BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust)

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La damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust), Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Lille National Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzo-soprano
Michael Myers, tenor
Philippe Gerard, cor anglais
Alain Vernhes, baritone
Rene Schirrer, bass
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Recording date: 4 - 5 November 2003
Produced by: Walton, Andrew


1.   Part I Scene 1: Le vieil hiver a fait place (Faust) - 6:01
2.   Part I Scene 2: Les bergers laissent leur troupeaux, "Peasants’ Dance" (Chorus, Faust) - 3:31
3.   Part I Scene 3: Mais d’un eclat guerrier (Faust) - 0:51
4.   Part I Scene 3: Hungarian March, "Rakoczy March" - 4:48
5.   Part II Scene 4: Sans regrets j’ai quitte les riantes campagnes (Faust) - 4:49
6.   Part II Scene 4: Easter Hymn: Christ vient de ressusciter! (Chorus, Faust) - 5:34
7.   Part II Scene 4: Helas! Doux chants du ciel (Faust) - 1:05
8.   Part II Scene 5: O pure emotion! (Mephistopheles, Faust) - 2:17
9.   Part II Scene 6: A boire encor! (Chorus, Mephistopheles) - 0:28
10.   Part II Scene 6: Oh! Qu’il fait bon! (Chorus, Brander) - 2:24
11.   Part II Scene 6: Certain rat, dans une cuisine, "Brander’s Song" (Brander, Chorus) - 2:11
12.   Part II Scene 6: Amen, amen, amen!, "Fugue on Brander’s Song" (Brander, Chorus) - 1:20
13.   Part II Scene 6: Vrai dieu! Messieurs (Mephistopheles, Chorus) - 1:13
14.   Part II Scene 6: Une puce gentille, "Mephistopheles Song" (Mephistopheles, Chorus) - 1:36
15.   Part II Scene 6: Assez! Fuyons ces lieux (Faust) - 2:21
16.   Part II Scene 7: Voici des roses (Mephistopheles) - 2:31
17.   Part II Scene 7: Dors! Dors! Heureux Faust!, "Faust’s Dream" (Chorus of Gnomes and Sylphs, Mephistopheles, Faust) - 6:47
18.   Part II Scene 7: Dance of the Sylphs - 2:24
19.   Part II Scene 7: Margarita! Qu’ai-je vu? (Faust, Mephistopheles) - 1:11
20.   Part II Scene 8: Finale: Villes entourees (Chorus of Soldiers and Students) - 5:02

La damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust), Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Lille National Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzo-soprano
Michael Myers, tenor
Philippe Gerard, cor anglais
Alain Vernhes, baritone
Rene Schirrer, bass
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Recording date: 4 - 5 November 2003
Produced by: Walton, Andrew


1.   Part III Scene 9: Drums and Trumpets Play the Retreat - 1:12
2.   Part III Scene 9: Merci, doux crepuscule!, "Faust’s Aria" (Faust) - 4:30
3.   Part III Scene 10: Je l’entends! (Mephistopheles) - 0:57
4.   Part III Scene 11: Que l’air est etouffant! (Marguerite) - 2:45
5.   Part III Scene 11: Autrefois un roi de Thule, "The King of Thule" (Marguerite) - 4:22
6.   Part III Scene 12: Evocation: Esprits des flammes inconstantes (Mephistopheles) - 2:03
7.   Part III Scene 12: Minuet of the Wills-o’-the-Wisp - 5:44
8.   Part III Scene 12: Maintenant, Chantons a cette belle (Mephistopheles) - 0:22
9.   Part III Scene 12: Devant la maison, "Serenade of Mephistopheles", (Mephistopheles, Chorus of Wills-o’-the-Wisp) - 2:02
10.   Part III Scene 13: Duet: Grand Dieu! Que vois-je! (Marguerite, Faust) - 4:48
11.   Part III Scene 14: Trio and Chorus: Allons! Il est trop tard! (Mephistopheles, Marguerite, Faust) - 2:16
12.   Part III Scene 14: Hola, mere Oppenheim (Chorus of Neighbours in the Street) - 2:49
13.   Part IV Scene 15: Romance: D’amour l’ardente flamme (Marguerite) - 7:34
14.   Part IV Scene 15: Au son des trompettes (Chorus of Soldiers, Marguerite) - 2:13
15.   Part IV Scene 16: Nature immense, impenetrable, "Invocation to Nature" (Faust) - 4:13
16.   Part IV Scene 17: Recitative and Chase: A la voute azuree (Mephistopheles, Faust) - 3:33
17.   Part IV Scene 18: Dans mon coeur retentit sa voix, "The Ride to the Abyss" (Faust) - 3:39
18.   Part IV Scene 19: Pandemonium: Irimiru Karabrao! (Chorus of the Damned and the Demons) - 4:04
19.   Part IV Scene 19: Alors, l’Enfer se tut, "Epilogue on Earth" (Chorus) - 1:08
20.   Part IV Scene 20: Laus! Laus! Hosanna! (Chorus) - 1:04
21.   Part IV Scene 20: Remonte au ciel, "Margarita’s Glorification" (Chorus) - 4:04

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