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Schumann's Faust

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

live from the Royal Festival Hall, London
In order of singing:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar) Edith Mathis (soprano) Gwynne Howell (bass) Stuart Burrows (tenor)
Elisabeth Robinson (soprano) Richard Van Allan (bass)
Brian Rayner Cook (baritone) Anne Collins (contralto)
BBC CHORUS AND CHORAL SOCIETY chorus director JOHN POOLE Other solo parts sung by JEAN WILLIAMS , FRANCES GREGORY AMERAL GUNSON , LESLEY REID
GARETH ROBERTS , ROGER HEATH BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conductor Pierre Boulez
Schumann Scenes from Goethe's Faust: part 1
Sc 1: Overture; In the garden; Gretchen before the image of the Mater Dolorosa; In the Cathedral
Sc 2: Ariel -Dawn: Midnight: Faust's death

Contributors

Soprano:
Edith Mathis
Bass:
Gwynne Howell
Tenor:
Stuart Burrows
Soprano:
Elisabeth Robinson
Bass:
Richard van Allan
Baritone:
Brian Rayner Cook
Contralto:
Anne Collins
Director:
John Poole
Sung By:
Jean Williams
Sung By:
Frances Gregory
Sung By:
Ameral Gunson
Sung By:
Lesley Reid
Unknown:
Gareth Roberts
Unknown:
Roger Heath
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Source: Radio Times

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