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Carmen (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Columbia Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Quebec Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Oslo Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Clemens Schmalstich Steven Mercurio Walter B. Rogers Umberto Berrettoni Simon Streatfeild Franco Ghione Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Ivan Marinov Alain Lombard Gilbert Patenaude Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Richard Bradshaw Andre Cluytens Jean Morel Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Oivin Fjeldstad Oyvind Berg
Thierry Tregan, tenor
Manon Feubel, soprano
Franck Leguerinel, baritone
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Graciela Alperyn, mezzo-soprano
Nora Sourouzian, mezzo-soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Maryse Castets, soprano
Christian Papis, narrator
Vincent Le Texier, baritone
Frances Alda, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Charles Kullman, tenor
Doina Palade, soprano
Solange Michel, contralto
Michel Dens, baritone
Martha Angelici, mezzo-soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Martine Olmeda, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Danilo Rigosa, bass
Ann Liebeck, soprano
Dalia Schaechter, soprano
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Viktoria Smirnova, soprano
Gladys Swarthout, contralto
Alan Titus, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Beatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Milen Paounov, tenor
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Marnie Breckenridge, soprano
Anastasia Chikaeva, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Liliana Vassileva, soprano
Stefka Popangelova, vocals
Tsvetanka Arshinkova, vocals
Pavel Gerdjikov, bass
Georgi Genov, baritone
Eva Gustavson, contralto
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano


1.   Habanera - 4:54
2.   Seguidilla - 4:23


Carmen Suite No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra World Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Paris New Symphony Society Orchestra Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Rene Leibowitz Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Fuat Mansurov James DePreist Klaus-Peter Hahn Alfred Walter Bertrand de Billy Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Anthony Bramall Yutaka Sado Janos Sandor


3.   Aragonaise - 2:21
4.   Intermezzo - 2:49
5.   Marche du toreador - 2:21


Carmen Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra World Philharmonic Orchestra Paris New Symphony Society Orchestra St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, "Canon"
Composed by: Rene Leibowitz Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Alfred Walter Bertrand de Billy Anthony Bramall Yutaka Sado Alexander Titov


6.   Nocturne - 5:09
7.   Chanson du toreador - 2:42
8.   Danse bohemienne - 4:49


Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Argeo Quadri Gilles Bellemare Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Johannes Wildner Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Leo Blech Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Rina Gigli, soprano
Phillip Addis, baritone
Igor Morozov, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Bruno Lazzaretti,
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 4 July 1931


9.   Au fond du temple saint - 5:53


L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Musiciens du Louvre, Les Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: James DePreist Yan Pascal Tortelier Alfred Walter Anthony Bramall Charles Gerhardt Marc Minkowski
Nora Mercz, harp
Janos Balint, flute


10.   Minuet - 3:07
11.   Adagietto - 3:36


L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (arr. E. Guirand for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Musiciens du Louvre, Les Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Baltic Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Yan Pascal Tortelier Alfred Walter Anthony Bramall Charles Gerhardt Roy Newsome Marc Minkowski Yun-Sung Chang
Nellie Melba, soprano
Landon Ronald, piano
Ernest Guiraud,
Recording date: 7th July, 1906


12.   Pastorale - 5:47
13.   Minuet - 4:05
14.   Farandole - 3:10


Jeux d'enfants (Children Games) (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Donald Johanos


15.   Berceuse - 2:56
16.   Galop - 1:41


La jolie fille de Perth Suite (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Donald Johanos David Parry
Bruce Ford, tenor
Recording date: 29-31 March 1994


17.   Danse bohemienne - 2:54


Symphony in C major (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Charles Munch James DePreist Donald Johanos


18.   III. Allegro vivace - 5:54
19.   IV. Allegro vivace - 8:34

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