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

...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
Foreign language / English title
...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
Subtitle
For piano and groups of instruments dispersed in space
Dedication
to Zoltán Kocsis & Péter Eötvös
Year of composition
1988

Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - timp., perc. [4 bongo, tmb.picc.s.c., tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.b., gr.c. - 3 ptto.sosp., ptti. a 2, 3 gong, tam-tam, 2 trg. - Echo groups: 3 ptto.sosp., gong (profondo) - sonagli (Indian bells, bamboo shakers, maracas, bicycle bells, etc.), crot., vibr., marimba, cimb., cel., arpa, 5 armonica a bocca] - fl. (anche picc. / rec.), ob., cl. in mi b, cl.b., cfg. - cor., tr., trb., tuba - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
1. Introduzione: Largo
2. Presto minaccioso e lamentoso (Wie ein Traumeswirren): Molto Agitato
3. Recitativo: Grave, disperato
4. Aria - Adagio molto: Lontano, calmo, appena sentito

Commissioned by
Berliner Festwochen (Berlin Festival Weeks)
Premiere information
16 October 1988, Festival Weeks, Berlin; Zoltán Kocsis (pf.), Ensemble Modern, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1989, Z. 13742 (ISMN: M-080-13742-0; performance material on hire)
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Recordings
ORF - MUSIKPROTOKOLL ´90, 1990
ORF - MUSIKPROTOKOLL ´91, 1991
SONY SK 53290, 1993; COL LEGNO WWE 2CD 31870, 1994; BMG RICORDI CRMCD 358 162, 1996
COL LEGNO WWW 8CD 200041, 1998
COL LEGNO WWW 20041, 1999
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1987-1988