Bizet: Carmen
Christa Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein
Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
[Ludwig] is absolutely stunning...She is superb, vocally and dramatically in the long second act duet scene with Don José, doom-laden in the card scene in act III and magnificent in the finale...[Muszely]...
Bizet: Carmen
Christa Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein
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Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
[Ludwig] is absolutely stunning...She is superb, vocally and dramatically in the long second act duet scene with Don José, doom-laden in the card scene in act III and magnificent in the finale...[Muszely]...
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Bizet’s masterpiece sung in German by an all German cast, led by mezzo diva Christa Ludwig as Carmen, Rudolf Schock as the fiery Don José and macho Hermann Prey as Escamillo. A true highlight in the legendary Electrola Collection series of opera sung in German!
Contents and tracklist
- Georg Völker (bass-baritone), Rudolf Schock (vocals), Leopold Clam (bass-baritone), Iwan Rebroff (bass), Karl-Ernst Mercker (vocals), Melitta Muszely (soprano), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Ursula Gust (soprano), Ursula Schirrmacher (soprano)
- Hermann Lüeddecke, Berliner Symphoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Schöneberger Sängerknaben, Hermann Lüddecke, Chöre der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1961-09-01
- Recording Venue: IX.1961, Berlin, Grunewaldkirche
Nr.4 Kommen wir herbei mit der Glocke Tönen (Chor der Zigarettenarbeiterinnen, Carmen)
Track length4:50
Nr.7 Wie? Du kommst von der Mutter - Als Botin komm ich her - Ich seh die Mutter dort (Micaëla, Don José)
Track length9:23
Nr.9 Mein Offizier, ein Streit entspann sich droben (Don José, Zuniga, Carmen, Chor)
Track length3:49
Carmen · Oper in 4 Akten (deutsch gesungen) (1991 Digital Remaster), Erster Akt: Nr.10 Draußen am Wall von Sevilla (Seguidilla: Carmen, Don José)
Track length4:15
Nr.12a Ihr Herren, Pastia sagt... - Was will er denn von uns (Frasquita, Zuniga, Mercédès, Carmen)
Track length1:00
Nr.13 Ein Hoch, ein Hoch dem Torero! (Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Chor)
Track length1:06
Nr.14 Euren Toast kann ich wohl erwidern (Torerolied: Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Chor)
Track length4:51
Nr.14c Kommt herein, sagt, was gibt's Neues? (Frasquita, Dancairo, Mercédès, Carmen)
Track length0:15
Nr.15 Ich hab' ein Geschäft vorzuschlagen (Dancairo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen)
Track length4:38
Nr.15a Sag, wen erwartest du? - Den Soldat, von dem ich schon erzählt (Dancairo, Carmen, Remendado)
Track length0:27
Nr.16 He, holla! Halt! Wer da? - Hört ihr ihn? (Don José, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Dancairo, Remendado)
Track length1:37
Nr.18 Holla! Carmen! Holla, holla! - Wer klopft? Wer ist da? (Finale: Zuniga, Don José, Carmen, Remendado, Dancairo, Frasquita, Mercédès, Chor)
Track length4:47
Nr.19 Nur mutig die Schlucht hinab, ihr Kameraden (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Remendado, Dancairo, Chor)
Track length4:18
Wenn dir die Karten einmal bittres Unheil künden (Kartenlied: Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen)
Track length3:27
Nr.20a Was gibt's? - Wir wollen versuchen durchzukommen (Carmen, Dancairo, Frasquita)
Track length0:39
Nr.21 Ach, die Zöllner sind nur Sünder (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Remendado, Dancairo, Chor)
Track length3:03
Nr.22 Hier, in der Felsenschlucht sollen die Schmuggler hausen - Ich sprach, daß ich furchtlos mich fühle (Micaëla)
Track length6:04
Nr.24 Halt ein! Halt ein! José! (Finale: Carmen, Escamillo, Dancairo, Don José, Remendado, Micaëla, Frasquita, Mercédès, Chor)
Track length8:14
Liebst du mich treu und innig - Carmen, darf ich dir verraten (Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Chor)
Track length3:00
Spotlight on this release
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Christa Ludwig at 90
16th Mar 2018
Katherine celebrates the great German mezzo's ninetieth birthday by picking out ten favourite recordings from her long and varied career.
Awards and reviews
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Presto FavouritesChrista Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
26th July 2013
[Ludwig] is absolutely stunning...She is superb, vocally and dramatically in the long second act duet scene with Don José, doom-laden in the card scene in act III and magnificent in the finale...[Muszely] sings with such enticing beauty in the duet with Don José in act I that one totally forgets that it is the ‘wrong’ language.
16th March 2018
Sung in German (and with recitatives rather than dialogue), this 1961 studio recording is a left-field joy. Ludwig’s crisply-sung gypsy is salty, witty, and totally devoid of any vampish mannerisms; she keeps her formidable chest-voice largely under wraps until the final showdown with Schock’s neurotic Don José, and the impact is electrifying.
