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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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Lontano

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Lontano
Foreign language / English title
Lontano
Subtitle
For large orchestra
Dedication
"Dem Sinfonie-Orchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden und seinem Leiter Ernest Bour gewidmet"
Year of composition
1967
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
4 fl. (II, III anche picc., IV anche fl.a. in Sol), 4 ob. (IV anche c.ing.), cl. in La, 3 cl. in si (II anche cl.b., III anche cl.cb. ad lib.), 3 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr. in Do (anche 3 tr. in Re ad lib.), 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
11 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Südwestfunk Baden-Baden
Premiere information
22 October 1967, Donaueschingen, Germany; Sinfonie-Orchester des Südwestfunks, Ernest Bour (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 6303 and LS 4517-01 (Perormance material on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (cond.), DG 429 260-2; Sinfonie-Orchester des SWR Baden-Baden, Ernest Bour (cond.), BMG 74321 73 512-2 Wer 60 163-50; Concertgebouw-Orchester Amsterdam, Bernhard Haitink (cond.), MW NM 97 014 (14 CDs); Berliner Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott (cond.), WSM 8573 88 261-2
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