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

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Négy dal Pilinszky János verseire Op. 11
Foreign language / English title
Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky Op. 11 / 4 Lieder auf Gedichte von János Pilinszky
Dedication
No. 2 to Lajos Bárdos, No. 3 to Katalin Szegő, No. 4 to György Kurtág jr.
Year of composition
1975
Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
Bar. (or. B.) solo – cl., cor., vl., vla., vlc., 2 cimb., bass zither (or vla. da gamba, or cb. con sord.), "Bozay zither"
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
1. Alkohol
2. In Memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij
3. Hölderlin
4. Verés
Text
PILINSZKY, János
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1 October 1975, Budapest; István Gáti (B.), Budapest Chamber Ensemble, András Mihály (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, Vienna © 1979, UE16841
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Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 11845, 1977; Hungaroton HCD 31290, 1990
1 min. sample
1 1. Alkohol
2 2. In Memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij
3 3. Hölderlin
4 4. Verés
Remarks, other info
Arrangements of 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