Liszt / Wagner / Berlioz / Crf / Oprf / Sado Faust- Two Episodes From Lenaus Faust / Faust Ovtr CD

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.

1. Episoden Aus Lenau's Faust (2), for Orchestra, S. 110 (LW G16): 2. Der Tanz in Der Dorfschenke (Mephisto-Walzer) 2. Episoden Aus Lenau's Faust (2), for Orchestra, S. 110 (LW G16): 1. Der N?chtliche Zug 3. A Faust Overture, for Orchestra in D minor, WWV 59 4. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 1. Chants de la F?te de Pques 5. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 2. Paysans Sous Les Tilleuls 6. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 3. Concert de Sylphes 7. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 4. ?cot de Joyeux Compagnons (Histoire D'un Rat) 8. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 5. Chanson de M?phistoph?l?s 9. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 6. Le Roi de Thul? 10. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 7. Romance de Marguerite - Choeur de Soldats 11. Huit Sc?nes de Faust, for Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra ; Guitar, H. 33 (Op. 1): 8. S?r?nade de M?phistoph?l?s