Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet); Hungarian Peasant Songs; Roumanian Folk Dances - Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer / Philips Digital Classics / Philips Audio CD 1997 / 454 430-2 UPC 028945443027 The Miraculous Mandarin (Hungarian: A csodálatos mandarin pronounced [ˈɒ ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ ˈmɒndɒrin]; German: Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19 Sz. 73 (BB 82) is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924 and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera Germany it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók s life in the form of a concert suite which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime s music. Label: Philips – 454 430-2 Series: Philips Digital Classics Format: CD Album Country: Europe Released: 1997 Genre: Classical Style: Modern Tracklist: Hungarian Peasant Songs Sz. 100 BB 107 1 Ballad 3:02 2 Hungarian Peasant Dances 6:21 Hungarian Sketches Sz. 97 BB 103 3 1. An Evening At The Village 2:58 4 2. Bear Dance 1:36 5 3. Melody 2:21 6 4. Slightly Tipsy 2:08 7 5. Swineherd s Dance 2:11 Roumanian Folk Dances Sz. 68 BB 76 8 1. Stick Dance (From Mezőszabad) 1:13 9 2. Sash Dance (From Egres) 0:37 10 3. In One Spot (From Egres) 1:00 11 4. Horn Dance (From Bisztra) 1:43 12 5. Roumanian Polka (From Belényes) 0:31 13 6. Fast Dance (From Belényes) 0:15 14 7. Fast Dance (From Nyágra) 0:39 Dances Of Transylvania Sz. 96 BB 102b 15 1. Allegretto 1:35 16 2. Moderato 0:42 17 3. Allegro Vivace 1:59 18 Roumanian Dance Sz. 47a BB 61 4:28 The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19 Sz. 73 BB 82 (Complete Ballet) Text By – Menyhért Lengyel 19 Allegro 3:04 20 Moderato (First Decoy Game) 3:49 21 (Second Decoy Game) 3:19 22 Sostenuto (Third Decoy Game) 1:34 23 Maestoso 6:57 24 Allegro 2:19 25 Sempre Vivo 2:03 26 Adagio 2:51 27 Agitato 1:33 28 Molto Moderato 1:40 29 Più Mosso 1:58 A&R Producer – Hermine Sterringa Art Direction – Ton Friesen Choir – Hungarian Radio Chorus (tracks: 18) Chorus Master – Kálmán Strausz Composed By – Béla Bartók Conductor – Iván Fischer Editor [Tape Editor] – Gosia Jankowska Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Jan Wesselink Nico de Koning Roger de Schot Liner Notes – Alain Poirier Gloria Staffieri Jürgen Hunkemöller Max Harrison Orchestra – Budapest Festival Orchestra Photography By [Béla Bartók Aged 30] – Lebrecht Collection Photography By [Iván Fischer] – Lou Letto Producer [Recording Producer] Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Hein Dekker