Scenes From Gounod's 'Faust'

Tracklist

A1	"Vain! In Vain Do I Call...All Hail! Brightest Of Days" (Act 1)
A2	"Light As Air At Early Morning" (Waltz Scene) (Act 2)
A3	"What Is It That Charms Me?...All Hail, Thou Dwelling Pure And Lonely" (Act 3)
A4a	I Wish I Could Know...O'er The Sea In Thule Of Old" (Ballad Of The King Of Thule) (Act 3)
A4b	"O Heav'n, What Brilliant Gems...Ah! The Joy Past Compare" (Jewel Song) (Act 3)
B1	"The Hour Is Late!" (Garden Scene) (Act 4)
B2	"Begone! My Heart Is Torn With Grief" (Prison Scene) (Act 5)

Credits

• Bass Vocals – Robert Easton
• Chorus – The B.B.C. Choir
• Compiled By – Bryan Crimp
• Composed By – Charles Gounod
• Conductor – Clarence Raybould, Sir Thomas Beecham
• Liner Notes – Alan Blyth
• Orchestra – The B.B.C. Orchestra
• Soprano Vocals – Doris Vane, Miriam Licette
• Tenor Vocals – Heddle Nash

Notes

band 1 (A1): Matrix Nos: DX 88 (recorded 10/4/29) and DX 89 (recorded 8/4/29) WAX 4816; 4827.
band 2 (A2): Matrix Nos: DX 92/93 (recorded 8/4/29) WAX 4821; 4822.
band 3 (A3): Matrix Nos: DX 94 (recorded 14/1/30) WAX 5338; 5339.
band 4 (A4 a & b): Matrix Nos: DX 95 (recorded 8/4/29) WAX 4823; 4824.
band 5 (B1): Matrix Nos: DX 97/98 (recorded 10 & 11/4/29; 14/1/30) WAX 4833; 4837; 4838; 5340.
band 6 (B2): Matrix Nos: DX 1102-103 (recorded 13/1/30; 9/4/29) WAX 5336; 5337; 4842.

Recorded at Central Hall, Westminster in two lengthy sessions during April 1929 and January 1930. Due to Sir Thomas Beecham's commitments, final 'takes' of four of the thirty-two sides were conducted by his assistant, Clarence Raybould. On this record he conducts (A3) and the closing section of (B1).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (stamped runout side 1): 2XEA 4889 10
• Matrix / Runout (stamped runout side 2): 2XEA 4990 10