Faust

℗ © Dutton Epoch 2021 Made in Austria World Première Recording Total Time: 2'15:22 Recorded: Abbey Road Studio I, London, 27-30 August 2019, St George's Headstone, Harrow, 26 April 2021 (organ and wind machine) 68-page booklet contains -- notes © John Pickard, 2021 (pp.3-9) -- tracklist with detailed synopsis (pp.10-13) -- cast list (p.13) -- credits and acknowledgements, in particular to the Havergal Brian Society (www-havergalbrian.org) "for their advice and generous financial support of this recording" and to a named list of "generous contributors to the HBS Faust Fund, without which this recording would not have been possible" (p.14) -- German libretto with parallel-text English translation (pp.15-52) -- individual artist bios and portrait photographs, © as in Credits (pp.53-62) -- notes on ENO Orchestra and Chorus, all of whose members are listed by name, and the Havergal Brian Society (pp.63-67) Front cover artwork: "Gretchen in the Cathedral", c. 1850 (oil on canvas) by Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland / Bridgeman Images. Photograph of Robert Simpson and Brian at the first performance of the "Gothic" Symphony, Central Hall, Westminster, 24 June 1961, courtesy of the Lewis Foreman Collection (p.7) A. S. Kline's English translation of Goethe's Faust: Part I is reproduced by courtesy of Adam David Kline, rights holder for the works of A. S. Kline. Packaging: 2 CDs in single jewel case with smart tray; a cardboard slipcase holds both jewel case and booklet. Logos & Word Marks: -- Dutton logo (black and silver/grey/white) appears on both CDs. -- The separate Epoch logo (a white-on-grey double "E") appears on back of slipcase, inlay in back of jewel case and both CDs. -- Dutton Epoch logo ((identical with original Dutton logo, but red) appears on front and back of slipcase, front and back inlays in jewel case and front cover of booklet. -- Super Audio CD logo and words appear on front and back of slipcase, front and back inlays in jewel case, front cover of booklet and CDs. Inlay in back of jewel case and back of slipcase state that "SA-CD and its logo are trademarks of Sony". -- English National Opera (ENO) logo on front and back of slipcase, front inlay in jewel case, and front cover and p.63 of booklet. -- Havergal Brian Society logo appears on back of slipcase. According to the database profile for Sony DADC (https://www.discogs.com/label/34825-Sony-DADC), "[T]he Sony DADC name/logo may be omitted on some [recent] releases but can be confirmed by the Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz string coupled with Mastering SID IFPI L55x or IFPI LY2x". The present release conforms to the profile in this and other details, since -- while the Sony DADC name/logo is omitted in the matrices, -- the Mastering SID code on the SACD layers is IFPI LY26, -- the BB digits in the Axxxxxxxxxx-A911 BB CC matrix strings on the SACD layers appear as "1000", and -- the CC digits on the SACD layers appear as "1A00" and "2A00".