Carmen Suites / L’Arlésienne Suites

Album by Georges Bizet & New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein

Carmen Suites / L’Arlésienne Suites is a compilation of orchestral suites by French composer Georges Bizet, comprising music from L'Arlésienne (1872) and Carmen (1875). The music features Romantic-era orchestral colours, Spanish-influenced rhythms and dance-like movements alongside evocative instrumental textures, reflecting Bizet's late-career focus on dramatic stage music and its place in 19th-century operatic and incidental-music traditions.

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  1. 1.
    Carmen Suite, no. 1: The Toreadors
    2:32
  2. 2.
    Carmen Suite, no. 1: Prelude to Act I
    1:14
  3. 3.
    Carmen Suite, no. 1: Aragonaise
    2:24
  4. 4.
    Carmen Suite, no. 1: Intermezzo
    2:45
  5. 5.
    Carmen Suite, no. 1: Seguedilla
    1:56
  6. 6.
    Carmen Suite, no. 1: The Soldiers of Alcala
    1:48
  7. 7.
    Carmen Suite, no. 2: March of the Smugglers
    4:19
  8. 8.
    Carmen Suite, no. 2: Habanera
    2:01
  9. 9.
    Carmen Suite, no. 2: Nocturne
    5:47
  10. 10.
    Carmen Suite, no. 2: The Toreador Song
    2:54
  11. 11.
    Carmen Suite, no. 2: Children’s Chorus
    3:43
  12. 12.
    Carmen Suite, no. 2: Bohemian Dance
    4:23
  13. 13.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1: Overture
    7:03
  14. 14.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1: Minuet
    3:01
  15. 15.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1: Adagietto
    3:49
  16. 16.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1: Carillon
    4:28
  17. 17.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: Pastorale
    5:03
  18. 18.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: Intermezzo
    4:40
  19. 19.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: Minuet
    4:06
  20. 20.
    L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: Farandole
    3:06

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