FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 02:58:39 | 3CD | 755 MbThe international success of after its premiere in 1859 completely overshadowed all of Gounod’s subsequent operas.

He had known Goethe’s masterpiece for two decades and brought to the text his gifts for memorable melody and rich orchestration.

Added to this, the plot of Faust’s ageing and the heroine Marguerite’s redemption, offered the opportunity for the most spectacular stage effects.

Heard here in its 1864 London version with an additional air and without spoken dialogue or ballet, Faust represents 19th-century French opera at its peak.

Tracklist:CD101. Faust, CG 4, Act I (1864 Version): Introduction02. Faust, CG 4, Act I (1864 Version): Rien! En vain j’interroge03. Faust, CG 4, Act I (1864 Version): Mais ce Dieu04. Faust, CG 4, Act I (1864 Version): Me voici!05. Faust, CG 4, Act II (1864 Version): Vin ou bière06. Faust, CG 4, Act II (1864 Version): O sainte médaille07. Faust, CG 4, Act II (1864 Version): Le veau d’or est toujours debout!08. Faust, CG 4, Act II (1864 Version): Merci de la chanson!09. Faust, CG 4, Act II (1864 Version): Ainsi que la brise légèreCD201. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Entr’acte-Faites-lui mes aveux02. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): C’est ici?03. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Salut! Demeure chaste et pure04. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Alerte! La voilà!05. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Je voudrais bien06. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Il était un roi de Thulé07. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Ah! Je ris de me voir08. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Seigneur Dieu09. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Prenez mon bras un moment!10. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Il était temps!11. Faust, CG 4, Act III (1864 Version): Il se fait tardCD301. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Elles ne sont plus là02. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Marguerite!03. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Si le bonheur04. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Soyez béni, Siébel05. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Seigneur, daignez permettre à votre humble servante06. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Ecoutez! Les voici! Venezvite!07. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Allons, Siébel08. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Vous qui faites l’endormie09. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Que voulez-vous, messieurs?10. Faust, CG 4, Act IV (1864 Version): Par ici, par ici…11. Faust, CG 4, Act V (1864 Version): Dans les bruyères12. Faust, CG 4, Act V (1864 Version): Jusqu’aux premiers feux du matin13. Faust, CG 4, Act V (1864 Version): Doux nectar, dans ton ivresse14. Faust, CG 4, Act V (1864 Version): Vat’en!15. Faust, CG 4, Act V (1864 Version): Alerte!16. Faust, CG 4, Act V (1864 Version): Sauvée!