B?la Bart?k: The Miraculous Mandarin / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta - Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez
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Brand: ChicagoComposer: B?la Bart?k
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-04-09
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): Beginning
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): First Seduction Game: The Shabby Old Rake
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): Second Seduction Game
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): Third Seduction Game
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): The Mandarin enters and remains immobile in the doorway...
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): The girl sinks down to embrace him...
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): The tramps leap out, seize the Mandarin and tear him away from t
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears between the pillows and he
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): The terrified tramps discuss how they are to get rid of the Mand
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue lig
- The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, BB 82 (Op. 19): Pi? mosso - Vivo - She resists no longer, they embrace
- Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: I. Andante tranquillo
- Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: II. Allegro
- Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: III. Adagio
- Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: IV. Allegro molto
Free Music Notes for B?la Bart?k: The Miraculous Mandarin / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta - Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez
Free Music Review: ONE OF BARTOK'S MASTERPIECES.
Hit: 5 Stars
I think I'm kind of an idiot about classical music, so I can only make basic comments here. Music for Percussion, Strings, and Celesta is one of Bartok's greatest works, and as such is one of the greatest works in all of Western music. Despite the ostensible eminence the celesta is given in the title of the piece, the dominant keyboard instrument is piano, which is part of the percussion ensemble that serves as the anchor for two string sections. The piece is an amazing exploration of opposites, especially its use of chromatic and diatonic elements. The first movement is a chromatic fugue for strings, and Bartok's use of changing meters gives it a watery effect. From the first movement you can already tell it is one of Bartok's best compositions, simply because every note is so exceptionally placed and the flow is so natural. The second movement is an exhilarating allegro, a tight mesh of melodic themes manipulated with rhythmic and metric variation. The third movement is intensely chromatic "night music" with obscure tonality and fragmentary melodies. Best of all, the fourth movement, where diatonic considerations come to the fore and it is the most varied in rhythm, melody, and pitch, but still structurally sublime. Throughout the piece, the key subjects are changed into new subjects, which undergo their own changes, and eventually morphing back into previous themes. This is done with such uncanny perfection that the music really feels like it takes you places. I know that sounds cheesy. I won't discuss _The Miraculous Mandarin_, though it is very good as well.Get this if you want to hear a divine performance of one of the musical universe's greatest treasures. (Sorry for the CAPS above, I know it's annoying.)
B?la Bart?k: The Miraculous Mandarin / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta - Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez Poster
The Miraculous Mandarin is, along with Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, one of the great expressions of musical savagery, and here the composer illustrates the "urban jungle." The music opens with sounds of traffic and commotion, and it's an expressionist nightmare from that point on. Three men mug a woman and force her to lure men into their den to be robbed in turn. One of them turns out to be a wealthy Chinese man whose passion for the woman is so strong that, despite being stabbed, suffocated, and strung up on a lamp cord, he will not die until the woman permits him to embrace her. Then his wounds open and he bleeds to death. Quite a story, and the music, as well as this performance, suits it perfectly. Have fun. --David HurwitzClassical Music CDs
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