Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
Sir John Tomlinson (Bluebeard), Michelle DeYoung (Judith) & Juliet Stevenson (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Voices, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Awards:
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Opera, June 2014, Recording of the Month
Salonen conducts a taut, luxuriant reading that captures the score’s majesty and mystery. John Tomlinson’s Bluebeard makes up in histrionic heft what he has lost in vocal poise, but is overshadowed...
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
Sir John Tomlinson (Bluebeard), Michelle DeYoung (Judith) & Juliet Stevenson (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Voices, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Awards:
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Opera, June 2014, Recording of the Month
Salonen conducts a taut, luxuriant reading that captures the score’s majesty and mystery. John Tomlinson’s Bluebeard makes up in histrionic heft what he has lost in vocal poise, but is overshadowed...
About
An unforgettable live-concert recording, selected from the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa- ekka Salonen’s season of works by Béla Bartók – ‘Infernal Dance’.
Contents and tracklist
Work length1:06:36
This work is only available as an album download.
- Michelle DeYoung, Juliet Stevenson, John Tomlinson
- Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
Prologue and Introduction
Track length16:33
This track is only available as an album download.
Sixth Door, The Lake of Tears
Track length14:41
This track is only available as an album download.
Seventh Door, Bluebeard’s Wives
Track length11:15
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
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OperaJune 2014Recording of the Month
23rd May 2014
Salonen conducts a taut, luxuriant reading that captures the score’s majesty and mystery. John Tomlinson’s Bluebeard makes up in histrionic heft what he has lost in vocal poise, but is overshadowed by Michelle DeYoung’s wonderfully alive Judith.
June 2014
Even in a crowded field...this account stands out. Indeed, though Tomlinson’s voice shows unmistakable signs of ageing—not too detrimental in this dramatic context, since Bluebeard could hardly be a young man and have got through so many wives—he sings the part with rare musical beauty, never forcing a phrase, and with remarkable verbal acuity.
