Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Concerto for Orchestra - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Gustavo Gimeno and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra ascend the heights of two of Bartók's musical peaks his dazzling Concerto for Orchestra and infamous Miraculous Mandarin, here presented in it's complete version. As a pendant, the sediments by Canadian composer Emilie Cecilia LeBel, commissioned by the Orchestra, is a fascinating meditation on nature, it's stratas, and the collective memory it holds within. Album Tracks 1. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 I. Beginning. Curtain Rises 2. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 II. First Seduction Game 3. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 III. Second Seduction Game 4. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 IV. Third Seduction Game. the Mandarin Enters 5. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 V. Dance of the Girl 6. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 VI. the Chase. the Tramps Leap Out 7. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 VII. Suddenly the Mandarin's Head Appears 8. Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, SZ. 73 VIII. the Mandarin Falls to the Floor 9. Lebel The Sediments (Recording Version) 10. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, SZ. 116 I. Introduzione 11. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, SZ. 116 II. Giuoco Delle Coppie 12. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, SZ. 116 III. Elegia 13. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, SZ. 116 IV. Intermezzo Interrotto 14. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, SZ. 116 V. Finale