Notes and Editorial Reviews
For anyone wanting just highlights, they are all here on this generously filled disc. The dialogue, its least satisfactory element, is here kept to a minimum and we have plenty of Baltsa's highly charged, vivid gipsy heroine and of Carreras's sympathetic, eloquent Jose, both characterizations among the most telling on any form of disc.
-- Alan Blyth, Gramophone [2/1985]
For anyone wanting just highlights, they are all here on this generously filled disc. The dialogue, its least satisfactory element, is here kept to a minimum and we have plenty of Baltsa's highly charged, vivid gipsy heroine and of Carreras's sympathetic, eloquent Jose, both characterizations among the most telling on any form of disc.
-- Alan Blyth, Gramophone [2/1985]
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Works on This Recording
2.
Carmen: Sur la place, chacun place by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano),
Mikael Melbye (Baritone)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Paris Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
3.
Carmen: Avec la garde montante "Children's Chorus" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Alexander Malta (Bass)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Schöneberg Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
4.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Paris Opera Chorus
Written: 1873-1874
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
5.
Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère by Georges Bizet
Performer:
José Carreras (Tenor),
Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Notes: This selection begins with "Monsieur le brigadier..."
Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
6.
Carmen: Près des ramparts de Seville "Seguidilla" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
José Carreras (Tenor),
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
7.
Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient "Gypsy Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano),
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano),
Christine Barbaux (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
8.
Carmen: Vous avez quelque chose by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano),
Alexander Malta (Bass),
Christine Barbaux (Soprano),
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; France
9.
Carmen: Vivat! vivat le toréro! by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Michel Marinpouille (Tenor),
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano),
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano),
Christine Barbaux (Soprano),
Alexander Malta (Bass)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Paris Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
10.
Carmen: Votre toast je peu vous le rendre "Toreador Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Michel Marinpouille (Tenor),
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano),
Alexander Malta (Bass),
Christine Barbaux (Soprano),
José Van Dam (Bass),
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Paris Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
11.
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
12.
Carmen: En vain pour éviter les réponses amères "Card Aria" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano),
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano),
Christine Barbaux (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
13.
Carmen: A deux cuartos! by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Michel Marinpouille (Tenor),
Alexander Malta (Bass),
Alain Pilard (Bass),
Anne-Marie Tostain (Alto)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Paris Opera Chorus
Written: 1875
14.
Carmen: C'est toi! C'est moi!...Carmen, il est temps encore by Georges Bizet
Performer:
José Carreras (Tenor),
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Paris Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Notes: This selection is preceded by a track of introductory orchestral music.
Sound Samples
Carmen / Act 1: Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe"
Carmen / Act 1: Marche et Choeur des gamins: "Avec la garde montante"
Carmen / Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)
Carmen / Act 1: "Monsieur le brigadier?" / Duo:"Parle-moi de ma mère!"
Carmen / Act 1: "Près des remparts de Séville"
Carmen / Act 2: Chanson: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient"
Carmen / Act 2: Vous avez quelque chose à nous dire...?
Carmen / Act 2: Choeur et Ensemble: "Vivat! vivat le Toréro!"
Carmen / Act 2: Couplets: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre"
Carmen / Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
Carmen / Act 3: "En vain, pour éviter les réponses amères" / "Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles"
Carmen / Act 3: Choeur: "A dos cuartos!"
Carmen / Act 3: (Musique de transition)
Carmen / Act 3: Duo final: "C'est toi!" / "C'est moi!"
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