 | from Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (SIGCD372) 1 Prologue and Introduction [16'33] 66 minutes 38 seconds 8 tracks2 First door: Bluebeard's torture chamber [4'29] 3 Second door: The armoury [4'50] 4 Third door: The treasure room [2'41] 5 Fourth door: The garden [5'22] 6 Fifth door: Bluebeard's vast and beautiful kingdom [6'46] 7 Sixth door: The lake of tears [14'42] 8 Seventh door: Bluebeard's wives [11'15] 'Here’s a new recording that might just go all the way to sensory overload … it’s as dazzling as you always hope it will be. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia live in Vienna in November 2011 ... 'In the theatre, Bartók's one-act opera is a dramatic portrait of the irreconcilability of the sexes. In the concert hall, where this recording was made in 2011 by the Philharmonia Orchestra, its appe ... |