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CHAN 3091 - Bizet: Carmen


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CD available From: 17 December 2003

Opera - Carmen

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Carmen

155:19

Opéra comique in four acts

Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée

New Urtext Edition by Richard Langham Smith with English translation by David Parry, published by Peters Edition Ltd

COMPACT DISC ONE

1

Prelude

3:22

Act I

2

'In the plaza'

2:05

Soldiers, Moralès

3

'Just look at that delicious morsel!'

4:09

Moralès, Soldiers, Micaëla

4

'Here come our new soldier boys'

2:27

Children

5

'José! There was a girl here looking for you just now'

0:17

Moralès, Don José

6

'Off with you old soldier boys'

1:16

Children

7

'Corporal!' 'Sir!'

0:53

Zuniga, Don José

8

'We have heard the bell summon us to meet here'

1:34

Young Men

9

'Ah, just look!'

4:01

Soldiers, Cigarette Girls

10

'But why hasn't she come, our Carmencita?'

1:15

Soldiers, Young Men, Cigarette Girls, Carmen

11

'Love's a bird wild as any rebel' (Habanera)

4:31

Carmen, Cigarette Girls, Young Men, Soldiers

12

'Carmen! We will follow you high and low!'

1:34

Young Men, Carmen, Don José, Cigarette Girls

13

'The cheek of it!'

0:22

Don José, Micaëla

14

'Give me news of my mother!'

1:31

Don José, Micaëla

15

'Your dear mother and I were leaving church this morning'

2:15

Don José, Micaëla

16

'I see my mother's face!'

5:50

Don José, Micaëla

17

'Wait a moment - I'm going to read the letter'

0:32

Don José, Micaëla

18

'Come and help!'

2:58

Cigarette Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers

19

'So, corporal: tell me what happened'

0:11

Zuniga, Don José

20

'Well, Carmencita: what do you have to say for yourself?'

2:28

Zuniga, Carmen

21

'Where are you taking me?'

0:53

Carmen, Don José

22

'There's an old bar in the city' (Seguedilla)

4:37

Carmen, Don José

23

'Careful, - it's the lieutenant!'

2:08

Don José, Zuniga, Carmen

24

Entr'acte

1:42

Act II

25

'From far away mysterious sounds' (Gipsy Song)

5:29

Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès

26

'Bravo, bravo! More! Keep dancing!'

0:57

Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen

27

'Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!'

0:16

Friends of Escamillo

28

'Who's that?' 'It's Escamillo, the bullfighter from Granada'

0:12

Zuniga, Frasquita, Friends of Escamillo

29

'Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!'

0:35

Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès

30

'You're most kind' (Toreador's aria)

5:10

Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo

31

'We'll come with you, Señor Torero'

1:03

Zuniga, Escamillo, Friends of Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès

32

'Toreador, be ready!'

1:10

Friends of Escamillo

33

'At last!' 'We got rid of them as quickly as we could'

0:14

Remendado, Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès

34

'There's a little job that we're starting!'

4:50

Dancaïre, Mercédès, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen

35

'Being in love is not a reason'

2:25

Dancaïre, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Don José

75:20

COMPACT DISC TWO

1

'To bid you welcome to our bar'

0:38

Carmen

2

'La la la la la la la la'

2:18

Carmen, Don José

3

'Back to camp!. . . Go at once!'

2:35

Carmen, Don José

4

'That flow'r you threw to me I treasured' (Flower Song)

3:55

Don José

5

'No, it's not love at all!'

4:14

Carmen, Don José

6

'Hello! Carmen!'

1:31

Zuniga, Remendado, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don José, Frasquita, Mercédès

7

'Lieutenant fair, it's true'

2:50

Carmen, Remendado, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don José, Frasquita, Mercédès

8

'The sky above the open road'

1:02

Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre

9

Entr'acte

2:38

Act III

10

'Keep going, dear old friend, keep going!'

4:25

Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre

11

'Right! Let's stop for a while'

1:03

Dancaïre, Don José, Carmen

12

'Shuffle! Cut them!'

4:05

Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen

13

'In vain you would avoid the bitter things they're saying'

3:12

Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès

14

'You're back!'

0:35

Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès, Carmen, Remendado, Don José

15

'As for that man, it should be easy!'

3:07

Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Gipsies, Remendado, Dancaïre

16

'Is this the place?'

0:16

Micaëla, Guide

17

'I say that there's nothing to fear'

5:15

Micaëla

18

'It's him! I'm sure it's him over there!'

0:16

Micaëla, Escamillo, Don José

19

'Escamillo is my name, and I come from Granada'

1:01

Escamillo, Don José

20

'She had a lover here'

4:24

Escamillo, Don José

21

'Holà! holà! José!'

2:51

Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaïre

22

'You should take care, Carmen'

4:00

Don José, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Remendado, Carmen, Micaëla, Frasquita, Carmen

23

'Alas! José, your mother is ill'

2:04

Micaëla, Don José, Escamillo

24

Entr'acte

2:12

Act IV

25

'A few cuartos! A few cuartos!'

2:12

Merchants, Vendors, Zuniga, An Orange Vendor, A Gipsy

26

'Here they come! Here they come!'

3:46

Children, Merchants, Vendors, Chorus

27

'If you love me, Carmen!'

3:24

Escamillo, Carmen, Cordeliers, Frasquita, Mercédès

28

'It's you!' 'It's me!'

6:06

Carmen, Don José

29

'Viva! Viva! What a corrida!'

3:53

Crowd, Don José, Carmen

79:59

Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano - Carmen

Mary Plazas soprano - Micaëla

Mary Hegarty soprano - Frasquita

Sally Harrison soprano - Mercédès

Julian Gavin tenor - Don José

Garry Magee baritone - Escamillo

Peter Wedd tenor - Dancaïre

Mark Le Brocq tenor - Remendado

Nicholas Garrett bass - Zuniga

Toby Stafford-Allen baritone - Moralès

Clare McCaldin mezzo-soprano - An Orange Vendor

Paul Parfitt bass-baritone - A Gipsy

Officers, Soldiers, Children, Cigarette Girls, Gipsies, Bohemians, Smugglers etc.

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

New London Childrens Choir

Philharmonia Orchestra

David Parry

Recorded in:

Watford Colosseum

27-30 August and 2-3 September 2002

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Matthew Walker (Assistant)

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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