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Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Négy Ahmatova-költemény, Op. 41
Foreign language / English title
Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41
Dedication
Natalia Zagorinskaya
Year of composition
2008
Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
18
Instrumentation
S. solo - fl., ob., 2 cl. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb. - perc., cel., pf. verticale (con supersordino), cimb., arpa - vl., cb.
Duration
14 min
Movements, parts
1. Пушкин / Puskin (to Natalia Melnikova)
2. Александру Блоку [Aleksandru Bloku] / Alekszander Bloknál (to Zina Brajer)
3. Плач-причитание [Plač-Pričitanie] / Sírás-siratás(to Márta Papp)
4. [Воронеж] / Voronyezs (to Rimma Dalos)
Text
AKHMATOVA, Anna
Language
Russian
Premiere information
31 January 2009, Carnegie Hall, New York; Natalia Zagorinskaya (S.), UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14 212 (in preparation)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 162, 2010 - Natalia Zagorinskaya (S.), UMZE Ensemble, Zoltán Rácz (art.dir.), Peter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 I. Pushkin
2 II. For Alexander Blok
3 III. Weeping–-Grieving
4 IV. Voronezh
Remarks, other info
Four songs to poems by Anna Akhmatova, for soprano and chamber ensemble, in Russian

Composed: 1997-2008
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
BMC Records