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Georges Bizet, Seiji Ozawa, Jessye Norman
Bizet: Carmen / Norman, Freni, Shicoff, Estes; Ozawa
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Carmen: Prelude
2. Carmen: Act One - No. 1: Introduction - Sur la place, chacun passe (Morales)
3. Carmen: Act One - No. 1: Introduction - Regardez donc cette petite (Micaela)
4. Carmen: Act One - No. 2: Marche et Choeur des gamins - Avec la garde montante
5. Carmen: Act One - No. 2: Marche et Choeur des gamins - Il y a une jolie fille (Morales, Don Jose)
6. Carmen: Act One - No. 2: Marche et Choeur des gamins - Et la garde descendante (
7. Carmen: Act One - No. 2: Marche et Choeur des gamins - Dites-moi, brigadier (Zuniga, Don Jose)
8. Carmen: Act One - No. 3: Choeur et Scene - La cloche a sonne.
9. Carmen: Act One - No. 3: Choeur et Scene - Dans l'air, nous suivons des yeux la fumee
10. Carmen: Act One - No. 3: Choeur et Scene - Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita
11. Carmen: Act One - No. 3: Choeur et Scene - Quand je vous aimerai? - No. 4: Havanaise - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)
12. Carmen: Act One - No. 5: Scene - Carmen! sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous!
13. Carmen: Act One - No. 5: Scene - Qu'est-ce que ca veut dire (Don Jose, Micaela)
14. Carmen: Act One - No. 6: Duo - Parle-moi de ma mere! (Don Jose, Micaela)
15. Carmen: Act One - No. 6: Duo - Ma mere, je la vois (Don Jose, Micaela)
16. Carmen: Act One - No. 6: Duo - Attends un peu maintenant (Don Jose, Micaela)
17. Carmen: Act One - No. 7: Choeur - Au secours! (Zuniga)
18. Carmen: Act One - No. 7: Choeur - Voyons, brigadier... (Zuniga, Don Jose, Carmen)
19. Carmen: Act One - No. 8: Chanson et Melodrame - Avez-vous quelque chose a repondre? (Zuniga)
20. Carmen: Act One - No. 8: Chanson et Melodrame - Ou me conduirez-vous? (Carmen, Don Jose)
21. Carmen: Act One - No. 9: Chanson et Duo - Pres des remparts de Seville - Tais-toi (Carmen, Don Jose)
22. Carmen: Act One - No. 10: Final - Le lieutenant... Prenez garde! - Voici l'ordre (Don Jose, Carmen, Zuniga)
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Carmen: Entracte
2. Carmen: Act Two - No. 11: Chanson - Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)
3. Carmen: Act Two - No. 11: Chanson - Vous avez quelque chose a nous dire - No. 12 Choeur et Ensemble - Vivat! vivat le torero (Zuniga, Pastia, Frasquita, Carmen, Morales, Mercedes)
4. Carmen: Act Two - No. 13: Couplets - Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre - Toreador, en garde (Escamillo)
5. Carmen: Act Two - No. 13: Couplets - Messieurs les officiers, je vous en prie. - Marche (Pastia, Zuniga, Escamillo, Carmen)
6. Carmen: Act Two - No. 13: Couplets - Le Dancaire et le Remendado ont a vous parler (Pastia, Frasquita, Carmen)
7. Carmen: Act Two - No. 14: Quintette - Nous avons en tete une affaire! (Le Dancaire, Frasquita, Mercedes, Le Remendado, Carmen)
8. Carmen: Act Two - No. 14: Quintette - En voila assez - No. 15: Chanson - Halte-la! Qui va la? Dragon d'Alcala! (Le Dancaire, Frasquita, Mercedes, Le Remendado, Carmen, Don Jose)
9. Carmen: Act Two - No. 16: Duo - Je vais danser en votre honneur (Carmen, Don Jose)
10. Carmen: Act Two - No. 16: Duo - Au quartier! pour l'appel! (Carmen, Don Jose)
11. Carmen: Act Two - No. 16: Duo - La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Don Jose)
12. Carmen: Act Two - No. 16: Duo - Non, tu ne m'aimes pas! (Carmen, Don Jose)
13. Carmen: Act Two - No. 17: Final - Hola! Carmen! Hola! (Zuniga, Don Jose, Carmen)
14. Carmen: Act Two - No. 17: Final - Bel officier (Carmen, Le Remendado, Le Dancaire, Zuniga, Don Jose, Frasquita, Mercedes)
Track Listings (19) - Disc #3
1. Carmen: Entracte
2. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 18: Introduction - Ecoute, compagnon, ecoute! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Don Jose, Le Dancaire, Le Remendado)
3. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 18 Introduction - Halte! nous allons nous arreter ici! (Le Dancaire, Le Remendado, Don Jose, Carmen)
4. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 19: Trio des cartes - Melons! Coupons! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen)
5. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 19: Trio des cartes - Carreau! Pique!... La mort! (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)
6. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 19: Trio des cartes - Eh! bien?... (Carmen, Le Dancaire, Le Remendado, Frasquita, Mercedes, Don Jose)
7. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 20: Morceau d'Ensemble - Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Le Dancaire, Le Remendado)
8. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 20: Morceau d'Ensemble - C'est ici. (Micaela, LeGuide)
9. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 21: Air - Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante (Micaela)
10. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 21: Air - Mais... je ne me trompe pas... (Micaela, Escamillo, Don Jose)
11. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 22: Duo - Je suis Escamillo (Escamillo, Don Jose)
12. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 23: Final - Hola! Hola! Jose! (Carmen, Escamillo, Le Dancaire, Don Jose)
13. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 23: Final - Halte! quelqu'un est la (Le Remendado, Carmen, Le Dancaire, Don Jose, Micaela, Frasquita, Mercedes, Escamillo)
14. Carmen: Entracte
15. Carmen: Act Three - Scene Two: No. 24 Choeur - A dos cuartos! (Zuniga, Morales)
16. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 24: Choeur - Qu'avez-vous donc fait de la Carmencita? (Zuniga, Frasquita, Morales, Mercedes)
17. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 25: Choeur et Scene - Les voici! voici la quadrille!
18. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 25: Choeur et Scene - Si tu m'aimes, Carmen (Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)
19. Carmen: Act Three - Scene 1: No. 12: Duo Final - C'est toi! - C'est moi! (Carmen, Don Jose)

CD Details

All Artists: Georges Bizet, Seiji Ozawa, Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, Orchestre National de France, Choeur et Maitrise de Radio France, Mirella Freni, Simon Estes, Jean-Philippe Courtis, François Le Roux, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Jean Rigby, Nicolas Rivenq
Title: Bizet: Carmen / Norman, Freni, Shicoff, Estes; Ozawa
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 8/7/1989
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 028942236622

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CD Reviews

Stay away from this recording

J. Luis Juarez Echenique | Mexico City | 11/20/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I have no idea who was the "genius" who thought of Jessye Norman as Carmen. It is a pity that such an important singer as she turned out such a disastrous performance. Everything is wrong in her portrayal: sense of style, characterisation, charm...,the Don Jose and the Escamillo are hardly better, only Mirella Freni, even well past her prime, gives any pleasure. Ozawa conducts a grandiloquent, verismo Carmen, like they used to do in the 50's. Even if you are a fan of Norman, I would strongly recommend to stay away from this recording. If you are looking for a truly great recording of Carmen look no further than Teresa Berganza/Claudio Abbado in DG, the best recording ever of Bizet's masterpiece. Other good alternatives are Victoria de los Angeles/Beecham and Tatiana Troyanos/Solti, but Berganza is the most passionate and magical Carmencita of all."

Schicoff is a great Don Jose

KC | London, England | 02/08/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording has the best Don Jose ever recorded.

I find Jess Norman's Carmen a fine one too, very dramatic. The final scene is terrifying, so passionate. Don Jose is a desperate man. He sings with real passion."

Norman is an absolute Isolde but.....Carmen?

Paulino Partida | Guadalajara, Mexico | 04/10/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"What can I say of an absolute wonderful soprano who has a blooper? Carmen is not for her. She sounds so soft, that no man's heart can sense the Carmen's traditional dangerous fire.
The Orchestra sound is spectacular, but lacks of the grandeur that Ozawa has in Philips' Carmina Burana, for example. I am big Norman Fan, but I think she was born for singing spirituals, or Isolde or Poulenc Songs. The Figaro Countess under Davies is absolutely delicious. What can I say? Carmen is not for her.But she is a wonderful singer. Period. My Carmen is Julia Migenes and Placido Domingo under Lorin Maazel."