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Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust (S.110) / Two Episodes from Lenau´s Faust (S.110)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust (S.110) / Két epizód Lenau Faustjából (S.110)
Foreign language / English title
Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust (S.110) / Two Episodes from Lenau´s Faust (S.110)
Dedication
To Carl Tausig
Year of composition
1860
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tr.b., tuba - arpa - timp., perc. (tam-tam, camp., trg., ptto.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. Der nächtliche Zug / Az éjjeli menet / Night Procession
2. Mephistos Walzer (Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke) / Első Mefisztó-keringő (Tánc a falusi kocsmában) / First Mephisto-Waltz (Dance in the Inn)
Premiere information
8 March 1861, Duke´s Palace, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (cond.)(Permier of Mephisto Waltz only)
Publisher / Source
Edition Schubert © 1865

Editio Musica Budapest © 1974, L-41, L-40
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 12022-23, 1979 - Hungarian State Concert Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1859 - 1860