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The History of the Spheres

Composer
Durkó Zsolt
Original / Hungarian title
A gömb története
Foreign language / English title
The History of the Spheres
Subtitle
60 pieces for piano
Year of composition
1991
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
90 min
Premiere information
1992, Bartók Memorial House, Budapest; Márta Ábrahám, Márta Gulyás, István Lantos, Klára Körmendi, László Baranyai (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Akkord Music Publishers Ltd. © 2016, A-1112/3/4
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31654, 1996 - Zsolt Durkó (pf.)
1 min. sample
1 Idioms in Free Order
2 Jupiter motif
3 Water drops
4 Post scriptum
5 Canto serioso
6 Trombone of the Despair
7 Bartokien melody
8 Precipitando e ritardando
9 Improvisation
10 In the Forest
11 Vae victis
12 Variante su una particella orchestrale
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Durkó, Zsolt: Altamira; The History of the Spheres; Iconography No.2; Burial Prayer Hungaroton