Yoel Arbeitman, on La Damnation de Faust: >Markevitch's 1958 DG recording with the Faust of Richard Verreau >and other fine singers is also highly worthwhile. I believe this is >now released on a two-fer with Symphonie fantastique. Although abridged, this version has a great deal to recommend it, not least some fabulous work from the chorus and, of course, Markevitch's taut and exciting conducting. I replaced my LPs about ten years ago with a French super-budget twofer which opened up the bass in particular: its reappearance on DG Originals will no doubt be better still. The coupling is Harold in Italy, which I've not heard. Richard Pennycuick