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Work: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19: Suite

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ComposerBartók, Béla (1881-1945)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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BirminghamBartók & Ravel

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Ravel, Liszt, Bartók
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Bleuse; Ryan Wang

ViennaWiener Philharmoniker

Musikverein Wien
Kodály, Bartók, Dvořák, Janáček
Vienna Philharmonic; Jakub Hrůša

ToulouseFuad Ibrahimov / Martin Fröst

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Debussy, Jarrell, Boulanger, Bartók
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Fuad Ibrahimov; Martin Fröst
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Hrůša’s ambitious but uneven Night at Covent Garden

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Dvořák’s rarely heard oratorio The Spectre’s Bride fails to ignite, leaving a performance caught uneasily between respect and restlessness. 

***11
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BBC Symphony and Josep Pons at the Proms: a dextrous dance

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A programme heavily skewed to the balletic saw the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Josep Pons dispatch difficult passages with ease.
****1
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Restrained Brahms from Víkingur Ólafsson, rapt Bartók from the LPO

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A unique, but at times frustrating performance of Brahms’ First Piano Concerto demonstrates Víkingur Ólafsson's qualities, but it's in Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin that the LPO really comes alive. 
***11
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