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Seiji Ozawa

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Pentatones excellent series presents Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestras *The Damnation of Faust*!SACD hybrid disc. This recording of *Fausts Punishment* was made in 1973, the year Seiji Ozawa assumed the position of music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and is considered one of Ozawas signature recordings. This exhilarating performance, brimming with the fresh and dynamic sensibility characteristic of Seiji Ozawa, has lost none of its luster over time and can certainly be counted among the finest recordings of this work.Composed by Berliozthe founder of French Romantic musicbetween 1845 and 1846, the dramatic oratorio *The Damnation of Faust* is a monumental work combining orchestra with solo voices and chorus, based on the masterpiece *Faust* by the great German writer Goethe.This remastering was once again handled by Polyhymnia International of the Netherlandsa company of whic