Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Title of the work

Quintette No. 2, Op. 46

Composer

Lajtha László

Original / Hungarian title

Quintette No. 2, Op. 46

Foreign language / English title

Quintette No. 2, Op. 46

Subtitle

(Deuxiéme Quintette) pour flúte, violon, alto, violoncelle et harpe / (Second Quintet) For flute, violin, viola, cello and harp

Year of composition

1948

Type

Chamber Music

Number of players

Instrumentation

fl., arpa - strings: vl., vla., vlc.

Duration

25 min

Movements, parts

1. Allegro commodo
2. Lento
3. Estampie. Molto allegro
4. Allegro

Premiere information

1948, BBC, London; Wigmore Ensemble

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Recordings

Hungaroton Classic, HCD 31776, 1999 - István Matuz (fl.), Tamás Rónaszéki (vl.), Emil Ludmány (vla.), Katalin Vas (vlc.), Júlia Szilvásy (arpa)
Hungarian Radio, 13 August 1959 - Chamber Ensemble of the Parisian Radio: Robert Rochut (fl.), Henry Brouschwak (vl.), André Focheux (vla.), Jacques Meizl (vlc.), Edith Cariveu-Martel (arpa)

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1 I. Allegro commodo