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Claudio Abbado - Bizet: Carmen (Remastered) (2020) [Hi-Res]

Claudio Abbado - Bizet: Carmen (Remastered) (2020) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Bizet: Carmen (Remastered)
  • Year Of Release: 1978
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-192kHz FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 02:37:20
  • Total Size: 624 MB / 5.40 GB
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Tracklist:

01. Overture (Prelude) (3:32)
02. Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe" (2:10)
03. "Regardez donc cette petite" (4:09)
04. "Avec la garde montante" (2:34)
05. "Repos!" (0:47)
06. "Allons! Allons!" (1:33)
07. "Dites-moi, brigadier?" (1:07)
08. "La cloche a sonné" (5:11)
09. "Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita" (0:45)
10. "Quand je vous aimerai?" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (4:50)
11. "Carmen, sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous" (2:24)
12. "Monsieur le brigadier?" - "Parle-moi de ma mère!" (1:41)
13. "Votre mère avec moi sortait de la chapelle" (2:19)
14. "Ma mère, je la vois..." (2:26)
15. "Que son fils l'aime et la vénère" - "Eh bien, eh bien!" (4:03)
16. "Au secours!" (3:19)
17. "Voyons, brigadier..." - "Tra la la la..." (4:10)
18. Chanson et Duo: "Près des remparts de Séville" (4:30)
19. "Le lieutenant!... Prenez garde." (2:14)
20. Entracte (between Act I & II) (1:46)
21. "Les tringles des sistres tintaient" (5:05)
22. "Vous avez quelque chose à nous dire" (1:18)
23. "Tout est bien alors" - "Vivat! vivat le toréro!" (1:31)
24. "Votre toast... je peux..." - "Toréador, en garde" (8:00)
25. "Nous avons en tête une affaire!" (4:48)
26. "Amoureuse... ce n'est pas une raison" - "Halte-là! Qui va là?" (2:28)
27. "Je vais danser en votre honneur" (5:40)
28. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (4:16)
29. "Non, tu ne m'aimes pas!" (4:01)
30. "Holà! Carmen! Holà!" (3:32)
31. "Suis-nous à travers la campagne" (1:49)
32. Entracte (Between Act II & III) (3:00)
33. "Écoute, compagnon, écoute!" (4:40)
34. "Halte! nous allons nous arrêter ici!" (1:30)
35. "Mêlons!"-"Mêlons!"-"Coupons!" (3:21)
36. "Carreau! Pique!... La mort!" (3:20)
37. "Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles" (0:51)
38. "Eh! bien, j'avais raison." (0:30)
39. "Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire!" (3:09)
40. "Nous y sommes" (0:45)
41. "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" (4:52)
42. "Mais... je ne me trompe pas..." - "Je suis Escamillo, toréro de Grenade." (3:43)
43. "Holà, José!" (3:00)
44. "Halte! quelqu'un est là qui cherche à se cacher." (5:19)
45. Entr'acte (2:10)
46. Choeur: "A dos cuartos!" (2:22)
47. "Les voici! voici le quadrille!" (3:50)
48. "Si tu m'aimes, Carmen" (3:21)
49. "C'est toi!" "C'est-moi!" (9:25)

Newly remastered at Emil Berliner Studios. Abbado’s years with the London Symphony Orchestra resulted in three celebrated sets with the Spanish mezzo Teresa Berganza in central roles – and few could be more “central” than Bizet’s Carmen. Made in 1977, the recording followed staged performances directed by Piero Fagioni at the Edinburgh Festival. Berganza had studied the Carmen story, immersed herself in the opera’s background and delivered a characterization that emphasized the gipsy’s nobility, while Abbado’s conducting was both dramatic and vividly coloured.

"This is a super performance, slightly outside the common mold. In 1977, when this was recorded, Claudio Abbado was a great opera conductor, filled with sharp insights and a nice sense of the architecture of whole operas. He always seemed to know where he was going, and his ability to build to climaxes was second to none. Abbado has a rather elegant Carmen here in the smallish-voiced, introspective Teresa Berganza, a gorgeous singer who patently refuses to force her voice or her character into vulgarity. It's a fine reading. Placido Domingo is at his best in both intimate and maniacal moments, and Ileana Cotrubas's Micaela almost makes us care about this sappy little gal. Sherrill Milnes's Escamillo has plenty of swagger and voice. Berganza's subtlety combined with the wild passions of those around her make this a very good Carmen indeed." (Robert Levine)

Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano (Carmen)
Plácido Domingo, tenor (Don Jose)
Sherrill Milnes, baritone (Escamillo)
Ileana Cotrubas, soprano (Micaela)
Yvonne Kenny, soprano (Frasquita)
Alicia Nafé, mezzo-soprano (Mercédès)
Robert Lloyd, bass (Zuniga)
Stuart Harling, baritone (Moralès)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

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  • olga1001
  •  wrote in 12:38
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How voluptuous but graceful Teresa is !
Abbado sometimes shows a little cautiousness as later ?!
Sound is massive, superb !
Many thanks
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  • schnuffelschaf
  •  wrote in 13:00
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Thank you so much!
Together with Solti/Troyanos/Domingo the best Carmen recording ever.
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  • olga1001
  •  wrote in 15:02
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On video, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Met is good :)
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  • mufty77
  •  wrote in 14:21
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Many thanks for HD tracks.