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Bizet: Carmen

Georges Bizet (Composer), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Conductor), Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois (Orchestra), Paris Opera Chorus (Orchestra), Grace Bumbry (Performer), et al. | Format: Audio CD
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  • Performer: Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Kostas Paskalis
  • Orchestra: Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, Paris Opera Chorus
  • Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Audio CD (30 Aug 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Classics for Pleasure
  • ASIN: B000025VIC
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 89,604 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Complete and well-sung but low-key 16 Nov 2012
By Ralph Moore TOP 50 REVIEWER
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First, I have no problem regarding the use of native French actors for the dialogue in that their presence avoids the usual problem of singers coping with the language when it is sung but understandably struggling with it in its spoken form; it's a pleasure to hear it properly and authentically delivered and it frees us of the cumbersome Guiraud recitatives.

This is the most complete version on record, even including the little pantomime for the old man and his young wife at the beginning commented on by Moralès. Recorded in 1969 and 1970 when Bumbry and Vickers were in their prime, it is indubitably well sung by the two principals and Freni as Micaëla but oddly low-key when set alongside the Solti or later Maazel version with Domingo and Migenes-Johnson. The conducting lacks snap and Kostas Paskalis, with his mangled French and ordinary baritone, lacking tonal allure and firmness despite decent top notes, is a distinct liability as Escamillo alongside Merrill, Milnes or even Raimondi. The best thing here is Jon Vickers' very individual Don José, combining strength and sensitivity, with a plangent, falsetto and pianissimo B flat at the end of a very convincing "Flower Song" and lovely grading of dynamics - but again, some idiosyncratic French pronunciation. The murderous climax of the opera is somewhat muted despite the brooding desperation in his voice because Bumbry does not match him for passion. For all the shining top and the gratifying power of her lower register, best heard in "toujours la Mort" in the Card Scene, she can be a little bland.

The supporting cast is good without being exceptional except for the rich mezzo-soprano of under-recorded Romanian Viorica Cortez as Mercédès.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars One at the forefront 13 Nov 2011
By Dag Kyndel
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This is one of the perhaps 5 best Carmen recordings around. Vickers and Bumbry are excellent and I do prefer a version with the spoken dialogue. At this price this is a good buy as a complement to another version. It is in fact good enough to be the only one in your collection if you don't want more than one. Excellent conducting.
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