Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Duet (Hero and Ursule) from Act I of Béatrice et Bénédict
Sylvia McNair, soprano (Hero)
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano (Ursule)
La Damnation de Faust, Part IV
"D'amour l'ardente flamme"
Invocation to Nature
Finale: Recitative and Hunt-
The Ride to the Abyss-
Pandemonium-
Epilogue on Earth
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite)
Jerry Hadley, tenor (Faust)
Benjamin Luxon, baritone (Mephistopheles)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
American Boychoir
James Litton, director
Sylvia McNair, soprano (A Voice)