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Boulez Conducts Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete) / Schola Cantorum, Hugh Ross, Director / Dance Suite / New York Philharmonic / CBS LP 1973 Stereo
73 031
The Miraculous Mandarin (Hungarian: A csodálatos mandarin, pronounced [ˈɒ ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ ˈmɒndɒrin]; German: Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82), is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918–1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music.
Label: CBS – 73 031
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1973
Genre: Classical
Style: Modern
Tracklist:
| A | The Miraculous Mandarin (Beginning) | 23:12 | |
| B1 | The Miraculous Mandarin (Conclusion) |
7:46 | |
|
Dance Suite |
(17:46) |
||
| B2.I | Moderato | ||
| B2.II | Allegro Molto | ||
| B2.III | Allegro Vivace | ||
| B2.IV | Molto Tranquillo | ||
| B2.V | Comodo; Finale: Allegro |
- Artwork By [Cover Art] – Kwan / Sehring
- Chorus – Schola Cantorum* (tracks: B1)
- Chorus Master [Director] – Hugh Ross (tracks: B1)
- Composed By – Bartók
- Conductor – Pierre Boulez
- Design [Cover Design] – Ed Lee
- Engineer [Engineering] – Edward T. Graham, Raymond L. Moore
- Liner Notes – Robert Hurwitz
- Orchestra – New York Philharmonic
- Producer – Andrew Kazdin
