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

Es rauschen die Winde (S.294) / The Winds of the Autumn Blow Cold (S.294)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Es rauschen die Winde (S.294) / Vad szél zúg a bércen (S.294)
Foreign language / English title
Es rauschen die Winde (S.294) / The Winds of the Autumn Blow Cold (S.294)
Year of composition
1845

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
T. or S., pf.
Duration
3 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
RELLSTAB, Ludwig
Language
German / English / Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig © 1921, F.L. VII 37
Oliver Ditson Publishing, Boston © 1911 (English version)
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig © 1921, F.L. VII 42 (Revised version)
Editio Musica Budapest © 1999, Z.14204 (Revised version)
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Recordings
EMI Classics, CDC 550472, 1994 - Thomas Hampson (Bar.), Geoffrey Parsons (pf.)
Virgin Classics CD 0709282, 2011 - Diana Damrau (S.), Helmut Deutsch (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1845, revised: 1849 (For Tenor or Mezzo-soprano and Piano)

Based on the poem by Ludwig Rellstab

English translation by Charles Manney

Hungarian translation by Zoltán Závodszky