BÜSSER Gounod: Faust (Paris, 1930) - PACO240
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description: overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fGOUNOD FaustStudio recording, 1930 Total duration: 2hr 36:16Faust - César Vezzani Marguerite - Mireille Berthon Méphistophélès - Marcel JournetOrchestra and Chorus of the Paris Opéra Conducted by Henri Büsser 578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples/PACO240.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fWhen the French branch of the Gramophone Company recorded Charles Gounod’s Faust in Paris during 1930, it preserved far more than a celebrated opera. Conducted by Henri Büsser with the orchestra and chorus of the Paris Opéra, this recording captures an entire performing tradition at its height: the supple diction, conversational elegance and stylistic poise of French opera between the wars. Nearly a century later, it remains one of the most idiomatic and compelling recorded accounts of Faust. Recorded between February and November 1930, the original issue occupied forty sides of 78 rpm discs. Although not absolutely complete, it presented a remarkably substantial version of the opera for its time, including the Walpurgis Night music and ballet, and was described by a contemporary reviewer as “practically complete.” At a time when the limitations of the 78 rpm disc usually demanded extensive cuts, this was an ambitious undertaking that preserved not only Gounod’s score but also a performing tradition already beginning to disappear. Henri Büsser (1872-1973) brought unique authority to the project. A pupil of both Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet, he belonged to the la…
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