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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
Subtitle
In memoriam Stephan Stein - For guitar and groups of instruments dispersed in space
Year of composition
1979
Type
Symphony orchestra
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.) - strings: 3 vla., 3 vlc., cb. - 3 fischietti (whistles), 3 allarmi (gas driven hoops)
Duration
10 min
Premiere information
26 May 1989, Szeged, Hungary; Salieri Chamber Orchestra, Tamás Pál (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 13813
Available here!
Recordings
Col Legno WWE 2CD 31870, 1994
Deutsche Grammophon 447 761-2, 1996
BMG Ricordi CRMCD 358 162, 1996
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1978 - 1979, revised in 1989

Prix de Composition Musicale 1993 of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco (together with OP. 27 NO. 2, aka Double Concerto)
 

Recordings

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