《比才：卡门》已成为音乐史上最受欢迎、演出次数最多的法国歌剧，而作曲家比才为全剧创作的多首音乐，更是已成为脍炙人口的传世经典。大师索尔蒂与伦敦爱乐于1975年录制的本录音，统合了男高音多明戈、女高音卡纳娃、次女高音特罗扬诺斯与男中音范·丹姆等多位出色歌唱家，再加上录音大师Wilkinson亲手掌盘，与Colin Moorfoot七六年联手在少见的Herny Wood Hall合作录音，创造出非常惊人的音响效果。不论就演译或录音等各方面来看，均无愧为无比豪华坚强的阵容。并被誉为最有魅力的卡门之一。企鹅指南三颗星，歌剧唱片百科全书（英国火蜥蜴出版）最佳推荐。
恐怕不怎么喜欢音乐的人也知道比才的《卡门》。起码听到过《卡门》的某些段落 ，“序曲”、“哈巴涅拉”、“斗牛士之歌”等等。《卡门》称得上是所有歌剧中最引人入胜的一部。它的音乐朗朗动听，多姿多彩，并且始终充满着活力，火热，泼辣，诱人。二重唱“花之歌”可谓一往情深，缠绵而甜美，甚至卡门唱的那些耍赖，撒野的曲调也都迷人极了。
主要演员：
Carmen——Tatiana Truyanos
Don jose——Placido Domingo
Escamillo——Jose van Dam
Micaela——Kiri Te Kanewa

Even if you don't know French, the music and the performers are exquisite. Being a French major, I just recently translated the lyrics, and I was surprised at how more beautiful it sounded. The story was wonderfully adapted into a musical and the performances are absolutely stunning. Among my favorites are Patrick Fiori's "Dechire", Daniel Lavoie's "Tu vas me detruire", Garou's "Dieu que le monde est injuste", and of course Noa's "Bohemienne" and "Vivre". Another song that one might overlook because it's her only song on the album is Julie Zenatti's "La monture", which I believe is the best song on the entire album. Overall, I would say this is the best musical soundtrack I have ever heard.