Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Carmen: Prelude
    Georges Bizet
    3:23
  • 2
    Carmen: Act I. “In the plaza” (Soldiers, Moralès)
    Georges Bizet
    2:04
  • 3
    Carmen: Act I. “Just look at that delicious morsel” (Moralès, Soldiers, Micaëla)
    Georges Bizet
    4:09
  • 4
    Carmen: Act I. “Here come our new soldier boys” (Children)
    Georges Bizet
    2:26
  • 5
    Carmen: Act I. “José! There was a girl looking for you just now” (Moralès, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    0:17
  • 6
    Carmen: Act I. “Off with you old soldier boys” (Children)
    Georges Bizet
    1:16
  • 7
    Carmen: Act I. “Corporal! — Sir!” (Zuniga, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    0:52
  • 8
    Carmen: Act I. “We have heard the bell summon us to meet here” (Young Men)
    Georges Bizet
    1:34
  • 9
    Carmen: Act I. “Ah, just look!” (Soldiers, Cigarette Girls, Young Men)
    Georges Bizet
    4:01
  • 10
    Carmen: Act I. “But why hasn’t she come, our Carmencita?” (Soldiers, Young Men, Cigarette Girls, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    1:15
  • 11
    Carmen: Act I. “Love’s a bird wild as any rebel” (Carmen, Cigarette Girls, Young Men, Soldiers)
    Georges Bizet
    4:31
  • 12
    Carmen: Act I. “Carmen! We will follow you high and low!” (Young Men, Carmen, Don José, Cigarette Girls)
    Georges Bizet
    1:34
  • 13
    Carmen: Act I. “The cheek of it!” (Don José, Micaëla)
    Georges Bizet
    0:21
  • 14
    Carmen: Act I. “Give me news of my mother!” (Don José, Micaëla)
    Georges Bizet
    1:31
  • 15
    Carmen: Act I. “Your dear mother and I were leaving church this morning” (Micaëla, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    2:15
  • 16
    Carmen: Act I. “I see my mother’s face!” (Don José, Micaëla)
    Georges Bizet
    5:50
  • 17
    Carmen: Act I. “Wait a moment—I’m going to read the letter” (Don José, Micaëla)
    Georges Bizet
    0:32
  • 18
    Carmen: Act I. “Come and help!” (Cigarette Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers)
    Georges Bizet
    2:57
  • 19
    Carmen: Act I. “So corporal: tell me what happened” (Zuniga, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    0:10
  • 20
    Carmen: Act I. “Well, Carmencita: what do you have to say for yourself?” (Zuniga, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    2:28
  • 21
    Carmen: Act I. “Where are you taking me?” (Carmen, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    0:53
  • 22
    Carmen: Act I. “There’s an old bar in the city” (Carmen, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    4:36
  • 23
    Carmen: Act I. “Careful—it’s the lieutenant” (Don José, Zuniga, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    2:12
  • 24
    Carmen: Act I. Entr’acte
    Georges Bizet
    1:42
  • 25
    Carmen: Act II. “From far away mysterious sounds” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    5:28
  • 26
    Carmen: Act II. “Bravo! bravo! More! Keep dancing!” (Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    0:57
  • 27
    Carmen: Act II. “Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!” (Friends of Escamillo)
    Georges Bizet
    0:15
  • 28
    Carmen: Act II. “Who’s that? — It’s Escamillo, the bullfighter from Granada” (Zuniga, Frasquita, Friends of Escamillo)
    Georges Bizet
    0:11
  • 29
    Carmen: Act II. “Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!” (Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Escamillo)
    Georges Bizet
    0:35
  • 30
    Carmen: Act II. “You’re most kind” (Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo)
    Georges Bizet
    5:09
  • 31
    Carmen: Act II. “We’ll come with you, Señor Torero” (Zuniga, Escamillo, Friends of Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    1:02
  • 32
    Carmen: Act II. “Toreador, be ready!” (Friends of Escamillo)
    Georges Bizet
    1:10
  • 33
    Carmen: Act II. “At last! – We got rid of them as quickly as we could” (Remendado, Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    0:14
  • 34
    Carmen: Act II. “There’s a little job that we're starting!” (Dancaïre, Mercédès, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    4:50
  • 35
    Carmen: Act II. “Being in love is not a reason” (Dancaïre, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    2:26
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Carmen: Act II. “To bid you welcome to our bar” (Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    0:39
  • 2
    Carmen: Act II. “La la la la la la la…” (Carmen, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    2:18
  • 3
    Carmen: Act II. “Back to camp!… Go at once!” (Carmen, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    2:34
  • 4
    Carmen: Act II. “That flow’r you threw to me I treasured” (Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    3:55
  • 5
    Carmen: Act II. “No, it’s not love at all!” (Carmen, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    4:14
  • 6
    Carmen: Act II. “Hello! Carmen!” (Zuniga, Don José, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    1:31
  • 7
    Carmen: Act II. “Lieutenant fair, it’s true” (Carmen, Remendado, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don José, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    2:49
  • 8
    Carmen: Act II. “The sky above the open road” (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre)
    Georges Bizet
    1:06
  • 9
    Carmen: Act II. Entr’acte
    Georges Bizet
    2:38
  • 10
    Carmen: Act III. “Keep going, dear old friend keep going!” (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre)
    Georges Bizet
    4:25
  • 11
    Carmen: Act III. “Right! Let’s stop for a while” (Dancaïre, Don José, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    1:03
  • 12
    Carmen: Act III. “Shuffle! Cut them!” (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    4:04
  • 13
    Carmen: Act III. “In vain you would avoid the bitter things they’re saying” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    3:11
  • 14
    Carmen: Act III. “You're back!” (Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès, Carmen, Remendado, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    0:34
  • 15
    Carmen: Act III. “As for that man, it should be easy!” (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Gipsies, Remendado, Dancaïre)
    Georges Bizet
    3:06
  • 16
    Carmen: Act III. “Is this the place?” (Micaëla, Guide)
    Georges Bizet
    0:16
  • 17
    Carmen: Act III. “I say that there’s nothing to fear” (Micaëla)
    Georges Bizet
    5:15
  • 18
    Carmen: Act III. “It’s him! I’m sure it’s him over there!” (Micaëla, Escamillo, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    0:15
  • 19
    Carmen: Act III. “Escamillo is my name, and I come from Granada” (Escamillo, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    1:01
  • 20
    Carmen: Act III. “She had a lover here” (Escamillo, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    4:23
  • 21
    Carmen: Act III. “Holà! holà! José!” (Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaïre)
    Georges Bizet
    2:50
  • 22
    Carmen: Act III. “You should take care, Carmen” (Don José, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Remendado, Carmen, Micaëla, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    3:59
  • 23
    Carmen: Act III. “Alas! José, your mother is ill” (Micaëla, Don José, Escamillo)
    Georges Bizet
    2:07
  • 24
    Carmen: Act III. Entr’acte
    Georges Bizet
    2:12
  • 25
    Carmen: Act IV. “A few cuartos! A few cuartos!” (Merchants, Vendors, Zuniga, An Orange Vendor, A Gipsy)
    Georges Bizet
    2:11
  • 26
    Carmen: Act IV. “Here they come! Here they come!” (Children, Merchants, Vendors, Crowd)
    Georges Bizet
    3:46
  • 27
    Carmen: Act IV. “If you love me, Carmen” (Escamillo, Carmen, Cordeliers, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    Georges Bizet
    3:24
  • 28
    Carmen: Act IV. “It’s you! — It’s me!” (Carmen, Don José)
    Georges Bizet
    6:05
  • 29
    Carmen: Act IV. “Viva!, Viva! What a corrida!” (Crowd, Don José, Carmen)
    Georges Bizet
    3:55

More by Bizet, Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Garry Magee, Mary Plazas, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

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