Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 & Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst

• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93:
• 1 Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93 (Arr. Stanley Konopka for Double String Orchestra) 16:01
• Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82:
• 2 Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: I. Introduction 02:45
• 3 Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: II. First Decoy Game 03:26
• 4 Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: III. Second Decoy Game 03:09
• 5 Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: IV. Third Decoy Game 02:18
• 6 Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: V. The Girl Dances 04:31
• 7 Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: VI. The Chase 02:04
• Total Runtime 34:14

Info for Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 & Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin tells of a girl forced to lure a wealthy mandarin to his tragic fate. Its theme of the tragic, dark passions between men and women is equally as gripping and powerful — and controversial — as when it first premiered. It’s paired with a striking arrangement for string orchestra of Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3, by Orchestra violist Stanley Konopka. Krenek’s eclectic Kleine Symphonie and the opening movement of Mahler’s uncompleted final symphony provide a bridge from late Romanticism to the no-holds-barred sounds of interwar Europe.

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

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