Carmen Suite

Album by Rodion Shchedrin & Ensemble Répercussion & I Musici de Montréal & Yuli Turovsky

Carmen Suite is a ballet score by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, composed in 1967. The piece reworks themes from Bizet's opera into terse, rhythmically driven arrangements with vivid orchestral colours, reflecting Shchedrin's 1960s interest in transforming existing repertoire and occupying a distinctive place in his output that bridges popular melodic material with modernist techniques.
First released: March 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    La oración del torero, op. 34
    10:10
  2. 2.
    Carmen Suite: Introduction
    1:23
  3. 3.
    Carmen Suite: Dance
    2:08
  4. 4.
    Carmen Suite: First Intermezzo
    1:04
  5. 5.
    Carmen Suite: Changing of the Guard
    1:55
  6. 6.
    Carmen Suite: Carmen’s Entrance and Habanera
    3:31
  7. 7.
    Carmen Suite: Scene
    7:11
  8. 8.
    Carmen Suite: Second Intermezzo
    1:59
  9. 9.
    Carmen Suite: Bolero
    1:10
  10. 10.
    Carmen Suite: Torero
    3:00
  11. 11.
    Carmen Suite: Torero and Carmen
    3:51
  12. 12.
    Carmen Suite: Adagio
    5:35
  13. 13.
    Carmen Suite: Fortune Telling
    4:38
  14. 14.
    Carmen Suite: Finale
    6:16
  15. 15.
    In Imitation of Albéniz
    4:55
  16. 16.
    Stalin Cocktail
    5:42
  17. 17.
    Humoresque
    2:38

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