Bartók: The Wooden Prince / Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 25, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BARTOK, BELA
    • PERFORMER
      Bournemouth So, Alsop
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2008
    • UPC
      747313053476
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570534
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Opening -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    2. First Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    3. The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    4. Second Dance: Dance of the Trees -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    5. The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance: Dance of the Waves -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    6. The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    7. The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    8. Fourth Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    9. The Prince is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    10. Great Apotheosis -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    11. Fifth Dance: The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden Prince to Dance -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    12. Sixth Dance: With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to Appeal to the Prince -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    13. Seventh Dance: Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Prince, but the Forest Keeps Her Back -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    14. The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marin Alsop


In the years leading up to World War I, Bartók occupied himself with a series of works for the theater. He completed his first stage work Bluebeard’s Castle in 1911. The Wooden Prince (1914-16) is a fairytale ballet with an original story by Bartók’s literary acquaintance Béla Balázs, who wrote the libretto for Bluebeard’s Castle.

Set “once upon a time” in a forest whose trees rustle to life, the ballet runs continuously as a series of seven dances with connecting music and recurring musical themes. Though outwardly lighthearted in its subject matter, The Wooden Prince contains a mystical element that may explain Bartók’s attraction to the story. He crafted the work as a symmetrical, tripartite symphonic poem, with the final section recalling materials from the first part in reverse order.

Marin Alsop is the first conductor ever to receive the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and was the first musician to win both Gramophone's "Artist of the Year" award and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Conductor's Award in the same season.