Gounod: Faust

Gounod: Faust

Gounod: Faust
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Composer: Charles Gounod
Conductor: Colin Davis
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Elmar Schloter
Performer: Andreas Schmidt
Performer: Evgeny Nesterenko
Performer: Francisco Araiza
Performer: Gilles Cachemaille
Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa
Performer: Marjana Lipovsek
Performer: Pamela Coburn
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. No. 1 Introduction
  2. No. 2 Scene Et Choeur
  3. No. 3 Recitatif
  4. No. 4 Duo/ Eh, Bien! Que T'en Semble?
  5. No. 5 Choeur
  6. No. 6 Scene Et Recitatif
  7. Invocation/Allons, Amis! Point De Vaines Alarmes!
  8. No. 7 Ronde Du Veau D'or
  9. No. 8 Recitatif Et Choral Des Epees
  10. No. 9 Valse Et Choeur/Ne Permettez-Vous Pas
  11. No. 10 Entracte Et Couplets
  12. No. 11 Scene Et Recitatif
  13. No. 12 Cavatine
  14. No. 13 Scene
Music CD 2
  1. No. 14 Recitatif
  2. No. 14a Chanson/Recitatif
  3. O Dieu! Que De Bijoux/No. 14b Air Des Bijoux
  4. No. 15 Scene
  5. No. 16 Quatuor/Eh Quoi! Toujours Seule?
  6. No. 17 Scene
  7. No. 18 Duo
  8. Eternelle! - O Nuit D'Amour/Marguerite! - Ah! Partez!
  9. Divine Purete! - Tete Folle!
  10. Tenez! Elle Ouvre Sa Fenetre
  11. No. 19 Marguerite Au Rouet
  12. Il Ne Revient Pas
  13. No. 20 Scene Et Recitatif
  14. Romance/Soyez Beni, Siebel
  15. No. 21 Scene De L'Eglise
  16. No. 22 Choeur Des Soldats
  17. Gloire Immortelle De Nos Aieux/No. 23 Recitatif
Music CD 3
  1. Qu'Attendez-Vous Encore?
  2. No. 24 Serenade
  3. No. 25 Scene Et Trio Du Duel
  4. No. 26 Mort De Valentin
  5. No. 27 La Nuit De Walpurgis
  6. No. 28 Scene Et Choeur
  7. No. 29 Chant Bachique
  8. No. 30 Scene De La Prison
  9. Mon Coeur Est Penetre D'Epouvante!
  10. No. 31 Trio-Finale
  11. No. 32 Apotheose
  12. Allegretto (Mouvement De Valse)
  13. Adagio-Animato
  14. Allegretto
  15. Moderato Maestoso - Animato Sempre
  16. Moderato Con Moto
  17. Allegretto
  18. Allegro Vivo - Poco Meno - A Tempo - Plus Anime

Music reviews of Gounod: Faust

Music Review: An excellent Faust all round, but Te Kanawa is too tepid
Rating: 4 Stars

Gounod's Faust went into serious decline after WW II, which marked the demise of the French singing tradition that this quintessentially Gallic opera needs. On LP and CD we've suffered through one mediocre version after another, all of them international in casting rather than French. No use listing the failures, which include almost all but the Cluytens on EMI with Gedda, de los Angeles and Christoff (the same cast appears in two version, one mono, the other stereo, that appeared within a few years of each other). Instead we can celebrate what's good here. Colin Davis conducts a very fine Faust in terms of orchestra and chorus. He's not Beecham and he's not French, but this is one ofDavis's most vigorous and involving opera recordings.

And his cast holds up very well. The Faust is Mexican, the Marguerite English, the Mephito Eastern European, so their French is coached rather than native, but each one sings with conviciton, and nobody hams things up. In fact, camping up Faust or making the pseudo-erotic parts sexier is about the only way that modern audiences will accept this faded flower. Davis doesn't do either; he gives the best, most honest case for a work that, after all, held the stage in prime form for over a century. Gounod supplied a dozen memorable tunes, and theyy're still enjoyable.

Araiza isn't French in style, and his voice has always sounded strained on records, but his Faust is more dramatically real than Domingo's for Pretre (EMI). Nesterenko avoids the temptation to be a Punch-and-Judy devil, and he doesn't chew the scenery like Christoff (one almost wishes he would--this isns't Bach), and he's in very good voice. Don't expect the essence of either malice or witty mischeif, however. But the main draw, of course, is Te Kanawa, whose portrayal was criticized by The Gramophone for being lackadaisical. There's some truth to that, and the voice doesn't sound at all girlish. It's too bad Te Kanawa was caught too late, because her tone is perfectly suited to the role of Margeurite. Technically all the notes are there, just don't expect the kind of joy and abandon that arks really successful portrayals.

So there it is, a very well conducted Faust that's too well-behaved (for sheer melodrama I'll stick with the Cluytens) and yet still maintains its place as the best of the lot among modern Fausts.

Description of Gounod: Faust

"Let me say at the outset that this is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era. Davis has generated just the sense of a live and lively performance seldom found on the rival recordings. He obviously cherishes the work, lavishes immense care on Gounod's felicitous scoring and persuades his Bavarian forces to lift the rhythms in a really Beecham-esque manner. It also has one of Philips's most natural, forward and well-balanced recordings--voices in perfect alignment with the orchestra." --Gramophone CAST LIST KIRI TE KANAWA Marguerite FRANCISCO ARAIZA Faust EVGENY NESTERENKO Méphistophélès ANDREAS SCHMIDT Valentin PAMELA COBURN Siebel MARJANA LIPOVSEK Marthe GILLES CACHEMAILLE Wagner Symphonie-Orchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Sir Colin Davis, conductor

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