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.

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Title of the work

Symphony No. l

Composer

Doráti Antal

Original / Hungarian title

I. szimfónia

Foreign language / English title

Symphony No. l

Subtitle

For orchestra

Year of composition

1957

Type

Symphony orchestra

Instrumentation

3 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (4 esec - ptto., 2 ptto.sosp., 3 tmb.picc.c.c., tambourine, 2 gong, tam-tam, gr.c., trg. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

Duration

32 min

Movements, parts

1. Sonata - Vivace con brio
2. Variations - Andante, molto moderato
3. Scherzo - Presto
4. Nocturne - Adagio
5. Rondo-Finale - Allegro robusto

Premiere information

8 March 1960, Minneapolis, USA; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)

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Recordings

LP Mercury SR 90499 - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)
CD BIS CD-408, 1988 - Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti (cond.)

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