Robert Schumann - Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (1999)

From the 500 year old gothic Amandus Church in Germany (1999)
Frieder Bernius conducts the renowned Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart and the Chamber Choir Stuttgart.

0:48 Overture
8:11 Rendezvous in Martha's Garden
13:02 Gretchen’s Address to the Mater Dolorosa
16:56 In the Cathedral
23:35 Sunrise
40:45 Midnight
53:47 Faust's Death
1:08:20 Faust's Transfiguration

Soloists: Michaela Kaune, Detlef Roth, Mihoko Fujimura, Franz Hawlata, Regina Klepper, Christa Mayer, Susanne Krumbiegel, Johannes Kalpers

The live concert was recorded in 1999 celebrating the 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth with a program of scenes of his masterpiece "Faust" set to music by Robert Schumann. The imaginative and mysterious subject of Goethe's Faust inspired Schumann to create this work and it is considered among Schumann's best compositions.

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