La damnation de Faust, Op. 24 / Hector Berlioz ; Almire Gandonniere (Gabriel Bacquier, bass ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Pierre Thau, bass ; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Maria Peronne, soprano ; Georges Pretre, conductor ; Orchestre de Paris ; Paris Opera Chorus) -- La mort de Cleopatre / Hector Berlioz ; Pierre-Ange Vieillard (Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Alexander Gibson, conductor ; London Symphony Orchestra).
Note
Opera (1st work) and secular cantata (2nd work).
Text by Gérard de Nerval, Almire Gandonnière, and the composer, after Goethe (1st work), and P.A. Vieillard (2nd work).
Reissue of 1996 digital remastering; originally released in 1970.
Event (note)
Recorded Oct. 1969, at Salle Wagram, Paris (1st work); and Sept. 1969, at Watford Town Hall, London (2nd work).
Language (note)
Sung in French.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Title
La damnation de Faust [electronic resource] ; La mort de Cléopâtre / Berlioz.
Imprint
[S.l.] : EMI Classics, 2007, p1996.
Playing time
021300 002056
Series
Gemini
Gemini (EMI (Firm))
Performer
In the 1st work: Maria Peronne, soprano; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone; Pierre Thau, bass; Chœurs de l'Opéra de Paris; Orchestre de Paris; Georges Prêtre, conductor. 2nd work: Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Alexander Gibson, conductor.
Event
Recorded Oct. 1969, at Salle Wagram, Paris (1st work); and Sept. 1969, at Watford Town Hall, London (2nd work).