Six Metamorphoses After Ovid: Anatomy of a Masterpiece

Album by Benjamin Britten

Six Metamorphoses After Ovid is a six-movement work for solo oboe by Benjamin Britten, composed in 1951. The piece draws on character sketches from Ovid's Metamorphoses and uses concise, descriptive motifs, modal inflections, dance-like rhythms and virtuosic oboe writing to depict contrasting moods, occupying a distinct place in Britten's mid-career chamber output.
First released: 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Pan
    1:48
  2. 2.
    Phaeton
    1:27
  3. 3.
    Niobe
    2:26
  4. 4.
    Bacchus
    1:53
  5. 5.
    Narcissus
    3:04
  6. 6.
    Arethusa
    2:49
  7. 7.
    The Diary Sketch
    0:44
  8. 8.
    Track 8
    1:52
  9. 9.
    Track 9
    1:37
  10. 10.
    Track 10
    0:31
  11. 11.
    Track 11
    0:11
  12. 12.
    Track 12
    0:27
  13. 13.
    Track 13
    0:17
  14. 14.
    Track 14
    0:16
  15. 15.
    Track 15
    0:30
  16. 16.
    Track 16
    0:20
  17. 17.
    Track 17
    0:10
  18. 18.
    Track 18
    0:10
  19. 19.
    Track 19
    0:46
  20. 20.
    Track 20
    0:09
  21. 21.
    Track 21
    0:16
  22. 22.
    Track 22
    0:06
  23. 23.
    Track 23
    3:13
  24. 24.
    Track 24
    0:26
  25. 25.
    Track 25
    2:43
  26. 26.
    Track 26
    2:50
  27. 27.
    Track 27
    0:19
  28. 28.
    Track 28
    0:31
  29. 29.
    Track 29
    0:25
  30. 30.
    Pan
    2:09
  31. 31.
    Phaeton
    1:30
  32. 32.
    Bacchus
    2:02
  33. 33.
    Niobe
    2:16
  34. 34.
    Narcissus
    2:26
  35. 35.
    Arethusa
    2:53
  36. 36.
    Pan
    2:20
  37. 37.
    Phaeton
    1:20
  38. 38.
    Niobe
    2:36
  39. 39.
    Bacchus
    1:38
  40. 40.
    Narcissus
    3:12
  41. 41.
    Arethusa
    2:42