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Bartók: The Wooden Prince / Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony
Naxos

Bartók: The Wooden Prince / Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony

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Details

Composer
BARTOK, BELA
Artist
Bournemouth So, Alsop
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 25, 2008
Catalog #
8570534
UPC
747313053476

About

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.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Opening - 04:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    Opening -
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  2. 2 First Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest - 02:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    First Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest -
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  3. 3 The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess - 02:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess -
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  4. 4 Second Dance: Dance of the Trees - 05:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    Second Dance: Dance of the Trees -
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  5. 5 The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance: Dance of the Waves - 04:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance: Dance of the Waves -
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  6. 6 The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince - 04:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince -
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  7. 7 The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince - 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince -
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  8. 8 Fourth Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince - 05:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Fourth Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince -
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  9. 9 The Prince is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him - 05:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Prince is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him -
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  10. 10 Great Apotheosis - 03:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    Great Apotheosis -
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  11. 11 Fifth Dance: The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden Prince to Dance - 02:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fifth Dance: The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden Prince to Dance -
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  12. 12 Sixth Dance: With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to Appeal to the Prince - 01:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sixth Dance: With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to Appeal to the Prince -
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  13. 13 Seventh Dance: Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Prince, but the Forest Keeps Her Back - 05:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Seventh Dance: Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Prince, but the Forest Keeps Her Back -
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  14. 14 The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain 03:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop