Bartok: the miraculous mandarin op.19; two portraits op.5 / prokofiev: scythian suite op. 20
(2010)
eMusic
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : DG : Made available through hoopla, 2010
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 02 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
0028941059826 (sound recording : hoopla Music) MWT10954776, 10954776
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Mode of access: World Wide Web
CONTENTS
Beginning
(1:17) -- The curtain rises
(1:33) -- First seduction game: the shabby old rake
(3:46) -- Second seduction game
(1:11) -- The shy youth appears at the door.
(1:38) -- Third seduction game
(1:27) -- The Mandarin enters - Encounter with the girl
(2:25) -- The girl's dance
(4:34) -- She flees from him; he chases her wildly.
(1:12) -- The Mandarin stumbles, but catches the girl;they fight The tramps leap out, seize the Mandarin, rob him and suffocate him with pillows.
(2:47) -- Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears. The tramps drag him out...
(3:16) -- They drag the Mandarin to the centre of the room - The Mandarin's body begins to glow.
(2:51) -- The tramps take him down. He falls to the floor and at once leaps at the girl. They embrace.
(1:04) -- His longing stilled, the Mandarin's wounds begin to bleed; he becomes weaker and dies.
(1:01) -- 1. "Ideal"
(00:10:09) -- One Grotesque - Presto
(2:08) -- 1. The Adoration Of Veless And Ala
(5:37) -- 2. The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Spirits Of Darkness
(3:11) -- 3. Night
(6:11) -- 4. The Glorious Departure Of Lolly And The Sun's Procession
(5:32)