Grace Bumbry - Carmen Jones / London Studio Cast Recording

Grace Bumbry, the Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano who starred in the film versions of Carmen and Aida, gives a stunning performance in this 1962 EMI London Studio Cast Recording. With music by Bizet and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, this hit moves the story from 1820s Seville to the American South during WWII. a delight, on CD for the first time!

1) Overture
2) Dere's a Cafe on de Corner
3) You Talk Jus' Like My Maw
4) Dat's Love (Habanera)
5) Dis Flower
6) Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum
7) Stan' Up An' Fight
8) Whizzin' Away Along the Track
9) Card Song
10) My Joe
11) Finale