Canon
Where to start with Bizet
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
StageCarmen
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OrchestralL' Arlésienne Suite no. 1
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Vocal20 Mélodies
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Keyboard3 Esquisses musicales
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ChamberLa Sirène, for flute and piano
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OrchestralSymphony in C major
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OrchestralCarmen, suite for orchestra from the opera
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OrchestralJeux d'enfants, op. 22
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StageLes pêcheurs de perles — Opera
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Keyboard4 Preludes
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VocalAgnus Dei, for voice and orchestra
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VocalBerceuse sur un vieil air, song for voice and piano
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KeyboardCaprice no. 1 in C sharp minor
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KeyboardCaprice no. 2 in C
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StageCarmen Jones
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Bizet's catalogueMost Popular
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Carmen
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L\’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
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Symphony in C major
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Les pêcheurs de perlesopera — the Pearl Fishers duet
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Jeux d\’enfantspiano duet
Most Acclaimed
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Carmen (complete opera)
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Symphony in C major
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Les pêcheurs de perles
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Jeux d\’enfants
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Djamilehone-act opera — orientalism with unusual harmonics
Most Weird
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Jeux d\’enfantstiny children\’s pieces that become briefly sinister in ”The Top” and ”The Ball”
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Roma Symphonyrevised five times before he died — never satisfied with it
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Don Procopioearly comic opera — discovered posthumously
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Vasco da Gamachoral ode — rarely performed
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La Jolie Fille de Perthopera after Walter Scott — unusual for Bizet
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 45
- Stage
- ● Carmen
- Les pêcheurs de perles — Opera
- Carmen Jones
- Djamileh
- Don Procopio — Opera
- Ivan IV — Opera
- L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices and orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet
- La jolie fille de Perth — Opera
- Le Docteur Miracle
- Orchestral
- ● L' Arlésienne Suite no. 1
- ● Symphony in C major
- ● Carmen, suite for orchestra from the opera
- Jeux d'enfants, op. 22
- L' Arlésienne Suite no. 2
- Patrie, overture, op. 19
- Petite Suite, 5 pieces
- Vocal
- 20 Mélodies
- Agnus Dei, for voice and orchestra
- Berceuse sur un vieil air, song for voice and piano
- Chants des Pyrénées, traditional folksongs with choral accompaniments composed by Bizet
- Clovis et Clotilde, cantata for chorus
- La fleur que tu m'avais jetée, for voice and orchestra
- Ouvre ton coeur
- Te Deum, for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra
- Vasco da Gama, ode-symphony for chorus and orchestra
- Keyboard
- 3 Esquisses musicales
- 4 Preludes
- Caprice no. 1 in C sharp minor
- Caprice no. 2 in C
- Chants du Rhin
- Chasse fantastique
- Grande valse de concert
- Jeux d'enfants, for 4 hands, op. 22, "Children's Games"
- Magasin des familles
- Marine
- Nocturne in D
- Nocturne in F
- Nocturne no. 1 in F
- Romance sans paroles in C
- Theme brillant
- Valse in C
- Variations chromatiques de concert
- Venise
- Chamber
- La Sirène, for flute and piano
- Morceau à déchiffrer, for bassoon and cello