Peter Eötvös
Diagonal / Maipú 994 / Epilogue / Paral.Lel (LP)
Four pieces for solo instruments or small ensembles composed in the 1980's and released on Harmonia Mundi's "Evénement / Musique française d'aujourd'hui" series in 1986.
Éclipse / Eau-Forte / Ogive (LP)
Three compositions spannig from 1977 to 1982, two for ensemble and one for flute and harpsichord, released on Calliope's "musique d'aujourd'hui" series in 1983.
Halleluja / Alle Vittime Senza Nome
*2022 stock* 'Halleluja, Peter Eötvös’s “stuttering oratorio”, with a text by the novelist Péter Esterházy, was first performed in 2016. It’s built around the historical figure of Notker Balbulus, Notker the Stammerer, a ninth-century Benedictine monk who was a chronicler and composer. But, Eötvös insists, “It is not so much a portrait of Notker as of the times in which we live … At first the choir represents a society that says ‘hallelujah’ to everything: they have to be satisfied with everythi…