NRR Project: 'The Damnation of Faust' (1954)

 

NRR Project: “The Damnation of Faust”

Composed by Hector Berlioz

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch

With the Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society

Recorded Feb. 21/22, 1954

121 min.

Another entry about which I have little to add. Read Cary O’Dell’sexcellent essay on the piece at the National Recording Registry, here.

The National Recording Registry Project tracks one writer’s expedition through all the recordings in the National Recording Registry in chronological order. Next time: The Penguins sing ‘Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)’.