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BIZET: Carmen (Sung in English)

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Label: Chandos

Series: Opera in English

Genre: Opera

Period: Romantic

Catalogue No: CHAN3091-92

Barcode: 095115309124

Release Date: 02/2003

BIZET: Carmen (Sung in English)

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Disc 1

Bizet, Georges
Meilhac, Henri - Lyricist
Halévy, Ludovic - Lyricist

Carmen (Sung in English)

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Magee, Garry (baritone)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Watson, Ian (harpsichord)
McCaldin, Clare (mezzo-soprano)

1

Prelude

03:22

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Act I: In the plaza (Soldiers, Morales)

02:05

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)

3

Act I: Just look at that delicious morsel! (Morales, Soldiers, Micaela)

04:09

Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)

4

Act I: Here come our new soldier boys (Children)

02:27

New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act I: Jose! There was a girl here looking for you just now (Morales, Don Jose)

00:17

Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Act I: Off with you old soldier boys (Children)

01:16

Parry, David (Conductor)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act I: Corporal! Sir! (Zuniga, Don Jose)

00:53

Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act I: We have heard the bell summon us to meet here (Young Men)

01:34

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)

9

Act I: Ah, just look! (Soldiers, Cigarette Girls)

04:01

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act I: But why hasn't she come, our Carmencita? (Soldiers, Young Men, Cigarette Girls, Carmen)

01:15

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

11

Act I: Habanera: Love's a bird wild as any rebel (Carmen, Cigarette Girls, Young Men, Soldiers)

04:31

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)

12

Act I: Carmen! We will follow you high and low! (Young Men, Carmen, Don Jose, Cigarette Girls)

01:34

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)

13

Act I: The cheek of it! (Don Jose, Micaela)

00:22

Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

14

Act I: Give me news of my mother! (Don Jose, Micaela)

01:31

Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

15

Act I: Your dear mother and I were leaving church this morning (Don Jose, Micaela )

02:15

Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

16

Act I: I see my mother's face! (Don Jose, Micaela)

05:50

Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Act I: Wait a moment. I'm going to read the letter (Don Jose, Micaela)

00:32

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)

18

Act I: Come and help! (Cigarette Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers)

02:58

Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

19

Act I: So, corporal, tell me what happened (Zuniga, Don Jose)

00:11

Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)

20

Act I: Well, Carmencita, what do you have to say for yourself? (Zuniga, Carmen)

02:28

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

21

Act I: Where are you taking me? (Carmen, Don Jose)

00:53

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

22

Act I: Seguedilla: There's an old bar in the city (Carmen, Don Jose)

04:37

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)

23

Act I: Careful, it's the lieutenant! (Don Jose, Zuniga, Carmen)

02:28

Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

24

Entr'acte

01:42

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

25

Act II: Gipsy Song: From far away mysterious sounds (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)

05:29

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

26

Act II: Bravo, bravo! More! Keep dancing! (Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen)

00:57

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)

27

Act II: Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero! (Friends of Escamillo)

00:16

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)

28

Act II: Who's that? It's Escamillo, the bullfighter from Granada (Zuniga, Frasquita, Friends of Escamillo)

00:12

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

29

Act II: Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero! (Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo, Mercedes, Frasquita, Carmen, Morales)

00:35

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)

30

Act II: Toreador's aria: You're most kind (Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Morales, Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo)

05:10

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Stafford-Allen, Toby (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Magee, Garry (baritone)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

31

Act II: We'll come with you, Senor Torero (Zuniga, Escamillo, Friends of Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)

01:03

Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Magee, Garry (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)

32

Act II: Toreador, be ready! (Friends of Escamillo)

01:10

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

33

Act II: At last! We got rid of them as quickly as we could (Remendado, Frasquita, Dancaire, Mercedes)

00:14

Parry, David (Conductor)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

34

Act II: There's a little job that we're starting! (Dancaire, Mercedes, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen)

04:50

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)

35

Act II: Being in love is not a reason (Dancaire, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes, Don Jose)

02:25

Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

Disc 2

1

Act II: To bid you welcome to our bar (Carmen)

00:38

Parry, David (Conductor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Act II: La la la la la la la la (Carmen, Don Jose)

02:18

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)

3

Act II: Back to camp! … Go at once! (Carmen, Don Jose)

02:35

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)

4

Act II: Flower Song: That flow'r you threw to me I treasured (Don Jose)

03:55

Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act II: No, it's not love at all! (Carmen, Don Jose)

04:14

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)

6

Act II: Hello! Carmen! (Zuniga, Remendado, Dancaire, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don Jose, Frasquita, Mercedes)

01:31

Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act II: Lieutenant fair, it's true (Carmen, Remendado, Dancaire, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don Jose, Frasquita, Mercedes)

02:50

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act II: The sky above the open road (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Don Jose, Remendado, Dancaire)

01:02

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)

9

Entr'acte

02:38

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act III: Keep going, dear old friend, keep going! (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Don Jose, Remendado, Dancaire)

04:25

Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)

11

Act III: Right! Let's stop for a while (Dancaire, Don Jose, Carmen)

01:03

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)

12

Act III: Shuffle! Cut them! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen)

04:05

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)

13

Act III: In vain you would avoid the bitter things they're saying (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)

03:12

Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)

14

Act III: You're back! (Frasquita, Dancaire, Mercedes, Carmen, Remendado, Don Jose)

00:35

Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

15

Act III: As for that man, it should be easy! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Gipsies, Remendado, Dancaire)

03:07

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Harrison, Sally (soprano)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)

16

Act III: Is this the place? (Micaela, Guide)

00:16

Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)

17

Act III: I say that there's nothing to fear (Micaela)

05:15

Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

18

Act III: It's him! I'm sure it's him over there! (Micaela, Escamillo, Don Jose)

00:16

Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Magee, Garry (baritone)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

19

Act III: Escamillo is my name, and I come from Granada (Escamillo, Don Jose)

01:01

Magee, Garry (baritone)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Parry, David (Conductor)

20

Act III: She had a lover here (Escamillo, Don Jose)

04:24

Magee, Garry (baritone)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

21

Act III: Hola! hola! Jose! (Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaire)

02:51

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Magee, Garry (baritone)
Parry, David (Conductor)

22

Act III: You should take care, Carmen (Don Jose, Dancaire, Gipsies, Remendado, Carmen, Micaela, Frasquita, Carmen)

04:00

Wedd, Peter (tenor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Le Brocq, Mark (tenor)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Hegarty, Mary (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

23

Act III: Alas! Jose, your mother is ill (Micaela, Don Jose, Escamillo)

02:04

Magee, Garry (baritone)
Plazas, Mary (soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

24

Entr'acte

02:12

Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

25

Act IV: A few cuartos! A few cuartos! (Merchants, Vendors, Zuniga, An Orange Vendor, A Gipsy)

02:12

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Watson, Ian (harpsichord)
Metsamart, Madis (percussion)
Parry, David (Conductor)
McCaldin, Clare (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

26

Act IV: Here they come! Here they come! (Children, Merchants, Vendors, Chorus)

03:46

New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)

27

Act IV: If you love me, Carmen! (Escamillo, Carmen, Cordeliers, Frasquita, Mercedes)

03:24

Magee, Garry (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Choir)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

28

Act IV: It's you! It's me! (Carmen, Don Jose)

06:06

Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Parry, David (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

29

Act IV: Viva! Viva! What a corrida! (Crowd, Don Jose, Carmen)

03:53

Parry, David (Conductor)
Bardon, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Gavin, Julian (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 02:35:20