Bartok - Bluebeard’s Castle, Cantata Profana | Praga Digitals PRD250349

Bartok - Bluebeard’s Castle, Cantata Profana

Label: Praga Digitals

Cat No: PRD250349

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 14th July 2017

Contents

Artists

Judith Hellwig (soprano)
Endre Koreh (bass)
Erno Lorsy (speaker)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Marko Rothmuller (baritone)
New Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor

Walter Susskind

Works

Bartok, Bela

Bluebeard's Castle, op.11 Sz48
Cantata Profana, BB100 Sz.94 'The Nine Splendid Stags'

Artists

Judith Hellwig (soprano)
Endre Koreh (bass)
Erno Lorsy (speaker)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Marko Rothmuller (baritone)
New Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor

Walter Susskind

About

An opulent yet logical combination of recordings by conductor Walter Susskind in honour of Bartók, under the technical direction of the latter’s son Peter. Their purity of sound and style is unaltered by time. The Prologue, narrated by bard Ernö Lorsy, heralds the rhythm, colour and mood of the mystery play, imbuing it with meaning, even to non Hungarian speakers.

Bartók’s Cantata Profana is based on a Romanian ballad about the enchantment of nine boys taught nothing but to hunt for stags. Consequently they turn into stags themselves, never to return to man’s imperfect world...

Recorded in London, Kingsway Hall, June 1953

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