REMASTERED CLASSICS Bizet – Carmen

REMASTERED CLASSICS Bizet – Carmen

Artist(s):

Leonard Bernstein

Composer(s):

Georges Bizet
Release Date: 01-03-2015
PTC: 5186216
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Carmen

1) Prélude 4:20

ACT ONE

2) No. 1 Introduction: “Sur la place chacun passe” 6:01
3) No. 2 Marche et Choeur des gamins: “Allez, dépêchez-vous!... Avec la garde montante” 4:32
4) “Dites-moi, brigadier?” 0:45
5) No. 3 Choeur et Scène: “Voici la cloche qui sonne… La cloche a sonné” 6:05
6) “Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita” 1:13
7) No. 4 Havanaise: “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle 4:51
8) No. 5 Scène: “Carmen, sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous” 2:27
9) “Monsieur le brigadier?” No. 6 Duo: “Parle-moi de ma mère 9:23
10) “Attends un peu maintenant” 0:21
11) No. 7 Choeur: “Eh bien! Qu’est-ce qui arrive? … Au secours! Au secours!” 3:39
12) “Eh bien, brigadier?” ; No. 8 Chanson et Mélodrame: “Tra la la la…” 3:58
13) No. 9 Chanson et Duo: “Près des remparts de Seville” 4:58
14) No. 10 Finale: “Le lieutenant! Prenez garde! ... L’amour est enfant de Bohème” 2:29

ACT TWO

15) Entr’acte 1:43
16) No. 11 Chanson: “Les tringles des sistres tintaient” 4:50
17) “Mon Dieu, messieurs, il commence à se faire tard” 0:35
18) No. 12 Choeur et Ensemble: “Vivat! Vivat le toréro!” 1:26
19) No. 13 Couplet: “Votre toast… je peux vous le rendre” 5:31
20) “Dis-moi ton nom” 0:41
21) No. 13 bis Choeur: “Toréador, en garde” 1:06
22) “Eh bien, les nouvelles?” 0:30
23) No. 14 Quintette: “Nous avons et tête une affaire 4:27
24) “Amoureuse… ce n’est pas une raison, cela”; No. 15 Chanson: “Halte là! Qui va là?”; “Ecoutez, le voilà” 3:20

CD2

25) No. 16 Duo: “Ja vais danser en votre honneur” 6:03
26) “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” 4:29
27) “Non, tu ne m’aimes pas!” 4:28
28) No. 17 Finale: “Holà! Carmen!” 5:30
29) Entr’acte 2:59

ACT TWO

30) No. 18 Introduction: “Ecoute, compagnon, écoute… Notre metier est bon” 4:25
31) “Voyons, Carmen… faisons la paix” 0:47
32) No. 19 Trio: “Mêlons! Coupons!” 2:54
33) "Carreau, pique... la mort! … En vain, pour éviter les réponses amères” 3:54
34) “Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles” 0:44
35) “Holà, les belles!” 0:51
36) No. 20 Morceau d’Ensemble: “Quant au douanier, c’est notre affaire” 3:37
37) No. 21 Air: “Je dis qui rien ne m’épouvante” 5:22
38) “Qui va là”; No. 22 Duo: “Je suis Escamillo” 3:47
39) No. 23 Finale: “Holà, holà, José 3:15
40) “Moi? Je viens te chercher” 5:11
41) Entr’acte 2:22

ACT THREE
First Tableau

42) No. 24 Choeur: “A deux cuartos” 2:16
43) No. 25 Choeur et Scène: “Les voici! Voici la quadrille” 4:15
44) “Si tu m’aimes, Carmen” 2:06
45) “Carmen, un bon conseil” 1:53
46) No. 26 Duo final: “C’est toi?” – “C’est moi!” 9:15

ACT THREE
Second Tableau

Total Tracks 46
Total Duration 02hr 39min

Album information

The seeds were planted in the early 1970s when Deutsche Grammophon realised what amazing results could be achieved by recording on multi-channel tapes, using either four or eight channels. Yet, due to a few restrictions, they never fully blossomed. Flaws in the playback equipment meant that music connoisseurs were prevented from enjoying these recordings in the way that artists, producers, engineers and other professionals intended, even though recording technology was already way ahead of its time.

Now — over a quarter of a century later — and thanks to the arrival of the multi-channel Super Audio CD, there is finally a system available which permits these precious recordings to be released in the quality they deserved back then. Digitally re-mastered on 2 SACDs, this release also features a complete libretto both in French and English.
With delight, PENTATONE re-releases Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, which remains one of the world’s most frequently performed operas from his repertoire. In one of its reviews in September 1982, the New York Times declared, “a strong vote for Bernstein’s much-debated 1973 recording of Bizet’s ‘Carmen,’ with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the great Marilyn Horne in the title role.

Bernstein’s daringly slow tempos, though criticized by some, are revelatory. Ms. Horne’s ‘Habanera’ is all the more seductive for its reined-in pacing and sultry phrasing”. Many claim that it is by far the best recording of Carmen. Leonard Bernstein’s rendition is as sharp as Marilyn Horne and James McCracken’s performances are stunning.