19 November 2022

Thomas Beecham & Clarence Raybould / Walter Susskind - Gounod. Faust (excerpts)- Columbia 1929/30 + HMV 1948

Charles Gounod: "Faust"

A1: Act 1 - "Vain! in vain do I Call...All hail! Brightest of days"
A2: Act 2 - "Light as air at early morning" (Waltz Scene)
A3: Act 3 - "What is it that charms me?...All hail, thou dwelling pure and lonely"
A4: Act 3 - "I wish I could know...O'er the sea in Thule of old" (Ballad of the King of Thule)
A4: Act 3 - "O heav'n, what brilliant gems...Ah! the joy past compare" (Jewel Song)
B1: Act 4 - "The hour is late!" (Garden Scene)
B2: Act 5 - "Begone! My heart is torn with grief" (Prison Scene)

Heddle Nash, Tenor - Robert Easton, Bass - Miriam Licette & Doris Vane, Sopranos
B.B.C. Choir & Orchestra  conducted by  Thomas Beecham & Clarence Raybould**
HMV  HLM 7052  1974 LP/matrices: 2XEA4889/90 -1G. Recorded: April 1929 & January 1930** - Central Hall, Westminster  

Charles Gounod: "Faust" - "The hour is late!" -  Heddle Nash, Tenor - Owen Brannigan, Bass - Joan Hammond, Soprano - Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind
HMV  CLP 3718 (RLS 707: 1972 3LP Box "Old Vic & Sadler's Wells")  Recorded: 20 February 1948 - Studio 1, Abbey Road. 

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