Gounod: Faust

Piotr Beczała (Faust), Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès), Maria Agresta (Marguerite), Alexey Markov (Valentin), Tara Erraught (Siébel), Paolo Rumetz (Wagner) & Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Marthe)

Wiener Philharmoniker & Philharmonia Chor Vienna, Alejo Pérez, Reinhard von der Thannen

The Vienna Philharmonic treats Gounod’s smooth lines and rich harmonies with the love and respect they deserve. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Jul 2017
Catalogue No: 8024297038
Label: EuroArts

Gounod: Faust

Salzburger Festspiele 2016
Piotr Beczała (Faust), Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès), Maria Agresta (Marguerite), Alexey Markov (Valentin), Tara Erraught (Siébel), Paolo Rumetz (Wagner) & Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Marthe)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Philharmonia Chor Vienna
Alejo Pérez (conductor) & Reinhard von der Thannen (stage director)

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Maria Agresta as convincingly innocent Marguerite struggling to resist temptation and to gain salvation: “She is fabulous!” (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

“Spectacular and photogenic” staging (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) by award winning stage director and designer Reinhard von der Thannen.

Gounod’s masterpiece is based on Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite, which in turn is based on Part I of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem Faust, one of the great works of European literature. The opera contains much-loved musical highlights including the memorable “Soldiers’ Chorus”, Méphistophélès’ rowdy “Song of the Golden Calf”, and Marguerite’s “Jewel Song” with its dazzling coloratura.

The Philharmonia Chor Wien and the Wiener Philharmoniker are performing under the baton of young Argentinian conductor Alejo Pérez.

Picture: 16:9 - NTSC

Sound: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1

Language/subtitles: English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Japanese, Korean

Region code: 0 (worldwide)

Running time: 180 mins

Production year: 2016

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November 2017

The Vienna Philharmonic treats Gounod’s smooth lines and rich harmonies with the love and respect they deserve.

Awards Issue 2017

Musical standards are high, the Wiener Philharmoniker playing urgently for Argentinian conductor Alejo Pérez. He has a fine cast at his disposal, headed by Piotr Beczała in pristine voice as Faust, his beautifully smooth tenor perfect for French repertoire...[Abdrazakov] sounds gloriously free in his upper register...Agresta sings an affecting Marguerite, aided by crystal pianissimos.

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