general information

composition date
1928-1932
duration
13 min
editor
Le Chant du Monde
Dedicatee
à Nina Vasilievna Varzar
Opus
21
Libretto (details, author)

Anonyme (n° 1 et 3 à 6 ; n° 3 date du XVIIIe siècle), Prince Otsu (poète du VIIe siècle, n° 2) ; traduction en russe d'A. Brandt.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 male voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, 2 harp

information about the creation

date
April 24, 1966

URSS, Léningrad, salle Glinka

interpreters

Anatoli Manoukhov : ténor, Orchestre philharmonique de Léningrad, direction : Igor Blazhkov.

Part titles

  1. Amour (Andante)
  2. Avant le suicide (Adagio)
  3. Un regard indiscret (Allegretto)
  4. Pour la première et la dernière fois (Andante)
  5. Un amour sans espoir (Adagio)
  6. La Mort (Largo)

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