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Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas Suite; McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan [Original recording remastered]

Leonard Slatkin | Format: Audio CD
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  • Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten, Colin McPhee
  • Audio CD (15 Sep 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Chandos
  • ASIN: B0000C83YL
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 271,230 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Balinese Ceremonial Music: I. PemoengkahColin McPhee 2:46£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Balinese Ceremonial Music: II. GambanganBenjamin Britten 1:37£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Balinese Ceremonial Music: III. Taboeh teloeColin McPhee 2:46£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Tabuh-tabuhan: I. OstinatosLeonard Slatkin 7:05£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Tabuh-tabuhan: II. NocturneLeonard Slatkin 6:17£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Tabuh-tabuhan: III. FinaleLeonard Slatkin 5:51£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part I: Prelude: Quick - Slow -Leonard Slatkin 2:24£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part II: The 4 Kings: Variation of the King of the North: Quick and heavy -Leonard Slatkin 1:27£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part II: The 4 Kings: Variation of the King of the East: Slow and langorous -Leonard Slatkin 2:40£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part II: The 4 Kings: Variation of the King of the West: Moderately quick -Leonard Slatkin 1:06£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part II: The 4 Kings: Variation of the King of the South: Quick and heavy - Energetic -Leonard Slatkin 1:50£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part III: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Bella Rose is borne in by Frogs -Leonard Slatkin0:42£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part III: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Pas de deux: Male and Female Flames -Leonard Slatkin 1:28£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen14. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part III: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Coda: Male and Female Flames and Corps de ballet of Flames -Leonard Slatkin 3:16£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part IV: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas -Leonard Slatkin 9:46Album Only
Listen16. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part IV: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: Pas de deux: The Prince and Belle Rose -Leonard Slatkin 7:30£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part V: The Pagoda palace: Darkness to Light -Leonard Slatkin 4:40£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen18. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part V: The Pagoda Palace: Darkness to Light: Pas de six: Entree -Leonard Slatkin 2:06£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part V: The Pagoda Palace: Darkness to Light: Pas de deux -Leonard Slatkin 3:31£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen20. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part V: The Pagoda Palace: Darkness to Light: Pas de trois -Leonard Slatkin 1:53£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen21. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: Very quick - Waltz time -Leonard Slatkin 2:10£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen22. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: Boys of the Pas de six -Leonard Slatkin0:33£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen23. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: The Emperor and the Fool -Leonard Slatkin0:48£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen24. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: Girls of the Pas de six -Leonard Slatkin0:54£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen25. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: The Prince of the Pagodas -Leonard Slatkin0:20£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen26. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: Belle Rose -Leonard Slatkin0:22£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen27. Prince of the Pagodas Suite Op. 57: Part VI: Finale: Apotheosis -Leonard Slatkin 1:45£0.59  Buy MP3 

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3.0 out of 5 stars MISSED OPPORTUNITY 12 Nov 2005
By Klingsor Tristan TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This disc is, in theory, a wonderful piece of programming. To set the music of Colin McPhee, the Canadian expert on Balinese gamelan music in the Thirties, next to The Prince of the Pagodas, the first flowering of Britten’s lasting fascination with gamelan music which was written soon after his return from Bali, is a smashing idea. Particularly as they knew each other during Britten’s wartime stay in America and performed and recorded McPhee’s 2-piano Balinese Ceremonial Music together. That recording from 1941 is the first item on this disc. It seems that Britten was not convinced by the value of this music at that time: McPhee wrote in Britten’s copy of the score, “To Ben – hoping he will find something in this music after all.” Yet these pieces eerily foreshadow the Pagoda music in the later ballet and even some of Tadziu’s music in Death in Venice, written at the end of Britten’s life. And the performance certainly shows no lack of conviction.

This old recording is followed by a modern performance of McPhee’s most famous original composition, Tabuh-Tabuhan. This fascinating piece, a precursor of American minimalism, sounds a bit like the work of a Balinese Gershwin with a few of Percy Grainger’s Warriors thrown in for good measure. It is the central Nocturne, which sets long-breathed melodies over the repetitive percussive patterns of the gamelan, that comes off best.

The disappointment on this disc is the Britten work. What should have been a fascinating and enlightening juxtaposition is compromised by a far from ideal performance by Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra of Donald Mitchell and Mervyn Cooke’s Suite from the ballet. Tempi are consistently either too fast or more often too slow. The piece sounds under-rehearsed and ensemble, especially among the percussion, is frequently far from perfect. Much better to go to the complete ballet under the composer or, better still, to the even more complete performance under Oliver Knussen on Virgin.

It’s a shame, because this should have been a fascinating issue. An opportunity missed.

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3.0 out of 5 stars OPPORTUNITY MISSED 10 Nov 2005
By Klingsor Tristan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This disc is, in theory, a wonderful piece of programming. To set the music of Colin McPhee, the Canadian expert on Balinese gamelan music in the Thirties, next to The Prince of the Pagodas, the first flowering of Britten's lasting fascination with gamelan music which was written soon after his return from Bali, is a smashing idea. Particularly as they knew each other during Britten's wartime stay in America and performed and recorded McPhee's 2-piano Balinese Ceremonial Music together. That recording from 1941 is the first item on this disc. It seems that Britten was not convinced by the value of this music at that time: McPhee wrote in Britten's copy of the score, "To Ben - hoping he will find something in this music after all." Yet these pieces eerily foreshadow the Pagoda music in the later ballet and even some of Tadziu's music in Death in Venice, written at the end of Britten's life. And the performance certainly shows no lack of conviction.

This old recording is followed by a modern performance of McPhee's most famous original composition, Tabuh-Tabuhan. This fascinating piece, a precursor of American minimalism, sounds a bit like the work of a Balinese Gershwin with a few of Percy Grainger's Warriors thrown in for good measure. It is the central Nocturne, which sets long-breathed melodies over the repetitive percussive patterns of the gamelan, that comes off best.

The disappointment on this disc is the Britten work. What should have been a fascinating and enlightening juxtaposition is compromised by a far from ideal performance by Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra of Donald Mitchell and Mervyn Cooke's Suite from the ballet. Tempi are consistently either too fast or more often too slow. The piece sounds under-rehearsed and ensemble, especially among the percussion, is frequently far from perfect. Much better to go to the complete ballet under the composer or, better still, to the even more complete performance under Oliver Knussen on Virgin.

It's a shame, because this should have been a fascinating issue. An opportunity missed.
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