Charles Gounod

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Gounod’s popular opera Faust was premiered on this date in 1859; we’ll hear excerpts from Faust as well as his second symphony.

Playlist:
12:00 pm
  • Symphony No. 2 E flat
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  • Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Gounod - The 2 Symphonies
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 462125
  • Release Year: 1998
12:32 pm
  • Faust: Act II: Finale
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Liliane Berton, soprano ; Boris Christoff, bass
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
12:39 pm
  • Faust: Jewel Song
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
12:44 pm
  • Faust: Act V: Finale
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959

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