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Title of the work

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, BB 82

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
A csodálatos mandarin, Op. 19, BB 82
Foreign language / English title
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, BB 82
Subtitle
Suite for Orchestra
Year of composition
1927
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (II and III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (tmb.picc., tmb.mlt., gr.c., ptti., trg., tam-tam, xil.) - cel., arpa, pf., org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
32 min
Movements, parts
1. Bevezetés (az utca lármája); a csavargóknak a lányhoz intézett parancsa / Introduction (street noises). The command of the hoodlums directed at the girl
2. A lány első hívogatója (klarinétszóló), melyre megjelenik az öreg gavallér, akit végül kidobnak / The girl’s first inviting gestures (clarinet solo), in response to which the old gentleman appears, who gets thrown out in the end by the hoodlums
3. A lány második hívogatója, melyre megjelenik a fiú, akit szintén kidobnak / The girl’s second inviting gestures, upon which appears the young lad, who is also thrown out
4. A lány harmadik hívogatója, erre a mandarin jelenik meg (tutti ff) / The girl’s third inviting gestures. The mandarin appears (tutti ff)
5. A lány csábítótánca (lassabb, majd gyorsabb valcer) / The girl’s seductive dance before the mandarin (at first slow, then increasingly faster Waltz)
6. A mandarin az előle menekülő lányt vad hajsza után eléri / The mandarin catches up with the girl after an ever wilder chase
Premiere information
15 October 1928, Budapest; Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernő Dohányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1927, UE8909

Boosey and Hawkes © 1955
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 058, 2001 - Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 The Miraculous Mandarin
Remarks, other info
Transcription of the pantomime of the same title, composed: 1919
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet); Hungarian Peasant Songs; Roumanian Folk Dances Philips
Bartók, Béla: The Miraculous Mandarin; Concerto BMC Records
Bartók, Béla: The Miraculous Mandarin Magánkiadás
Bartók, Béla: Mireculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet) Sz. 73, Op. 19; Dance Suite Sz.77; Hungarian Pictures Sz. 97 Naxos
Rückblick Moderne - 20th Century Orchestral Musik Col Legno
Naxos
Naxos
Capriccio
Naxos
Naxos
Delos
Arthaus Musik
Oehm Classics
Delos
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Decca