Faust discography
This is a list of recordings of the opera Faust (1859) by Charles Gounod, sung in French unless otherwise noted.
Recordings
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[edit]| Year | Cast (Faust, Mephistopheles Marguerite) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label[1] |
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| 1908 | Carl Jörn Paul Knüpfer Emmy Destinn | Bruno Seidler-Winkler Grammophone Orchestra Berlin, Berlin State Opera chorus (sung in German) | LP: Grammophon CD: Supraphon Cat: 11 2136-2 |
| 1911–1912 | Léon Beyle André Gresse Jeanne Campredon | François Ruhlmann | LP: Pathé CD: Marston Records Cat: 53007-2[2] |
| 1918 | Giuliano Romagnoli Fernando Autori Gemma Bosini | Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | LP: HMV Cat: S 5260-5298 CD: Divine Art Cat: DDH 27810 |
| 1929 | Antonio Melandri Nazzareno De Angelis Gina Cigna | Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | LP: Columbia Records |
| 1929–1930 | Heddle Nash Robert Easton Miriam Licette | Thomas Beecham BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus (sung in English) | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD 9010 |
| 1930 | César Vezzani Marcel Journet Mireille Berthon | Henri Büsser L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus | CD: Membran Cat: 231136 |
| 1937 | Helge Rosvaenge Georg Hann Margarete Teschemacher | Joseph Keilberth Reichssender Stuttgart orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | CD: Arkadia Cat: 5054 |
| 1938 | Helge Rosvaenge Michael Bohnen Hilde Singenstreu | Heinrich Steiner Reichssender Berlin orchestra and chorus | CD: Myto Records Cat: MCD992H030 |
| 1940 | Richard Crooks Ezio Pinza Helen Jepson | Wilfrid Pelletier Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110016-17 |
| 1947 | Ivan Kozlovsky Mark Reizen Elizaveta Shumskaya | Vassili Nebolsin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian) | LP: Melodia Cat: 05776-83 CD: Dante Lys Cat: 301-3 |
| 1947–1948 | Georges Noré Roger Rico Géori Boué | Thomas Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus | LP: RCA Victor Cat: LCT-6100 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110117-18 |
| 1949 | Giuseppe Di Stefano Italo Tajo Dorothy Kirsten | Wilfrid Pelletier Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Myto Records Cat: MCD001H037 |
| 1950 | Jussi Björling Cesare Siepi Dorothy Kirsten | Fausto Cleva Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111083-85 |
| 1951 | Eugene Conley Cesare Siepi Eleanor Steber | Fausto Cleva Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20015 |
| 1953 | Nicolai Gedda Boris Christoff Victoria de los Ángeles | André Cluytens L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Cat: CMS 5 65256-2 CD: Malibran Cat: CMS5652562 |
| 1954 | Ferruccio Tagliavini Boris Christoff Anna Maria Rovere | Gabriele Santini Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | CD: Bongiovanni Cat: HOC009 |
| 1956 | Gianni Poggi Raffaele Arié Marcella Pobbe | Fausto Cleva Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | CD: Andromeda Cat: ANDRCD5054; Bongiovanni Cat: HOC041/42 |
| 1958 | Nicolai Gedda Boris Christoff Victoria de los Ángeles | André Cluytens L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 65256-2 |
| 1958 | Nicolai Gedda Jerome Hines Hilde Gueden | Jean Paul Morel Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0270 |
| 1959 | Jussi Björling Cesare Siepi Elisabeth Söderström | Jean Paul Morel Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Myto Records Cat: MCD00174 |
| 1959 | Ilija Jossifov Nicolai Ghiaurov Katja Popova | Atanas Margaritov Sofia National Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Gala Cat: GL100625 |
| 1960 | Eugenio Fernandi Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Renata Scotto | Armando La Rosa Parodi RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus | CD: Myto Records Cat: MCD00246 |
| 1960 | Gustave Botiaux Xavier Dupraz Andréa Guiot | Jésus Etcheverry | LP: Orphée Cat: |
| 1966 | Franco Corelli Nicolai Ghiaurov Joan Sutherland | Richard Bonynge London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus | CD: Decca Records Cat: 470563-2 |
| 1967 | Gianni Raimondi Nicolai Ghiaurov Mirella Freni | Georges Prêtre Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1294 |
| 1968 | Michele Molese Norman Treigle Beverly Sills | Julius Rudel New York City Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Opera Depot Cat: 10772-02 |
| 1971 | Nicolai Gedda Nicolai Ghiaurov Heather Harper | Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1443 |
| 1973 | Alfredo Kraus Nicolai Ghiaurov Renata Scotto | Paul Ethuin NHK Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Opera chorus | CD: Nota Blu Cat: |
| 1973 | György Korondy Kolos Kováts Sylvia Sass | Ervin Lukács Hungarian State Opera House orchestra Hungarian Radio and Television chorus Honved Ensemble Male Choir (sung in Hungarian) | CD: Hungaroton Cat: HCD32411 |
| 1976 | Giacomo Aragall Paul Plishka Montserrat Caballé | Alain Lombard Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg Opéra national du Rhin chorus | LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: FRL4-2493 CD: Erato Cat: 45685 |
| 1978 | Plácido Domingo Nicolai Ghiaurov Mirella Freni | Georges Prêtre L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 5 09166 |
| 1986 | Francisco Araiza Yevgeny Nesterenko Kiri Te Kanawa | Colin Davis Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus | CD: Philips Cat: 475 7769 |
| 1991 | Richard Leech José van Dam Cheryl Studer | Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse French Army Chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: CDS 5 56224-2 |
| 1993 | Jerry Hadley Samuel Ramey Cecilia Gasdia | Carlo Rizzi Welsh National Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Warner Classics Cat: 4 509-90 872-2 |
| 1999 | Paul Charles Clarke Alastair Miles Mary Plazas | David Parry Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (sung in English) | CD: Chandos Cat: 3014(3) |
| 2009 | Piotr Beczała Kwangchul Youn Soile Isokoski | Bertrand de Billy Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Orfeo Cat: C 805 103 D |
| 2016 | Aljaž Farasin Carlo Colombara Marjukka Tepponen | Ville Matvejeff Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka – Opera orchestra and choir | CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660456-58 |
| 2018 | Benjamin Bernheim Andrew Foster-Williams Véronique Gens | Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir (1859 version) | CD: Bru Zane Cat: BZ 1037 |
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[edit]References
[edit]Notes
- ^ a b c Recordings of Faust on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ "Faust Liner Notes". Marston Records. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Faust (1985), Vienna, ASIN B000B8ISPA.
- ^ Faust (2014), Met Opera on Demand.
- ^ Faust (2015), Turin, medici.tv.
- ^ Faust (2019), ROH, ROH Stream.
- ^ Faust (2019), ROH, medici.tv.
- ^ Faust (2021), Paris Opera Play.
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