Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin etc. / Järvi, Philharmonia, RSNO

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Chandos
Release Date
July 29, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BARTOK, BELA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Jarvi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 29, 2014
    • UPC
      095115245224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 241-52
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Opening -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

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

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    3. Second Dance: Dance of the Trees -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    4. Third Dance: Dance of the Waves -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

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

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

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

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

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

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

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

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    9. Postlude

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    10. No. 1. An Evening in the Village

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    11. No. 2. Bear Dance

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    12. No. 3. Melody

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    13. No. 4. Slightly Tipsy

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    14. No. 5. Swineherd's Dance

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    15. A shabby room in the slums -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    16. First decoy game -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    17. Second decoy game -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    18. Third decoy game -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    19. The girl is undecided -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    20. The Mandarin's passion is finally roused -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    21. Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears between the pillows -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    22. The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light -

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    23. The mandarin falls to the floor and at once leaps at the girl

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    24. I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    25. II. Giuoco delle coppie: Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    26. III. Elegia: Andante non troppo

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    27. IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    28. V. Finale: Pesante - Presto

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi


This ‘2-for-1’ reissue brings together the best performances by Neeme Järvi of the music by Bartók, taken from his extraordinarily prolific recording career with Chandos Records. The four works span Bartók's career and include some of the greatest music he ever wrote.

The Concerto for Orchestra has remained one of Bartók’s most popular orchestral works since its triumphant premiere in 1944. Its title signals that each section of instruments is treated in a soloistic and virtuoso way. According to Bartók himself, ‘the general mood of the work represents, apart from the jesting second movement, a gradual transition from the sternness of the first movement and the lugubrious death-song of the third, to the life-assertion of the last one’.

The ballet The Miraculous Mandarin is heard here in its complete form. Set in a seedy urban underworld, it tells the tale of a prostitute, the three thugs that control her, and their mysterious encounter with the eponymous Mandarin. In portraying this scenario Bartók creates an astonishingly vivid score with some of the most colourful music he ever wrote.

The Wooden Prince, an earlier ballet, could not on the surface be further from The Miraculous Mandarin. Lacking its daring modernism, it instead shows the influence of Debussy, Strauss, and Wagner. However, its outwardly sunny character obscures a strange and surreal undertone.

The Hungarian Pictures are skilful and imaginative orchestrations made in 1931 of five earlier piano pieces. Each with its own distinct character, these pieces give the impression of being an authentic folksong arrangement, although this is true only of the last of the five. - Chandos