BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Thomas Dausgaard - Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version) (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:14:19 | 300 Mb
Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:14:19 | 300 Mb
Genre: Classical
‘From a musical point of view, but especially with regard to the stageworthiness of the work, these cuts represent an absolute improvement’ Bartok wrote to his publisher when he had finished his definitive revision of his Wooden Prince – cutting out much of the music relating to specific stage action, but also generally tightening the symphonic structure, making its large-scale mirror form appear clearer. Normally performed and recorded in its non-revised full-length version, it has been a joy now to follow Bartok’s inspired last wish revision of this mystic, vital, otherworldly, and grotesque fantasy music. (Thomas Dausgaard)