Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Search
New search
Title of the work

Atlantis

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Atlantis
Foreign language / English title
Atlantis
Subtitle
For baritone, boy soprano, cimbalom and orchestra
Year of composition
1995
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch.
Instrumentation
Bar. solo, boy S. - cimb., synth. (virtual choir) - 5 fl. (II, III, IV, V anche picc., IV, V anche fl.a.), 5 ob. (V anche c.ing.), 4 cl. (IV anche cl.b.), cl.b. (cl.cb.), 5 fg. (IV, V anche cfg.), 4 sax. (sax.s., sax.a., sax.t., sax.bar.) - 6 cor., 5 tr. (I, II anche tr.picc.), flic., 5 trb. (I trb.a., V trb.b.), 2 tuba - perc. (10 esec.) - 2 arpa, 2 el. pf., 3 synth., chit.b. - strings: 2 vl. 1, 2 vl. 2, 2 vla., 2 vlc., 2 cb.
Duration
38 min
Movements, parts
1. Part I.
2. Part II.
3. Part III.
Text
WEÖRES, Sándor
Commissioned by
WDR Köln
Premiere information
17 November 1995, Cologne; Dietrich Henschel (Bar.), Márta Fábián (cimb.), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (cond.)

19 March 2000, Budapest Spring Festival, Congress Center, Budapest; Wojtek Drabowitz (Bar.), Hungarian National Philharmonics, László Dés, László Borbély (sax.), Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Edition Ricordi München - performing material on hire (SY 3221)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD007, 1999 - Dietrich Henschel (Bar.), Márta Fábián (cimb.), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Video recording - Christian Miedl (Bar.), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Peter Eötvös (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
1 min. sample
1 Part I.
2 Part II.
3 Part III.
Remarks, other info
Based on the text by Sándor Weöres
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records
BMC HMIC