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Five Contrasts for Orchestra

Composer
Zádor Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
Five Contrasts for Orchestra / Öt kontraszt zenekarra
Foreign language / English title
Five Contrasts for Orchestra
Year of composition
1965
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl., 2 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor., 4 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (marimba or vibr.) - cel., acc./, arp, pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Introduction
2. Autumn Pastorale
3. Phantasy
4. Scherzo rustico
5. Finale: Fugue
Premiere information
January 1965; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Kunzelmann 1987, ETP-1325 (LK-465)
Available here!
Recordings
Naxos CD 8.572548, 2012 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Mariusz Smolij (cond.)