Tracklist

The Miraculous Mandarin
1	Beginning	1:17
2	The Curtain Rises	1:33
3	First Seduction Game: The Shabby Old Rake	3:46
4	Second Seduction Game	1:11
5	The Shy Youth Appears At The Door	1:38
6	Third Seduction Game	1:27
7	The Mandarin Enters - Encounter With The Girl	2:25
8	The Girl's Dance	4:34
9	She Flees From Him; He Chases Her Wildly.	1:12
10	The Mandarin Stumbles, But Catches The Girl; They Fight. The Tramps Leap Out, Seize The Mandarin, Rob Him And Suffocate Him With Pillows.	2:47
11	Suddenly The Mandarin's Head Appears. The Tramps Drag Him Out, One Stabs Him Three Times. He Almost Collapses, But Draws Himself Up And Leaps At The Girl.	3:16
12	They Drag The Mandarin To The Centre Of The Room And Hang Him On A Lamp Hook. The Lamp Falls To The Floor - Goes Out. The Mandarin's Body Begins To Glow.	2:51
13	The Tramps Take Him Down. He Falls To The Floor And At Once Leaps At The Girl. They Embrace.	1:04
14	His Longing Stilled, The Mandarin's Wounds Begin To Bleed; He Becomes Weaker And Dies.	1:01
Two Portraits
15	I. One Ideal	10:09
16	II. One Grotesque	2:08
Scythian Suite
17	I. The Adoration Of Veless And Ala	5:37
18	II. The Enemy Of God And The Dance Of The Spirits Of Darkness	3:11
19	III. Night	6:11
20	IV. The Glorious Departure Of Lolly And The Sun's Procession	5:32

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Recorded At – Walthamstow Assembly Hall
• Recorded At – Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Credits

• Chorus Master – John McCarthy (tracks: 1 to 14)
• Composed By – Béla Bartók (tracks: 1 to 16), Serge Prokofiev* (tracks: 17 to 20)
• Conductor – Claudio Abbado
• Edited By – Joachim Niss (tracks: 1 to 16), Reinhild Schmidt (tracks: 17 to 20)
• Engineer [Balance] – Klaus Hiemann
• Ensemble – Ambrosian Singers* (tracks: 1 to 14)
• Liner Notes – Hartmut Fladt, Maria Kardos-Morin, Paul Griffiths
• Liner Notes [Italian Translation] – Gabriel Cervone*
• Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: 17 to 20), London Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: 1 to 16)
• Producer, Recording Supervisor – Rainer Brock
• Violin – Shlomo Mintz (tracks: 15, 16)
• Words By [Scenario] – Menyhért Lengyel (tracks: 1 to 14)

Notes

Disc "Made in W Germany by PolyGram"

The Miraculous Mandarin op. 19 (Pantomime in one act) recorded October, 1982 at Kingsway Hall, London.
Two Portraits op. 5 recorded March, 1983 at Walthamstow Town Hall, London.
Scythian Suite op. 20 recorded February, 1977 at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.

|D|D|D| (Bartók) · |A|D|D| (Prokofiev)
℗ 1978 (Prokofiev), 1983 (Bartók) Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg
© 1983/1986 Paul Griffiths; © 1983/1986 Prof. Dr. Hartmut Fladt;
© 1986 Maria Kardos-Morin

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 028941059826
• Matrix / Runout: 410 598-2 01 *
• Label Code: LC 0173
• SPARS Code: DDD
• SPARS Code: ADD