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Aspirationes principis - Rákóczi cantata

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Aspirationes principis - Rákóczi kantáta
Foreign language / English title
Aspirationes principis - Rákóczi cantata
Subtitle
Cantata for tenor and baritone solo and orchestra
Dedication
In memory of Prince Rákóczi II
Year of composition
1975
Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
T., Bar. solo - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. - 2 arpa, pf. (anche cel.) - strings
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. "Recrudescunt>..."
2. Sententia
3. Ad sonitum classici
4. Ad aspectum cadaverum
5. Ad obtenta victoria
6. De silentio
7. Mikes levele
8. Epitaphium
Text
MIKES, Kelemen ; RÁDAY, Pál; RÁKÓCZI, Ferenc
Language
Hungarian / Latin
Commissioned by
Secretary of Culture, for the 300 Anniversary of Prince Rákóczi´s birth
Premiere information
1976
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1979, Z. 10217 (Performance material on hire)

MS by András Farkas (piano reduction)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31978, 2000 - Sándor Palcsó (T.), Sándor Sólyom-Nagy (Bar.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1974 - 1975

Based on the latin text by Ferenc Rákóczi

Hungarian translation by Kelemen Mikes and Paul Ráday