commenterary in the Neue Freie Press in which he said that he considered Charles Gounod had written his oratorio "more as a devotee than as a musician". Notwithstanding a certain amount of adverse criticism , has continued steadily to advance in popular estimation. Recordings " La Pentecôte" - extract on Airs sacrés français Françoise Pollet, orchestre national d'Île-de-France Jacques Mercier 1997 "From thy love as a Father" - on Gounod Sacred Choral Works. Joanna Burton References Oratorios by Charles Gounod 1882 compositions Oratorios based on the Bible