Carmen Suite No. 1 & 2

Album by Georges Bizet & London Festival Orchestra & Cesare Cantieri

Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 are orchestral suites by French composer Georges Bizet, assembled in 1882 from material in his 1875 opera Carmen. They rework themes from the opera into concert movements characterised by vivid orchestration, dance-like rhythms and sweeping lyrical passages, and occupy a place in Bizet's posthumous reception as orchestral distillations of his theatrical writing.
First released: 5th April 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: I. Prelude
    1:22
  2. 2.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: II. Aragonaise
    2:14
  3. 3.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo
    2:40
  4. 4.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: IV. Seguidilla
    1:53
  5. 5.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les dragons de Alcala
    1:37
  6. 6.
    Carmen Suite No. 1: VI. Les Toreadors
    2:19
  7. 7.
    Carmen Suite No. 2: I. Marche des contrabandiers
    3:57
  8. 8.
    Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera
    2:11
  9. 9.
    Carmen Suite No. 2: III. Nocturne
    4:10
  10. 10.
    Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Chanson du Toréador
    2:39
  11. 11.
    Carmen Suite No. 2: V. La garde montante
    3:53
  12. 12.
    Carmen Suite No. 2: VI. Danse bohème
    4:33

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