Album lyrics Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas - Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin by Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas - Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

Benjamin Britten

2011 46 songs

1. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 1: The Palace of the Middle Kingdom: The Old Emperor (John Harle, alto saxophone)

2. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 1: The Palace of the Middle Kingdom: Appearance of Belle Rose and the Salamander

3. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Transformation

4. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Pas de six: Entrée

5. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Variation I: Pas de deux

6. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Variation II: Girl's Solo (Nona Liddell, violin; Christopher van Kampen, cello)

7. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace, Variation III : Boy's Solo

8. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace, Variation III : Pas de trois

9. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace, Variation III : Coda

10. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Pas de caractère (The Emperor and the Fool)

11. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Pas de deux (Belle Rose and the Prince of the Pagodas)

12. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Variation (The Prince)

13. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 1: The Palace of the Middle Kingdom: Empress Belle Epine

14. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Finale

15. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Variation (Belle Rose)

16. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 2: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: Belle Rose hunts for the Prince

17. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace: Apotheosis

18. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 2: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: Pas de deux (The Prince and Belle Rose) (Nicholas Daniel, cor anglais; Helen Tunstall, harp)

19. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 2: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: The Salamander

20. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of Princess Belle Rose and Pas de deux (Gareth Hulse, oboe; John Miller, trumpet)

21. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: The Kings and Belle Rose

22. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Belle Epine and the Four Kings

23. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: The Rage of the Kings

24. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Entry of the Four Winged Frogs (John Orford, principal bassoon)

25. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Introduction: Belle Rose borne in by the Frogs

26. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Waltz (Clouds, Stars and Moon)

27. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Belle Rose borne in by the Frogs

28. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Entrée (Sea Horses, Fish Creatures and Waves)

29. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Variation (Sea Horses)

30. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Coda

31. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Pas de deux (Male and Female Flames)

32. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Variation (Male Flame)

33. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Variation (Female Flame)

34. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Belle Rose, exhausted, borne in by the Frogs

35. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 2: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: Belle Rose in darkness (Nona Liddell, violin)

36. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act II, Scene 2: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: The Pagodas (James Holland, principal percussion; John Constable, principal keyboard)

37. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I: Prelude

38. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: The Fool and the Dwarf (David Purser, principal trombone)

39. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: March and Courtiers' Dance (John Harle, alto saxophone)

40. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Entry of the Pages and the Four Kings (Sebastian Bell, principal flute)

41. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of the King of the North

42. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of the King of the East (Michael Thompson, horn)

43. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of the King of the West

44. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of the King of the South (John Chimes, timpani; Kevin Nutty, native drums)

45. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: The Kings bow before the Emperor

46. The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet in three acts Op. 57, Act I, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of Princess Belle Epine

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