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These 16 CDs offer a comprehensive and meticulously curated journey through Bizet's major works, bringing together exceptional performances by top-tier artists. Operas 9 CDs, featuring two versions of Carmen the legendary 1964 version by Maria Callas and Nicolai Gedda under the baton of Georges Prêtre, and the original version restored by Fritz Oeser in 1964, recorded in 2012 by Simon Rattle with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Magdalena Kožená and Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestral Works 3 CDs Piano Music, Songs, Choral Music, and Arrangements 1.5 CDs (including the two Carmen Fantasy his famous opera inspired to both Pablo de Sarasate and Franz Waxman) Historical Recordings dating from 1903 (!) to 1943 2.5 CDs Booklet includes an extensive biography by French specialist François Laurent. Album Tracks 1. Les Pêcheurs de Perles 2. Ivan IV 3. La Jolie Fille de Perth 4. Carmen (Kožená / Rattle - 2012) 5. Carmen (Callas / Prêtre - 1964) 6. Symphony in C Major 7. Overture in a Major 8. Funeral March in B minor 9. La Jolie Fille de Perth (Orchestral Suite) 10. Roma (Orchestral Suite No. 3) 11. Petite Suite D'orchestre InchJeux D'enfantsInch Op. 22 12. Les Quatre Coins, Patrie (Dramatic Overture) 13. L'arlésienne (Incidental Music to the Play of Alphonse Daudet) 14. L'arlésienne (Orchestral Suites) 15. Carmen (Orchestral Suites) 16. Jeux D'enfants 17. Clovis Et Clotilde 18. Jeux D'enfants No. 12 Le Bal 19. De Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy 20. Waxman - Carmen Fantasy 21. Historical Recordings
