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Capriccio, Op. 39

Composer
Lajtha László
Original / Hungarian title
Capriccio, Op. 39
Foreign language / English title
Capriccio, Op. 39
Subtitle
Farce dansée en un acte / Puppet theater. Ballet on one act
Year of composition
1944
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., crnt., tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. - arpa - strings
Duration
76 min
Movements, parts
1. Ouverture. Presto molto
2. Complainte et Arlequin consolateur; Panasz és Arlequin, mint vigasztaló. Andantino
3. Marche goguenarde. Csúfolódó induló
4. Isabelle. Molto con moto
5. La marche du Capitan. A kapitány indulója
6. La Serenade de Mezzetin. Mezzetin szerenádja. Allegretto
7. Menuet et Musette (La leçon d´amour)
8. Toccata
9. Rondeau et couplets. Allegro
10. Romance. Andantino
11. Scherzo. Vivace
12. Marche plutot gracieuse pour un empereur le la lune. Kecses induló a "hold-császár" tiszteletére
13. Les Regrets. A megbánás. Andantino
14. Finale. Vivace
Premiere information
2 April 1963, Budapest; János Ferencsik (cond.) (Premiere of the concert version: Movements I, II, III, X and XIV only)

19 April 2017, Pesti Vigadó, Budapest; Gergely Ménesi (cond.), Dóra Barta (choreography) (Staged version, with the title: Lajtha)
Publisher / Source
Unpublished (© Ildikó Lajtha)
Recordings
Marco Polo CD, 8.223668, 1994 - Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Nicolás Pasquet (cond.)
Hungarian Radio, 23 October 1987 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Antal Jancsovics (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Ouverture
2 2. Arlequin
3 3. Marche goguenarde
4 4. Isabelle
5 5. Marche du Capitaine
6 6. Serenade
7 7. Menuet et Musette
8 8. Toccata
9 9. Rondeau
10 10. Romance
11 11. Scherzo
12 12. Marche
13 13. Regrets
14 14. Finale
Remarks, other info
Other versions:

Suite I. for orchestra:

I. Ouverture
II. Arlequin
V. Marche du Capitain
XIII. Regrets
XIV. Finale

Suite II. for orchestra:

IX. Rondeau
X. Romance
XII. Marche
VI. Sérénade
VIII. Toccata

Suite III. for orchestra:

III. Marche goguenarde
IV. Isabelle
VII. Menuet et Musette
XI. Scherzo
XIV. Finale

Version of Capcriccio also available for piano four hands.
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lajtha, László: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 Marco Polo (Naxos)