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Sonata per sei

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Sonata per sei
Foreign language / English title
Sonata per sei
Subtitle
For 2 pianos, 3 percussions and sampler-keyboard
Dedication
to Béla Bartók
Year of composition
2006
Type
Concerto
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
2 pf., keyb. (AKAI S5000 or S6000 with sampler) - perc. (3 esec. - I: tmb.picc.c.c. and s.c., ptto.sosp., gr.c., bongo, ptto. tibet, tam-tam, 2 plate bell, 3 camp., trg., african bean rattle; II: tmb.picc.c.c. and s.c., ptto.sosp., ptto. tibet, 2 tom-tom, tambourine, gong, 2 plate bell, 3 crot., trg., african bean rattle, Ocean drum; III: tmb.picc.c.c. and s.c., ptto.sosp., ptto. tibet, 2 bongo, 2 plate bell, crot., trg., african bean rattle, 2 ptto. china)
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III
4. Movement IV - Bartók überquert den Ozean
5. Movement V
Premiere information
19 July 2006, International Bartók Festival, Szombathely, Hungary; Imre Rohmann (pf.), Balázs Szokolay (pf.), Ernő Fehér (keyb.), Aurél Holló (perc.), Zoltán Rácz (perc.), Zoltán Váczi (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Schott Music Mainz © 2007, 52336(On hire)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 175, 2010 - Ensemble Linea, Benjamin Kobler (pf.), Jean-Philippe Wurtz (cond.)
WERGO CD WER 6784 2, 2014 - Grau Schumacher Piano Duo, Percussion Quartet Köln, Paulo Álvares (keyb.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Movement I
2 2. Movement II
3 3. Movement III
4 4. Bartók überquert den Ozean
5 5. Movement V
Remarks, other info
The composer thanks Prof. Imre Rohmann for preparing the third piano part (sampler-keyboard)

Adaptation from CAP-KO with piano reduction for the second pianist
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records