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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust; Harold en Italie | 
 enlarge | Creators: Hector Berlioz, Igor Markevitch, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lamoureux Concert Association Orchestra, Consuelo Rubio, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet, Richard Verreau
Label: Dg Imports
Category: Music
List Price: $66.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 34505
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.9
UPC: 028946367322
EAN: 0028946367322
ASIN: B00006L76O
Release Date: October 23, 2002
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Part 1. Scene 1. Introduction. Le vieil hiver a fait place au printemps | | • | Part 1. Scene 2. Ronde des Paysans. Les bergers quittent leurs troupeaux / Scene 3. Mais d'un eclat | | • | Part 1. Scene 3. Marche hongroise | | • | Part 2. Scene 4. Sans regrets j'ai quitte les riantes campagnes | | • | Part 2. Scene 4. Chante de la fete de Paques. Christ vient de ressusciter! | | • | Part 2. Scene 5. O pure emotion! Enfant du saint parvis! | | • | Part 2. Scene 6. Choeur de Buveurs. A boire encore! du vin | | • | Part 2. Scene 6. Chanson de Brander. Certain rat, dans une cuisine | | • | Part 2. Scene 6. Fugue sur le theme de la Chanson de Brander. Amen | | • | Part 2. Scene 6. Chanson de Mephistopheles. Une puce gentille | | • | Part 2. Scene 7. Air de Mephistopheles. Voici des roses | | • | Part 2. Scene 7. Songe de Faust - Choeur de gnomes et de sylphes. Dors! heureux Faust! | | • | Part 2. Scene 7. Ballet des Sylphes. Margarita! Oh! qu'ai-je vu? | | • | Part 2. Scene 8. Finale. Choeur de Soldats. Villes entourees de murs et remparts / Chanson d'Etudian | | • | Part 3. Tambours et trompettes sonnent la retraite | | • | Part 3. Scene 9. Air de Faust. Merci, doux crepuscule! / Scene 10. J'entends! | | • | Part 3. Scene 11. Que l'air est etouffant! | | • | Part 3. Scene 11. Le Roi de Thule (Chanson gothique). Autrefois un roi de Thule | | • | Part 3. Scene 12. Evocation. Esprits des flammes inconstantes | | • | Part 3. Scene 12. Menuet des Feux follets. Maintenant, chantons a cette belle... | | • | Part 3. Scene 12. Serenade de Mephistopheles avec Choeur de Feux follets. Devant la maison |
Disc 2
| • | Part 3. Scene 13. Duo. Grand Dieu! Que voi-je? | | • | Part 2. Scene 14. Trio et Choeur. Allons, il est trop tard! | | • | Part 4. Scene 15. Romance. D'amour l'ardente flamme | | • | Part 4. Scene 15. Au son des trompettes | | • | Part 4. Scene 16. Invocation a la nature. Nature immense, impenetrable et fiere | | • | Part 4. Scene 17. Recitatif et Chasse. A la voute azuree | | • | Part 4. Scene 18. La Course a l'Abime. Dans mon coeur retentit sa voix | | • | Part 4. Scene 19. Pandaemonium (Choeur en langue infernale). Hans! Irimiru Karabrao! Has! / Epilogue | | • | 1. Harold aux montagnes | | • | 2. Marche de pelerins | | • | 3. Serenade | | • | 4. Orgie de brigands | | • | Part 4. Scene 20. Laus! Hosanna! / Apotheose de Marguerite. Remonte au ciel, ame naive |
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| Customer Reviews:
First choice for a classic "French" Faust January 12, 2006
Santa Fe listener
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm thrilled that this exciting, totally idiomatic Damnation of Faust is back. (Amazon doesn't seem to carry the latest pressing, in DG's Originals series, but it's probably worth making sure you get the improved digital remastering.) From the first note of tenor Richard Verreau, one can be secure that perfect French diction is at hand and relish his tangy, nasal Gallic tone, which suffuses solists, chorus, and the Lamoureux orchestra. This isn't the only way to perform Berlioz, but given how homogenized most accounts of Faust are--the excellent Solti set from Chicago (Decca) is as American as, well, Chicago--we are fortunate to have Markevitch's performance as well as Myung-Whun Chung's, also from Paris on DG.
None of this would ocunt for much if Markevitch weren't such a superb Berlioz conductor. Russian as he was, he spent his formative years in the Parisian musical avant-garde and then emerged in the Fifties as the equal to Munch in drama and fervor as a Berliozan (and was far superior in discipline). Has anyone ever scorched through the Rakoczy March like this? None of thee vocal soloists, who include Consuelo Rubio as Marguerite and Michel Roux as the slyest Mephistopheloes, were international stars, but they blend perfectly into this production. In all, a classic reading by a conductor to the manner born.
Once More, Magnificent Markevitch November 16, 2005
Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Despite his relatively modest output, Berlioz has always been one of my favorite composers, and his Symphonie Fantastique one of my all time favorite works. For years I have enjoyed Markevitch's recording of the Fantastique with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, and more recently his earlier (and better) mono account with the Berlin Philharmonic (see my review), so selecting his reading of "La Damnation de Faust" seemed to be a no-brainer. Generally, I'm not a huge fan of choral works but both Faust and "Romeo & Juliet" are significant enough compositions for any classical music devotee to own at least one copy. Markevitch's recording of "La Damnation de Faust" was made in 1959, again with Lamoureux, in glorious DG golden-age stereo sound. It is a first rate performance, but the real treat for me was the 1955 Harold in Italy, with Heinz Kirchner as viola soloist. This recording was obviously made by Markevtich with the Berliners as a follow-up to the highly successful aforementioned Fantastique, yielding once more triumphant results despite the mono sound. In all this 2CD set offers breathtaking Berlioz at a refreshingly inexpensive price for an import title.
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