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Concerto per pianoforte, archi e percussione / Concerto for Piano, Strings and Percussion

Composer
Veress Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Concerto per pianoforte, archi e percussione / Concerto zongorára, vonósokra és ütőhangszerekre
Foreign language / English title
Concerto per pianoforte, archi e percussione / Concerto for Piano, Strings and Percussion
Year of composition
1952
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. - timp., perc. (5 esec. - xil., trg., 3 tamb., 4 ptto., tam-tam, gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. Andante con moto
2. Andante
3. Allegro molto
Commissioned by
Paul Sacher
Premiere information
19 January 1954, Baden Baden, Radio; Sándor Veress (pf.), Paul Sacher (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 5321 (large or medium score on sale); 4917 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Claves CD 50-1113, 2011 - Dénes Várjon (pf.), Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, Hein Holliger (cond.)