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.

Title of the work

Symphonie No. 4, Op. 52 "Le printemps"


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Symphonie No. 4, Op. 52 "Le printemps"
Foreign language / English title
Symphonie No. 4, Op. 52 "Le printemps"
Subtitle
(Quatriéme Symphonie) pour orchestre / (Fourth Symphony) for orchestra
Year of composition
1951

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
fl., picc., ob., c.ing., 2 cl., fg., cfg. - 4 cor., crnt., tr. - arpa, cel. - perc. (campli.) - strings
Duration
24 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro molto
2. Allegretto
3. Vivace

Premiere information
15 October 1951, Budapest; Philharmonic Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Alphonse Leduc & Cie © 1951 A. L. 20.92
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton, LPX 11564 (Grand Prix, Académie du Disque Français)
Hungaroton HCD 31452, 1991 - Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Marco Polo CD, 8.223671, 1995 - Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet (cond.)
Hungarian Radio, 12 October 1965 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Hungarian Radio, 27 February 1974 - Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Allegro molto
2 II. Allegretto
3 III. Vivace
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lajtha, László: Orchestral Works Vol. 5 Marco Polo (Naxos)