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6 Bagatellen für Bläserquintett / 6 Bagatells for Wind Quintet

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
6 Bagatellen für Bläserquintett / 6 bagatell fúvósötösre
Foreign language / English title
6 Bagatellen für Bläserquintett / 6 Bagatells for Wind Quintet
Dedication
Frau Maedi Wood gewidmet
Year of composition
1953
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
fl., ob., cl., fg., cor.
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Rubato. Lamentoso
3. Allegro grazioso
4. Presto ruvido
5. Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)
6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso
Premiere information
6 October, 1969, Södertälje, Schweden; Brass quintet of the Stockholmer Philharmoniker
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 6409 (study score), ED 6407 (set of parts)
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1 1. Allegro con spirito
2 2. Rubato. Lamento
3 3. Allegro grazioso - attacca subito
4 4. Presto ruvido
5 5. Adagio. Mesto
6 6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso
Remarks, other info
From "Musica ricercata"
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BIS Records
György Ligeti Edition 7 - Chamber Music Sony
CPO
Deutsche Grammophon
Arcobaleno
Sony
Koch-Schwann
MSR Classics
Nimbus Records
Ermitage
Harmonia Mundi
Valois
Ambitus
Alpha
Deux-Elles
CBC
Crystal
Koch Discover
ORF