Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11

Georg Solti's Grammy-winning recording is more idiomatic than some much praised rivals both in his intense, atmospheric conducting (he was briefly Bartók's pupil) and his native Hungarian singers.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Mar 2008
Catalogue No: 0743254
Label: Decca

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Sylvia Sass (Judith), Kolos Kovats (Bluebeard)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti, Miklós Szinetár

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Visually-stunning staging by Hungarian director Miklós Szinetár.

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July 2008

Georg Solti's Grammy-winning recording is more idiomatic than some much praised rivals both in his intense, atmospheric conducting (he was briefly Bartók's pupil) and his native Hungarian singers. Here it provides the soundtrack to cinema director Miklós Szinetár's vivid interpretation, capturing both author Balázs's Pelléas-like mysticism and more contemporary psychodrama. Sylvia Sass is deeply impressive, vocally incisive but sensitive and smoulderingly dramatic.

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His two soloists could not have been better chosen, for both the dark-timbred Kolos Kovats and the rich-voiced Sylvia Sass are totally convincing in their roles....Solti's orchestral commentary is superbly controlled: the taut grip for which his conducting is celebrated is felt at its most magnetic, and the powerful closing scene is haunting.

Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11

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