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

Sostenuto


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Sostenuto
Foreign language / English title
Sostenuto
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
to Péter Eötvös
Year of composition
1979

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr. (II anche tr.b.), trb., tuba - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Commissioned by
the Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
10 October 1986, Budapest; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1983, Z. 12474 and J-9 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32050, 2002 - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Sostenuto
Remarks, other info

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton