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Atmosphères

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Atmosphères
Foreign language / English title
Atmosphères
Dedication
in memoriam Mátyás Seiber
Year of composition
1961
Type
Symphony orchestra
Number of players
89
Instrumentation
4 fl. (I-IV anche picc.), 4 ob., 4 cl. (IV anche cl. in mi b), 3 fg., cfg. - 6 cor., 4 tr., 4 trb., tuba - pf. (2 players, if possible percussionists) - 14 vl. 1, 14 vl. 2, 10 vla., 10 vlc., 8 cb.
Duration
9 min
Commissioned by
Südwestfunk, Baden-Baden
Premiere information
1961, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany; Sinfonie Orchester des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, UE 11418 (study score)
Available here!
Recordings
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (cond.) DG 429 260-2 DG 465 332-2; Sinfonie-Orchester des SWR Baden-Baden und Freiburg Ernest Bour (cond.) BMG 74321 73510-2; Sinfonie-Orchester des SWR Baden-Baden und Freiburg Ernest Bour (cond.) Wer 60 162-50; Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg Thomas Kalb BM 31 9131 (cond.); Berliner Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott (cond.) WSM 8573 88 261-2
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1 Atmosphères
 

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