Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle / Salonen, Stevenson, DeYoung, Tomlinson, Philharmonia

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
April 29, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BARTKOK, BELA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Voices
    • PERFORMER
      Tomlinson, Deyoung, Stevenson, Salonen
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue - Opening

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Juliet Stevenson, John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    2. First Door: The Torture Chamber

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    3. Second Door: The Armoury

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    4. Third Door: The Treasury

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    5. Fourth Door: The Secret Garden

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    6. Fifth Door: Bluebeard's Kingdom

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    7. Sixth Door: Tears

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    8. Seventh Door: Bluebeard's Former Wives

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen


An unforgettable live-concert recording, selected from the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen's season of works by Béla Bartok - 'Infernal Dance'. Reviews of the concert from which this recording was taken: "John Tomlinson and Michelle DeYoung were vocally so commanding as to render "choreography" entirely superfluous. Tomlinson's cavernous voice seemed to embody the very interior world of his castle - its sadness, darkness, emptiness - his Hungarian so vivid and expressive in itself that it became another sonority in Bartók's aural palette. He was quite extraordinary. Musically stunning ..." The Arts Desk "The part of Judith was well taken by Michelle DeYoung but it was the portrayal of Tomlinson that stole the show. At first predatory and prowling - no one can prowl like John Tomlinson - he visibly collapsed into himself as his secrets were exposed. And never was that magnificently gnarled tone put to better use." The Evening Standard