Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop - Bartok: The Wooden Prince (2008) [Hi-Res]
BAND/ARTIST: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
- Title: Bartok: The Wooden Prince
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 00:53:37
- Total Size: 243 / 494 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Opening. Molto moderato
02. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: First Dance. Dance of the Princess in the Forest
03. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess
04. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Second Dance. Dance of the Trees
05. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance. Dance of the Waves
06. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince
07. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince
08. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Fourth Dance. Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince
09. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him
10. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Great Apotheosis
11. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Fifth Dance. The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden Prince to Dance
12. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Sixth Dance. With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to Appeal to the Prince
13. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Seventh Dance. Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Prince, but the Forest Keeps Her Back
14. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain
„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.
„The Wooden Prince (1917) is an epic orchestral narrative: he himself described it as a ‘symphonic poem for dancing’. The bizarre story concerns a prince who falls in love with a princess in a magic forest and attracts her interest with a dancing puppet version of himself. Bartók’s music blends some very mild modernism with enormous, late-Romantic orchestral firepower—clearly this is a young master-composer at work—and the renowned Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the skilled hands of Marin Alsop brings an impressively strong response to his demands. The recorded acoustic is a touch overspacious and boomy—but better that, in a huge score like this, than too tight.“ (Malcolm Hayes, Classic FM)
„As with their earlier Bartók releases, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop gives a fine, colourful and insightful account. The opening, in which Bartók essentially re-imagines Das Rheingold, grows majestically from its initial murmur, and the ebb and flow of the dances is well paced. lvan Fischer’s Budapest account (Philips) is more ethereal in the mystical passages and more playful elsewhere, but it is only available on a three-disc set and, even without a filler, Alsop’s account belies its budget price. Marin Alsop’s recording joins the club of favorite Princes…Naxos’s cover notes similarities between the opening to Wooden Prince and Wagner’s Reingold. Alsop’s sweep and the sheen of the Bournemouth strings reinforce that observation…Alsop really excels in ‘Great Apotheosis’. This is the emotional center of the ballet, and she makes more of its color and passion than anyone.“ (Roger Hecht, American Record Guide)
01. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Opening. Molto moderato
02. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: First Dance. Dance of the Princess in the Forest
03. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess
04. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Second Dance. Dance of the Trees
05. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance. Dance of the Waves
06. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince
07. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince
08. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Fourth Dance. Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince
09. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince Is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him
10. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Great Apotheosis
11. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Fifth Dance. The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden Prince to Dance
12. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Sixth Dance. With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to Appeal to the Prince
13. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: Seventh Dance. Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Prince, but the Forest Keeps Her Back
14. The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, BB 74: The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain
„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.
„The Wooden Prince (1917) is an epic orchestral narrative: he himself described it as a ‘symphonic poem for dancing’. The bizarre story concerns a prince who falls in love with a princess in a magic forest and attracts her interest with a dancing puppet version of himself. Bartók’s music blends some very mild modernism with enormous, late-Romantic orchestral firepower—clearly this is a young master-composer at work—and the renowned Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the skilled hands of Marin Alsop brings an impressively strong response to his demands. The recorded acoustic is a touch overspacious and boomy—but better that, in a huge score like this, than too tight.“ (Malcolm Hayes, Classic FM)
„As with their earlier Bartók releases, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop gives a fine, colourful and insightful account. The opening, in which Bartók essentially re-imagines Das Rheingold, grows majestically from its initial murmur, and the ebb and flow of the dances is well paced. lvan Fischer’s Budapest account (Philips) is more ethereal in the mystical passages and more playful elsewhere, but it is only available on a three-disc set and, even without a filler, Alsop’s account belies its budget price. Marin Alsop’s recording joins the club of favorite Princes…Naxos’s cover notes similarities between the opening to Wooden Prince and Wagner’s Reingold. Alsop’s sweep and the sheen of the Bournemouth strings reinforce that observation…Alsop really excels in ‘Great Apotheosis’. This is the emotional center of the ballet, and she makes more of its color and passion than anyone.“ (Roger Hecht, American Record Guide)
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