Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
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Special offer. Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Hymel (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Gábor Bretz (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Guildhall School Singers, Tiffin Children's Chorus, Tiffin Girls' Choir, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Sir Simon Rattle
The work and its style – especially the virtuosity and panache required – have clearly remained in the orchestra’s collective memory…Overall it’s a tightly organised and carefully paced achievement... —
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Record Review, 23rd March 2019, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Special offer. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedConsuelo Rubio, Richard Verreau, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Kirchner (viola)
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir · Chœur Enfants · R.T.F. · Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris · Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Lamoureax, Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
The names of the soloists may not be familiar to everyone nowadays (Richard Verreau, Michel Roux and Consuelo Rubio) but with the Lamoureux Orchestra and Elisabeth Brasseur Choir under Igor... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Josephine Veasey, Richard Van Allan, Gillian Knight
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Choral Performance
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), Malcolm King (bass), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), José van Dam (bass), Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus (chorus)
Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 25th Awards (1982), Best Choral Performance
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Keith Lewis & Victor von Halem
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
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Building a Library, February 2018, Recommended Recording
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust), Enkelejda Shkosa (Marguerite), Michele Pertusi (Méphistophélès), David Wilson-Johnson (Brander)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
The greatest Berlioz conductor of his generation in a triumphant benchmark live recording … outshines previous sets at whatever price —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Berlioz Odyssey
RecommendedThe Complete Sir Colin Davis Recordings
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Davis was seemingly Berlioz’s disciple on earth, and this was the glorious late flowering of his love for the composer…Les Troyens crackles with a theatricality that outshines even the pioneering... —Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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Building A Library, November 2025, Recommended Recording (Harold en Italie)
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Franz Vroons (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Alois Pernerstorfer (baritone)
Orchestra del Festival di Lucerna, Coro del Festival di Lucerna, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Nicolai Gedda (Faust), Régine Crespin (Marguerite), Ernest Blanc (Méphistophélès), Louis Morin (Brander)
Choir and Orchestra National de la R T F, Igor Markevitch
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