Various Artists – Bizet: Carmen (Remastered) (1978/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Various Artists – Bizet: Carmen (Remastered) (1978/2020)
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Newly remastered at Emil Berliner Studios. Abbado’s years with the London Symphony Orchestra resulted in three celebrated sets with the Spanish mezzo Teresa Berganza in central roles – and few could be more “central” than Bizet’s Carmen. Made in 1977, the recording followed staged performances directed by Piero Fagioni at the Edinburgh Festival. Berganza had studied the Carmen story, immersed herself in the opera’s background and delivered a characterization that emphasized the gipsy’s nobility, while Abbado’s conducting was both dramatic and vividly coloured.

“This is a super performance, slightly outside the common mold. In 1977, when this was recorded, Claudio Abbado was a great opera conductor, filled with sharp insights and a nice sense of the architecture of whole operas. He always seemed to know where he was going, and his ability to build to climaxes was second to none. Abbado has a rather elegant Carmen here in the smallish-voiced, introspective Teresa Berganza, a gorgeous singer who patently refuses to force her voice or her character into vulgarity. It’s a fine reading. Placido Domingo is at his best in both intimate and maniacal moments, and Ileana Cotrubas’s Micaela almost makes us care about this sappy little gal. Sherrill Milnes’s Escamillo has plenty of swagger and voice. Berganza’s subtlety combined with the wild passions of those around her make this a very good Carmen indeed.” (Robert Levine)

This 1977 recording of Carmen was based on a production from the Edinburgh Festival and includes most of the cast from that production with the exception of Ileana Cotrubas as Micaëla and Sherrill Milnes as Escamillo. Claudio Abbado conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, which plays with crisp precision and vitality. The evaluation of any performance of Carmen is complicated by the variety of editions available, the primary ones being the traditional version that uses recitatives set to music by Ernst Guiraud after the composer’s death and the 1964 Fritz Oeser edition that uses the original spoken recitatives, but that reintroduces music Bizet discarded before the premiere. Most conductors using the spoken dialogue omit some or all of the discarded music, but Abbado includes it, and the result feels choppy and uneven, particularly in the first act. That effect is exacerbated by Abbado’s performance. His tempos are frequently eccentrically slow or fast, without any apparent rationale, and he doesn’t convey a convincing dramatic through-line or the sense of inevitable musical momentum that drives the opera. There are many effective moments, some lovely and some thrilling, but they don’t add up to a convincing whole. That being said, the performances of the principals are often exceptional. Teresa Berganza’s sultry, believably natural Carmen is beautifully nuanced, dramatically riveting, and musically ravishing. Plácido Domingo is a troubled, powerful Don José (pronounced here the Spanish rather than the French way) and his singing is lyrically intense. Cotrubas gives Micaëla exceptional warmth, even sensuality, and makes her a more interesting character than is usual. As Escamillo, Milnes is the least effective of the principals, sounding somewhat boomy and stiff. The sound alternates between the cavernous and the distant sides of an ideal ambience, and there is sometimes intentional but distracting crowd chatter under the spoken dialogue. In spite of the album’s drawbacks, Berganza’s vivid performance makes this a recording that should interest fans of the opera.

Tracklist:
01. London Symphony Orchestra – Overture (Prelude) (03:31)
02. Stuart Harling – Introduction: “Sur la place chacun passe” (02:09)
03. Stuart Harling – “Regardez donc cette petite” (04:08)
04. London Symphony Orchestra – “Avec la garde montante” (02:34)
05. Robert Lloyd – “Repos!” (00:46)
06. Robert Lloyd – “Allons! Allons!” (01:33)
07. Robert Lloyd – “Dites-moi, brigadier?” (01:07)
08. London Symphony Orchestra – “La cloche a sonné” (05:10)
09. London Symphony Orchestra – “Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita” (00:44)
10. Teresa Berganza – “Quand je vous aimerai?” – “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (04:49)
11. Placido Domingo – “Carmen, sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous” (02:24)
12. Ileana Cotrubas – “Monsieur le brigadier?” – “Parle-moi de ma mère!” (01:40)
13. Ileana Cotrubas – “Votre mère avec moi sortait de la chapelle” (02:18)
14. Placido Domingo – “Ma mère, je la vois…” (02:26)
15. Placido Domingo – “Que son fils l’aime et la vénère” – “Eh bien, eh bien!” (04:03)
16. Robert Lloyd – “Au secours!” (03:19)
17. Robert Lloyd – “Voyons, brigadier…” – “Tra la la la…” (04:10)
18. Teresa Berganza – Chanson et Duo: “Près des remparts de Séville” (04:29)
19. Placido Domingo – “Le lieutenant!… Prenez garde.” (02:13)
20. London Symphony Orchestra – Entracte (between Act I & II) (01:46)
21. Teresa Berganza – “Les tringles des sistres tintaient” (05:05)
22. Robert Lloyd – “Vous avez quelque chose à nous dire” (01:17)
23. Teresa Berganza – “Tout est bien alors” – “Vivat! vivat le toréro!” (01:31)
24. Sherrill Milnes – “Votre toast… je peux…” – “Toréador, en garde” (08:00)
25. Gordon Sandison – “Nous avons en tête une affaire!” (04:48)
26. Gordon Sandison – “Amoureuse… ce n’est pas une raison” – “Halte-là! Qui va là?” (02:27)
27. Teresa Berganza – “Je vais danser en votre honneur” (05:40)
28. Placido Domingo – “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (04:15)
29. Teresa Berganza – “Non, tu ne m’aimes pas!” (04:00)
30. Robert Lloyd – “Holà! Carmen! Holà!” (03:31)
31. Yvonne Kenny – “Suis-nous à travers la campagne” (01:49)
32. London Symphony Orchestra – Entracte (Between Act II & III) (02:59)
33. Yvonne Kenny – “Écoute, compagnon, écoute!” (04:40)
34. Gordon Sandison – “Halte! nous allons nous arrêter ici!” (01:29)
35. Yvonne Kenny – “Mêlons!”-“Mêlons!”-“Coupons!” (03:20)
36. Teresa Berganza – “Carreau! Pique!… La mort!” (03:19)
37. Yvonne Kenny – “Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles” (00:50)
38. Gordon Sandison – “Eh! bien, j’avais raison.” (00:29)
39. Teresa Berganza – “Quant au douanier, c’est notre affaire!” (03:08)
40. Jean Lainé – “Nous y sommes” (00:44)
41. Ileana Cotrubas – “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” (04:52)
42. Ileana Cotrubas – “Mais… je ne me trompe pas…” – “Je suis Escamillo, toréro de Grenade.” (03:43)
43. Teresa Berganza – “Holà, José!” (03:00)
44. Geoffrey Pogson – “Halte! quelqu’un est là qui cherche à se cacher.” (05:19)
45. London Symphony Orchestra – Entr’acte (02:10)
46. Richard Amner – Choeur: “A dos cuartos!” (02:22)
47. London Symphony Orchestra – “Les voici! voici le quadrille!” (03:50)
48. Sherrill Milnes – “Si tu m’aimes, Carmen” (03:21)
49. Teresa Berganza – “C’est toi!” “C’est-moi!” (09:24)

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