DAMNATION DE FAUST
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
DAMNATION DE FAUST
1989
Soloists:
Keith Lewis (tenor), José van Dam (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra, Chorus:
Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Director:
Rodney Greenberg
This live recording was made at the Royal Albert Hall during one of London’s famous Promenade Concert seasons. Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a magnificent performance of Berlioz’s concert cantata. This feast of Berlioz launched Solti’s farewell tour with the orchestra he had directed for twenty years and was described by The Times as “the unsurpassable culmination of two decades of music-making...one that summarised all that has been most admirable about Solti’s long reign in Chicago.”
Label:
Arthaus Musik
Genre:
Konzert
Running Time:
134
Picture Format:
4:3
Sound Format:
PCM Stereo
Number of Discs:
1
Region:
0
Languages:
FR
Subtitle Languages:
DE, FR, GB, ES
EAN:
0807280202397
UPC:
807280202397
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