Track List |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: Beginning |
01:16 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: The curtain rises |
01:32 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: First seduction game: the shabby old rake |
03:45 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: Second seduction game |
01:11 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: The shy youth appears at the door |
01:38 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: Third seduction game |
01:27 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: The Mandarin enters - Encounter with the girl |
02:25 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: The girl's dance |
04:33 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: She flees from him; he chases her wildly |
01:11 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: The Mandarin stumbles, but catches the girl; the fight. The tramps leap out, seize the Manrarin, rob him and suffocate him with pillows |
02:46 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears. The tramps drag him out, one stabs him three times. He almost collapses, but draws himself up and leaps at the girl. |
03:16 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: They drag the Mandarin to the centre of the room and hang him on a lamp hook. The lamp falls to the floor - goes out. The Mandarin's body begins to grow. |
02:50 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: The tramps take him down. He falls to the floor and at once leaps at the girl. They embrace. |
01:04 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: His longing stilled, the Mandarin's wounds begin to bleed; he becomes weaker and dies. |
01:11 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Two Portraits, Op. 5: I. One Ideal: Andante |
10:11 |
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Two Portraits, Op. 5: II. One Grotesque: Presto |
02:17 |
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Scythian Suite, Op. 20: I. The adoration of the Veless and Ala: Allegro feroce - Poco meno mosso - Poco piu lento |
05:38 |
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Scythian Suite, Op. 20: II. The Enemy God and the dance of the Spirits of Darkness: Allegro sostenuto |
03:10 |
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Scythian Suite, Op. 20: III. Night: Andantino - Poco piu mosso |
06:13 |
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Scythian Suite, Op. 20: IV. The glorious departure of Lolly and the Sun's procession: Tempestoso - Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Andante sostenuto |
05:32 |