Gounod edition

This 15CD boxset pays tribute to the great French composer Charles Gounod (1818 -1893), whose 200th anniversary of birth we will celebrate on June 17th. It is the most
comprehensive boxset dedicated to Gounod ever released. It includes 3 operas: his masterpiece Faust in the historic version by Georges Prêtre and Plácido Domingo, a highlights version sung in German by Gedda, Moser and Moll, and Roméo et Juliette and Mireille by the French conductor Michel Plasson and Alfredo Kraus (1st) and Mirella Freni (2nd). They are completed by some other opera arias, a great selection of 26 songs, three sacred works including the well-known Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile and the only version available of Mors et Vita. Then, after a rarity, the Symphony for Wind instruments, the box ends with Gounod’s symphonies.


Tracklisting:

CD 1-3 Faust: Plácido Domingo / Mirella Freni / Nicolai Ghiaurov / Georges Prêtre /// CD 4 Margarethe (Faust) Highlights: Nicolai Gedda / Edda Moser / Kurt Moll / Giuseppe Patanè /// CD 5-7 Roméo et Juliette: Alfredo Kraus / Catherine Malfitano / Michel Plasson /// CD 8-9 Mireille: Mirella Freni / Alain Vanzo / Michel Plasson /// CD 10-11 Opera Arias & Songs: Régine Crespin / Barbara Hendricks / Marilyn Horne / Felicity Lott / Rolando Villazón / José Carreras / Gérard Souzay / José van Dam // Messe chorale: Michel Corboz /// CD 12 Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: Jean-Claude Hartemann // Petite symphonie pour instruments à vent*: Sir John Barbirolli /// CD 13-14 Mors et Vita: Barbara Hendricks / Nadine Denize / John Aler / José van Dam / Michel Plasson /// CD 15 Symphonies 1 & 2: Michel Plasson