L'Arlesienne: Suites nos. 1 & 2 / Carmen: Suite no. 1

Album by Georges Bizet & Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

L'Arlesienne: Suites nos. 1 & 2 / Carmen: Suite no. 1 is a collection of orchestral suites by French composer Georges Bizet, first published in the 1870s. The music features Romantic-era orchestration, operatic melody and Mediterranean-influenced rhythms with bright orchestral colour, and the suites serve as concise orchestral distillations of his stage works that hold a notable place in Bizet's output and in late 19th-century French orchestral practice.
First released: 18th February 1985

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: I. Prélude
    6:56
  2. 2.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuetto
    2:57
  3. 3.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: III. Adagietto
    2:37
  4. 4.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: IV. Carillon
    4:36
  5. 5.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: I. Pastorale
    6:11
  6. 6.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: II. Intermezzo
    5:18
  7. 7.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: III. Menuet
    4:14
  8. 8.
    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole
    3:25
  9. 9.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: I. Prelude. Allegro giocoso
    2:18
  10. 10.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: II. Entr'acte II. Allegro moderato
    1:41
  11. 11.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Entr'acte III. Andantino quasi allegretto
    2:48
  12. 12.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: IV. Entr'acte IV. Allegro vivo
    2:10

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