The Gounod edition

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2018 commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Gounod, an immense French composer, admired by figures such as Bizet, Fauré, Massenet, Ravel, and Tchaikovsky. It includes of course his three great operas (Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Mireille), opera arias and melodies, his sacred music (with the famous Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile and the Messe chorale), his two symphonies as well as the Petite symphonie for wind instruments but also his very rare oratorio Mors et Vita. The Gounod Edition: the box set for the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer born in Paris on June 17, 1818. 15CD box set at a low price: the most complete ever released! Reference versions by the legendary artists of the Warner Classics catalog: Barbara Hendricks, Placido Domingo, Régine Crespin, Rolando Villazon, Mirella Freni, José van Dam, Michel Plasson, Georges Prêtre...