Sir John Tomlinson (Bluebeard), Michelle DeYoung (Judith) & Juliet Stevenson (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Voices, Esa-Pekka Salonen
An unforgettable live-concert recording, selected from the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa- ekka Salonen’s season of works by Béla Bartók – ‘Infernal Dance’.
Salonen conducts a taut, luxuriant reading that captures the score’s majesty and mystery. John Tomlinson’s Bluebeard makes up in histrionic heft what he has lost in vocal poise, but is overshadowed by Michelle DeYoung’s wonderfully alive Judith.
Even in a crowded field...this account stands out. Indeed, though Tomlinson’s voice shows unmistakable signs of ageing—not too detrimental in this dramatic context, since Bluebeard could hardly be a young man and have got through so many wives—he sings the part with rare musical beauty, never forcing a phrase, and with remarkable verbal acuity.
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