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Fantasie über Ungarische Volksmelodien (S.123) / Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes (S.123)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Fantasie über Ungarische Volksmelodien (S.123) / Magyar fantázia (S.123)
Foreign language / English title
Fantasie über Ungarische Volksmelodien (S.123) / Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes (S.123)
Dedication
To Hans von Bülow
Year of composition
1852
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (trg., ptti., gr.c) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
1 June 1853, National Theater, Pest (Budapest); Hans von Bülow (pf.), Ferenc Erkel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Gustav Heinze, Dresden 1864
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31684, 1997 (recorded: 1976, 1978) - Jendő Janó (pf.), Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 31461, 1995 - György Oravecz (pf.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Balázs Kocsár (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1849 - 1852

Based on the unedited ´Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 14´ (S.244/14)