Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera); Mirella Freni; Jon Vickers; Grace Bumbry
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Conductor: Mirella FreniOrchestra: Jon Vickers
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Prelude
- Sur La Place Chacun Passe
- Acec La Garde Montante
- Et Quel Age A-T-Elle?
- Quand Je Vous Aimerai?...L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
- Carmen! Sur Tes Pas
- Monsieur Le Brigadier?...Ma Mere, Je La Vois!
- Attends Un Peu...Au Secours!
- Eh Bien! Vous Avez Entendu?...Tra La La La
- A La Prison
- C'Est Tres Bien...Pres Des Remparts De Seville (Seguidilla)
- Voici L'Ordre
- Entr'Acte
- Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient
- Vous Avez Quelque-Chose A Nous Dire
- Il Faudra Bien...Vivat! Vivat Le Torero!
- Votre Toast
- Messieurs Les Officiers
- Pourquoi Etais-Tu Si Presse
- Nous Avons En Tete Une Affaire
- En Voila Assez...Halte La!...Enfin, Te Voila
- Je Vais Danser En Votre Honneur
- Le Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee
- Non! Tu Ne M'Aimes Pas!
- Hola! Carmen!
- Entr'Acte
- Ecoute, Ecoute
- Halte! Nous Allons Nous Arreter Ici
- A La Bonne Heure...Melons! Coupons!
- Eh Bien?...Quant Au Douanier
- Nous Y Sommes
- Oui, Je Reste!...Je Dis, Que Rien Ne M'Epouvante
- Mais...Je Ne Me Trompe Pas
- Hola, Hola! Jose
- Entr'Acte
- A Deux Cuartos!
- C'est Toi!
- Ou Vas-Tu?
Free Music Notes for Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera); Mirella Freni; Jon Vickers; Grace Bumbry
Free Music Review: BUMBRY GETS 5 STARS, OTHERS GET 3 STARS
Hit: 4 Stars
I bought this CD based on the wonderful CARMEN film made by Herbert von Karajan with Bumbry, Vickers, Freni, and Diaz. Unfortunately, this CD reprise conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos has some major flaws.
The biggest problem is that the conductor takes everything too fast! The Prelude is too fast, the Habanera is too fast, the Seguidilla is too fast, the quintet at Lillias Pasta's is unbelievably fast. Was the conductor trying to set a speed record? He ended up just about ruining everything.
Grace Bumbry sings like a goddess, but with all the tempos being too fast, it was not so enjoyable. As for the rest of the cast, Jon Vickers sounds OK in the film, but in the three years between the film and the CD, his voice aged noticeably and is no longer that pleasant to listen to. Mirella Freni sounds wonderful, but the new Escamillo, Kostas Paskalis, is not all that great and is inferior to Justino Diaz from the film.
This recording also has spoken dialogue rather than sung, and the speakers are not the same people as the singers, which is rather noticeable.
So, even though this recording boasts a first-rate Carmen, I think that other recordings do an all around better job. Personally, I can recommend the one with Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli.
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