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Claudio Abbado - Bizet: Carmen (1978) [2018 SACD Vintage Collection]

Claudio Abbado - Bizet: Carmen (1978) [2018 SACD Vintage Collection]

BAND/ARTIST: Claudio Abbado

  • Title: Bizet: Carmen
  • Year Of Release: 1978 [2018]
  • Label: Tower Records [PROC-2171~72]
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: DSD64 image (*.iso) / 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
  • Total Time: 02:17:09
  • Total Size: 3,7 GB (+3%rec.)
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The world's first SA-CD of Abbado's opera recording "Carmen," which is famous as one of the definitive editions of the 1970s. Excellent recording. New mastering in home country after new mixing from 16ch original analog master

The world's first SA-CD reprint of "Carmen", a masterpiece of Abbado's light and well-balanced sound, including gorgeous singers and an excellent chorus. This performance board with gorgeous singers such as Bercanza, Domingo, and Cotrubas is still highly regarded as a masterpiece among masterpieces that never fades even if you listen to it now. In particular, while there are usually many passionate Carmens, Bercanza's singing, which has a light and well-balanced sound but never loses its Latin emotion, is wonderful. Affinity is also great. In addition, DG's analog recording is in its final stage, and the fact that it is an excellent recording that ignores the complicated settings of the time also supports the masterpiece. Abbado has made several opera recordings before this, but it can be said that this is an opera within an opera that combines several important elements as a board regardless of the work, a masterpiece among masterpieces. It's "Carmen".
This recording from 1977 to the following year was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra when he was the principal guest conductor in 1975 after his first co-starring in 1966 (he was appointed principal conductor in 1979), but both have already been strong. There is a relationship of trust, which is reflected in the performance. The recording originally originated from the performance in Edinburgh, and was originally supposed to be conducted by another conductor. This process is detailed in the preface commentary by Mr. Yamazaki this time, but it is surprising that Abbado, who was originally a substitute, managed everything in this DG board as a result, except for how the performance itself was. It's a point. It seems that the deep trust with the London Symphony Orchestra was at the root.
In this reprint, we went back to the original 16ch analog master tape in our home country, remixed it, and digitized it with high sound quality. The work was extremely complicated and time-consuming, and it took a long time to reach commercialization. Voice quality and localization are surprisingly clear and clear, and you will notice an unprecedented excellent sound quality with the added benefits of DSD.

*As it is a machine translation, the result may not provide an accurate description.
Please use it only as a reference.


Tracks:

1-1 Ouverture (Prelude) 3:28

Acte 1
1-2 "Sur La Place Chacun Passe" (Les Soldats, Morales) 2:10
1-3 "Regardez Donc Cette Petite" (Morales, Les Soldats, Micaela) 4:10
1-4 "Avec La Garde Montante" (Choeur De Vauriens) 2:34
1-5 "Repos!" (Zúñiga, Morales, Don José) 0:49
1-6 "Allons! Allons!" (Zúñiga, Choeur De Vauriens) 1:34
1-7 "Dites-moi, Brigadier?" (Zúñiga, Don José) 1:07
1-8 "La Cloche A Sonné" (Les Jeunes Gens, Les Soldats, Les Cigarieres) 5:12
1-9 "Mais Nous Ne Voyons Pas La Carmencita" (Les Soldats, Les Jeunes Gens) 0:45
1-10 "Quand Je Vous Aimerai?" (Carmen) / Habanera: "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" (Carmen, Choeur) 4:49
1-11 "Carmen, Sur Tes Pas Nous Nous Pressons Tous" (Les Jeunes Gens, Les Cigarieres, Don José) 2:25
1-12 "Monsieur Le Brigadier?" (Micaela, Don José) 1:41
1-13 "Votre Mère Avec Moi Sortait De La Chapelle" (Micaela, Don José) 2:20
1-14 "Ma Mère, Je La Vois..." (Don José, Micaela) 2:25
1-15 "Que Son Fils L'aime Et La Vénère" (Don José, Micaela) / "Eh Bien, Eh Bien!" (Zúñiga) 4:03
1-16 "Au Secours!" (Les Cigarieres, Zúñiga, Les Soldats) 3:19
1-17 "Voyons, Brigadier" (Zúñiga, Don José) / "Tra La La La..." (Carmen, Zúñiga, Les Cigarieres, Un Soldat, Don José) 4:15
1-18 Près Des Remparts De Séville" (Carmen, Don José) 4:30
1-19 "Le Lieutenant! Prenez Garde!" (Don José, Zúñiga, Carmen) 2:08
1-20 Entracte 1:48

Acte 2
1-21 "Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient" (Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita) 5:06
1-22 "Vous Avez Quelque Chose À Nous Dire" (Zúñiga, Pastia, Frasquita, Mercedes, Andrés, Carmen) 1:16
1-23 "Tout Est Bien Alors" (Carmen, Zúñiga) / "Vivat! Vivat Le Torero!" (Choeur, Zúñiga, Mercedes, Andrés, Frasquita, Pastia) 1:31
1-24 "Votre Toast, Je Peux Vous Le Rendre" (Escamillo, Choeur, Frasquita, Mercedes, Remendado, Carmen) / "Toréador, En Garde" (Choeur, Frasquita, Pastia, Dancaire, Remendado) 8:01
1-25 "Nous Avons En Tête Une Affaire" (Dancaire, Frasquita, Mercedes, Remendado, Carmen) 4:51
1-26 "Amoureuse... Ce N'est Pas Une Raison, Cela" (Dancaire, Remendado, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen) / "Halte-Là! Qui Va Là?" (Don José, Mercedes, Frasquita, Dancaire, Carmen) 2:27
2-1 "Je Vais Danser En Votre Honneur" (Carmen, Don José) 5:40
2-2 "La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetée" (Don José) 4:21
2-3 "Non! Tu Ne M'aimes Pas!" (Carmen, Don José) 3:59
2-4 "Holà! Carmen! Holà!" (Zúñiga, Don José, Carmen, Dancaire, Remendado, Les Gitans) 3:33
2-5 "Suis-Nous À Travers La Campagne" (Frasquita, Mercedes, Dancaire, Remendado, Les Gitans Et Les Gitanes) 1:50
2-6 Entracte 3:01

Acte 3
2-7 "Écoute, Compagnon, Écoute" (Los Contrabandistas, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Don José, Dancaire, Remendado) 4:40
2-8 "Halte! Nous Allons Nous Arrêter Ici" (Dancaire, Remendado, Don José, Carmen) 1:30
2-9 "Mêlons!" / "Mêlons!" / "Coupons!" (Frasquita, Mercedes) 3:20
2-10 "Carreau, Pique... La Mort!" (Carmen) 3:20
2-11 "Parlez Encore, Parlez, Mes Belles" (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen) 0:50
2-12 "Eh Bien, J'avais Raison" (Dancaire, Carmen, Remendado, Frasquita, Mercedes, Don José) 0:30
2-13 "Quant Au Douanier, C'est Notre Affaire" (Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita, Les Gitanes, Les Gitans, Dancaire, Remendado) 3:08
2-14 "Nous Y Sommes" (El Guía, Micaela) 0:45
2-15 "Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'épouvante" (Micaela) 4:55
2-16 "Mais... Je Ne Me Trompe Pas..." (Micaela, Escamillo, Don José) 3:43
2-17 "Holà, José!" (Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaire, Don José, Les Contrabandiers, Les Contrabandieres) 3:01
2-18 "Halte! Quelqu'un Est Là Qui Cherche À Se Cacher" (Remendado, Carmen, Dancaire, Don José, Micaela, Coro, Escamillo) 5:10
2-19 Entracte 2:11
2-20 "À Deux Cuartos" (Les Vendedeuses, Les Vendedeurs, Un Soldat, Andrés, Un Gitan) 2:23
2-21 "Les Voici! Voici Le Quadrille" (Choeur) 3:52
2-22 "Si Tu M'aimes, Carmen" (Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes) 3:23
2-23 "C'est Toi?" / "C'est Moi!" (Carmen, Don José, Coro) 9:23

Personnel:

Carmen: Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano
Don José: Plácido Domingo, tenor
Escamillo: Sherrill Milnes, baritone
Micaëla: Ileana Cotrubas, soprano
Frasquita: Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Mercédès: Alicia Nafé, mezzo-soprano
Zuniga: Robert Lloyd, bass
Moralès: Stuart Harling, baritone
Dancaïro: Gordon Sandison, baritone
Remendado: Geoffrey Pogson, tenor
Andrés: Jean Lainé, baritone
Orangenverkäuferin: Shirley Minty, soprano
Ein Zigeuner: Leslie Fyson, baritone
Lillas Pastia: George Main, baritone
The Ambrosian Singers/George Watson's College Boys' Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
cond. by Claudio Abbado

Recorded:
August 1977, George Watson's College, Edinburgh
September 1977, St Johns Church, London
June 1978, Herkulessaal, München


Claudio Abbado - Bizet: Carmen (1978) [2018 SACD Vintage Collection]

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