Carmen: Toreador’s Song

~ Recording by Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Toreador Song3:53Bryn TerfelBrynBryn TerfelAlbum
Deutsche Grammophon474 703-2
1.1Toreador Song3:53Bryn TerfelBryn Terfel Sings FavoriesBryn TerfelAlbum
Deutsche GrammophonB0001305-02
1.1Toreador Song3:53Bryn TerfelBryn Terfel Sings FavouritesBryn TerfelAlbum
  • -2003
Deutsche Grammophon474 438-2
2.5Toreador Song (from Carmen)3:47Georges BizetThe Number One Opera Album 2004Luciano Pavarotti, Hayley Westenra, Katherine Jenkins, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea BocelliAlbum + Compilation
UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”)2CD 476 200-4
1.5Toreador Song3:47Bryn TerfelThe Opera Album 2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-04-24
UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”)476 983-3
2.11Toreador Song3:49Bryn TerfelThe Number One Classical Album 2008Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-26
UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”)480 035-7
1.11Toreador Song3:48Bryn TerfelThe Number One Opera Album 2007Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”)
2.9Carmen: Toreador’s Song3:50Georges BizetClassic FM: Anthems 2008Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-07-14
Classic FM (UK radio and label)
1.6Carmen: Act II: Toreador's Song. "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre"3:48Georges BizetNessun Dorma: Opera's Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Records
1.6Carmen: Toreador Song3:48Georges BizetNessun Dorma: Opera’s Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-02-01
Decca Records4763807
1.1Toreador’s Song3:52Bryn TerfelThe Opera 2011 AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-06-14
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)478 294-7
2.6The Toreador Song3:50Bryn TerfelNow That’s What I Call ClassicalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Records, EMI TV5336426
1.1Carmen : Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre »3:54Georges BizetCooking with Classical MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015
U-5
Promotion
1.6Toreador Song3:49Bryn TerfelClassical Legends 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Mail on Sunday (newspaper)MOS017

Relationships

bass-baritone vocals [Escamillo]:Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer)
orchestra:London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
recording of:Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)

Related works

Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)

composer:Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:Ludovic Halévy (French librettist)
Henri Meilhac
referred to in medleys:Hooked on a Song
Barcelona Games Medley (order: 13)
later translated versions:Carmen: Atto II. “Con voi ber, affe, mi fin caro” (Escamillo, coro, Carmen, l'Ufficiale)
later versions:Carmen Jones, Act II. Stan’ Up and Fight
Carmen: Toreador Song
part of:Carmen : Acte II (number) (order: 5)
is the basis for:Asturias Meets Carmen
Carmen Suite no. 2: IV. Chanson du toréador
Europa
Song for a Toreador
arrangements:A Night at the Opera
Carmen : « Votre toast » (Air du toréador) (catch-all for arrangements)
music quoted in:替え唄クラシックメドレー