Faust (abridged)
CHAN 3089
The Daily Telegraph
'Mary Plazas, singing sweetly, firmly with appropriate pathos, makes a winning Marguerite... In the role of Méphistophélès, Alastair Miles's strong, vibrant voice and masterful use of Christopher Cowell's new translation command the performance.'
Opera in five acts (with ballet music)
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
English translation by Christopher Cowell
The Cast
Paul Charles Clarke, tenor - Faust
Alastair Miles, bass - Méphistophélès
Mary Plazas, soprano (PMF Scholar) - Marguerite
Garry Magee, baritone - Valentin
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano - Siébel
Matthew Hargreaves, bass-baritone - Wagner
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano - Martha

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry - conductor
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London - 27-31 July 1998
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens,
Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker
Classic CD
'This is a charismatic boulevardier of a Méphistophélès, sung with Gallic suavity and no Germanic galumphing. Miles rightly makes him a mocking vulgarian, hinting only occasionally at formidable demonic depths.'