Bela Bartok: Der hölzerne Prinz (Ballettmusik) (CD)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

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Artists:: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Label:: Naxos
Year of recording ca.:: 2007
Item number:: 5598795
UPC/EAN:: 0747313053476
Release date:: 29.2.2008

The Wooden Prince is a fairy tale ballet with an original story by Bartók's literary acquaintance Béla Balázs, who had also written the libretto to Bluebeard's Castle (available on Naxos 8.660928). Though outwardly sunny in its subject matter, The Wooden Prince has a mystical side that may explain Bartók's attraction to the story. The ballet's opening pages have often been compared to the opening of Wagner's Das Rheingold, and the majestic heart of the score lies in the glorious music Bartók wrote to accompany the prince's apotheosis.

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FonoForum 08/08: »Dass Marin Alsop und die Sinfoniker aus Bournemouth hervorragend miteinander harmonieren, war auch schon anderen Aufnahmen anzumerken. Mit der Einspielung von Bartóks noch ganz der Jahrhundertwende verbundenem siebenteiligen Tanzspiel über den holzgeschnitzten Prinzen haben sie nun aber eine Meisterleistung vollbracht. Vor allem überzeugen die vorzügliche Leistung der Musiker (Holzbläser!), die spürbare interpretatorische Stringenz wie auch ein ebenso dichter wie durchhörbarer Orchestersatz.«

Disk 1 von 1 (CD)

1 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Opening -
2 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: First Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest -
3 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess -
4 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Second Dance: Dance of the Trees -
5 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance: Dance of the
6 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince -
7 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince -
8 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Fourth Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince
9 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him -
10 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Great Apotheosis -
11 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Fifth Dance: The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden
12 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Sixth Dance: With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to
13 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: Seventh Dance: Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Pri
14 A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain