Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet)

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet); Hungarian Peasant Songs; Roumanian Folk Dances - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer / Philips Digital Classics / Philips Audio CD 1997 / 454 430-2 UPC 028945443027 /// The Miraculous Mandarin (Hungarian: A csodálatos mandarin, pronounced [ˈɒ ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ ˈmɒndɒrin]; German: Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82), is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music. /// Label: Philips – 454 430-2 Series: Philips Digital Classics Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: 1997 Genre: Classical Style: Modern /// Tracklist: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 100, BB 107 1 Ballad 3:02 2 Hungarian Peasant Dances 6:21 Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103 3 1. An Evening At The Village 2:58 4 2. Bear Dance 1:36 5 3. Melody 2:21 6 4. Slightly Tipsy 2:08 7 5. Swineherd's Dance 2:11 Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76 8 1. Stick Dance (From Mezőszabad) 1:13 9 2. Sash Dance (From Egres) 0:37 10 3. In One Spot (From Egres) 1:00 11 4. Horn Dance (From Bisztra) 1:43 12 5. Roumanian Polka (From Belényes) 0:31 13 6. Fast Dance (From Belényes) 0:15 14 7. Fast Dance (From Nyágra) 0:39 Dances Of Transylvania, Sz. 96, BB 102b 15 1. Allegretto 1:35 16 2. Moderato 0:42 17 3. Allegro Vivace 1:59 18 Roumanian Dance, Sz. 47a, BB 61 4:28