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Sonata for Cello Solo / Sonate für Violoncello solo

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Csellószonáta / Sonate für Violoncello solo
Foreign language / English title
Sonata for Cello Solo / Sonate für Violoncello solo
Year of composition
1953
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
vlc.
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
1. Dialogo
2. Capriccio
Premiere information
24 October 1983, Paris; Manfred Stilz (vlc.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music GmbH © 1990, ED 7698
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Recordings
Video recording, 2020 (FUGA - Microcosmos Series) - Tamás Zétényi (vlc.) (Movement I - Dialogo) (Available on youtube.com)
Hungaroton HCD-32810, 2018 - Ditta Rohmann (vlc.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Dialogo
2 2. Capriccio
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1948, rev. 1953
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
a la Carte - Solo Works for Cello Hungaroton
Teldec
Ligeti, György: Métamorphoses nocturnes (Quartet for Strings no. 1), Quartet for Strings no. 2, Ramifications, Sonata for Cello solo, Melodien Deutsche Grammophon
Hungarian Cello Music Hungaroton
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Oxignale
Deutsche Grammophon
Harmonia Mundi
Channel Classics
Nimbus Records
Dvořák, Antonín: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra - Tchaikovsky / Arensky / Davidov Channel Classics
Channel Classics
Hungaroton
Hungaroton
BMC Records