Georges Bizet - Carmen
1. Ouverture 00:00
Act 1:
2. On the square everyone comes by, everyone comes and goes 03:26
(Moralès, chorus)
3. Now look at this little lass - (Moralès, Micaëla, chorus) 05:21
4. Right beside the relief guard - (chorus of street boys) 09:16
5. A charming young girl has just been asking us if you were here 11:39
(Moralès, José, Zuniga, chorus of street boys)
6. The bell has rung - (chorus) 14:37
7. But we don't see la Carmencita - (Carmen, chorus) 18:27
8. Love is a rebellious bird (Habanera) - (Carmne, chorus) 19:37
9. Carmen, we all throng after you! - (chorus) 23:17
10. What looks! - (José, Micaëla) 24:51
11. Tell me about my mother! - (José, Micaëla) 25:53
12. Wait there, now - (José, Micaëla) 31:57
13. Whatever's going on over there? - (Zuniga, chorus) 33:32
14. Sir, there was a quarrel - (José, Zuniga) 36:38
15. Tralalalala, cut me, burn me - (Carmen, Zuniga, José, chorus) 37:04
16. By the ramparts of Seville - (Carmen, José) 40:52
17. Here's the order - (Carmen, Zuniga) 45:15
Act 2:
1. Entr'acte 47:11
2. The sistrums' rods were jingling 48:54
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita)
3. Gentlemen, Pastia tells me... 53:42
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, Zuniga)
4. Hurrah for the Toreador! - (Zuniga, chorus) 54:40
5. I can return your toast, gentlemen 55:57
(Escamillo, Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, chorus)
6. A word, pretty one: what do they call you? 01:01:03
(Escamillo, Carmen, Zuniga)
7. Well now, quickly, what's new? 01:02:37
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, Le Dancaïre)
8. Yes, we require your services 01:02:54
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, Le Dancaïre, Le Remendado)
9. But what are you waiting for? 01:07:45
(Le Dancaïre, Carmen, Le Remendado)
10. Who goes there? 01:08:17
(Le Dancaïre, Carmen, Le Remendado, Frasquita)
11. So it's you! - (Carmen, José) 01:09:54
12. Wait a little, Carmen, only for a moment, stop!
(Carmen, José) 01:11:19
13. The flower that you threw to me - (José) 01:15:27
14. No, you don't love me! - (Carmen, José) 01:19:22
15. Hallo there, Carmen! - (Carmen, José, Zuniga) 01:23:30
16. Meantime, my good sir 01:24:47
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, Le Dancaïre, Le Remendado, Zuniga, José, chorus)
Act 3:
1. Entr'acte 01:28:10
2. We go forward without worrying 01:30:36
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, Le Dancaïre, Le Remendado, Zuniga, José, chorus)
3. Let's rest here for an hour, comrades 01:34:31
(Le Dancaïre, Carmen, José)
4. Shuffle! Cut! - (Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita) 01:37:23
5. We'll try to get through 01:45:03
(Carmen, Le Dancaïre, Frasquita)
6. As for the customs man, he's our affair 01:45:46
(Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, chorus)
7. This is the smugglers' usual haunt - (Micaëla) 01:48:53
8. Even though I seem fearless - (Micaëla) 01:50:26
9. I'm not mistaken - (Micaëla) 01:55:36
10. A little bit lower and that would have been that 01:56:05
(Escamillo, José)
11. Stop, stop, José! 01:58:58
(Carmen, Escamillo, Le Dancaïre, Le Remendado, Micaëla, José, chorus)
12. I've come looking for you - (Micaëla, Carmen, José, chorus) 02:02:08
13. Alas, José! - (Micaëla, José, Escamillo, chorus) 02:05:32
Act 4:
1. Entr'acte 02:07:32
2. Well, dance then - (chorus) 02:09:38
Dances:
3. Bolero 02:11:45
4. Danse Bohemienne - (chorus) 02:12:52
5. Ole 02:15:09
6. There they are! - (chorus) 02:17:47
7. If you love me 02:21:45
(Escamillo, Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, chorus)
8. It’s you? -Yes, me. - (Carmen, José, chorus) 02:25:03
Carmen, A Gypsy Girl - V. Borisenko, mezzo-soprano;
Don José, Corporal of Dragoons - G. Nelepp, tenor;
Escamillo, Toreador - A. Ivanov, bass-baritone;
Micaëla, A Village Maiden - E. Shumskaya, soprano;
Zuniga, Lieutenant of Dragoons - V. Tutunik, bass;
Moralès, Corporal of Dragoons - E. Belov, baritone;
Companions of Carmen:
Frasquita - A. Dumanyan, soprano;
Mercédès - N. Kositsina, mezzo-soprano;
Lillas Pastia, an innkeeper - spoken;
Smugglers:
Le Dancaïre - I. Skobtsov, baritone;
Le Remendado - A. Hosson, tenor;
Chorus: Soldiers, young men, cigarette factory girls, Escamillo's supporters, Gypsies, merchants and orange sellers, police, bullfighters, people, urchins.
Place: Seville, Spain. Time: Around 1820.
BT chorus and orchestra.
Wind band's conductor S. Gosachinsky.
Conductor - V. Nebolsin.
Year of recording - 1953.