Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Part Two
Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 27 June 2006 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
One of the outstanding features of Bartok's genius is the febrile musical imagination he demonstrated in three intense, fantastical and often disturbing dramatic works. Donald Macleod looks at the vivid imagery which Bartok conjured up in these three compositions for the stage.
Playlist
Allegro Barbaro
Béla Bartók (piano)
HUNGAROTON HCD 12326/28
CD1 t8
Duke Bluebeard's Castle (extract)
Bluebeard ...... John Tomlinson (bass)
Judith ...... Anne Sofie von otter (mezzo-soprano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
EMI CDC 556162-2
CD1 T 4-6
The Wooden Prince (extract)
Chicago Symphony orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 863-2
CD1 T9-11
Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neeme Järvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9133
CD1 t8-13
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