Carmen

by Georges Bizet; Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Garry Magee, Mary Plazas, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Carmen: Prelude3:23
  2. Carmen: Act I. “In the plaza” (Soldiers, Moralès)2:04
  3. Carmen: Act I. “Just look at that delicious morsel” (Moralès, Soldiers, Micaëla)4:09
  4. Carmen: Act I. “Here come our new soldier boys” (Children)2:26
  5. Carmen: Act I. “José! There was a girl looking for you just now” (Moralès, Don José)0:17
  6. Carmen: Act I. “Off with you old soldier boys” (Children)1:16
  7. Carmen: Act I. “Corporal! — Sir!” (Zuniga, Don José)0:52
  8. Carmen: Act I. “We have heard the bell summon us to meet here” (Young Men)1:34
  9. Carmen: Act I. “Ah, just look!” (Soldiers, Cigarette Girls, Young Men)4:01
  10. Carmen: Act I. “But why hasn’t she come, our Carmencita?” (Soldiers, Young Men, Cigarette Girls, Carmen)1:15
  11. Carmen: Act I. “Love’s a bird wild as any rebel” (Carmen, Cigarette Girls, Young Men, Soldiers)4:31
  12. Carmen: Act I. “Carmen! We will follow you high and low!” (Young Men, Carmen, Don José, Cigarette Girls)1:34
  13. Carmen: Act I. “The cheek of it!” (Don José, Micaëla)0:21
  14. Carmen: Act I. “Give me news of my mother!” (Don José, Micaëla)1:31
  15. Carmen: Act I. “Your dear mother and I were leaving church this morning” (Micaëla, Don José)2:15
  16. Carmen: Act I. “I see my mother’s face!” (Don José, Micaëla)5:50
  17. Carmen: Act I. “Wait a moment—I’m going to read the letter” (Don José, Micaëla)0:32
  18. Carmen: Act I. “Come and help!” (Cigarette Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers)2:57
  19. Carmen: Act I. “So corporal: tell me what happened” (Zuniga, Don José)0:10
  20. Carmen: Act I. “Well, Carmencita: what do you have to say for yourself?” (Zuniga, Carmen)2:28
  21. Carmen: Act I. “Where are you taking me?” (Carmen, Don José)0:53
  22. Carmen: Act I. “There’s an old bar in the city” (Carmen, Don José)4:36
  23. Carmen: Act I. “Careful—it’s the lieutenant” (Don José, Zuniga, Carmen)2:12
  24. Carmen: Act I. Entr’acte1:42
  25. Carmen: Act II. “From far away mysterious sounds” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)5:28
  26. Carmen: Act II. “Bravo! bravo! More! Keep dancing!” (Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)0:57
  27. Carmen: Act II. “Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!” (Friends of Escamillo)0:15
  28. Carmen: Act II. “Who’s that? — It’s Escamillo, the bullfighter from Granada” (Zuniga, Frasquita, Friends of Escamillo)0:11
  29. Carmen: Act II. “Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!” (Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Escamillo)0:35
  30. Carmen: Act II. “You’re most kind” (Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo)5:09
  31. Carmen: Act II. “We’ll come with you, Señor Torero” (Zuniga, Escamillo, Friends of Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)1:02
  32. Carmen: Act II. “Toreador, be ready!” (Friends of Escamillo)1:10
  33. Carmen: Act II. “At last! – We got rid of them as quickly as we could” (Remendado, Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès)0:14
  34. Carmen: Act II. “There’s a little job that we're starting!” (Dancaïre, Mercédès, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen)4:50
  35. Carmen: Act II. “Being in love is not a reason” (Dancaïre, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Don José)2:26

CD 2

  1. Carmen: Act II. “To bid you welcome to our bar” (Carmen)0:39
  2. Carmen: Act II. “La la la la la la la…” (Carmen, Don José)2:18
  3. Carmen: Act II. “Back to camp!… Go at once!” (Carmen, Don José)2:34
  4. Carmen: Act II. “That flow’r you threw to me I treasured” (Don José)3:55
  5. Carmen: Act II. “No, it’s not love at all!” (Carmen, Don José)4:14
  6. Carmen: Act II. “Hello! Carmen!” (Zuniga, Don José, Carmen)1:31
  7. Carmen: Act II. “Lieutenant fair, it’s true” (Carmen, Remendado, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don José, Frasquita, Mercédès)2:49
  8. Carmen: Act II. “The sky above the open road” (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre)1:06
  9. Carmen: Act II. Entr’acte2:38
  10. Carmen: Act III. “Keep going, dear old friend keep going!” (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancaïre)4:25
  11. Carmen: Act III. “Right! Let’s stop for a while” (Dancaïre, Don José, Carmen)1:03
  12. Carmen: Act III. “Shuffle! Cut them!” (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)4:04
  13. Carmen: Act III. “In vain you would avoid the bitter things they’re saying” (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)3:11
  14. Carmen: Act III. “You're back!” (Frasquita, Dancaïre, Mercédès, Carmen, Remendado, Don José)0:34
  15. Carmen: Act III. “As for that man, it should be easy!” (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Gipsies, Remendado, Dancaïre)3:06
  16. Carmen: Act III. “Is this the place?” (Micaëla, Guide)0:16
  17. Carmen: Act III. “I say that there’s nothing to fear” (Micaëla)5:15
  18. Carmen: Act III. “It’s him! I’m sure it’s him over there!” (Micaëla, Escamillo, Don José)0:15
  19. Carmen: Act III. “Escamillo is my name, and I come from Granada” (Escamillo, Don José)1:01
  20. Carmen: Act III. “She had a lover here” (Escamillo, Don José)4:23
  21. Carmen: Act III. “Holà! holà! José!” (Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaïre)2:50
  22. Carmen: Act III. “You should take care, Carmen” (Don José, Dancaïre, Gipsies, Remendado, Carmen, Micaëla, Frasquita, Mercédès)3:59
  23. Carmen: Act III. “Alas! José, your mother is ill” (Micaëla, Don José, Escamillo)2:07
  24. Carmen: Act III. Entr’acte2:12
  25. Carmen: Act IV. “A few cuartos! A few cuartos!” (Merchants, Vendors, Zuniga, An Orange Vendor, A Gipsy)2:11
  26. Carmen: Act IV. “Here they come! Here they come!” (Children, Merchants, Vendors, Crowd)3:46
  27. Carmen: Act IV. “If you love me, Carmen” (Escamillo, Carmen, Cordeliers, Frasquita, Mercédès)3:24
  28. Carmen: Act IV. “It’s you! — It’s me!” (Carmen, Don José)6:05
  29. Carmen: Act IV. “Viva!, Viva! What a corrida!” (Crowd, Don José, Carmen)3:55