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

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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