This page lists all recordings of The Wooden Prince, by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bartók: The Wooden PrinceA Dancing-Play in One Act
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop Though outwardly sunny in its subject matter, The Wooden Prince has a mystical side that may explain Bartók’s attraction to the story. “Alsop and her orchestra do justice to Bartók's most overtly romantic large-scale score; it's a performance that will surely appeal beyond the ranks of Bartók devotees to balletomanes generally.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bartok - The Wooden Prince and Kossuth
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis The year 1848 is one of the most eventful in Hungarian history. It was the year of the Hungarian revolt – a life and death struggle of the nation for freedom. These events serve as the basis for the symphonic poem. The idea and its orchestration are Straussian, but the melody and harmony follow Liszt. Bartók wanted consciously to emphasize its Hungarian national character, and for this he found an example in Liszt’s symphonic poems, in particular those parts with a particularly Hungarian musical voice. This misled critics at the time, who heard
in the Kossuth Symphony a direct continuation of Hungarian nineteenth century music. Today the Kossuth Symphony strikes us as remote and alien even when compared to such early works as for example the Bagatelles finished in 1908 or the First String Quartet. But with a modern ear we can hear moments in the humorous or funeral music which project in advance traces of the musical thinking of the mature Bartók.
The story of The Wooden Prince was published in scenario form on December 16th 1912, giving a detailed description of the staging and the content of eight dances. Its author was the writer, poet and film critic Béla Balázs (1884–1949) who was also the librettist of Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle finished in 1911, and who – as he said himself – wrote the ballet specially for Bartók. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Orchestra, András Kórodi, János Ferencsik | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer Recorded - Italian Institute, Budapest, February 1996-June 1997 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Geza Frid & Luctor Ponse (pianos), Olga Szönyi soprano (Judith), Muhaly Székely bass (Bluebeard) & Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Helgar Pilarczyk soprano (Marie) London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Minneapolis Symphony Orchestraş, Antal Dorati | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Bartók: | The Wooden Prince Two Portraits Op. 5 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106 Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113 Violin Concerto No. 1, BB48a, Sz 36 Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra, Sz. 68, BB 76 Dance Suite, Sz77 Hungarian Pictures Two Pictures, (Op.10) Sz. 46 Romanian Dance, Sz. 43, BB 56: No. 1 - Allegro vivace Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116 The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (Suite) | Kodály: | Háry János Suite Dances of Galanta Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock' |
Gerhart Hetzel (violin) Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Adam Fischer Recorded at the Haydnsaal, Eisenstadt, Austria | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gramophone Awards 2007