{"product_id":"bartok-duke-bluebeards-castle","title":"Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe extraordinary Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Bartók’s only opera, is widely regarded as his masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIts world is sinister, dark and deeply disturbing. There are just two voices throughout, Duke Bluebeard and his new wife, Judith, and the entire one-act opera takes place in the hall of its castle. Judith opens the hall’s seven doors, one by one; each door reveals its own horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn one, a torture chamber; in another, an armoury filled with bloody weapons; and in another, a garden where blood stains the plants’ leaves. The final door opens and reveals Bluebeard’s three former wives, who step forward and receive Judith into their eternally imprisoned group. This is chilling, psychological drama, one of the great achievements of 20th century music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConducted by Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the work was recorded during the Philharmonia’s 2011 Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók series, and features acclaimed soloists Sir John Tomlinson (Bluebeard) and Michelle de Young (Judith).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Salonen conducts a taut, luxuriant reading that captures the score’s majesty and mystery” Andrew Clark, Financial Times, May 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/bart%C3%B3k-duke-bluebeards-castle-live\/824241901\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" height=\"450\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIGCD372 | March 2014 release\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"philharmonia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48071905083705,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7810\/4633\/files\/salonen_bartok_bluebeard_w800.jpg?v=1707823282","url":"https:\/\/shop.philharmonia.co.uk\/products\/bartok-duke-bluebeards-castle","provider":"Philharmonia Orchestra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}