Liszt / Wagner / Berlioz / Crf / Oprf / Sado: Faust- Two Episodes from Lenaus Faust / Faust Overature

Title: Faust- Two Episodes from Lenaus Faust / Faust Overature
Artist: Liszt / Wagner / Berlioz / Crf / Oprf / Sado
Label: Apex
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 825646786466
Genre: Classical Composers

Liszt: 2 Episodes from Lenaus Faust / Wagner: A Faust Overture / Berlioz: 8 Scenes from Faust Liszt (Composer), Wagner (Composer), Berlioz (Composer) / Crf / Oprf / Sado The concept and repertoire make this a disc of unusual interest. Berlioz's Eight Scenes from Faust eventually became, greatly enlarged, The Damnation of Faust. Interestingly, Mephistopheles is a tenor; later he would become a baritone and Faust would get the tenor part. Wagner's Faust Overture is a fine piece, seldom played, and hard to program outside of compilations such as this one, perhaps owing to it's rather conservative, German romantic style. Liszt's two pieces, the first of which is the famous Mephisto Waltz No. 1, seldom get performed together, as the composer intended. Yet the ensuing Nocturnal Procession is quite wonderfully atmospheric, and this diptych remains one of Liszt's finest orchestral pieces in any genre. The performances are very solid, the solo singing quite good, with alert playing and conducting. This is one of those releases that, while rewarding on it's own, also undoubtedly will fill a couple of gaps in many record collections.

Tracks:
1.1 Episoden Aus Lenau's Faust (2), for Orchestra, S. 110 (LW G16): 2. Der Tanz in Der Dorfschenke (Mephisto-Walzer)
1.2 Episoden Aus Lenau's Faust (2), for Orchestra, S. 110 (LW G16): 1. Der Nächtliche Zug
1.3 A Faust Overture, for Orchestra in D minor, WWV 59
1.4 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 1. Chants de la Fête de Pques
1.5 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 2. Paysans Sous Les Tilleuls
1.6 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 3. Concert de Sylphes
1.7 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 4. Écot de Joyeux Compagnons (Histoire D'un Rat)
1.8 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 5. Chanson de Méphistophélès
1.9 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 6. Le Roi de Thulé
1.10 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 7. Romance de Marguerite - Choeur de Soldats
1.11 Huit Scénes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 8. Sérénade de Méphistophélès