Liszt: A Faust Symphony

by Georg Solti

Liszt: A Faust Symphony cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1986
  • Label: London
  • Country: Hungary
  • Length: 1:14:16
  • Community rating: 4.35/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Georg Solti recorded Liszt's 'A Faust Symphony' with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and tenor Siegfried Jerusalem, and the performance won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance. Liszt's three character portraits of Faust, Gretchen and Mephistopheles close with the Chorus mysticus from Goethe's 'Faust', scored for tenor, male chorus and organ.

Genres

Descriptors: majestic, orchestral, bombastic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. A Faust Symphony, S. 108: I. Faust (28:13)
  2. A Faust Symphony, S. 108: II. Gretchen (23:05)
  3. A Faust Symphony, S. 108: III. Mephistopheles and Final Chorus (22:58)

Credits

  • Franz Liszt - primary artist, composed by
  • Siegfried Jerusalem - primary artist, tenor vocals
  • Chicago Symphony Chorus - primary artist, chorus
  • Gabriele Kohler - cover
  • James Lock - engineer [sound engineer]
  • William Mann - liner notes
  • Brigitte Pinaud - liner notes [traduction]
  • Gerd Uekermann - liner notes [眉bersetzung]
  • Fritz Curzon - photography by
  • Michael Haas - producer

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