Carmen

Album by Georges Bizet & Patricia Bardon & Julian Gavin & Garry Magee & Mary Plazas & Philharmonia Orchestra & David Parry

Carmen is an opera by French composer Georges Bizet, premiered in 1875. Written in the opéra comique tradition, it combines lyric vocal writing, colourful orchestration and Spanish‑inflected rhythms within a dramatic narrative, and it was composed near the end of Bizet's life where it serves as a pivotal work in his output and in late‑19th‑century operatic practice.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Carmen: Prelude
    3:23
  2. 2.
    Carmen: Act I. “In the plaza” (Soldiers, Moralès)
    2:04
  3. 3.
    Carmen: Act I. “Just look at that delicious morsel” (Moralès, Soldiers, Micaëla)
    4:09
  4. 4.
    Carmen: Act I. “Here come our new soldier boys” (Children)
    2:26
  5. 5.
    Carmen: Act I. “José! There was a girl looking for you just now” (Moralès, Don José)
    0:17
  6. 6.
    Carmen: Act I. “Off with you old soldier boys” (Children)
    1:16
  7. 7.
    Carmen: Act I. “Corporal! — Sir!” (Zuniga, Don José)
    0:52
  8. 8.
    Carmen: Act I. “We have heard the bell summon us to meet here” (Young Men)
    1:34
  9. 9.
    Carmen: Act I. “Ah, just look!” (Soldiers, Cigarette Girls, Young Men)
    4:01
  10. 10.
    Carmen: Act I. “But why hasn’t she come, our Carmencita?” (Soldiers, Young Men, Cigarette Girls, Carmen)
    1:15
  11. 11.
    Carmen: Act I. “Love’s a bird wild as any rebel” (Carmen, Cigarette Girls, Young Men, Soldiers)
    4:31
  12. 12.
    Carmen: Act I. “Carmen! We will follow you high and low!” (Young Men, Carmen, Don José, Cigarette Girls)
    1:34
  13. 13.
    Carmen: Act I. “The cheek of it!” (Don José, Micaëla)
    0:21
  14. 14.
    Carmen: Act I. “Give me news of my mother!” (Don José, Micaëla)
    1:31
  15. 15.
    Carmen: Act I. “Your dear mother and I were leaving church this morning” (Micaëla, Don José)
    2:15
  16. 16.
    Carmen: Act I. “I see my mother’s face!” (Don José, Micaëla)
    5:50
  17. 17.
    Carmen: Act I. “Wait a moment—I’m going to read the letter” (Don José, Micaëla)
    0:32
  18. 18.
    Carmen: Act I. “Come and help!” (Cigarette Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers)
    2:57
  19. 19.
    Carmen: Act I. “So corporal: tell me what happened” (Zuniga, Don José)
    0:10
  20. 20.
    Carmen: Act I. “Well, Carmencita: what do you have to say for yourself?” (Zuniga, Carmen)
    2:28
  21. 21.
    Carmen: Act I. “Where are you taking me?” (Carmen, Don José)
    0:53
  22. 22.
    Carmen: Act I. “There’s an old bar in the city” (Carmen, Don José)
    4:36
  23. 23.
    Carmen: Act I. “Careful—it’s the lieutenant” (Don José, Zuniga, Carmen)
    2:12
  24. 24.
    Carmen: Act I. Entr’acte
    1:42
  25. 25.
    Carmen: Act II. “From far away mysterious sounds” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    5:28
  26. 26.
    Carmen: Act II. “Bravo! bravo! More! Keep dancing!” (Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
    0:57
  27. 27.
    Carmen: Act II. “Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!” (Friends of Escamillo)
    0:15
  28. 28.
    Carmen: Act II. “Who’s that? — It’s Escamillo, the bullfighter from Granada” (Zuniga, Frasquita, Friends of Escamillo)
    0:11
  29. 29.
    Carmen: Act II. “Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!” (Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Escamillo)
    0:35
  30. 30.
    Carmen: Act II. “You’re most kind” (Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo)
    5:09
  31. 31.
    Carmen: Act II. “We’ll come with you, Señor Torero” (Zuniga, Escamillo, Friends of Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    1:02
  32. 32.
    Carmen: Act II. “Toreador, be ready!” (Friends of Escamillo)
    1:10
  33. 33.
    Carmen: Act II. “At last! – We got rid of them as quickly as we could” (Remendado, Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès)
    0:14
  34. 34.
    Carmen: Act II. “There’s a little job that we're starting!” (Dancaïre, Mercédès, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen)
    4:50
  35. 35.
    Carmen: Act II. “Being in love is not a reason” (Dancaïre, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Don José)
    2:26

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Carmen: Act II. “To bid you welcome to our bar” (Carmen)
    0:39
  2. 3.
    Carmen: Act II. “La la la la la la la…” (Carmen, Don José)
    2:18
  3. 4.
    Carmen: Act II. “Back to camp!… Go at once!” (Carmen, Don José)
    2:34
  4. 5.
    Carmen: Act II. “That flow’r you threw to me I treasured” (Don José)
    3:55
  5. 6.
    Carmen: Act II. “No, it’s not love at all!” (Carmen, Don José)
    4:14
  6. 7.
    Carmen: Act II. “Hello! Carmen!” (Zuniga, Don José, Carmen)
    1:31
  7. 8.
    Carmen: Act II. “Lieutenant fair, it’s true” (Carmen, Remendado, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don José, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    2:49
  8. 9.
    Carmen: Act II. “The sky above the open road” (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre)
    1:06
  9. 10.
    Carmen: Act II. Entr’acte
    2:38
  10. 11.
    Carmen: Act III. “Keep going, dear old friend keep going!” (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre)
    4:25
  11. 12.
    Carmen: Act III. “Right! Let’s stop for a while” (Dancaïre, Don José, Carmen)
    1:03
  12. 13.
    Carmen: Act III. “Shuffle! Cut them!” (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
    4:04
  13. 14.
    Carmen: Act III. “In vain you would avoid the bitter things they’re saying” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    3:11
  14. 15.
    Carmen: Act III. “You're back!” (Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès, Carmen, Remendado, Don José)
    0:34
  15. 16.
    Carmen: Act III. “As for that man, it should be easy!” (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Gipsies, Remendado, Dancaïre)
    3:06
  16. 17.
    Carmen: Act III. “Is this the place?” (Micaëla, Guide)
    0:16
  17. 18.
    Carmen: Act III. “I say that there’s nothing to fear” (Micaëla)
    5:15
  18. 19.
    Carmen: Act III. “It’s him! I’m sure it’s him over there!” (Micaëla, Escamillo, Don José)
    0:15
  19. 20.
    Carmen: Act III. “Escamillo is my name, and I come from Granada” (Escamillo, Don José)
    1:01
  20. 21.
    Carmen: Act III. “She had a lover here” (Escamillo, Don José)
    4:23
  21. 22.
    Carmen: Act III. “Holà! holà! José!” (Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaïre)
    2:50
  22. 23.
    Carmen: Act III. “You should take care, Carmen” (Don José, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Remendado, Carmen, Micaëla, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    3:59
  23. 24.
    Carmen: Act III. “Alas! José, your mother is ill” (Micaëla, Don José, Escamillo)
    2:07
  24. 25.
    Carmen: Act III. Entr’acte
    2:12
  25. 26.
    Carmen: Act IV. “A few cuartos! A few cuartos!” (Merchants, Vendors, Zuniga, An Orange Vendor, A Gipsy)
    2:11
  26. 27.
    Carmen: Act IV. “Here they come! Here they come!” (Children, Merchants, Vendors, Crowd)
    3:46
  27. 28.
    Carmen: Act IV. “If you love me, Carmen” (Escamillo, Carmen, Cordeliers, Frasquita, Mercédès)
    3:24
  28. 29.
    Carmen: Act IV. “It’s you! — It’s me!” (Carmen, Don José)
    6:05
  29. 30.
    Carmen: Act IV. “Viva!, Viva! What a corrida!” (Crowd, Don José, Carmen)
    3:55

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