Composer: Béla Bartók, Sergey Prokofiev
Performer: John McCarthy, Shlomo Mintz, Ambrosian Singers
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4105982
Release: 2008
Size: 259 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73 (Op.19) – Pantomime in one act with text from Menyhért Lengyel
01. Beginning
02. The curtain rises
03. First seduction game: the shabby old rake
04. Second seduction game
05. The shy youth appears at the door.
06. Third seduction game
07. The Mandarin enters – Encounter with the girl
08. The girl’s dance
09. She flees from him; he chases her wildly.
10. The Mandarin stumbles, but catches the girl;they fight The tramps leap out, seize the Mandarin, rob him and suffocate him with pillows.
11. Suddenly the Mandarin’s head appears. The tramps drag him out…
12 .They drag the Mandarin to the centre of the room – The Mandarin’s body begins to glow.
13. The tramps take him down. He falls to the floor and at once leaps at the girl. They embrace.
14. His longing stilled, the Mandarin’s wounds begin to bleed; he becomes weaker and dies.
Bartók: Two Portraits Op. 5
15. No. 1 “Ideal”
16. One Grotesque – Presto
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
17. No. 1 The Adoration Of Veless And Ala
18. No. 2 The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Spirits Of Darkness
19. No. 3 Night
20. No. 4 The Glorious Departure Of Lolly And The Sun’s Procession
