Stefano
Méphistophélès - Italo Tajo
Marguerite - Dorothy Kirsten
Valentin - Leonard Warren
Siébel - Inge Manski
Marthe - Claramae Turner
Wagner - Dennis Harbour
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 144 (highlights) {1LP} (1973)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO-1/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 53; HOPE 223
Compact Disc; - *Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21015 {2CDS}; Arkadia MP 478.2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 2CD 001HO37 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Arkadia 78065 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1180
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.60
International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.62 [MT]
Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.41
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.140 maggio 2000 p.105 [MG]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (31 December 1949). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.461-464. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive was listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where was stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Vasily Nebolsin - 1949?(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Faust - Ivan Kozlovsky
Méphistophélès - Aleksandr Stepanovich Pirogov
Marguerite - Elisabeta Shumskaya
Valentin - Pavel Lisitsian
Siébel - Eugenia Gribova
Marthe - Nina Ostrumova
Wagner - Ivan Skobiov
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 021/8 {4LPS}; Melodiya D 05776/83 {4LPS} MK D O-5776-83 {4LPS} (USA); CBS «Odyssey» XLP 7300; MELODIYA Oldmel.21
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Jussi Björling
Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi
Marguerite - Dorothy Kirsten
Valentin - Frank Guarrera
Siébel - Anne Bollinger
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 110 {3LPS} (1972)ª
Compact Disc; - *Myto 2MCD 906 33 {2CDS} (1990)ª;; Myto 2MCD 922 58 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Myto «Historical» 003 H046 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Rodolphe 32702/3 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.11083-85 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - février 1995 No.166 p.60
International Record Review - January 2001 p.112 [PO'C]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.85-86 [MC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 December 1950)
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Conductor Laszlo Halasz - 1950(SE)
Orchestra - New York City Opera
Faust - Rudolf Petrak
Méphistophélès - Norman Scott
Marguerite - Frances Yeend
Valentin - Walter Cassel
Siébel - Frances Bible
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Black Disc - MGM E 553 {1x10in-LP}; MGM K-80 (45s} MGM E 3023 (+Aida - excerpts) {1LP}; Lion CL 40000 (+Aida - excerpts) {1LP}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- This recording is listed in «The New York City Opera» by Martin L. Sokol p.210. It comprises the following excerpts: *Avant de quitter ces lieux; Le veau d'or; *Faites-lui mes aveux; Salut demeure; Jewel song; Love duet; Vous qui faites l'endormie; Prison scene. Those marked * are not included on the 12 inch LP
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Eugene Conley
Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi
Marguerite - Eleanor Steber
Valentin - Frank Guarrera
Siébel - Margaret Roggero
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson
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Black Disc; - Columbia SL 112 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; Columbia «Odyssey» Y3 32103 (1973)ª; Philips ABL 3096-3098 {3LPS} (UK) (1956)ª; Philips A 01 165-167 L {3LPS} (Continental Europe)
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20015 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1956 p.428 [PHW]
Opera - June 1956 p.376
Opera News - December 30 1957 p.22 [KFR]
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.171-172 [JM]
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75 [IW]
American Record Guide - September 1951 p.8 [PHR]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - June 1955 p.12
Gramophone Record Review - June 1956 p.496
Comments:- Recorded on 21, 23, 25 May 1951
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Conductor Walter Herbert - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Faust - Richard Tucker
Méphistophélès - Nicola Moscona
Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles
Valentin - Henri Noel
Siébel - Cecilia Ward
Marthe - Maria Mayhoff
Wagner - Donald Bernard
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 167-2 {2CDS} Great Opera Performances; G.O.P. 66.305 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0116 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Bensar OL 22653 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.60; No 290 mai 2004 p.84 [JC]
American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.263: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.234 [RVL]
ARSC Journal - Vol.26 No.1 Spring 1995 p.115 [RL]
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.107 [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (26 February 1953).
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Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Eugene Conley
Méphistophélès - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles
Valentin - Robert Merrill
Siébel - Mildred Miller
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 346 (& 352)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 December 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1953(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Boris Christoff
Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles
Valentin - Jean Borthayre
Siébel - Martha Angelici
Marthe - Solange Michel
Wagner - Robert Jeantet
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1162-1165 {4LPS} (1954)ª; RCA Victor LM 6400 {4LPS} (USA) (1954)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65256-2 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Urania 306 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1954 pp.162-163 [AR]; September 1995 p.124 [PO'C]
Opera - November 1954 p.684
Opera Now - November 1995 p.62
Opera News - December 30 1957 p.22 [KFR]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.110-111 [RT]
Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.56
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.60
Diapason - No.412 février 1995 p.94
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.148
American Record Guide - March 1954 Vol.20 No.7 p.221 [PHR]
High Fidelity Magazine - May 1954 Vol.4 No.3 p.45 [JH]
Gramophone Record Review - November 1954 p.27 [MO]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.185 février 1995 p.100
Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.41
International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.117
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Faust - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Méphistophélès - Boris Christoff
Marguerite - Anna Maria Rovere
Valentin - Enzo Mascherini
Siébel - Vittoria Garofalo
Marthe - Aurora Cattelani
Wagner - Mario Bozzi
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Compact Disc; - *Bongiovanni «Historical Opera Collection» HOC 009/10 (+short; excerpts - Napoli - 1950) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.66 [IW]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.185 luglio-agosto 2004 p.112 (mention) [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 pp.81-82 [PN]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Arena Flegrea (August 1954).
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Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Jan Peerce
Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi
Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles
Valentin - Robert Merrill
Siébel - Mildred Miller
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 415 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 347 (& 353 & 1999) ;; Andromeda ANDRCD 5037 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2006 p.93 [JBS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.84 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 February 1955). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739 and the recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Giuseppe Campora
Méphistophélès - Jerome Hines
Marguerite - Dorothy Kirsten
Valentin - Frank Guarrera
Siébel - Rosalind Elias
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1090 (& 854)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (4 February 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Faust - Gianni Poggi
Méphistophélès - Raffaele Ariè
Marguerite - Marcella Pobbe
Valentin - Ettore Bastianini
Siébel - Anna Maria Capel
Marthe - Amalia Pini
Wagner - Silvio Santarelli
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Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5054 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (1 December 1956). According to Andromeda's online catalogue this is a «In House recording - accetable (sic) sound».
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Münchner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Bayerischer Rundfunk
Faust - Heinz Hoppe
Méphistophélès - Kim Borg
Marguerite - Maria Stader
Valentin - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Siébel - Dagmar Naaff
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Black Disc - D.G.G. LPEM 19095 {1LP}; D.G.G. 89651 D.G.G EPL 30474 (EP; Highlights)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1960 p.424 (Highlights) [AP]
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Conductor Gianfranco Rivoli - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - VIENNA OPERA
Chorus - VIENNA FESTIVAL
Faust - Léopold Simoneau
Méphistophélès - Heinz Rehfuss
Marguerite - Pierrette Alarie
Valentin - Paul Bicos
Siébel - Liliane Berton
Marthe - Suze Leal
Wagner - Dominique Weber
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Black Disc - Musicdisc Festival CFC 60082; *Concert Hall SMS 2282
Compact Disc - FNAC 642314; VAI Audio 1143 {3CDS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.99 [ST]
Opera News - March 14 1998 p.44 [SFV]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.576-580 [WA]
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.48 [SS]
Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.80 [MP]
American Record Guide - March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.123 [RVL]
BBC Music Magazine - April 1998 p.76 [GH]
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Jerome Hines
Marguerite - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Valentin - Robert Merrill
Siébel - Margaret Roggero
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1091 (& 855); Bensar OL 1458 (BRO 125102) {2CDRS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (4 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Boris Christoff
Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles
Valentin - Ernest Blanc
Siébel - Liliane Berton
Marthe - Rita Gorr
Wagner - Victor Autran
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1721-1724 {4LPS} (1959)ª;; HMV ASD 307-310 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Capitol GDR 7154 {4LPS} (1960)ª;; Capitol SGDR 7154 {4LPS} (1960)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALP 261-264 {4LPS}; La Voce del Padrone QALPS 261-264 ; {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 69983 2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; EMI TOCE WPCC 8142-4 {3CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 567 967-2 {3CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZD 3622 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1960 pp.369-370 [PHW]; July 1989 p. [JBS]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]
Opera - March 1960 p.221
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.1 September/October 2003 pp.124-125 [JM]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.148; No.217 p.92 [DVM]
American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.618 [PLM]: September 1964 Vol.31 No.1 p.62, p.64 (open reel tape) [JM]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.114 [KM]
High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.68 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]
ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.177 [CPGP]
Records and Recordings - December 1959 p.19 [FGB]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.59: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.81 [LB]
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Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1958?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestre
Chorus - Choeurs
Faust - Alain Vanzo
Méphistophélès - Adrien Legros
Marguerite - Renée Doria
Valentin - Robert Massard
Siébel - Françoise Louvay
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Black Disc - Véga 10.135 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Philips 456 602-2
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.55 [PC]
Diapason - No.75 mars 1963 p.27 [JG]; No.443 décembre 1997 p.136 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.142 [DVM]
Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.80 [JB]
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Conductor Boris Khaikin - 1959(Act 1;SE)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Faust - Ivan Kozlovsky
Méphistophélès - Boris Gmyria
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Compact Disc; - Dante LYS 301-303 (+complete performance) {3CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- This recording is a «filler» on the Dante-Lys CDs of the complete recording with Kozlovsky and Reizen
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Conductor Atanas Margaritov - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Sofia National Opera
Chorus - Sofia National Opera
Faust - Ilija Jossifov
Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Marguerite - Katia Popova
Valentin - Georgi Genov
Siébel - Dimiter Tzolov
Marthe - Nadia Bardarova
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 210 (Bulgarian National Radio - Italian, French and German Opera) {1xCD-ROM) (2003)ª; Gala GL 100.625 (+Attila - highlights) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 p.105 [JTH]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance of a «rearranged» version in the Sofia National Opera (March 1959). The opera start with Valentin's aria!
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Jussi Björling
Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi
Marguerite - Elisabeth Söderström
Valentin - Robert Merrill
Siébel - Mildred Miller
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Roald Reitan
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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 502 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD-661 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 906.33 {2CDS} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 Dec 1959)
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Conductor Walter Goehr - 195?(SE)
Orchestra - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Netherlands Philharmonic Chorus
Faust - Leo Larsen
Méphistophélès - Paolo Gorin
Marguerite - Uta Graf
Valentin - Frans van de Ven
Siébel - Anneke van de Graaf
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Black Disc - Muzikale Meesterwerken MMS 127 {2x10in-LPS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Luister - Juli/Aug. 1956 p.269 [LR]
Comments:- The records issued by Muzikale Meesterwerken are advertized in LUISTER November/December 1955 p.37
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Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1960(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Faust - Eugenio Fernandi
Méphistophélès - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Marguerite - Renata Scotto
Valentin - Piero Guelfi
Siébel - Clara Betner
Marthe - Anna Maria Anelli
Wagner - Vincenzo Preziosa
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.003 {3LPS}; Stradivarius STR 1008-1010 {3LPS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - March/April 1986 Vol.9 No.4 pp.163-164 [ADC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 11 July 1960
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Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1960(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestre Symphonique
Chorus - Choeurs
Faust - Gustave Botiaux
Méphistophélès - Xavier Depraz
Marguerite - Andrea Guiot
Valentin - René Bianco
Siébel - Jacqueline Silvy
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Black Disc; - Orphée LDO D 81.052 {1LP} (1963)ª;; Orphée STO D 61.052 {1LP} (1963)ª; Vogue LDM 30128 {1LP}; Mode CMDINT 9497 {1LP}
Compact Disc - *Vogue VG 651 600074 {1CD}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Diapason - No.73 janvier 1963 p.19 [JG]
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Conductor Julius Rudel - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Faust - Albert Lance
Méphistophélès - Norman Treigle
Marguerite - Nicoletta Panni
Valentin - Frank Guarrera
Siébel - Joan Wall
Marthe - Marie Powers
Wagner - William Beck
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01335
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (10 November 1961). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000
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Conductor Marcel Couraud - 1961(SE)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Karlsruhe
Chorus - L'Opéra de Karlsruhe
Faust - Tony Poncet
Méphistophélès - René Bianco
Marguerite - Irène Jaumillot
Siébel - Jacqueline Broudeur
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Black Disc; - Philips LO 22 83 L {1LP} (France) (1963)ª; Philips 835.159 LY (France) {1LP} (1963)ª; Philips 837023 GY {1LP}; Philips GL 5673 {1LP}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.285
Diapason - No.79 septembre 1963 p.25 [JG]
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Conductor Marcel Couraud - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Badische Staatskapelle
Faust - Ernst Kozub
Méphistophélès - Franz Crass
Marguerite - Colette Lorand
Valentin - Ernst Kozub
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Black Disc - Philips G 03 117 L {1LP}; Philips 837 019 GY {1LP} Philips 839 571 VGY {1LP}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
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Conductor Alain Guingal - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao
Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Opera (ABAO}
Faust - Alfredo Kraus
Méphistophélès - Justino Díaz
Marguerite - Mirella Freni
Valentin - Santos Ariño
Siébel - Rachel Joselson
Marthe - Mabel Perelstein
Wagner - Nino Carta
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAUS 198601 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Coliseo Albia (2 September 1986). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1963?(SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Faust - Rudolf Schock
Méphistophélès - Gottlob Frick
Marguerite - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Valentin - Hugh Beresford
Siébel - Ursula Schirrmacher
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Black Disc - Eurodisc S 70 963 KR {1LP}; Eurodisc 201 594-250 {1LP}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - April 1982 S.310 [OT]
Fono Forum - November 1964 S.455-S.456 [WB]
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Faust - Richard Verreau
Méphistophélès - Richard Cross
Marguerite - Joan Sutherland
Valentin - Cornelius Opthof
Siébel - Margreta Elkins
Marthe - Dorothy Cole
Wagner - William Beck
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3716
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (9 March 1965). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online «Partial Performance Chronology» of opera in Philadelphia. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - John Alexander
Méphistophélès - Justino Díaz
Marguerite - Montserrat Caballé
Valentin - Sherrill Milnes
Siébel - Marcia Baldwin
Marthe - Gladys Kriese
Wagner - Russell Christopher
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2438 (& 2438); The Opera Lovers FAUS 196501 {3CDRS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 December 1965). As this performance was not broadcast the recording was, presumably, made «in-house». The CDRs issued by the Omega Opera Archive and The Opera Lovers are listed in their online catalogues (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Faust - Luciano Saldari
Méphistophélès - Ruggero Raimondi
Marguerite - Adriana Maliponte
Valentin - Domenico Trimarchi
Siébel - Seta Paloulian
Marthe - Anna Lia Bazzani
Wagner - Giorgio Santi
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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10261 {3CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1998 S.58 [IW]
Opéra International - janvier 1999 No.231 p.48 [SS]
American Record Guide - January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.114 [RVL]
L'opera (Milano) - n.123 novembre 1998 supplemento p.28
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.117 enero 1999 p.52 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.91 [JR]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Venice (13 February 1966)
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Conductor Alain Lombard - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - John Alexander
Méphistophélès - Justino Díaz
Marguerite - Gabriella Tucci
Valentin - William Walker
Siébel - Marcia Baldwin
Marthe - Shirley Love
Wagner - Russell Christopher
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1305 (& 1066); Bensar OL 122466 (BRO 121062) {3CDRS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 December 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi
Marguerite - Jean Fenn
Valentin - William Walker
Siébel - Marcia Baldwin
Marthe - Gladys Kriese
Wagner - Russell Christopher
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers FAUS 196601 {3CDRS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 April 1966). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1966(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Highgate School Choir
Faust - Franco Corelli
Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Marguerite - Joan Sutherland
Valentin - Robert Massard
Siébel - Margreta Elkins
Marthe - Monica Sinclair
Wagner - Raymond Myers
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Black Disc; - Decca MET 327-30 {4LPS} (1967)ª; Decca SET 327-30 {4LPS} (1967)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 421 240-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; London POCL 3962-4 {3CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 467 059-2 {3CDS} (France) (2000)ª; Decca 470 563-2 {3CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape - Ampex/London S-90125(7½ips)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1967 p.382; December 1991 p. [AB]
Opera - March 1967 p.249 [HDR]
Répertoire - No.138 septembre 2000 p.73 [LC]
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Faust - Alfredo Kraus
Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Marguerite - Pilar Lorengar
Valentin - Franco Iglesias
Siébel - Nancy Nicks
Marthe - Charlotte Povia
Wagner - John Darrenkamp
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1388-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FAUS 196701 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music Philadelphia (17 November 1987). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Faust - Gianni Raimondi
Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Marguerite - Mirella Freni
Valentin - Robert Massard
Siébel - Luigi Alva
Marthe - Anna Di Stasio
Wagner - Alfredo Giacomotti
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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37005 {3CDS]; Opera d'Oro OPD 1294 {3CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1998 pp.141-142 [MM]
ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.177 [CPGP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (16 February 1967; see OPERA May 1967 p.387)
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Conductor Zdzislaw Gorzynski - 1967(SE)
Orchestra - Wielki Theatre Warsaw
Chorus - Wielki Theatre Warsaw
Faust - Wieslaw Ochman
Méphistophélès - Wlodzimierz Denysenko
Marguerite - Barbara Nieman
Valentin - Zdzislaw Kllimek
Siébel - Anna Malewicz-Madey
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Black Disc - Muza Polskie Nagrana XL 0387 {1LP}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
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Conductor Ernst Märzendorfer - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Faust - Plácido Domingo
Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi
Marguerite - Wilma Lipp
Valentin - Mario Sereni
Siébel - Hilde de Groote
Marthe - Elisabeth Höngen
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1751 (& 1516)
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (made «in-house» - 26 June 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where the recording is stated to be «fair».
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Conductor Julius Rudel - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - New York City Opera
Chorus - New York City Opera
Faust - Michele Molese
Méphistophélès - Norman Treigle
Marguerite - Beverly Sills
Valentin - Dominic Cossa
Siébel - Frances Bible
Marthe - Muriel Greenspon
Wagner - William Beck
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Black Disc - MGS 105 (highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 243; Gala GL 100702 (highlights +Sapho - Cambreling) {2CDS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Diapason - No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.82-83 (highlights - mention) [MP]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (26 October 1968). The performance on 17 October 1968 is reviewed in OPERA January 1969 p.36, p.53.
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Conductor Danilo Belardinelli - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)
Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)
Faust - Alfredo Kraus
Méphistophélès - Ruggero Raimondi
Marguerite - Mirella Freni
Valentin - Mario D' Anna
Siébel - Margherita Rochov
Marthe - Mirna Pecile
Wagner - Nino Carta
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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3108 {3CDS}
Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 P60
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Festival d'Oviedo