'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 t...

Preface - I Marche de contrebandieres (Acte III) · II Habanera (Acte I) · III Nocturne (Acte III) · IV Chanson du toréador (Act II) · V La garde montante (Act I) · VI Danse bohême