Bartok - The Wooden Prince, The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2328
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ballet
Release Date: 3rd June 2019
Contents
Artists
Helsinki Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
Susanna MalkkiWorks
The Miraculous Mandarin (suite), op.19 Sz73The Wooden Prince (ballet in 1 act)
Artists
Helsinki Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
Susanna MalkkiAbout
Set in an enchanted forest, The Wooden Prince is based on a fairytale-like libretto featuring a prince and princess. The two are subjected to various trials, but at the end of the ballet they are allowed to come together and live – we assume – happily ever after. In stark contrast, The Miraculous Mandarin takes place in an urban brothel where three robbers force a girl to seduce men so that they can overpower and kill them. The subject-matter and the erotic qualities of much of the music caused a scandal at the premičre in 1926, and for a long time the score was primarily performed in the shorter concert version heard on the present disc, the first from the team of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki, the orchestra’s chief conductor since 2016.
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