Title: Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Concerto for Orchestra
Artist: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3149020955789
Genre: Classical Vocal Crossover
Release Date: 2026-02-27
Number of Discs: 1

Gustavo Gimeno and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra ascend the heights of two of Bartók's musical peaks: his dazzling Concerto for Orchestra and infamous Miraculous Mandarin, here presented in it's complete version. As a pendant, the sediments by Canadian composer Emilie Cecilia LeBel, commissioned by the Orchestra, is a fascinating meditation on nature, it's stratas, and the collective memory it holds within.

Tracks:
1.1 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: I. Beginning. Curtain rises
1.2 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: II. First seduction game
1.3 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: III. Second seduction game
1.4 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: IV. Third seduction game. The Mandarin enters
1.5 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: V. Dance of the girl
1.6 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: VI. The chase. The tramps leap out
1.7 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: VII. Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears
1.8 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73: VIII. The Mandarin falls to the floor
1.9 LeBel: the sediments (Recording Version)
1.10 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116: I. Introduzione
1.11 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116: II. Giuoco delle coppie
1.12 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116: III. Elegia
1.13 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116: IV. Intermezzo interrotto
1.14 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116: V. Finale