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Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c
Foreign language / English title
Grabstein für Stephan Op. 15c
Dedication
In memoriam Stephan Stein
Year of composition
1979
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
chit. solo - ob., cl. in mi b, cl.b. - 3 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., pnino., arm. (anche cemb.), cel., arpa, vibr., campli., cimb. - perc. (ptto.gr., 2 gong (acuto e grave), tam-tam, gr.c.) - 3 vla., 3 vlc., cb. - 3 fischietti (whistles), 3 allarmi (gas driven hoops)
Duration
8 min
Premiere information
26 May 1989, Szeged, Hungary; Salieri Chamber Orchestra, Tamás Pál (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 13 813
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Recordings
Col Legno WWE 2CD 31870, 1994; Deutsche Grammophon 447 761-2, 1996; BMG Ricordi CRMCD 358 162, 1996
Remarks, other info
For guitar and groups of instruments dispersed in space

Revised in 1989

Prix de Composition Musicale 1993 of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco (together with Op. 27 No. 2 (Double Concerto))
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 10. 8. 1993. Col Legno
Arthaus Musik
Arthaus Musik