The other day I blogged about the Bluebeard Castle, one of the most fascinating of all the operas.
I said that the Philharmonia was magnificent, even if Iván Fischer and Budapest Festival Orchestra [BFO] remain unsurpassed as far as the music by Bartók is concerned.
Bartók is their home specialty, and they really bring it to a new level of skills and interpretation.
If you get a chance to listen to their live performance (Bartók or anything else), it's not to be missed.
I thought I'd share two `Bartóky' videos in this post that I found particularly interesting:
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Infernal Dance by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen
Bluebeard Castle/Le Château de Barbe-Bleue (in concert), Théâtre des Champs Elysées, November 15 2011
| Esa-Pekka Salonen, Carole Bouquet, Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson |
Conductor ..... Esa-Pekka Salonen
Judith ..... Michelle DeYoung
Kékszakállú ..... John Tomlinson
Prologue ..... Carole Bouquet
Judith ..... Michelle DeYoung
Kékszakállú ..... John Tomlinson
Prologue ..... Carole Bouquet
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