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Bartok: The Wooden Prince (complete ballet)

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Naxos is proud to present a wonderful new recording of Bela Bartok's ballet The Wooden Prince. This fairy tale ballet features an original story by Bartok's literary acquaintance Bela Balazs. Balazs had also written the libretto to Bluebeard's Castle (available on Naxos 8660928). Though outwardly sunny in its subject matter, The Wooden Prince has a mystical side that may explain Bartok's attraction to the story. The ballet's opening pages have often been compared to the opening of Wagner's Das Rheingold, and the majestic heart of the score lies in the glorious music Bartok wrote to accompany the prince's apotheosis. This recording features the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra led by Marin Alsop.

Disc 1

A fabol faragott kiralyfi (The Wooden Prince), BB 74

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Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Marin Alsop

Opening - - 04:18
First Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest - - 02:46
The Prince Meets the Fairy and Sees the Princess - - 02:24
Second Dance: Dance of the Trees - - 05:06
The Fairy Enchants the Stream - Third Dance: Dance of the Waves - - 04:11
The Prince Builds a Wooden Prince - - 04:29
The Princess Spies the Wooden Prince - - 02:21
Fourth Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince - - 05:44
The Prince is in Despair - The Fairy Comforts Him - - 05:17
Great Apotheosis - - 03:26
Fifth Dance: The Princess Prods and Encourages the Wooden Prince to Dance - - 02:57
Sixth Dance: With an Alluring Dance, the Princess Tries to Appeal to the Prince - - 01:39
Seventh Dance: Alarmed, the Princess Hurries After the Prince, but the Forest Keeps Her Back - - 04:59
The Prince and Princess Embrace - Long Kiss - Slow Curtain - 03:56

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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Bartok, Bela

Conductor(s):
Alsop, Marin

Orchestra(s):
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 747313053476
Item Number: 8570534
Release Date: Mar 3, 2008