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

Variations pour orchestre sur un theme simple "Les Tentations" Op. 44


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Variations pour orchestre sur un theme simple "Les Tentations" Op. 44
Foreign language / English title
Variations pour orchestre sur un theme simple "Les Tentations" Op. 44
Year of composition
1948

Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
fl., ob., cl., fg. - cor., tr., trb., tuba - perc. - arpa - strings
Duration
31 min

Movements, parts
Théme Moderato

Interlude I. Lent
Var. I. Allegro molto e vivace
Var. II. Piu mosso
Interlude II. Lent
Var. III. Maestoso
Interlude III. Lent
Var. IV. Allegro vivace
Var. V. Vivace
Var. VI. Presto
Interlude IV. -
Var. VII. -
Var. VIII. -
Var. IX. Presto molto
Var. X. Piu lento
Var. XI. Presto molto agitato

Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1985
Recordings
Marco Polo, 8.223669 (CD), January 1995 Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet (cond.)
Hungarian Radio, 28 January 1986 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Antal Jancsovics (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Variations
Remarks, other info
This music is included in the film music Murder in the Cathedral, Op. 45

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lajtha, László: Orchestral Works Vol. 3 Marco Polo (Naxos)