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Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett
Foreign language / English title
Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett
Dedication
Wind Quintet of the Stockholm Philharmony
Year of composition
1968
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
fl., ob., cl., fg., cor.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Molto sostenuto e calmo
2. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco
3. Lento
4. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso
5. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero
6. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero
7. Vivo, energico
8. Allegro con delicatezza
9. Sostenuto, stridente
10. Presto bizzarro e rubato, so schnell wie möglich
Commissioned by
Wind Quintet of the Stockholm Philharmony
Premiere information
20 January 1969, Malmö; Bläserquintett der Stockholmer Phiharmoniker
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, study score: ED 6304; set of parts: ED 6318
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Recordings
Albert-Schweitzer-Quintett CPO 999 315-2; Aulos Bläserquintett Stuttgart Ko 36 737-2; Bläserquintett des SWF Baden-Baden Wer 60161-50; London Winds Sony 62 309; Ma’alot-Quintett Edel BC 1041-2; Orsolino-Quintett FMF AMP 5105-2; Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin KC Bis 500 662; Zürcher Bläserquintett Jec 0723-2
1 min. sample
1 1. Molto sostenuto e calmo
2 2. Prestissimo minaccioso e burlesco
3 3. Lento
4 4. Prestissimo leggiero e virtuoso
5 5. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero
6 6. Presto staccatissimo e leggiero
7 7. Vivo, energico
8 8. Allegro con delicatezza
9 9. Sostenuto, stridente
10 10. Presto bizzarro e rubato, so schnell wie möglich
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BIS Records
György Ligeti Edition 7 - Chamber Music Sony
Ligeti, György: Continuum; Pieces (10) for Wind Quintet; Artikulation; Glissandi; Study for Organ no 1 "Harmonies"; Volumina Wergo
CPO
Deutsche Grammophon
Koch-Schwann
Ermitage
Harmonia Mundi
Wergo
Stradivarius