The Miraculous Mandarin / Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / Divertimento

The Miraculous Mandarin / Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / Divertimento

Béla Bartók; BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti

Album
Label Mercury Records Release date Format CD Country 🇺🇸 United States

Tracklist 77:40

1 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Allegro (Introduction) Béla Bartók 1:33
2 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The curtain rises on a shabby room in the slums... Béla Bartók 1:50
3 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: First decoy game Béla Bartók 1:11
4 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The shabby old rake enters... Béla Bartók 2:02
5 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Second decoy game Béla Bartók 1:12
6 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The shy young man appears in the door... Béla Bartók 1:32
7 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Third decoy game Béla Bartók 1:02
8 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Horrified, they see a weird figure in the street... Béla Bartók 0:29
9 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin enters and stands immobilein the doorway... Béla Bartók 0:42
10 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: General consternation... Béla Bartók 1:33
11 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: At last she overcomes her reluctance... Béla Bartók 3:41
12 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The girl sinks down to embrace him... Béla Bartók 0:26
13 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: She flees from him... Béla Bartók 1:41
14 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin catches the girl, and they fight Béla Bartók 0:13
15 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The tramps leap out... Béla Bartók 0:15
16 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: "We must kill him..." Béla Bartók 1:26
17 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: They think he is dead... Béla Bartók 1:02
18 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: At last the three tramps master their horror... Béla Bartók 1:18
19 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Suddenly he draws himself up... Béla Bartók 0:42
20 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: They drag the resisting Mandarin to the center of the room... Béla Bartók 1:02
21 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light... Béla Bartók 1:43
22 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: At her insistence, the tramps take himdown... Béla Bartók 1:05
23 The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin's longing is now stilled... Béla Bartók 0:59
24 Divertimento: I. Allegro non troppo Béla Bartók 8:51
25 Divertimento: II. Molto adagio Béla Bartók 8:25
26 Divertimento: III. Allegro assai Béla Bartók 7:18
27 Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion: I. Assai lento Béla Bartók 12:17
28 Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion: II. Lento, ma non troppo Béla Bartók 5:30
29 Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion: III. Allegro non troppo Béla Bartók 6:26