Bizet: Carmen (Remastered) Teresa Berganza, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, The Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875): Carmen, WD 31:
• 1Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Overture (Prelude)03:28
• Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1:
• 2Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe"02:10
• 3Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Regardez donc cette petite"04:10
• 4Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Avec la garde montante"02:34
• 5Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Repos!"00:49
• 6Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Allons! Allons!"01:34
• 7Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Dites-moi, brigadier?"01:07
• 8Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "La cloche a sonné"05:12
• 9Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita"00:45
• 10Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Quand je vous aimerai?" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"04:49
• 11Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Carmen, sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous"02:25
• 12Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Monsieur le brigadier?" - "Parle-moi de ma mère!"01:41
• 13Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Votre mère avec moi sortait de la chapelle"02:20
• 14Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Ma mère, je la vois..."02:25
• 15Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Que son fils l'aime et la vénère" - "Eh bien, eh bien!"04:03
• 16Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Au secours!"03:19
• 17Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Voyons, brigadier..." - "Tra la la la..."04:15
• 18Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: Chanson et Duo: "Près des remparts de Séville"04:39
• 19Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Le lieutenant!... Prenez garde."02:08
• Carmen, WD 31:
• 20Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Entracte (between Act I & II)01:48
• Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2:
• 21Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient"05:06
• 22Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Vous avez quelque chose à nous dire"01:16
• 23Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Tout est bien alors" - "Vivat! vivat le toréro!"01:31
• 24Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Votre toast... je peux..." - "Toréador, en garde"08:01
• 25Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Nous avons en tête une affaire!"04:51
• 26Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Amoureuse... ce n'est pas une raison" - "Halte-là! Qui va là?"02:27
• 27Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Je vais danser en votre honneur"05:40
• 28Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"04:20
• 29Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Non, tu ne m'aimes pas!"03:59
• 30Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Holà! Carmen! Holà!"03:33
• 31Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Suis-nous à travers la campagne"01:50
• Carmen, WD 31:
• 32Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Entracte (Between Act II & III)03:01
• Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3:
• 33Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Écoute, compagnon, écoute!"04:40
• 34Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Halte! nous allons nous arrêter ici!"01:30
• 35Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Mêlons!"-"Mêlons!"-"Coupons!"03:20
• 36Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Carreau! Pique!... La mort!"03:20
• 37Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles"00:50
• 38Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Eh! bien, j'avais raison."00:30
• 39Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire!"03:08
• 40Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Nous y sommes"00:45
• 41Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"04:55
• 42Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Mais... je ne me trompe pas..." - "Je suis Escamillo, toréro de Grenade."03:43
• 43Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Holà, José!"03:01
• 44Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Halte! quelqu'un est là qui cherche à se cacher."05:10
• 45Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: Entr'acte02:11
• 46Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: Choeur: "A dos cuartos!"02:23
• 47Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Les voici! voici le quadrille!"03:52
• 48Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "Si tu m'aimes, Carmen"03:23
• 49Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3: "C'est toi!" "C'est-moi!"09:23
• Total Runtime02:37:20

Info for Bizet: Carmen (Remastered)

Newly remastered at Emil Berliner Studios. Abbado’s years with the London Symphony Orchestra resulted in three celebrated sets with the Spanish mezzo Teresa Berganza in central roles – and few could be more “central” than Bizet’s Carmen. Made in 1977, the recording followed staged performances directed by Piero Fagioni at the Edinburgh Festival. Berganza had studied the Carmen story, immersed herself in the opera’s background and delivered a characterization that emphasized the gipsy’s nobility, while Abbado’s conducting was both dramatic and vividly coloured.

"This is a super performance, slightly outside the common mold. In 1977, when this was recorded, Claudio Abbado was a great opera conductor, filled with sharp insights and a nice sense of the architecture of whole operas. He always seemed to know where he was going, and his ability to build to climaxes was second to none. Abbado has a rather elegant Carmen here in the smallish-voiced, introspective Teresa Berganza, a gorgeous singer who patently refuses to force her voice or her character into vulgarity. It's a fine reading. Placido Domingo is at his best in both intimate and maniacal moments, and Ileana Cotrubas's Micaela almost makes us care about this sappy little gal. Sherrill Milnes's Escamillo has plenty of swagger and voice. Berganza's subtlety combined with the wild passions of those around her make this a very good Carmen indeed." (Robert Levine)

Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano (Carmen)
Plácido Domingo, tenor (Don Jose)
Sherrill Milnes, baritone (Escamillo)
Ileana Cotrubas, soprano (Micaela)
Yvonne Kenny, soprano (Frasquita)
Alicia Nafé, mezzo-soprano (Mercédès)
Robert Lloyd, bass (Zuniga)
Stuart Harling, baritone (Moralès)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

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