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Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Bluebeard’s castle / Herzog Blaubart’s Burg / Le Château de Barbe-bleue

BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE, opera in one act to the libretto by Béla Balázs Op.11 Sz.48, sung in Hungarian

1. I. The Bard’s prologue and beginning of the opera 15:40
2. II. Door 1 – The torture chamber 04:20
3. III. Door 2 – The armoury 04:15
4. IV. Door 3 – The treasury 02:40
5. V. Door 4 – The flower garden 05:30
6. VI. Door 5 – The estate 06:25
7. VII. Door 6 – The lake of tears 13:05
8. VIII. Door 7 – The former wives 09:35

Recorded in London, Kingsway Hall, June 1953, Bartók Records BRS 311/11a

Judith Hellwigh Judith | Endre Koreh Bluebeard | Ernő Lorsy Speaker, the Bard

9. CANTATA PROFANA (the enchanted Stags/les Cerfs enchantés) Sz.94
for mixed choir, tenor, baritone and orchestra (1930), sung in English
Recorded in London, Kingsway Hall, June 1953, Bartók Records BRS 312
Richard Lewis tenor | Marko Rothmüller baritone

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New Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Walter SUSSKIND

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