Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Album by Béla Bartók & John Tomlinson & Michelle DeYoung & Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa‐Pekka Salonen

Duke Bluebeard's Castle is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed in 1911. The work pairs a compact, psychologically concentrated libretto with rich late-Romantic orchestral textures extended by modernist dissonance and folk-influenced modal motifs, and as Bartók's only completed opera it exemplifies a major step in his development toward a personal modernist language.

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók - album cover

First released: 7th April 2014

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1.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Prologue and Introduction
16:33
2.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: First Door, Bluebeard’s Torture Chamber
4:29
3.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Second Door, The Armoury
4:50
4.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Third Door, The Treasure Room
2:41
5.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Fourth Door, The Garden
5:22
6.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Fifth Door, Bluebeard’s Vast & Beautiful Kingdom
6:45
7.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Sixth Door, The Lake of Tears
14:41
8.
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Seventh Door, Bluebeard’s Wives
11:15