Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Klavierkonzert No. 1, Es-Dur (S.124) / Piano Concerto No. 1, E-flat Major (S.124)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Klavierkonzert No. 1, Es-Dur (S.124) / I., Esz-dúr zongoraverseny (S.124)
Foreign language / English title
Klavierkonzert No. 1, Es-Dur (S.124) / Piano Concerto No. 1, E-flat Major (S.124)
Dedication
To Henry Charles Litolff
Year of composition
1856

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - 2 timp., perc. (ptti., trg.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
19 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro maestoso. Tempo giusto
2. Quasi adagio
3. Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
4. Allegro marziale animato

Premiere information
17 February 1855, Duke´s Palace, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (pf.), Hector Berlioz (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Haslinger, Vienna 1857

Editio Musica Budapest, L-85
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31362, 1996 - Zoltán Kocsis (pf.), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1830 - 1856

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Naxos
Naxos
Hungaroton