Composers: Gounod
Compositions: Faust
Performers: Benjamin Bernheim t, Véronique Gens s, Andrew Foster-Williams bar, Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir/Christophe Rousset
Catalogue Number: BRU ZANE BZ1037 (3CD & Book)

Gounod’s Faust seems so well established that it may come as a surprise to learn it was the result of at least 30 years of the composer’s thoughts on the subject. Not only did he come up with some of the musical themes as early as 1840 (in the case of the main tune of the love duet), but 10 years before the triumphant premiere of Faust as we know it...