CD1
01. Don César de Bazan (1888 Version) Overture
02. Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 1 (1888 Version) Dès que ton tambour sonne
03. Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 1 (1888 Version) C’est elle!
04. Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 2 (1888 Version) Partout ou? l’on chante
05. Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 6 (1888 Version) Le voilà!
06. Don César de Bazan, Act I Scene 8 (1888 Version) Bohème charmante
07. Don César de Bazan, Act II (1888 Version) Entr’acte
08. Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 1 (1888 Version) Dors, ami
09. Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 1 (1888 Version) Riche, j’ai semé les richesses
10. Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 2 (1888 Version) Me marier!
11. Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 6 (1888 Version) à boire, amis
12. Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 9 (1888 Version) Rien ne peut le défendre
13. Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 10 (1888 Version) Grand Dieu!
CD2
01. Don César de Bazan, Act III (1888 Version) Entr’acte Sevillana
02. Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 1 (1888 Version) Cette splendeur
03. Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 2 (1888 Version) Que de ta le?vre en fleur
04. Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 3 (1888 Version) Qui je suis?
05. Don César de Bazan, Act III Scene 5 (1888 Version) Je m’en souviens
06. Don César de Bazan, Act IV (1888 Version) Entr’acte
07. Don César de Bazan, Act IV Scene 1 (1888 Version) Aux c?urs les plus trouble?s
08. Don César de Bazan, Act IV Scene III (1888 Version) Je pe?ne?trai
Don César de Bazan is an opéra-comique with a narrative of dashing Spanish chivalry and romance. Its plot revolves around deception and comedies of reversed identity, with a struggle between true nobility and wicked selfishness maintaining an animated momentum throughout. This was the young Jules Massenet’s first full-length opera and yet it is filled with the composer’s mature symphonic style, his gift for melody, feeling for the picturesque, and vivacity of rhythm. These distinctive qualities reveal an operatic feast whose time has at last arrived.