Since you are interested in Carmen Suite, Jeux D'Enfants, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HANDEL / VERDI / MASCAGNI / BIZET / MOUSSORGSKY / etc
Grand & Glorious-Great Operatic Choruses Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2005 ] "...there are many beautiful moments here...Telarc's sound is detailed and clear...Anyone who wants a souvenir of Shaw's choral career will want this disc." -American Record Guide |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 1977) [CDs plus Blu-ray audio / Dolby Atmos] Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Sherril Milnes, Ilena Cotrubas / Ambrosian Singers / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Jun/2020 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - Still a benchmark recording of the most famous opera of all, with an idiomatic assumption of the title role by Teresa Berganza and the young Plácido Domingo. |
DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / VERDI / MASCAGNI / BIZET
Gigli: London, Milan and Rio de Janeiro Recordings (1949, 1951) Beniamino Gigli / Dusolina Giannini / Rina Gigli / Milan Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Stanford Robinson (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Gigli Edition Vol 14 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] By the time the tracks on this penultimate volume of The Naxos Gigli Edition were cut, Gigli had been singing professionally for thirty-five years. |
JOHN GAY
The Beggar's Opera (complete) Bob Hoskins, Sarah Walker, Charles Daniels, Adrian Thompson / The Broadside Band / Jeremy Barlow [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'I have never heard, and can't imagine, better performances ... A delightful performance of this timeless opera' (American Record Guide) |