Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust / Wit, Warsaw Philharmonic

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 22, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUMANN, ROBERT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Wit, Libor, Hossa, Lubanska, Marciniec, Ki
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 22, 2011
    • UPC
      747313243075
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572430-31
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Ouverture

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    2. Part I: I. Szene im Garten (Faust, Gretchen, Mephistopheles, Marthe)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jaakko Kortekangas, Christiane Libor, Andrew Gangestad, Ewa Marciniec

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    3. Part I: II. Gretchen vor dem Bild der Mater Dolorosa (Gretchen)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    4. Part I: III. Szene im Dom (Boser Geist, Gretchen, Choir)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Gangestad, Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    5. Part II: IV. Sonnenaufgang (Ariel, Choir, Faust)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Kirch, Jaakko Kortekangas

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    6. Part II: V. Mitternacht (Mangel, Schuld, Sorge, Not, Faust)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Lubańska, Ewa Marciniec, Iwona Hossa, Christiane Libor, Jaakko Kortekangas

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    7. Part II: VI. Fausts Tod (Mephistopheles, Lemuren, Faust, Choir)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Gangestad, Jaakko Kortekangas

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    8. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Waldung, sie schwankt heran (Choir)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    9. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Ewiger Wonnebrand (Pater Ecstaticus)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Kirch

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    10. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Fussen (Pater Profundus, Pater Seraphicus, Selige Knaben)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Gangestad, Jaakko Kortekangas

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    11. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Gerettet ist das edle Glied (Engel, Selige Knaben, Choir)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Iwona Hossa

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    12. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Hier ist die Aussicht frei (Doctor Marianus)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jaakko Kortekangas

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    13. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Dir, der Unberuhrbaren (Doctor Marianus, Choir, Busserinnen, Magna Peccatrix, Mulier Samaritana, Maria Aegyptiaca, Una Poenitentium, Selige Knaben, Gretchen, Mater Gloriosa)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jaakko Kortekangas, Iwona Hossa, Anna Lubańska, Ewa Marciniec, Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    14. Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Alles Vergangliche ist nur ein Gleichnis (Chorus Mysticus)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Iwona Hossa, Christiane Libor, Anna Lubańska, Daniel Kirch, Andrew Gangestad

      Conductor: Antoni Wit


Goethe’s Faust exerted a powerful influence on Romantic composers, offering Robert Schumann a number of unforgettable scenes drawn mainly from the mystical second part of the epic poem which he incorporated into this immensely moving large-scale cantata. Opening with the first love scene between Gretchen and Faust and concluding with the climactic scene of Faust’s redemption, Schumann created a sweeping panorama of dramatic episodes with Mephistopheles’ trickery ultimately overcome as legions of celestial beings bear Faust’s soul to heaven.