La damnation de Faust (1846) (review)

Faust: Franz Vroons	Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Méphistophélès: Hans Hotter	Live recording, Lucerne, 26 August 1950
Marguerite: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf	Urania (distributed by Qualiton Imports)
Brander: Alois Pernerstorfer	urn 22.173 (2 CDs)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Faust: David Poleri	Harvard Glee Club
Méphistophélès: Martial Singher	Radcliffe Choral Society
Marguerite: Suzanne Danco	Charles Munch, conductor
Brander: Donald Gramm	Studio recording, 21 and 22 February 1954
Solo bass (in the Epilogue on Earth): McHenry	RCA Victor Gold Seal (distributed by BMG
Boatwright	Classics) 7940-2-rg (2 CDs)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Faust: Richard Verreau	RTF Children's Chorus
Méphistophélès: Michel Roux	Igor Markevitch, conductor
Marguerite: Consuela Rubio	Studio recording, Paris, 1959
Brander: Pierre Mollet	Deutsche Grammophon Double (distributed by
Lamoureux Orchestra	Universal Classics) 437 931-2gx2 (2 CDs)
Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus
Faust: André Turp	London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Méphistophélès: Michel Roux	Pierre Monteux, conductor
Marguerite: Régine Crespin	Live recording, London, 8 March 1962
Brander: John Shirley-Quirk	BBCL 4006/7 (2 CDs)
Faust: Nicolai Gedda	Georges Prêtre. conductor
Méphistophélès: Roger Soyer	Live recording, Rome, 11 January 1969
Marguerite: Marilyn Horne	Opera d'Oro (distributed by Allegro)
Brander: Dimiter Petkov	opd-1290 (2 CDs)
Orchestra and Chorus of Radio Italiana
Faust: Nicolai Gedda	Choeurs de l'Opéra de Paris
Méphistophélès: Gabriel Bacquier	Georges Prêtre, conductor
Marguerite: Janet Baker	Studio recording, Paris, 1969
Brander: Pierre Thau	EMI Classics Double Forte 7243 5 68583 2 9
Voice: Maria Peronne	(2 CDs)
Orchestre de Paris
Faust: Nicolai Gedda	Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Méphistophélès: Jules Bastin	London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Marguerite: Josephine Veasey	Colin Davis, conductor
Brander: Richard Van Allan	Studio recording, London 1973
Voice: Gillian Knight	Philips (distributed by Universal Classics)
London Symphony Orchestra	416 395-2 ph2 (2 CDs)
Ambrosian Singers
Faust: Stuart Burrows	Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Méphistophélès: Donald McIntyre	Boston Boy Choir
Marguerite: Edith Mathis	Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Brander: Thomas Paul	Studio recording, Boston 1974
Voice: Judith Dickison	Deutsche Grammophon Galleria (distributed by
Boston Symphony Orchestra	Universal Classics) 423 907-2 gga2 (2 CDs)
Faust: Plácido Domingo	Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Méphistophélès: Dietrich	Fischer-Dieskau Choeur d'Enfants de Paris
Marguerite: Yvonne Minton	Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Brander: Jules Bastin	Studio recording, Paris, 1978
Voice: Claudine Chastagnol	Deutsche Grammophon 2709 087 (3 LPs)
Orchestre de Paris
Faust: Kenneth Riegel	Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Méphistophélès: José van Dam	Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Marguerite: Frederica von Stade	Studio recording, Chicago, 1981
Brander: Malcolm King	London (distributed by Universal Classics)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra	414 680-2 (2 CDs)
Faust: Michael Myers	Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Méphistophélès: Jean-Philippe Lafont	John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Marguerite: Anne Sofie von Otter	Live recording, Lyon, 27 September and
Brander: René Schirrer	2 October 1987
Voice: Fiona Wright	Philips (distributed by Universal Classics)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon	426 199-2 ph2 (2 CDs)
Faust: Keith Olsen	Städtischer Musikverein zu Düsseldorf
Méphistophélès: David Wilson-Johnson	Günter Neuhold, conductor
Marguerite: Jennifer Larmore	Live recording, Antwerp, 17 June 1990
Brander: Huub Claessens	Bayer Records br 500 017/18 (2 CDs)
Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen
Faust: Thomas Moser	Kent Nagano, conductor
Méphistophélès: José van Dam	Live recording, Lyon, 1994
Marguerite: Susan Graham	Erato (distributed by Atlantic) 0630-10692-2
Brander: Frédéric Caton	(2 CDs)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon
Faust: Richard Leech	Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Méphistophélès: Gilles Cachemaille	Charles Dutoit, conductor
Marguerite: Françoise Pollet	Studio recording, Montreal 1995
Brander: Michel Philippe	London (distributed by Universal Classics)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal	444 812-2 lh2 (2 CDs)
Faust: Keith Lewis	Eton College Boys' Choir
Méphistophélès: Bryn Terfel	Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Marguerite: Anne Sofie von Otter	Studio recording...