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'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.'

 

 

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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.'

CHAN 3089

5 January 2009

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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

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Faust (abridged)

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