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4 Lieder auf Gedichte von János Pilinszky Op. 11 / Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Op. 11

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Négy dal Pilinszky János verseire Op. 11
Foreign language / English title
4 Lieder auf Gedichte von János Pilinszky Op. 11 / Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Op. 11
Subtitle
For baritone or bass voice and chamber ensemble, in Hungarian
Dedication
to Lajos Bárdos (No. 2), to Katalin Szegő (No. 3), to György Kurtág jr. (No. 4)
Year of composition
1975
Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
B.Bar. (or B.) solo - cl., cor., 2 cimb., bass zither aka "Bozay zither" (or vla. da gamba, or cb. con sord.) - strings: vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Alkohol / Alcohol
2. In Memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij
3. Hölderlin
4. Verés / Schläge / Beating
Text
PILINSZKY, János
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1 October 1975, Budapest; István Gáti (B.Bar.), Budapest Chamber Ensemble, András Mihály (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition A.G. Wien © 1979, UE16841 [First published in 1979 with territorial division between EMB (Z. 7939 score, Z. 7938 parts) and UE (UE 16841). In 1991 all rights for all countries were assigned to UE]
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Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 11845, 1977 - István Gáti (B.Bar.), Budapest Chamber Ensemble, András Mihály (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 31290, 1990 - István Gáti (B.Bar.), Budapest Chamber Ensemble, András Mihály (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Alkohol
2 2. In Memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij
3 3. Hölderlin
4 4. Verés
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1973 - 1975

Arrangements of Movements 1, 2 and 3 for baritone and piano: Three Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Op. 11a
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Works by György Kurtág Hungaroton