Bartók

Starring Sir John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung and Juliet Stevenson

Jessica Duchen

Published: May 14, 2014 at 11:26 am

'Esa-Pekka Salonen, wielding the baton in this live performance from the Koncerthaus, Vienna, in 2011, drives the score with a terse sense of focus, radiating out from its firm skeleton. Thus orchestral matters stay on a fairly tight rein in emotional terms; that territory belongs to the singers. Michelle DeYoung is a sensuous and impassioned Judith; the instantly recognisable Sir John Tomlinson as her bluebeard has such a force of personality...' Jessica Duchen

Bartók

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

John Tomlinson, Michelle DeYoung, Juliet Stevenson; Philharmonia Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen

Signum Classics SIGCD372

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Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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