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Disc: 1
1. Overture (Prelude) - London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
2. Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe" - Stuart Harling, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy	Listen
3. Regardez donc cette petite (Moralès, Les Soldats, Micaela) - Stuart Harling, Ileana Cotrubas, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy	Listen
4. Avec la garde montante (Choeur des Gamins) - London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Watson's George College Boys' Chorus, Patrick Criswell	Listen
5. Repos! (Zuniga, Moralès, Don José) - Robert Lloyd, Stuart Harling, Plácido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
6. Allons! Allons! (Zuniga, Choeur des Gamins) - Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Watson's George College Boys' Chorus, Patrick Criswell	Listen
7. Dites-moi, brigadier? (Zuniga, Don José) - Robert Lloyd, Plácido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
8. La cloche a sonné (Les Jeunes Gens, Les Soldats, Les Cigarières) - The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
9. Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita (Les Soldats, Les Jeunes Gens) - The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
10. "Quand je vous aimerai?" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) (Carmen, Choeur) - Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy	Listen
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Disc: 2
1. Je vais danser en votre honneur (Carmen, Don José) - Teresa Berganza, Plácido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
2. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Don José) - Plácido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
3. Non, tu ne m'aimes pas! (Carmen, Don José) - Teresa Berganza, Plácido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
4. Holà! Carmen! Holà! (Zuniga, Don José, Carmen, Dancaire, Remendado, Les Bohémiens) - Robert Lloyd, Plácido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, Gordon Sandison, Geoffrey Pogson, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy	Listen
5. Suis-nous à travers la campagne (Frasquita, Mercédès, Dancaire, Remendado, Les Bohémiens, Les Bohémiennes) - Yvonne Kenny, Alicia Nafé, Gordon Sandison, Geoffrey Pogson, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy	Listen
6. Entr'acte - London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
7. Écoute, compagnon, écoute! (les Contrebandiers, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Dancaire, Remendado) - Yvonne Kenny, Alicia Nafé, Teresa Berganza, Plácido Domingo, Gordon Sandison, Geoffrey Pogson, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy	Listen
8. Halte! nous allons nous arrêter ici! (Dancaire, Remendado, Don José, Carmen) - Gordon Sandison, Geoffrey Pogson, Plácido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
9. "Mêlons!"/"Mêlons!"/"Coupons!" (Frasquita, Mercédès) - Yvonne Kenny, Alicia Nafé, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
10. Carreau! Pique!... La mort! (Carmen) - Teresa Berganza, Yvonne Kenny, Alicia Nafé, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	Listen
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This is a super performance, slightly outside the common mould. 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

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