Placido Domingo, Georges Pretre, Mirella Freni, Charles Gounod, Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris, Nicolai Ghiaurov - Gounod: Faust (Complete Opera); Domingo, Freni, Ghiaurov, Allen, Pretre

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Artist(s)	Placido Domingo, Georges Pretre, Mirella Freni, Charles Gounod, Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris and Nicolai Ghiaurov
Studio	EMI Classics
Release Date	October 25, 1990
UPC Code	077774749329
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Tracks

1. Faust: Introduction
2. Faust: Act I, Scene 1: 'Rien! En vain j'interroge...' (Faust)
3. Faust: Act I, Scene 1: 'Ah! Paresseuse fille...' (Faust)
4. Faust: Act I, Scene 1: 'Mais, ce Dieu que peut-il pour moi?' (Faust)
5. Faust: Act I, Scene 2: 'Me voici!' & 'A moi les plaisirs...' (Faust - Mephistopheles)
6. Faust: Act I, Scene 2: 'Vin ou biere' (Wagner)
7. Faust: Act I, Scene 2: 'O sainte medaille' (Valentin - Wagner - Siebel)
8. Faust: Act I, Scene 2: 'Avant de quitter ces lieux' (Valentin - Wagner)
9. Faust: Act II, Scene 3: 'Pardon!'...'Hein?' & 'Le veau d'or' (Mephistopheles - Wagner)
10. Faust: Act II, Scene 3: 'Merci de ta chanson!' (Valentin - Wagner - Mephistopheles - Siebel)
11. Faust: Act II, Scene 3: 'De l'enfer qui vient emousser nos armes' (Valentin)
12. Faust: Act II, Scene IV: 'Nous nous retrouverons, mes amis!' (Mephistopheles - Faust)
13. Faust: Act II, Scene 5: 'Ainsi que la brise legere...' (Mephistopheles - Faust - Siebel)
14. Faust: Act II, Scene 5: 'Ne permettrez-vous pas ma belle demoiselle' (Faust - Marguerite - Siebel - Mephistopheles)

1. Faust: Act III, Scene 1: Introduction
2. Faust: Act III, Scene 1: 'Faites-lui mes aveux' (Siebel)
3. Faust: Act III, Scene 2: 'C'est ici?' (Faust - Mephistopheles - Siebel)
4. Faust: Act III, Scene 3: 'Attendez-moi la, cher docteur!' (Mephistopheles - Faust)
5. Faust: Act III, Scene 4: 'Quel trouble inconnu me penetre!... Salut! demeure chaste et pure...' (Faust)
6. Faust: Act III, Scene 5: 'Alerte! la voila!' (Mephistopheles - Faust)
7. Faust: Act III, Scene 6: 'Je voudrais bien savoir...Il etait un roi de Thule' (Marguerite)
8. Faust: Act III, Scene 6: 'Un bouquet!...O Dieu! que de bijoux!' (Marguerite)
9. Faust: Act III, Scene 7: 'Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je!' (Marthe - Marguerite)
10. Faust: Act III, Scene 8: 'Dame Marthe Schwerlein, s'il vous plait?' & 'Prenez mon bras un moment!' (Faust - Marguerite - Mephistopheles - Marthe)
11. Faust: Act III, Scene 8: 'Il etait temps!' (Mephistopheles)
12. Faust: Act III, Scene 8: 'Il se fait tard!' (Marguerite - Faust)
13. Faust: Act III, Scene 8: 'Tenez! Elle ouvre sa fenetre!'...'Il m'aime!' (Mephistopheles - Marguerite - Faust)
14. Faust: Act IV, Scene 1: Introduction
15. Faust: Act IV, Scene 1: 'Elles ne sont plus la!' (Marguerite)
16. Faust: Act IV, Scene 1: 'Marguerite'...'Siebel!' (Siebel - Marguerite)
17. Faust: Act IV, Scene 1: 'Si le bonheur...' (Siebel - Marguerite)
18. Faust: Act IV, Scene 2: 'Seigneur, daignez permettre...' (Marguerite - Mephistopheles)
19. Faust: Act IV, Scene 2: 'Souviens-toi du passe' (Mephistopheles - Marguerite)
20. Faust: Act IV, Scene 2: 'Quand du Seigneur...' (Marguerite - Mephistopheles)

1. Faust: Act IV, Scene 3: 'Deposons les armes!' (Valentin - Siebel)
2. Faust: Act IV, Scene 3: 'Gloire immortelle'
3. Faust: Act IV, Scene 4: 'Allons, Siebel!' (Valentin - Siebel)
4. Faust: Act IV, Scene 5: 'Vous qui faites l'endormie' (Mephistopheles)
5. Faust: Act IV, Scene 6: 'Que voulez-vous, messieurs?' (Valentin - Mephistopheles - Faust)
6. Faust: Act IV, Scene 7: 'Par ici, par ici, mes armis!' (Marthe - Valentin - Marguerite - Siebel)
7. Faust: Act IV, Scene 7: 'Ecoute-moi bien, Marguerite' (Valentin, Siebel, Marthe)
8. Faust: Act V, Scene 1: 'Dans les bruyeres' (Faust - Mephistopheles)
9. Faust: Act V, Scene 1: 'Jusqu'aux premiers feux du matin' (Mephistopheles, Faust)
10. Faust: Act V, Scene 1: 'Que ton ivresse, o volupte' (Mephistopheles, Faust)
11. Faust: Act V, Scene 1: Intermezzo
12. Faust: Act V, Scene 2: 'Va-t'en!' (Faust, Mephistopheles)
13. Faust: Act V, Scene 2: 'Mon coeur est penetre...' (Faust)
14. Faust: Act V, Scene 2: 'Ah! C'est la voix du bien-aime!'... 'Oui, c'est, moi, je t'aime!' (Marguerite, Faust)
15. Faust: Act V, Scene 2: 'Alerte, alerte'...'Anges purs'...'Christ est ressuscite' (Mephistopheles, Marguerite, Faust)
16. Faust: Ballet Music: Les Nubiennes (Allegretto: mouvement de valse)
17. Faust: Ballet Music: Adagio
18. Faust: Ballet Music: Danse antique (Allegretto)
19. Faust: Ballet Music: Variations de Cleopatre (Moderato maestoso)
20. Faust: Ballet Music: Les Troyens (Moderato con moto)
21. Faust: Ballet Music: Variations du Miroir (Allegretto)
22. Faust: Ballet Music: Danse de Phryne (Allegro Vivo)

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User Reviews

Gounod: Faust (Complete Opera); Domingo, Freni, Ghiaurov, Allen, Pretre

Excelente en todo. Grandes intérpretes, gran orquesta y muy burns dirección.Aún habiendose grabado en 1979, el sonido es muy bueno. Gran presentación de la discográfica. Para mí, la mejor grabación del Faust de Gounod que he oñido jamás. February 17, 2008

GOUNOD FAUST DVD

THE BEST NEW RECORDING . IT WAS EXCELLENT TO VIEW BEFORE SEEING IT AT THE NY METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE LAST YEAR. THE DELIVERY WAS FAST FROM AMAZON. THEY ARE VERY RELIABLE FOR QUICK DELIVERY....

G PATTANTYUS December 27, 2007

it's good,but.

cast is excellent but clarity is just so-so. sounds like a copy of a copy of a copy. October 2, 2007

Comparing "Faust" recordings

This performance demands comparison, of course, with the performance of deLosAngeles, Gedda, and Christoff, recorded in the fifties. The sound quality of this recording is, of course, superior. Another plus is the omission of several (minor) cuts in the earlier performance. The comparison of the singers is less clear. I prefer the Marguerite of deLosAngeles to that of Freni. Freni, at this stage of her career, sounds somewhat too matronly for this girlish role, although she is in excellent voice. Christoff and Ghiaurov were both the pre-eminent bassos of their day. Ghiaurov has perhaps the silkier sound, Christoff the more compelling vocal personality. I rate them a toss-up. I confess to having a preference for Gedda in the title role. At this youthful stage of his career, his voice was thrilling. Domingo's Faust, while excellent, provides another look at Placido's technique, with which we are all familiar. Overall, the listener cannot do wrong with either set. May 12, 2007

Great musicians--mediocre recording

I'm sorry...I just had to chime in here. I would just like to say that, for the record, Placido Domingo and Mirella Freni do NOT have perfect French diction nor anything close to it. Placido is better than Mirella, but still not perfect...at least he's not as bad as Franco Corelli! Freni says "'che' de bijoux" like it's in Italian and "ou si je 'vaiyah'"...not sure where she got that from. The thing that confuses me is that Pretre is French so why didn't he correct these things...you'd think that would sound awful to his ears! His tempi tend to be sluggish and lack the energy that I'm accustomed to in this opera...I recommend Cluytens over Pretre here. If you want to hear good French diction, listen to Nicolai Gedda and Victoria de los Angeles...the latter tends to sing French as if it were spoken which sounds a bit strange but the pronunciation is correct. Boris Christoff's rough-around-the-edges bass lends itself perfectly to the role of Mephistopheles. Although I'm not a huge De los Angeles fan, I think Gedda is superb in French repertoire and Christoff is just about as menacing as you could ever want! May 2, 2007

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