Six Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Album by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf & Cantilena & Adrian Shepherd

Six Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a set of six symphonies by Austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composed in 1781. The works employ Classical-era orchestral language with programme-like, illustrative gestures drawn from Ovidian myths, marking a late-18th-century example of instrumental music engaging literary and programme elements within the composer's output and the broader move towards narrative expression in symphonic writing.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony in C major "Die vier Weltalter" (The Four Ages of Man): I. Larghetto
    3:09
  2. 2.
    Symphony in C major "Die vier Weltalter" (The Four Ages of Man): II. Allegro e Vivace
    5:53
  3. 3.
    Symphony in C major "Die vier Weltalter" (The Four Ages of Man): III. Minuetto con garbo
    3:54
  4. 4.
    Symphony in C major "Die vier Weltalter" (The Four Ages of Man): IV. Finale: Prestissimo - Allegretto
    4:41
  5. 5.
    Symphony in D major "Der Sturz Phaetons" (The Fall of Phaeton): I. Sinfonie: Adagio non molto - Allegro
    5:01
  6. 6.
    Symphony in D major "Der Sturz Phaetons" (The Fall of Phaeton): II. Andante
    3:54
  7. 7.
    Symphony in D major "Der Sturz Phaetons" (The Fall of Phaeton): III. Tempo di Minuetto - Alternativo
    3:59
  8. 8.
    Symphony in D major "Der Sturz Phaetons" (The Fall of Phaeton): IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo presto
    4:05
  9. 9.
    Symphony in G major "Verwandlung Actaeons in einen Hirsch" (The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag): I. Sinfonie: Allegro
    6:16
  10. 10.
    Symphony in G major "Verwandlung Actaeons in einen Hirsch" (The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag): II. Adagio (piu tosto Andantino)
    4:49
  11. 11.
    Symphony in G major "Verwandlung Actaeons in einen Hirsch" (The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag): III. Tempo di Minuetto - Alternativo
    5:02
  12. 12.
    Symphony in G major "Verwandlung Actaeons in einen Hirsch" (The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag): IV. Finale: Vivace - Tempo di Minuetto
    2:34

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony in F major "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus" (The Rescuing of Andromeda by Perseus): I. Adagio non molto
    7:49
  2. 3.
    Symphony in F major "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus" (The Rescuing of Andromeda by Perseus): II. Presto
    5:09
  3. 4.
    Symphony in F major "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus" (The Rescuing of Andromeda by Perseus): III. Larghetto
    4:15
  4. 5.
    Symphony in F major "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus" (The Rescuing of Andromeda by Perseus): IV. Finale: Vivace - Tempo di Minuetto
    5:53
  5. 6.
    Symphony in D major "Die Versteinerung des Phineus und seiner Freunde": I. Sinfonie: Andante piu tosto Allegretto
    3:42
  6. 7.
    Symphony in D major "Die Versteinerung des Phineus und seiner Freunde": II. Allegro assai
    2:36
  7. 8.
    Symphony in D major "Die Versteinerung des Phineus und seiner Freunde": III. Andante molto
    4:02
  8. 9.
    Symphony in D major "Die Versteinerung des Phineus und seiner Freunde": IV. Finale: Vivace - Tempo di Minuetto
    6:15
  9. 10.
    Symphony in A major "Verwandlung der lycischen Bauern in Frosche" (The Transformation of the Lycian Peasants Into Frogs): I. Sinfonie: Allegretto non troppo presto
    4:50
  10. 11.
    Symphony in A major "Verwandlung der lycischen Bauern in Frosche" (The Transformation of the Lycian Peasants Into Frogs): II. Adagio ma non molto
    4:40
  11. 12.
    Symphony in A major "Verwandlung der lycischen Bauern in Frosche" (The Transformation of the Lycian Peasants Into Frogs): III. Minuetto: Moderato - Alternativo
    4:12
  12. 13.
    Symphony in A major "Verwandlung der lycischen Bauern in Frosche" (The Transformation of the Lycian Peasants Into Frogs): IV. Finale: Adagio - Vivace ma moderato
    6:27

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