Faust and Gretchen talk together in a garden as Mephistopheles, the devil’s emissary, looks on.
The origins of the Faust legend.
Music inspired by the Faust legend.
Here is Movement 1 of Liszt’s Faust Symphony, entitled “Faust.”
Movement 2, “Gretchen.”
Movement 3, “Mephistopheles.”
The “program” for Schumann’s Carnaval.
The entire piece performed by Boris Giltburg.
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