Bartok - Bluebeard’s Castle
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Label: Naxos - Opera
Cat No: 8660928
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 29th October 2007
Contents
Artists
Gustav Belacek (bass)Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Marin AlsopWorks
Bluebeard's Castle, op.11 Sz48Artists
Gustav Belacek (bass)Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Marin AlsopAbout
A vast orchestra, one of Bartók’s largest, supports the vocal lines, moving deftly from moments of chamber-music-like delicacy to massive thunderheads of sound that underline the characters’ inner agony. No scene is more vividly portrayed, though, or more memorable, than the moment when Judith opens the fifth door to behold a vista looking out over all Bluebeard’s domains. One of the most spine-tingling moments in twentieth-century opera, a violently dissonant wave of sound transforms, in an instant, to a massive C major chord in the full orchestra.
This recording was made after the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s end-of-season concert, described by The Times as “a spectacular finale… A knockout dramatic punch; feverishly beautiful orchestral playing; two characters, the Duke and his new wife Judith, tactile and writhing, deeply felt… Alsop inspired the Bournemouth players to excel”.
Sung in Hungarian
Cast:
Duke Bluebeard - Gustáv Beláček (bass)
Judith - Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano)
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