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Drei Madrigalkomödien

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Drei Madrigalkomödien
Foreign language / English title
Drei Madrigalkomödien
Subtitle
For 12 voices
Year of composition
1990
Type
Vocal ensemble
Number of players
12
Instrumentation
12 voices
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Insetti Galanti (1970/89)
2. Hochzeitsmadrigal (1965/76)
3. Moro Lasso (1963/72)
Text
GESUALDO, Carlo; mediaeval German love-song
Premiere information
February 1990, Paris; Groupe Vocale de France, Peter Eötvös (cond.) (Insetti Galanti)

November 1976, Metz Festival; Collegium Vocale Köln (Hochzeitsmadrigal)

April 1963, Budapest; Budapest Madrigal-choir (Moro Lasso)
Publisher / Source
Edition Salabert Paris, EAS18915
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD038, 2000 - Tomkins Ensemble, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Insetti Galanti)
CD Koch Schwann 3-5037-2 (Hochzeitsmadrigal)
LP EMI-Electrola C-065-28830 (Moro Lasso)
1 min. sample
1 Insetti Galanti
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1963 - 1990

Based on selected texts from Gesualdo’s Sixth Book of Madrigals and on a mediaeval German love-song
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records
Koch-Schwann