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

Requiem


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Requiem
Foreign language / English title
Requiem
Subtitle
For soprano solo, mixed choir and large orchestra
Year of composition
2003

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - mixed choir - 3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
45 min

Movements, parts
1. Requiem
2. Kyrie
3. Dies Irae

Text
Liturgical
Language
latin
Commissioned by
National Cultural Fund
Premiere information
8 October 2003, Great Hall, Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest; Ingrid Kertesi (Ms.), Mixed Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, László Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest; Kamilló Lendvay
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32574, 2009 - Ingrid Kertesi (Ms.), Symphony Orchestra and Mixed Choir of the Hungarian Radio, László Kovács (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2001 - 2003

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lendvay, Kamilló: The Heavenly City; Requiem Hungaroton