Charles François Gounod
Born: 17th June 1818, Paris
Died: 18th October 1893, Saint-Cloud
Nationality: French
Charles-François Gounod usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertoire. He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and popular short pieces including his "Ave Maria" (an elaboration of a Bach piece) and "Funeral March of a Marionette".
Born in Paris into an artistic and musical family, Gounod was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris and won France's most prestigious musical prize, the Prix de Rome. His studies took him to Italy, Austria and then Prussia, where he met Felix Mendelssohn, whose advocacy of the music of Bach was an early influence on him.
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Charles-François Gounod
20th Jun 2024
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the French Romantic composer, known for his operas, sacred music and songs.
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Mark Elder conducts Gounod's La Colombe
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Katherine listens to Gounod's charming comic opera, with farce and avian nonsense aplenty.
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Popular Works: Gounod
- Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) (34)
- Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) (65)
- Alerte, alerte! (from Faust) (8)
- Au printemps (7)
- Au rossignol (7)
- Avant de quitter ces lieux (from Faust) (22)
- Ave Maria (456)
- Chanson de printemps (10)
- Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines from Romeo and Juliette (11)
- Faites- lui mes aveux (from Faust) (7)
- Faust (42)
- Faust - Ballet Music (43)
- Faust - Waltz, Act II (13)
- Faust: Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux (11)
- Funeral March of a Marionette (46)
- Il était un roi de Thule... Ah! je ris (from Faust) (10)
- Il se fait tard ! Adieu ! (from Faust) (8)
- L'Absent (16)
- L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) (37)
- Le veau d'or est toujours debout (from Faust) (15)
- Noel (12)
- Ö légère hirondelle (from Mireille) (10)
- O ma belle rebelle (9)
- Ô ma lyre immortelle (from Sapho) (14)
- O sainte médaille... Avant de quitter (from Faust) (7)
- Où voulez-vous allez? (10)
- Petite Symphonie pour vents, Op. 216 (27)
- Priere (7)
- Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) (51)
- Repentir (O Divine Redeemer) (43)
- Romances (3) sans paroles: Le Soir (15)
- Roméo et Juliette (23)
- Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) (15)
- Sérénade (33)
- St Cecilia Mass (14)
- St Cecilia Mass: Sanctus (14)
- Symphony No. 1 in D major (13)
- Symphony No. 2 in E flat (15)
- Viens! Les gazons sont verts (15)
- Vous qui faîtes l'endormie (from Faust) (19)
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