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Mazeppa (S.100)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Mazeppa (S.100)
Foreign language / English title
Mazeppa (S.100)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 6 / Symphonic Poem, No. 6
Dedication
To Princess Carolyna von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1851
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 2 timp., perc. (trg., ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
19 April 1854, Hoftheater, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel, © 1856
Available here!
Recordings
BMC Records, BMC CD 009, 1998 - Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zsolt Hamar (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Mazeppa (S.100)
1 Mazeppa (S.100)
Remarks, other info
Based on the Poem "Mazeppa" by Victor Hugo