MARGARET PRICE (soprano): Gretchen, and a penitent
ILSE WOLF (soprano): Sorge, and solo soprano in final scene FELICITY HARRISON (contralto): Magna Peccatrix
RACHEL FAYNE (contralto): Mulier Samaritana
JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor): Ariel, Pater Ecstaticus , and solo tenor in final scene
HEINZ REHFUSS (baritone): Faust, and Dr Marianus PETER WALKER (baritone): Pater Seraphicus
RAIMUND HERINCX (baritone): Mephistopheles, and Evil Spirit MICHAEL RIPPON (bass): Pater Profundus
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto): Martha, Maria Aegyptiaca , Mater Gloriosa , and solo alto in final scene
Other solo parts by members of THE BBC NORTHERN SINGERS Boys choirs of BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL director of music Timothy Lawford
EDMUND CAMPION SCHOOL and ST TERESA 'S CHURCH chorus-master Patrick Booth LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR chorus-master J. E. Wallace ROYAL LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader PAUL COLLINS conductor CHARLES GROVES Part 1