Name: Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust'
Brand: Thomas Beecham
SKU: 84572338
Price: 5.39 EUR
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Discover “Thomas Beecham - Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust'”: One release from 1974, from UK - Available in LP

LP
HLM 7052
1974
UK
Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust' (Sir Thomas Beecham , Charles Gounod , Heddle Nash , Miriam Licette)

Sir Thomas Beecham , Charles Gounod , Heddle Nash , Miriam Licette - Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust'

LP - Sir Thomas Beecham , Charles Gounod , Heddle Nash , Miriam Licette - Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust'

Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust' (Sir Thomas Beecham , Charles Gounod , Heddle Nash , Miriam Licette)

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(Mono) 'band 1 (A1): Matrix Nos: DX 88 (recorded 10/4/29) and DX 89 (recorded 8/4/29) WAX 4816; 4827.
band 2 (A2): Matrix Nos: DX 92/93 (recorded 8/4/29) WAX 4821; 4822.
band 3 (A3): Matrix Nos: DX 94 (recorded 14/1/30) WAX 5338; 5339.
band 4 (A4 a & b): Matrix Nos: DX 95 (recorded 8/4/29) WAX 4823; 4824.
band 5 (B1): Matrix Nos: DX 97/98 (recorded 10 & 11/4/29; 14/1/30) WAX 4833; 4837; 4838; 5340.
band 6 (B2): Matrix Nos: DX 1102-103 (recorded 13/1/30; 9/4/29) WAX 5336; 5337; 4842.

Recorded at Central Hall, Westminster in two lengthy sessions during April 1929 and January 1930. Due to Sir Thomas Beecham's commitments, final 'takes' of four of the thirty-two sides were conducted by his assistant, Clarence Raybould. On this record he conducts (A3) and the closing section of (B1).'[discogs]

Side 1 Side 2

I Wish I Could Know...O'er The Sea In Thule Of Old' (Ballad Of The King Of Thule) (Act 3)

'Vain! In Vain Do I Call...All Hail! Brightest Of Days' (Act 1)

'O Heav'n, What Brilliant Gems...Ah! The Joy Past Compare' (Jewel Song) (Act 3)

'Light As Air At Early Morning' (Waltz Scene) (Act 2)

'What Is It That Charms Me?...All Hail, Thou Dwelling Pure And Lonely' (Act 3)

'The Hour Is Late!' (Garden Scene) (Act 4)

'Begone! My Heart Is Torn With Grief' (Prison Scene) (Act 5)

Bass Vocals

Robert Easton

Chorus

BBC Symphony Chorus