{"product_id":"ckd806-bartok-the-miraculous-mandarin-concerto-for-orchestra","title":"Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin \u0026 Concerto for Orchestra","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCristian Măcelaru\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eWDR Sinfonieorchester\u003c\/strong\u003e set Bartók’s two great orchestral statements side by side, one a theatrical scandal and the other a late triumph. Christoph Vratz’s liner essay traces how the dance pantomime \u003cem\u003eThe Miraculous Mandarin\u003c\/em\u003e, Sz. 73, drawn from a story by Menyhért Lengyel, provoked one of the biggest theatre scandals of the Weimar Republic when it premiered in Cologne on November 27, 1926. The mayor of Cologne at the time, Konrad Adenauer, had all further performances cancelled. Bartók described its opening as a “terrible clamour,” leading his audience from a cosmopolitan street into an Apache camp. The plot, in which three ruffians force a girl to lure men in, centres on a Mandarin who cannot be killed until the girl’s embrace releases him from his longing. Recorded here in its complete form, it brings out the score’s brutal, expressionist force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, was written in 1943 in exile in the United States. Serge Koussevitzky persuaded the ailing Bartók to compose a new work for the Boston Symphony, and his health began to improve as he started to write. It was premiered in Boston on December 1, 1944, and was a triumph. Its title reflects how instruments and groups step forward as soloists, as in the “Presentation of the couples” second movement and the “Interrupted interlude,” which quotes Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony, Lehár’s \u003cem\u003eThe Merry Widow\u003c\/em\u003e and the Hungarian song “Ungarn, du bist schön.” Recorded at the Cologne Philharmonie, the album pairs two sides of Bartók, the confrontation with cruel reality and the sweeping symphonic voice of his last years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWDR Sinfonieorchester\u003cbr\u003eWDR Rundfunkchor\u003cbr\u003eCristian Măcelaru, conductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linn Records","offers":[{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559056613700,"sku":"CKD806-22","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559058448708,"sku":"CKD806-21","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559058481476,"sku":"CKD806-16","price":26.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559058514244,"sku":"CKD806-6","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559058547012,"sku":"CKD806-15","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559058579780,"sku":"CKD806-5","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57559058612548,"sku":"CKD806-14","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/CKD806.jpg?v=1792681897","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/ckd806-bartok-the-miraculous-mandarin-concerto-for-orchestra","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}