Gounod
Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a French composer whose music stands at the centre of nineteenth-century French opera and sacred song. Born in Paris, he studied at the Conservatoire and won the Prix de Rome.
His best-known opera is Faust, one of the most successful French stage works of its century. He also wrote Roméo et Juliette, sacred music, songs, orchestral pieces and the famous Ave Maria based on Bach’...
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
OFFENBACH Tales of Hoffman
STRAVINSKY The Firebird - Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
and many more
Studio recordings, 1910-1918
Total duration: 2hr 32:36 (CD) or 2hr 39:21 (download)
Beecham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette
Live performance, 1947
Total duration: 2hr 23:20
Roméo - Jussi Björling
Juliette - Bidú Sayão
Frère Laurence - Nicola Moscona
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Emil Cooper
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
WAGNER Overture to 'Tannhäuser'
BRAHMS, GRIEG, MOZART, WEBER, BEETHOVEN
THOMAS, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, GOUNOD, LIADOV
Recorded 1917-1924
Total duration: 70:37
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
GOUNOD Faust
Live at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, December 1959
Total duration: 2hr 36:43
Jussi Björling
Elisabeth Söderström
Cesare Siepi
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Jean Morel, conductor
GOUNOD Faust
Studio recording, 1930
Total duration: 2hr 36:16
Faust - César Vezzani
Marguerite - Mireille Berthon
Méphistophélès - Marcel Journet
Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris Opéra
Conducted by Henri Büsser
ADDISON Ballet Suite, Carte Blanche
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
SAINT-SAËNS Dance of the Priestesses (Samson & Delilah)
GOUNOD Juliet's Dream (Romeo and Juliet)
Recorded live in 1959
Total duration: 56:49
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
BEECHAM at the Royal Festival Hall, Volume 1: HAYDN, LALO, DEBUSSY
BEECHAM at the Royal Festival Hall, Volume 2: MENDELSSOHN, GHEDINI, DVOŘÁK
BEECHAM at the Royal Festival Hall, Volume 3: ADDISON, BEETHOVEN, SAINT-SAËNS, GOUNOD
Recorded live in 1959
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
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