2014 Maria Callas remastered series reissue. With this Abbey Road 24-bit 96kHz remaster, engineers returned to the original master tapes, bringing new clarity & brilliance to her legendary studio recordings. Towards the end of Callas's career, there were many rumours that she was planning to perform Carmen on stage. This was never to be, but Carmen became her penultimate complete recording of an opera - and her only complete recording of a French opera. With Georges Pretre, one of her favored conductors, and the ever-stylish Nicolai Gedda as her Don Jose', she captured every facet of the role. As Gramophone said when the set was first released: 'Hers is a Carmen to haunt you. '
1 Carmen: Overture - Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
2 Carmen, Act 1: "Sur la Place" (Chorus, Morales, Micaela) - Andrea Guiot, Claude Cales, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
3 Carmen, Act 1: "Avec la Garde Montante" (Children's Chorus, Morales, Jose) - Nicolai Gedda, Claude Cales, Choeurs D'enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
4 Carmen, Act 1: "C'est Bien la, N'est-Ce Pas?" (Jose, Zuniga) - Nicolai Gedda, Jacques Mars, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
5 Carmen, Act 1: "La Cloche a Sonne Dans L'air" (Chorus) - Choeurs Rene Duclos, Choeurs D'enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
6 Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" (Carmen, Chorus) [Habanera] - Maria Callas, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
7 Carmen, Act 1: "Carmen! Sur Tes Pas" (Chorus, Carmen, Jose) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Choeurs D'enfants, Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
8 Carmen, Act 1: "Quels Regardes! Quelle Effronterie!" (Carmen, Jose) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
9 Carmen, Act 1: "Parle-Moi de Ma Mere!" (Jose, Micaela) - Nicolai Gedda, Andrea Guiot, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
10 Carmen, Act 1: "Reste la, Maintenant, Pendant Que Je Lirai" (Jose, Micaela) - Nicolai Gedda, Andrea Guiot, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
11 Carmen, Act 1: "Que Se Passe-T-Il Donc La-Bas? Au Secours!" (Zuniga, Chorus) - Jacques Mars, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
12 Carmen, Act 1: "Mon Officier, C'tait Une Querelle" (Jose, Zuniga, Carmen) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Jacques Mars, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
13 Carmen, Act 1: "Pres Des Ramparts de Seville" (Carmen, Jose) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
14 Carmen, Act 1: "Voici L'ordre; Partez" (Zuniga, Carmen) - Maria Callas, Jacques Mars, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
15 Carmen, Act 1: Entr'acte - Maria Callas
16 Carmen, Act 2: "Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient" (Camen, Frasquita, Mercedes) - Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
17 Carmen, Act 2: "Messieurs, Pastia Me Dit" (Frasquita, Zuniga, Camen, Mercedes) - Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Jacques Mars, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
18 Carmen, Act 2: "Vivat! Vivat Le Torero!" (Chorus, Zuniga) - Jacques Mars, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
19 Carmen, Act 2: "Votre Toast, Je Peux Vous Le Rendre" (Escamillo, Chorus) - Robert Massard, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
20 Carmen, Act 2: "La Belle, Un Mot" (Escamillo, Carmen, Zuniga) - Maria Callas, Robert Massard, Jacques Mars, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
21 Carmen, Act 2: "Eh Bien! Vite, Quelles Nouvelles? Nous Avons en Tete Un Affaire" (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes, Dancaire, Remendado, Chorus) - Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Jacques Pruvost, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre
22 Carmen, Act 2: "Mais Qui Donc Attends-Tu?" (Dancaire, Carmen, Remendado) - Maria Callas, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Jacques Pruvost, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
23 Carmen, Act 2: "Halte la!" (Jose, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes, Dancaire, Remendado) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Jacques Pruvost, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
24 Carmen, Act 2: "Enfin C'est Toi! Tout Doux, Monsieur" (Carmen, Jose) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
25 Carmen, Act 2: "La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee Non, Tu Ne M'aimes Pas" (Carmen, Jose) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
26 Carmen, Act 2: "Hola Carmen!" (Zuniga, Jose, Carmen, Dancaire, Remendado) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Maurice Maievski, Jacques Mars, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
27 Carmen, Act 2: Entr'acte - Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
28 Carmen, Act 3: "Ecoute, Coute, Compagnon, Coute" (Chorus, Dancaire, Remendado, Jose, Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Maurice Maievski, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Orchestre de L'opera
29 Carmen, Act 3: "Reposons-Nous Une Heure Ici, Mes Camarades" (Dancaire, Carmen, Jose) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
30 Carmen, Act 3: "Melons! Coupons!" (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen) - Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
31 Carmen, Act 3: "Eh Bien?" (Carmen, Dancaire, Frasquita) - Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
32 Carmen, Act 3: "Quant Au Douanier, C'est Notre Affaire" (Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita) - Maria Callas, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
33 Carmen, Act 3: "C'est Des Contrebandiers Je Dis, Que Rien Ne M'pouvante" (Micaela) - Andrea Guiot, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
34 Carmen, Act 3: "Je Ne Me Trompe Pas" (Micaela) - Andrea Guiot, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
35 Carmen, Act 3: "Quelques Lignes Plus Bas" (Escamillo, Jose, Carmen, Dancaire, Micaela, Frasquita, Mercedes, Remendado, Chorus) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Andrea Guiot, Robert Massard, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Jacques Pruvost
36 Carmen, Act 3: Entr'acte - Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
37 Carmen, Act 4: "A Deux Cuartos!" (Chorus, Zuniga) - Jacques Mars, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Choeurs D'enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
38 Carmen, Act 4: "Les Voici! Voici la Quadrille!" (Chorus, Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Andrea Guiot, Robert Massard, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbie, Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Jacques Pruvost, Maurice Maievski, Claude Cales, Jacques
39 Carmen, Act 4: "C'est Toi! Viva! Viva! la Course Est Belle!" (Carmen, Jose, Chorus) - Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Choeurs D'enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre de L'opera National de Paris, Georges Pretre
2014 Maria Callas remastered series reissue. With this Abbey Road 24-bit 96kHz remaster, engineers returned to the original master tapes, bringing new clarity & brilliance to her legendary studio recordings. Towards the end of Callas's career, there were many rumours that she was planning to perform Carmen on stage. This was never to be, but Carmen became her penultimate complete recording of an opera - and her only complete recording of a French opera. With Georges Pretre, one of her favored conductors, and the ever-stylish Nicolai Gedda as her Don Jose', she captured every facet of the role. As Gramophone said when the set was first released: 'Hers is a Carmen to haunt you. '
