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Orpheus (S.98) / Orpheus (S.98)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Orpheus (S.98) / Orfeusz (S.98)
Foreign language / English title
Orpheus (S.98) / Orpheus (S.98)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 4 / Symphonic Poem, No. 4
Dedication
To Princess Carolyna von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1854
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 2 arpa - 2 timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
16 February 1854, Hoftheater, Weimar, Germany; (As Ouverture to Gluck´s Orpheus)

10 November 1854, City Hall, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig © 1856
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 12446, 1994 - Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1853 - 1854
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Ferenc Liszt: Complete Organ Works Hungaroton