Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
Gustáv Belácek (bass) & Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…the performance is greatly helped by fine playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Alsop's sweepingly dramatic view of the score. The vocal contributions, however, are less distinguished.
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
Gustáv Belácek (bass) & Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
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…the performance is greatly helped by fine playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Alsop's sweepingly dramatic view of the score. The vocal contributions, however, are less distinguished.
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- Gustav Belacek, Andrea Meláth
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Marin Alsop
Awards and reviews
January 2008
…the performance is greatly helped by fine playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Alsop's sweepingly dramatic view of the score. The vocal contributions, however, are less distinguished.
Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra prove worthy interpreters of Bartók’s psyco-drama. Alsop bathes the score in an impressionist glow, dark and glistening. She gives her excellent soloists… ample room to define the drama, while tightening the screws where appropriate, making for a suitably chilling climax.
February 2008
…this Bluebeard is more than good enough to introduce a great and compelling work but if pressured to choose while ignoring of the price-tag I would opt for John Tomlinson's Bluebeard under Bernard Haitink.
