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Les Préludes (S.97)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Les Préludes (S.97)
Foreign language / English title
Les Préludes (S.97)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 3 / Symphonic Poem, No. 3
Dedication
To Princess Carolyna von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1844
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (I anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg., 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa - timp., perc. (tmb.mlt., ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
23 February 1854, Theater Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel © 1856

Editio Musica Budapest, Z.3017 (Particell and scores)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC Records, BMC CD 009, 1998 - Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zsolt Hamar (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 12446, 1994 - Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Les Préludes (S.97)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1844, revised: 1852 - 1854
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Liszt, Ferenc: Les Préludes / Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2 & 6 / Rhapsodie Espagnole Hungaroton
Art Nova Classics
Art Nova Classics
Hungaroton