Bela Bartok: Herzog Blaubarts Burg on CD
Herzog Blaubarts Burg
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Artists:
- Gustav Belacek, Andrea Melath, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2007
- Item number:
- 6422161
- UPC/EAN:
- 0730099692823
- Release date:
- 29.10.2007
- Series:
- Naxos Opera
A modern version of the old European folk-tale about the cruel, blue-bearded prince and his many disappearing wives, Bartók's oper Bluebeard's Castle is a metaphor for the impossibility of complete love between a man and a woman. A vast orchestra, one of Bartók's largest, supports the vocal lines, moving deftly from moments of chamber-music-like delicacy to massive thunderheads of sound that underline the characters' inner agony. No scene is more vividly portrayed, though, or more memorable, than the moment when Judith opens the fifth door to behold a vista looking out over all Blubeard's domains. One of the most spine-tingling moments in twentieth-century opera, a violentlydissonant wave of sound transfomrs, in an instant, to a massive C major chord in the full orchestra.
This recording was made after the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's end-of-season concert, described by The Times as 'a spectacular finale... a knockout dramatic punch; feverishly beautiful orchestral playing; two characters, the Duke and his new wife Judith, tactile and writhing, deelpy felt... Alsop inspired the Bournemouth players to excel'.
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Megerkeztunk (We have arrived) (Bluebeard, Judith)
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2 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Ez a Kekszekallu vara! (This is Bluebeard's castle!) (Jud
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3 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Nagy csukott ajtokat latok (I see large closed doors) (Ju
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4 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Jaj! (1. Ajto) (Oh! (Door 1)) (Judith, Bluebeard)
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5 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Mit latsz? (2. Ajto) (What do you see? (Door 2)) (Bluebea
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6 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: O be sok kincs! (3. Ajto) (Oh, how much treasure! (Door 3
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7 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Oh! Viragok! (4. Ajto) (Oh, flowers! (Door 4)) (Judith, B
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8 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Nezd, hogy derul mar a varam (5. Ajto) (See how my castle
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9 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Csendes feher tavat latok (6. Ajto) (I see a silent white
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10 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Az utolsot nem nyitom ki (I won't open the last one) (Blu
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11 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Tudom, tudom, Kekszakallu (I know, I know, Bluebeard) (Ju
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12 A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), Op. 11, BB 62: Lasd a regi asszonyokat (7. Ajto) (Look at the women of t
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