Raymonde
Visconti, Georges Thill, Louis Guénot, Andreé Vavon,
Andreé Bernadet, Choeur et Orchestre Symphonique de Paris,
conducted by Elie Cohen* Recorded 1928/9
Catalogue Numbers: UK Columbia 9527-9541
Matrix numbers: See CD sleeve notes
Remastered by Andrew Rose & released in 2006 as Divine Art 2CDs
27809
Durations
CD1: 60'30" - CD2: 51'37"
Carmen:
Raymonde Visconti (mezzo-soprano)
Don
José:
Georges Thill (tenor)
Micaëla:
Marthe Nespoulpous (soprano)
Escamillo:
Louis Guénot (baritone)
Frasquita:
Andreé
Vavon (soprano)
Mercédès:
Andreé Bernadet (soprano)
Dancaïro:
Robert Roussel (tenor)
Remendado:
Téo Mathyl (tenor)
* The
Flower Song Trk 13 recorded in 1927 and conducted by P.
Gaubert.
2 MP3s WITH ORIGINAL SLEEVENOTES & PRINTABLE COVERS
Listen
to Habañera:
Divine
Art notes:
Georges
Thill
This
classic recording of the world's most popular opera, made in and around
1928, has previously only had very limited exposure on LP or CD. While
advertised and labelled as being by the Paris Symphony, the forces are
actually those of the Opéra-Comique. In Georges Thill, playing
Don José, we have the greatest French tenor of the century, and
overall this is a memorable performance, as ever restored with great skill
by Pristine Audio.
This
renowned recording was made in 1928/9, although one side (The Flower Song)
was made in early 1927, under the direction not of Cohen but of Philippe
Gaubert. Though advertised as "complete", it excludes all dialogue
and recitative, and like most opera albums of the day was (to quote from
the sleevenotes) "slightly abridged for recording purposes under
the supervision of musical authorities". Hence some arias are edited
or shortened to, to fit them onto a 12" 78rpm side.
The
set was released on 2nd February 1929 and remained in the EMI British
catalogue until March 1949.
Find
out more:
Carmen,
Chorus Habañera: L'amour est
un oiseau rebelle
(2 minute excerpt)
Note
that Pristine Audio's Divine Art recordings are sold as commercially
pressed CDs, with full printed sleevenotes. They are not currently
available here as MP3 downloads.
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