Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition, Vol. 2
~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)
Tracklist
Vienna CD 1: |
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Dorati conducts Respighi CD 2: |
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / Two Portraits, Op. 5 / Mikrokosmos: Bourrée and From the Diary of a Fly CD 3: |
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Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances CD 4: |
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor / Symphony No. 8 in G major CD 5: |
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Gershwin: An American in Paris / Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes / Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee / Bkich Sinfonia Breve CD 6: |
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Satie: Parade / Milhaud: Le Bœeuf sur le toit / Auric: Ouverture / Françaix: Concerinoto for Piano & Orchestra / Fetler: Contrasts for Orchestra CD 7: |
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" / Romeo & Juliet CD 8: |
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Béla Bartók: The Wooden Prince / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta CD 9: |
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / Divertimento CD 10: | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Allegro (Introduction): a bustling city street
| Béla Bartók | 1:34 | |
2 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The curtain rises on a shabby room in the slums, where three penniless tramps force a girl to lure in perspective victims from the street
| Béla Bartók | 1:51 | |
3 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: First decoy game
| Béla Bartók | 1:11 | |
4 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The shabby old rake enters and makes comic gestures of love to the girl until the tramps throw him out
| Béla Bartók | 2:03 | |
5 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Second decoy game
| Béla Bartók | 1:13 | |
6 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The shy young man appears in the door, and the girl dances - at first hestitantly, then faster and makes comic gestures of love to the girl until the tramps throw him out
| Béla Bartók | 1:32 | |
7 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Third decoy game
| Béla Bartók | 1:02 | |
8 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Horrified, they see a weird figure in the street, and the tramps hide as they hear him coming up the stairs
| Béla Bartók | 0:29 | |
9 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin enters and stands immobile in the doorway; the girl, terrified, flees to the other end of the room
| Béla Bartók | 0:42 | |
10 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: General consternation. The girl overcomes her repugnance and entices slowly the Mandarin to come closer and finally to sit in the chair
| Béla Bartók | 1:33 | |
11 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: At last she overcomes her reluctance and begins a hesitant dance, which gradually enlivens to a pitch of erotic frenzy, as the Mandarin stares at her impassively
| Béla Bartók | 3:42 | |
12 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The girl sinks down to embrace him; he begins to tremble in feverish excitement
| Béla Bartók | 0:26 | |
13 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: She flees from him, and he chases her more and more wildly
| Béla Bartók | 1:41 | |
14 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin catches the girl, and they fight
| Béla Bartók | 0:14 | |
15 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The tramps leap out, tear the Mandarin away from the girl, and seize his jewellery and money
| Béla Bartók | 0:15 | |
16 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: "We must kill him, stifle him under the pillows on the bed," the tramps decide
| Béla Bartók | 1:27 | |
17 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: They think he is dead, but suddenly the Mandarin's head appears between the pillows and he looks longingly at the girl; the four shudder and stand aghast
| Béla Bartók | 1:03 | |
18 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: At last the three tramps master their horror. They drag the Mandarin out and grip him firmly while one stabs him three times with a rusty sword
| Béla Bartók | 1:19 | |
19 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Suddenly he draws himself up and leaps at the girl. The tramps stop him and hold him fast again. While they hold him, the Mandarin looks longingly at the girl
| Béla Bartók | 0:43 | |
20 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: They drag the resisting Mandarin to the centre of the room and hang him on the lamp hook
| Béla Bartók | 1:03 | |
21 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light. His eyes remain fixed on the girl
| Béla Bartók | 1:44 | |
22 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: At her insistence, the tramps take him down. The Mandarin falls on the floor and at once leaps at the girl. She resists no longer, and they embrace
| Béla Bartók | 1:05 | |
23 | The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin's longing is now stilled, his wounds begin to bleed, and he dies after a short struggle
| Béla Bartók | 0:59 | |
24 | Divertimento: I. Allegro non troppo
| Béla Bartók | 8:51 | |
25 | Divertimento: II. Molto adagio
| Béla Bartók | 8:26 | |
26 | Divertimento: III. Allegro assai
| Béla Bartók | 7:19 | |
27 | Sonata for Two Pianos and Two Percussion: I. Assai lento
| Béla Bartók | 12:17 | |
28 | Sonata for Two Pianos and Two Percussion: II. Lento, ma non troppo
| Béla Bartók | 5:30 | |
29 | Sonata for Two Pianos and Two Percussion: III. Allegro non troppo
| Béla Bartók | 6:26 |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 / Francesca da Rimini CD 11: |
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Beethoven: Symphonies 5 and 6 "Pastoral" CD 12: |
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Antal Dorati Conducts Albéniz: Iberia / Falla: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance No.1 / Moussorgsky: Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves / Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture & Dances CD 13: |
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite / Kodály: Peacock Variations / Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis / Schoenberg: Five pieces, Op. 16 CD 14: |
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Beethoven: Symphony No.7 / Overtures "Egmont" & "Leonore 3" / "Consecration of the House" CD 15: |
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake complete Ballet CD 16: |
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake complete Ballet CD 17: |
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Delibes: Coppélia / Sylvia CD 18: |
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Delibes: Coppélia / Sylvia CD 19: |
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Delibes: Coppélia / Sylvia CD 20: |
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Marcel Dupré Recital CD 21: |
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Frederick Fennell conducts the music of Leroy Anderson CD 22: |
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Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy / Hill Song No.2 / Persichetti: Symphony for Band / Khachaturian: Armenian Dances / Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds / Rogers: Three Japanese Dances CD 23: |
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Morton Gould: West Point Symphony / Hovhaness: Symphony No.4 / Giannini: Symphony No.3 CD 24: |
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Country Gardens and other Favorites by Percy Grainger and Eric Coates CD 25: |
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Hands Across The Sea - Marches from Around the World CD 26: |
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Frederick Fennell conducts the music of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates CD 27: |
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The Spirit of '76 and Ruffles and Flourishes CD 28: |
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Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B-flat, K.361 / Strauss: Serenade in E-flat / Milhaud: Suite Française CD 29: |
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Holst: Suites 1 & 2 / Vaughan Williams: Folksong Suite & Toccata Marziale / Mennin / Persichetti / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana CD 30: |
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Hanson conducts Hanson CD 31: |
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Morton Gould: Spirituals, Fall River Legend / Samuel Barber: Medea CD 32: |
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Charles Ives: Three Places in New England, Symphony No. 3 / William Schuman: New England Triptych / Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 5 CD 33: |
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Hanson: Symphony No. 3, Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, Lament for Beowulf CD 34: |
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McPhee:Tabuh-Tabuhan / Sessions: The Black Maskers / Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, The Feast of Love CD 36: |
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Douglas Moore: Pageant of P.T. Barnum / John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator / Bernard Rogers: Once Upon a Time / Burrill Phillips: Selections from McGuffey's Reader CD 37: |
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Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches / MacDowell: Suite for Large Orchestra / Peter: Sinfonia in G CD 38: |
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Music for Quiet Listening CD 39: |
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Music for Quiet Listening Vol. 2 CD 40: |
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Dvorák: Symphony No.9 ("From The New World") / Mozart: Symphony No.38 ("Prague") CD 41: |
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Ibert: Escales / Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Pavane pour une infante défunte, La valse, Le tombeau de Couperin CD 42: |
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French Opera Highlights CD 43: |
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 / Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc CD 44: |
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Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, Fête polonaise, Overture «Gwendoline», Danse slave, Joyeuse marche, Bourrée fantastique / Roussel: Suite in F CD 45: |
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2, Boléro, Valses nobles et sentimentales / Debussy: Three Nocturnes, Petite Suite CD 46: |
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Bizet: Carmen Suite, La Patrie Overture, L'arlésienne Suite / Thomas: Mignon & Raymond Overtures CD 47: |
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Paul Paray conducts Dances of Death CD 48: |
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Debussy: La Mer / Ibéria / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Ravel: Mother Goose Suite CD 49: |
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The Golden Age of Harpsichord Music CD 50: |
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Puyana plays Bach CD 51: |
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Baroque Masterpieces for Harpsichord CD 52: |
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring CD 54: |
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Corigliano: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Strauss: Parergon to the Sinfonia Domestica CD 55: |
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Credits
Release
part of: | Mercury Living Presence (order: 157) |
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Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/4481665 [info] |
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ASIN: | US: B00B7364H2 [info] |
discography entry: | http://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4785092 [info] |