Susan Juhl ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I'm leaving in a week for a month-long trip.  A highlight is attending
>Busoni's Doktor Faustus at the Salzburg Festival.  The only recording on
>CD was published by DG, but it's been deleted.  I tried Berkshire and the
>usual suspects but can't find a copy, therefore haven't heard it.  Anybody
>have info on this opera? Thanks.

Pity you're leaving so soon, as I know the location of not 1 but 2 used
copies.

IMHO Dr. Faustus is Busoni's masterpiece (and I don't even like opera).
Unfortunately he did not live to complete it and the last scene was
finished by his pupil Philippe Jahn.

Deryk Barker
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