Ferruccio Busoni - Doktor Faust I. Prologue 1 (1916-24)

Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 - 27 July 1924) (given names: Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation meant that he met and had close relations with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary figures of his time, and he was sought-after both as a keyboard instructor and a teacher of composition.
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Doktor Faust, Opera (1916-24)
completed by Philipp Jarnach (1892-1982)
I: Symphonia - 00:00
II: Der Dichter an die Zuschauer (Narrator) (omitted)
Vorspiel 1 (6:55)
III: Euerer Magnifizenz Verzeihung (Wagner) (7:55)
IV: Also lasst die Studenten ein (Faust) (6:02)
V: Wer seid ihr? (Faust) (13:00)
Dieter Fischer Dieskau - Dichter
Dietrich Henschel - Doktor Faust
Markus Hollop - Wagner / Der Zeremonienmeister
Kim Begley - Mephistopheles
Torsten Kerl - Der Herzog von Parma
Eva Jenis - Der Herzogin von Parma
Detlef Roth - Das Mädchens Bruder
William Dazeley - Naturgelehrter
Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève & Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon conducted by Kent Nagano
Doktor Faust is an opera by Ferruccio Busoni with a German libretto by the composer, based on the myth of Faust. Busoni worked on the opera, which he intended as his masterpiece, between 1916 and 1924, but it was still incomplete at the time of his death. His pupil Philipp Jarnach finished it. More recently, in 1982, Antony Beaumont completed the opera using sketches by Busoni that were previously thought to have been lost. Nancy Chamness published an analysis of the libretto to Doktor Faust and a comparison with Goethe's version.
Prologue 1
Wittenberg, Germany, during the Middle Ages.
Faust is Rector Magnificus of the university. While he is working on an experiment in his laboratory, Wagner, his pupil, brings word of three students from Kraków, who have arrived unannounced to give Faust a book on black magic, Clavis Astartis Magica (The Key to the Magic of Astarte). Faust reflects on the power that will soon be his. The students come on stage, and tell him that this book is for him. When Faust asks what he must give in return, they say only "Later". He then asks whether he will see them again, and they respond "Perhaps." They then depart. Wagner reappears, and after questioning from Faust, tells his teacher that he saw no one enter or leave. Faust concludes that these visitors were supernatural.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Interpretation dieser spätromantischen und fein komponierten Oper mit gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente sowie herrlichen Stimmen aller genialen Solisten und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des perfekt trainierten Chors. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im gut analysierten Tempo und mit künstlerisch kontrollierter Dynamik. Echt hörenswert!

[@ahoj7720]

One of the greatest operas of the 20th century, with Hindemith’s Cardillac (thank you for your previous posts) and Berg’s Lulu, all three almost contemporary (and two of them unfinished, by the way).

[@meisterwue]

Underrated Busoni...one of those (more or less) unknown scores interesting for soundtracks.....

[@LeSheetMusicBoi]

amazing

[@christophedevos3760]

Again a good performance, I know only the version with Thomas Hampson. Thanks for sharing.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

This I'd a great opera by Busoni.

[@bartjebartmans]

I will be uploading the whole opera but in parts due to copyright reasons.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

@@bartjebartmans ah okay, got it then.

[@marcinrzu]

@@bartjebartmans (following wikipedia) Busoni died in Berlin on 27 July 1924, Busoni's Berlin apartment was destroyed in an air-raid in 1943, and many of his possessions and papers were lost or looted. Busoni's wife, Gerda, died in Sweden in 1956. Their son Benni, who, despite his American nationality had lived in Berlin throughout World War II, died there in 1976. Their second son Lello, an illustrator, died in New York in 1962.
The copyright baffles me in cases such as this one. This should be in public domain. It was composed 100 years ago, ffs.
And more importantly, fantastic music. Thank you for uploading!