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Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Gounod's Faust and introduces excerpts from the Ballet Music

Title
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Gounod's Faust [sound recording] : and introduces excerpts from the Ballet Music / Gounod.
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Publication
Harrow, Middlesex : Dutton Laboratories, p1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
  • Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
  • Nash, Heddle, 1896-1961.
  • Easton, Robert.
  • Williams, Harold, 1893-1976.
  • Carr, Robert.
  • Licette, Miriam.
  • Brunskill, Muriel.
  • Vane, Doris.
  • Beecham, Thomas, Sir, 1879-1961.
  • Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Description
2 sound discs (137 min., 34 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Faust. English
Alternative Title
Faust.
Subjects
Note
  • Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. English translation by H. F. Chorley.
  • Program notes by Lyndon Jenkins ([3] p.) inserted in container.
  • Clarence Raybould conducts tracks on 13, 14 on CD 1 and tracks 6, 11 on CD 2.
  • Compact discs.
Performer (note)
  • Heddle Nash (Faust) ; Robert Easton (Mephistopheles) ; Harold Williams (Valentine) ; Robert Carr (Wagner) ; Miriam Licette (Margarita) ; Muriel Brunskill (Martha) ; Doris Vane (Siebel) ; The B.B.C. Choir and Symphony Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra (Ballet excerpts) ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor.
Event (note)
  • Faust recorded on Apr. 3-6, 8-10, 1929 and Jan. 13,14, 1930 in Central Hall, Westminster.
  • Ballet Music excerpts recorded in 1939.
Contents
Faust -- Sir Thomas Beecham introduces excerpts from the Ballet Music, Act V -- Dance of the Nubians (Allegretto, Mouvement de valse) -- Adagio.
Call Number
*LDC 13879 (F)
OCLC
37971061
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Title
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Gounod's Faust [sound recording] : and introduces excerpts from the Ballet Music / Gounod.
Imprint
Harrow, Middlesex : Dutton Laboratories, p1994.
Playing Time
021734
Cast
Heddle Nash (Faust) ; Robert Easton (Mephistopheles) ; Harold Williams (Valentine) ; Robert Carr (Wagner) ; Miriam Licette (Margarita) ; Muriel Brunskill (Martha) ; Doris Vane (Siebel) ; The B.B.C. Choir and Symphony Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra (Ballet excerpts) ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor.
Event
Faust recorded on Apr. 3-6, 8-10, 1929 and Jan. 13,14, 1930 in Central Hall, Westminster.
Ballet Music excerpts recorded in 1939.
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Added Author
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901.
Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
Nash, Heddle, 1896-1961.
Easton, Robert.
Williams, Harold, 1893-1976.
Carr, Robert.
Licette, Miriam.
Brunskill, Muriel.
Vane, Doris.
Beecham, Thomas, Sir, 1879-1961.
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Ballet. Adagio.
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Ballet. Allegretto, Mouvement de valse.
Publisher No.
2CDAX2001 Dutton Laboratories
Research Call Number
*LDC 13879 (F) Program notes on file.
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