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Miraculous Mandarin

Miraculous Mandarin
Bela Bartok

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Track Listing

  1. The Miraculous Mandarian: 01 Beginning
  2. The Miraculous Mandarian: 02 First seduction game: the shabby old rake
  3. The Miraculous Mandarian: 03 Second seduction game
  4. The Miraculous Mandarian: 04 Third seduction game
  5. The Miraculous Mandarian: 05 The Mandarin enters and remains immobile in the doorway
  6. The Miraculous Mandarian: 06 The girl sinks down to embrace him
  7. The Miraculous Mandarian: 07 The tramps leap out, seize the Mandarin and tear him away from the girl
  8. The Miraculous Mandarian: 08 Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears between the pillows and he looks longingly at the girl
  9. The Miraculous Mandarian: 09 The terrified tramps discuss how they are to get red of the Mandarin at last
  10. The Miraculous Mandarian: 10 The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light
  11. The Miraculous Mandarian: 11 She resists no longer, - they embrace
  12. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106: 1 Andante tranquillo
  13. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106: 2 Allegro
  14. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106: 3 Adagio
  15. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106: 4 Allegro molto

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #53142 in Music
  • Released on: 2008-03-17
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .20 pounds

Editorial Reviews

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The Miraculous Mandarin is, along with Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, one of the great expressions of musical savagery, and here the composer illustrates the "urban jungle." The music opens with sounds of traffic and commotion, and it's an expressionist nightmare from that point on. Three men mug a woman and force her to lure men into their den to be robbed in turn. One of them turns out to be a wealthy Chinese man whose passion for the woman is so strong that, despite being stabbed, suffocated, and strung up on a lamp cord, he will not die until the woman permits him to embrace her. Then his wounds open and he bleeds to death. Quite a story, and the music, as well as this performance, suits it perfectly. Have fun. --David Hurwitz