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The Miraculous Mandarin / Two Portraits / Concerto for viola and orchestra

Claudio Abbado · Daniel Barenboim · Shlomo Mintz · John McCarthy · London Symphony Orchestra · Orchestre de Paris · Ambrosian Singers

Altaya1999Cat. DGC 098 / 289471114291h 4m19 tracks

The Miraculous Mandarin / Two Portraits / Concerto for viola and orchestra (1999), CD, on Altaya. Music by Béla Bartók, performed by Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Shlomo Mintz, John McCarthy; 19 tracks.

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Tracklist

01

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: I. Beginning

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:17

02

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: II. The curtain rises

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:33

03

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: III. First seduction game

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

3:46

04

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: IV. Second seduction game

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:11

05

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: V. The shy youth appears at the door

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:38

06

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: VI. Third seduction game

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:27

07

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: VII. The Mandarin enters - Encounter with the girl

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

2:25

08

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: VIII. The girl's dance

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

4:34

09

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: IX. She flees from him; he chases her wildly

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:12

10

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: X. They fight. She suffocates him with pillows

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

2:47

11

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: XI. Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

3:16

12

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: XII. The Mandarin's body begins to glow

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, John McCarthy, London Symphony Orchestra

2:50

13

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: XIII. They embrace

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:04

14

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: XIV. The Mandarin's wounds begin to bleed; he becomes weaker and dies

Béla Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

1:11

15

Two Portraits, Op. 5: I. One Ideal. Andante

Béla Bartók - Two Portraits, op. 5: 1. One Ideal. Andante

Claudio Abbado, Shlomo Mintz, London Symphony Orchestra

10:11

16

Two Portraits, Op. 5: II. One Grotesque. Presto

Béla Bartók - Two Portraits, op. 5: 2. One Grotesque

Claudio Abbado, Shlomo Mintz, London Symphony Orchestra

2:09

17

Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. Post.: I. Moderato - Lento parlando

Béla Bartók - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz. 120, BB 128

Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris

13:04

18

Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. Post.: II. Adagio religioso - Allegretto

Béla Bartók - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz. 120, BB 128

Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris

4:22

19

Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. Post.: III. Allegro vivace

Béla Bartók - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz. 120, BB 128

Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris

4:19