Faust (live, 1950-12-23: Metropolitan Opera, New York City, United States)

~ Release by Charles Gounod; Jussi Björling, Dorothy Kirsten, Cesare Siepi, Frank Guarrera, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fausto Cleva (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Faust: Introduction tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		6:54
2	Faust: Rien ! … En vain j’interroge choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:12
3	Faust: Le ciel pâlit ! Devant l’aube nouvelle choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:00
4	Faust: O coupe des aîeux choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:40
5	Faust: Mais ce Dieu, que peut-il pour moi ? tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:19
6	Faust: Me voici! … D’où vient ta surprise ? bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:41
7	Faust: À moi les plaisirs bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:10
8	Faust: O merveille! … bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:25
9	Faust: Viens? … Je la reverrai? bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:30
10	Faust: Vin ou bière, bière ou vin choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		4:22
11	Faust: O toi, sainte médaille baritone vocals: Lawrence Davidson (bass-baritone) and Frank Guarrera (baritone) baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) baritone vocals [Wagner]: Lawrence Davidson (bass-baritone) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:32
12	Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:43
13	Faust: Allons, amis ! Point de vaines alarmes ! baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Wagner]: Lawrence Davidson (bass-baritone) bass vocals: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:25
14	Faust: Le veau d’or est toujours debout bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor) recording of: Faust : Acte II. No. 7 « Le veau d’or est toujours debout » (Méphistophélès, Chœur) composer: Charles Gounod (French composer) part of: Faust : Acte II	Charles Gounod		1:53
15	Faust: Merci de ta chanson! baritone vocals: Lawrence Davidson (bass-baritone) and Frank Guarrera (baritone) baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) baritone vocals [Wagner]: Lawrence Davidson (bass-baritone) bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		5:02
16	Faust: Nous nous retrouverons, mes amis! bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:25
17	Faust: Ainsi que la brise légère bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:51
18	Faust: Ne permettrez-vous pas choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:40
19	Faust: Faites-lui mes aveux soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		4:46
20	Faust: C’est ici ! bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:05
21	Faust: Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre! tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor) recording of: Faust : Acte III. « Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre ! » … No. 12 Cavatine « Salut ! demeure chaste et pure » (Faust) composer: Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1859) librettist: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist) part of: Faust : Acte III	Charles Gounod		1:17
22	Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		5:13
23	Faust: Alerte ! la voilà! bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		0:39
24	Faust: Je voudrais bien savoir soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:31
25	Faust: Il était un roi de Thulé soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:04
26	Faust: Les grands seigneurs ont … soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:10
27	Faust: Ah ! je ris de me voir si belle dans ce miroir soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:51
28	Faust: Que vois-je, Seigneur Dieu ! bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) mezzo-soprano vocals and mezzo-soprano vocals [Dame Marthe]: Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		4:02

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Faust: Ainsi vous voyagez toujours? bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) mezzo-soprano vocals: Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:15
2	Faust: Et quoi! toujours seule ?… bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) mezzo-soprano vocals and mezzo-soprano vocals [Dame Marthe]: Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:18
3	Faust: Retirez-vous ! … voici la nuit bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) mezzo-soprano vocals and mezzo-soprano vocals [Dame Marthe]: Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		0:53
4	Faust: Il était temps ! Sous le feuillage sombre bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:00
5	Faust: Laisse-moi, laisse-moi contempler soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:30
6	Faust: O nuit d’amour !… Ciel radieux ! … soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:07
7	Faust: Divine pureté ! … Chaste innocence soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:15
8	Faust: Tête folle ! … bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:59
9	Faust: Seigneur, daignez permettre bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		10:37
10	Faust: Déposons les armes choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		4:56
11	Faust: Allons, Siebel ! Entrons dans la maison ! baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:00
12	Faust: Qu'attendez-vous encore ? bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		0:58
13	Faust: Vous qui faites l’endormie bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:01
14	Faust: Que voulez-vous, messieurs ? … baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		4:05
15	Faust: Par ici, mes amis ! On se bat dans la rue ! baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus mezzo-soprano vocals and mezzo-soprano vocals [Dame Marthe]: Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano) soprano vocals: Anne Bollinger (soprano) and Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) soprano vocals [Siébel]: Anne Bollinger (soprano) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:04
16	Faust: Écoute-moi bien, Marguerite ! … baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Valentin]: Frank Guarrera (baritone) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		5:05
17	Faust: Arrête ! … N'as-tu pas promis ? bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:49
18	Faust: Balletto orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:11
19	Faust: Jusqu’aux premiers feux du matin bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) choir vocals: Metropolitan Opera Chorus tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:31
20	Faust: Balletto orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		5:44
21	Faust: Va-t-en bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		1:52
22	Faust: Mon cœur est pénétré d’épouvante! soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		3:44
23	Faust: Attends ! … Voici la rue soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:40
24	Faust: Alerte ! Alerte ! Ou vous êtes perdus! bass vocals and bass-baritone vocals [Méphistophélès]: Cesare Siepi (operatic bass) soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:26
25	Faust: Marguerite ! … Pourquoi ce regard soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Marguerite]: Dorothy Kirsten (american operatic soprano) tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Faust]: Jussi Björling (tenor) orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conductor: Fausto Cleva (conductor)	Charles Gounod		2:02

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recorded at:	Metropolitan Opera House (the old Met at 1411 Broadway, New York, NY until 1966) in New York, New York, United States (on 1950-12-23)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/7916124 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B00004VSYE [info] US: B00008FGIW [info] DE: B000027HJQ [info]

Faust (live, 1950-12-23: Metropolitan Opera, New York City, United States)

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