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

Composer
Kurtág György
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
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 10. 8. 1993. Col Legno
ORF
Kurtág, György: Song Cycles Sony
Rückblick Moderne - 20th Century Orchestral Musik Col Legno