Based on the critical edition-'Carmen' is one of the most popular and most frequently performed operas across the globe. Its world premiere was a flop which the composer Bizet did not live to see. Nevertheless the opera very quickly gained acceptance at all major theatres bringing in its wake countless arrangements of some particularly beautiful music numbers.It was in all probability Bizet's close friend and fellow student Ernest Guiraud who brought 12 numbers of the opera together to form two orchestral suites. After the first Carmen Suite which unites the most beautiful instrumental settings the second suite with arrangements of the best-known vocal pieces is now available as well. Themusical text is based on our new scientific edition of the opera edited by Robert Didion.
SKU: HL.49019107
ISBN 9783795765767. UPC: 841886017191. 6.25x9.0x0.225 inches. Eulenburg Audio+Score ed. Robert Didion.
Based on the critical edition. With CD of a recorded performance.
SKU: KN.09620S
UPC: 822795096200.
In this rousing version of Bizet's classic Carmen theme, all sections present lead material to deliver a dazzling performance. Scored in the key of D throughout, Frost uses well-placed divisi and double stops to create a full, robust sound where necessary. Fingerings, articulations and dynamics are also plentiful to help students obtain musically satisfying results. Duration 2:20.