Bartok / Helsinki Philharmonic Orch / Malkki - Wooden Prince [CD] After the Burial the 20-something pianist

the 20-something pianist

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UPC: 036172091911

2016 CD release

Bartok / Helsinki Philharmonic Orch / Malkki - Wooden Prince [CD] After the Burial the 20-something pianistThe Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin are together with the earlier opera Bluebeard's Castle the only stage works by Bla Bartk. They stand apart from the more abstract and often more explicitly folk related character of the music that we primarily associate with the composer. They are nevertheless major achievements that in different ways highlight Bartk's imaginative use of the modern orchestra. Set in an enchanted forest, The Wooden Prince