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

Metamorfosi


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Metamorfosi
Foreign language / English title
Metamorfosi
Subtitle
Zenekarra
Year of composition
1965

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb.- timp., perc. (tmb.picc., trg., ptti., tam-tam, xil., vibr., camp.) - arpa, cel., pf. - strings: 9 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 7 vla., 6 vlc., 5 cb.
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
1. Andante
2. Tempo di Marcia
3. Allegro feroce
4. Stentando
5. Allegro scherzando
6. Andante grazioso
7. Vivace

Commissioned by
City Council of Budapest
Premiere information
14 November 1966, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Orchestra of the Budapest Philharmonic Society, Vilmos Komor (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1971, S-66 and Z. 10102
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 12518-19, 1984 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD-32487, 2008 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)