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.

Title of the work

Two Monologues


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Two Monologues
Foreign language / English title
Two Monologues
Subtitle
For baritone and orchestra
Year of composition
1998

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
Bar. solo - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. (2 esec.) - arpa - strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 10 vlc., 8 cb.
Duration
13 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich
Language
Russian / English
Premiere information
February 1999, Frankfurt; Wojtek Drabowitz (Bar.), SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden/Freiburg, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Ricordi Berlin, SY 3418 (Performance material on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 038, 2000 - Wojtek Drabowitz (Bar.), SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden/Freiburg, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Two Monologues
Remarks, other info
Based on extracts from Eötvös´ opera Three Sisters

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records