Description
Bela Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937) - Arrangement by Bartok for Two Pianos / hanssler classic Audio CD 2006 / CD 93.194
UPC 4010276019817
Akos Hernadi, Karoly Mocsari, Franz Lang, Jochen Schorer
The Miraculous Mandarin (Hungarian: A csodálatos mandarin, pronounced [ˈɒ ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ ˈmɒndɒrin]; German: Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82), is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music.
| Label: | hanssler classic – CD 93.194 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Germany |
| Released: |
2006 |
| Genre: | Classical |
Tracklist:
The Miraculous Mandarin | Der Wunderbare Mandarin op. 19 (1918/19) 30:00
Arrangement by Béla Bartók for Two Pianos
1 Introduction | Anfang. Allegro 01:13
2 The curtain rises | Der Vorhang geht auf 01:37
3 First decoy game | Erstes Lockspiel 03:17
4 Second decoy game | Zweites Lockspiel 02:41
5 Third decoy game | Drittes Lockspiel 01:24
6 The Mandarin enters | Der Mandarin tritt ein 02:23
7 Dance of the girl | Der Tanz des Mädchens 03:47
8 Pursuit | Die Verfolgung 01:53
9 The tramps leap out | Die Strolche springen hervor 02:43
10 Suddenly the Mandarin's head | Plötzlich erscheint der Kopf des Mandarins 03:42
11 They drag the Mandarin | Sie schleppen den Mandarin in die Zimmermitte 03:21
12 The Mandarin falls to the floor | Der Mandarin fällt zu Boden 01:49
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937) 24:15
13 Assai lento. Allegro molto 12:02
14 Lento, ma non troppo 05:59
15 Allegro non troppo 06:08
- Piano - Ákos Hernádi, Károly Mocsári,
- Percussion - Franz Lang, Jochen Schorer
