Track Listing

CD 1 (73:09)
CARMEN (Georges Bizet)
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

French Odeon, Paris, 10 July 1930 and 24 April 1931

With orchestra, conducted by Gustave Cloëz
1. L’amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] 4:16
  24 April 1931; (XXP7267-1) 123773  
2. Près de remparts de Séville [Séguedille] 4:11
  with Gaston Micheletti, tenor
10 July 1930; (XXP7098-1) 123714		  
3. Les tringles des sistres tintaient [Chanson bohème] 3:19
  10 July 1930; (XXP7099-2) 123714  
4. Attends un peu, Carmen 4:13
  with Gaston Micheletti, tenor
24 April 1930; (XXP7266-1) 123772		  
5. La fleur que tu m’avais jetée 3:26
  solo by Gaston Micheletti, tenor
24 May 1929; (XXP6900-1) 123772		  
6. Non tu ne m’aimes pas 4:08
  with Gaston Micheletti, tenor
24 April 1931; (XXP7265-2) 123773 		 
7. Mêlons! Mêlons, coupons! 3:59
  with Andrée Vavon and Andrée Bernadet, sopranos
10 July 1930; (XXP7100-2) 123713		  
8. En vain pour éviter [Scène des cartes] 2:57
  with Andrée Vavon and Andrée Bernadet, sopranos
10 July 1930; (XXP7101-2) 123713		  
9. C’est toi, c’est moi! 3:46
  with Gaston Micheletti, tenor
24 April 1931; (XXP7263-1) 123774		  
10. Mais moi, Carmen je t’aime encore [Finale, Act 4] 4:25
  with Gaston Micheletti, tenor
24 April 1931; (XXP7264-1) 123774		  

Spanish Odeon, Barcelona, 24 October 1930

With orchestra, conducted by Antonio Capdevila
11. La paloma (Sebastian de Yradier) 3:31
  (SO6679-1) 184235  

Spanish Odeon, Barcelona, 24 February 1931

With piano, Alejandro Vilalta
12. Serranilla [Canción Montañesa] (Rodrigo; de Santillana) 2:24
  (SO6934-1) 184246  
13. Cançó de Maria (Lamotte de Grignon) 2:43
  (SO6935-1) 184229  
14. Els cants dels ocells (Traditional; Arranged by Joaquín Nin) 3:25
  (SO6936-1) 184229  
15. L’Hora grisa (Federico Mompou; Manuel Blancafort) 2:42
  (SO6937-1) 184251  

Spanish Odeon, Barcelona, 25 February 1931

With piano, Alejandro Vilalta
16. El paño murciano (Traditional; Arranged by Joaquín Nin) 1:28
  (SO6943) 184246  
17. El vito (Traditional; Arranged by Joaquín Nin) 1:40
  (SO6943) 184246  

French Odeon, Paris, 25 April 1931

With orchestra
18. EL HUÉSPED DEL SEVILLANO: Las lagarteranas (E. Reoyo; J. Guerrero and L. de Tena) 2:35
  (Ki4396-2) 188809  
19. El relicario (J. Padilla; Oliveros and Castellvi) 3:04
  (Ki4397-2) 188809  
20. Clavelitos (Joaquín Valverde; José Juan Cadenas) [text] 2:08
  (Ki4398-2) 195102  
21. ¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Ay! (Osmán Pérez-Freire) 3:01
  (Ki4399-1) 195102  
22. ¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Ay! (Osmán Pérez-Freire) 3:09
  (Ki4399-3) RO20165  
23. Ave Maria (Bach; Gounod) 2:28
  (Ki4400-2) PO51  
CD 2 (79:40)

French Odeon, Paris, 24 October 1931

With orchestra, conducted by Gustave Cloëz
1. WERTHER: Va, laisse couler mes larmes [Air des larmes] (Massenet) 2:31
  (Ki4896-1) unpublished on 78 rpm
Transposed down a semi-tone		  
2. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod) 3:08
  (Ki4897-2) RO20180  
3. LA BOHÈME: D’un pas léger [Quando me’n vo’soletta] (Puccini) 2:39
  (Ki4898-2) RO20180
Transposed down a whole tone.		  
4. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas) 4:26
  (XXP7311-2) 121165  
5. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns) 4:23
  (XXP7312-1) 121165  
6. FAUST: Il était un roi de Thulé (Gounod) 3:35
  (XXP7313-2) Historic Masters HMB11  

French Odeon, Paris, 26 October 1931

With orchestra, conducted by Paul Minssart
7. LA DAMNATION DE FAUST: Autrefois un roi de Thulé (Berlioz) 4:26
  (XXP7314-1) Historic Masters HMB11  
8. Rey y señor (Joaquim Zamacois; Pedro Poch) 3:29
  (XXP7315-2) 121163  
9. La partida (F. M. Álvarez; E. Blasco) 4:18
  (XXP7316-2) 121163  

French Odeon, Paris, 30 October 1931

With orchestra, conducted by Paul Minssart
10. Santa Lucia (Cottrau; Traditional) 2:56
  (Ki4919-1) 184284  
11. Mi viejo amor (Alfonso Esperanza Oteo) 3:03
  (Ki4920-2) 184284  
12. Porque me besó (Pascual Godes; G. Alcazar) 3:09
  (Ki4921-1) 184276  
13. La pastora (Murillo; Miranda) 3:00
  (Ki4922-2) 184303  

French Odeon, Paris, 31 November 1931

With orchestra, conducted by Paul Minssart
14. Flor y luz (Pedro Puche; Juan Dotras Vila) 2:27
  (Ki4928-1) 184276  
15. La primavera (from SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, No. 30, op. 62, no. 6) (Mendelssohn; Miranda) 2:42
  (Ki4929-2) 184271  

English Parlophone, London, 17 March 1932

With piano, Ivor Newton
16. Should he upbraid (Bishop; adapted from Shakespeare) 3:35
  (LO3003-1) RO20186  
17. Oh no, John (Traditional; Arranged by Cecil Sharp) 2:32
  (LO3004-1) RO20193  
18. So sweet is she (“Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow?”) (Ferrabosco, arr. Dolmetsch; Ben Johnson) 2:26
  (LO3005-2) RO20193  
19. When I bring to you color’d toys [No. 1 from the opera GITANJALI] (John Alden Carpenter; Rabindranath Tagore) 2:40
  (LO3006-2) Historic Masters HMA1  
20. Lullaby, op. 57, no. 2 (Cyril Scott; C. Rossetti) 2:11
  (LO3007-2) Historic Masters HMA1  
21. A lesson with the fan (Guy D’Hardelot; F. E. Weatherly) 3:31
  (LO3008-2) RO20186  

Spanish Odeon, Barcelona, 21 May 1932

With piano, Pedro Vallribera
22. Flecha (Manén; Luis Doreste) 3:27
  (SO7697-1) 184342  
23. La noia bonica (F. Longás; Ignacio Iglesias) 2:31
  (SO7698-1) 184301  
24. Soleá (Modesto Pomero; F. Prado) 3:26
  (SO7699-1) 184315  
25. Háblame de amores (Esteban Fusté; Franco de Rioja) 2:51
  (SO7700-1) 184286  

CD 1:
Languages: French [1-10]; Spanish [11, 16, 18-22]; Montañesa [12]; Catalan [13-15]; Andalusian [17]; Latin [23]

CD 2:
Languages: French [1-7]; Spanish [8-9, 11-15, 22, 25]; Italian [10]; English [16-21]; Catalan [23-24]

 

Producer: Scott Kessler and Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris

Photographs: Girvice Archer, Gregor Benko, César A. Dillon, and Charles Mintzer

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Bill Breslin, César A. Dillon, Lawrence F. Holdridge, David Mason, Rudi Sazunic, and Vera Wilson.

This set is dedicated to the memory of George Fraser.

For additional discographic information see British Institute of Recorded Sound Bulletin, No. 4 (Spring, 1957), Conchita Supervia Discography by Harold M. Barnes.