Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) • La Damnation de Faust 2 CDs

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) • La Damnation de Faust 2 CDs

La Damnation de Faust
CD 1
Part I
1. Scene I: Plains Of Hungary
2. II: Chorus Of Peasants
3. III: Another Part Of The Plain/An Army Advancing
4. Scene III: Hungary March
Part II
5. Scene IV: North Germany
6. Scene IV: Easter Hymn
7. Scene V: Allegro Moderato (O Pure Emotion)
8. Scene VI: Auerbach's Cellar in Leipzig
9. Scene VI: Chorus Of Drinkers
10. Scene VI: Brander's Song
11. Scene VI: Fugue On the Theme On Brander's Song
12. Scene VI: Mephistopheles' Song
13. Scene VII: Groves And Meadows By The Elbe/Mephistopheles' Aria
14. Scene VII: Chorus Of Gnomes And Sylphs/Faust's Dream
15. Scene VII: Dance Of The Sylphs
16. Scene VII: Finale/Chorus Of Students And Soldiers Marching To The Town
CD 2
Part III
1. Scene IX: Drums And Trompets Sounding Retreat
2. Scene IX: Faust's Aria
3. Scene X: Moderato ('I Can Hear Her')
4. Scene XI: Allegretto Non Troppo Presto E Dolce (I'm As Frightened As A Child')
5. Scene XI: The King Of Thule (Ballad)
6. Scene XII: Evocation
7. Scene XII: Minuet Of The Will O' The Wisps
8. Scene XII: Mephistopheles' Serenade
9. Scene XIII: Finale/Duo
10. Scene XIV: Trio And Chorus
Part IV
11. Scene XV: Romance
12. Scene XVI: Invocation To Nature
13. Scene XVII: Recitative And Hunt
14. Scene XVIII: The Ride To The Abyss
15. Scene XIX: Pandemonium
16. Epilogue: On Earth
17. Epilogue: In The Heaven
18. Epilogue: Marguerite's Apotheosis

Maria Ewing, Denes Gulyas, Robert Lloyd, Manfred Volz, Christian Oelze, Choruses & Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal conducting

Denon Records