MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten and Bartók Ballets: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite) / The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 - Suite

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BELA BARTOK / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten and Bartók Ballets: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite) / The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 - Suite
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

[ EMI Ballet Edition / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 1 July 2011

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The Prince of the Pagodas and The Miraculous Mandarin: both titles suggest Oriental fairy tales, but while Britten set a fantastic scenario for choreographer John Cranko, Bartók controversially evoked and expressionist urban nightmare. In his variation-based score, Britten salutes Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and the Javanese gamelan. Bartók, with atonality, complex textures and rhythms, and daring orchestration, illustrates vice and violence as a Chinese mandarin miraculously survives repeated murder attempts, only dying when his lust is assuaged.

Tracks:

Bartók:
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite)
Jeremy Jackman

Britten:
The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 - Suite
Oliver Knussen