'The Wooden Prince' is a fairy tale ballet with an original story by Bartok’s literary acquaintance Bela Balazs, who had also written the libretto to...continue...
Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48
Performers:
Belácek, Gustáv; Meláth, Andrea Conductors:
Alsop, Marin Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
A modern version of the old European folk-tale about the cruel, blue-bearded prince and his many disappearing wives, Bartok's opera 'Bluebeard's Castle' is a metaphor...continue...
Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97 Conductors:
Alsop, Marin Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
The incomparable Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Bartok's 'The Miraculous Mandarin'. The work, which is today among the composer's most...continue...