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Fantasy on Motifs from Beethoven´s Ruins of Athens (S.122)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Fantasie über Motive aus Beethovens Ruinen von Athen (S.122) / Fantázia Beethoven Athén romjai című kísérőzenéjének motívumaira (S.122)
Foreign language / English title
Fantasy on Motifs from Beethoven´s Ruins of Athens (S.122)
Dedication
To Nikolay Rubinstein
Year of composition
1852
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b. - 2 timp., perc. (ptti., trg., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
1 June 1853, Pest, Hungary
Publisher / Source
Edition Siegel, Leipzig 1865
Edition Edwin F. Kalmus, New York (after 1933)
Available here!
Recordings
Delta Distribution, CD W 81321, 1999 - Jenő Jandó (pf.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, András Ligeti (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 31525, 1994 - Philip Thomson (pf.), Hungarian State Orchestra, Kerry Stratton (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the Motives in Ruins of Athens, Op.113 by Ludwig van Beethoven