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1514 - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra after Woodcuts by Derkovits

Composer
Ránki György
Original / Hungarian title
1514 - Fantázia zongorára és zenekarra Derkovits fametszetei nyomán
Foreign language / English title
1514 - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra after Woodcuts by Derkovits
Year of composition
1961
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - picc., 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (trg., tmb.picc., tom-tom, gr.c., ptti., gong, bongo, xil., camp.) - arpa, cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
21 min
Movements, parts
1. Prológus - Menetelők / Prologue - Marchers
2. Kaszát fenő paraszt / Peasant sharpening his his scythe
3. Leveretés - Máglyák / Defeat - Pyres
4. Lőrincz pap / Father Lőrincz
5. Epilógus / Epilouge
Premiere information
2 June 1962, National Theater Pécs, Hungary
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1963, Z. 4094
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Recordings
Hungaroton LPX-11481, 1971 - Endre Petri (pf.), Hungarian State Orchestra, Miklós Erdélyi (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 31957, 2000 (1971) - Endre Petri (pf.), Hungarian State Orchestra, Miklós Erdélyi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Revised: 1961 and 1962

See also the revised version from 1961:
1514 - Fantasy