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Schumann Scenes from Faust

on BBC Radio 3

Parts 1 and 2

direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London

BBC Singers, director John Poole
BBC Symphony Chorus, conductor Brian Wright
Southend Boys' Choir, director Michael Crabb
BBC Symphony Orchestra, guest leader Desmond Bradley
conducted by Michael Gielen

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Singers
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Conductor:
Michael Gielen
Choir Director (BBC Singers):
John Poole
Choir Conductor (BBC Symphony Chorus):
Brian Wright
Choir Director (Southend Boys Choir):
Michael Crabb
Orchestra Leader:
Desmond Bradley
Faust:
Barry Mora (baritone)
Gretchen/A Penitent:
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Mephistopheles/Evil Spirit/Pater Profundus:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Martha/Mater Gloriosa:
Patricia Payne (contralto)
Ariel/Pater Ecstaticus:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Care:
Elizabeth Connell (mezzo-soprano)
Pater Seraphicus/Doctor Marianus:
Stephen Roberts (baritone)
Magna Peccatrix:
Pamela Priestley-Smith (soprano)
Mulier Samaritana:
Judith Rees (soprano)
Maria Aegyptiaca:
Ameral Gunson (mezzo-soprano)
Tenor:
Gareth Roberts
Tenor:
David Fieldsend
Bass:
Jonathan Roberts

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