| Other author/creator | Weigle, Sebastian, conductor. |
| Included Work | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Veau d'or est toujours debout. |
| Included Work | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Vous qui faites l'endormie. |
| Included Work | Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Mefistofele. Ecco il mondo. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Damnation de Faust. Voici des roses. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Don Carlos. Elle ne m'aime pas. Italian. |
| Included Work | Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann. Scintille, diamant. |
| Included Work | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge. |
| Included Work | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Tatest du's wirklich? |
| Included Work | Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894. Demon. Romans Demona, no. 2. |
| Included Work | Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894. Demon. Romans Demona, no. 1. |
| Included Work | Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Rusalka. Celý svět nedá ti. |
| Included Work | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (1869). Proshchaĭ, moĭ syn! umirai͡u︡. |
| Other author/creator | Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden. Chor, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Staatskapelle Dresden, performer. |
| Variant title |
Gods, kings and demons |
| Contents |
Faust. Act II. Le veau d'or est toujours debout (1:58) ; Act IV. Sérénade: Vous qui faites l'endormie (2:42) / Charles Gounod -- Mefistofele. Act II. Ballata: Ecco il mondo, vuoto e tondo / Arrigo Boito (2:19) -- La damnation de Faust. Part II. Aria: Voici des roses / Hector Berlioz (2:47) -- Don Carlo. Act IV. Scena e cantabile: Ella giammai m'amò! Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal / Giuseppi Verdi (10:30) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Act IV. Giulietta, chanson: Scintille, diamant / Jacques Offenbach (2:40) -- Das Rheingold. Scene 4. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge / Richard Wagner (3:55) -- Tristan und Isolde. Act II. Tatest du's wirklich? Wähnst du das? / Richard Wagner (13:31) -- Demon. Act II. Romance[s]: Na vozdušnom okeane (4:58) ; Ne plač, ditya (2:39) / Anton Rubinstein -- Rusalka. Act II. Běda! běda! Celý svět nedá ti / Antonín Dvořák (5:29) -- Boris Godunov: original version of 1868/69. Act IV. Oy, dušno, dušno! Proščay, moy sïn / Modest Mussorgsky (10:34). |
| General note | Opera excerpts. |
| General note | Program notes by Michael Church in English with French and German translations, and texts in original languages, with English, French, and German translations (39 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
René Pape, bass ; Staatsopernchor Dresden ; Staatskapelle Dresden ; Sebastian Weigle, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Lukaskirche, Dresden, Feb. 2008. |
| Language | Sung in French, German, Italian, and Russian. |
| Publisher number | 00289 477 6408 Deutsche Grammophon |
| Publisher number | 477 6408 Deutsche Grammophon |