by Failoni Orchestra, Hanspeter Gmür · Naxos Deutschland GmbH · CD · EAN 0730099436922
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«Sinfonias on Ovid's Metamorphoses Nos. 4-6» is the album by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, released in 1996 by Naxos, on CD.
The CD brings together three programmatic symphonies by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses, with the Failoni Orchestra conducted by Hanspeter Gmür. The works allude to Perseus and Andromeda, the Lycian peasants turned into frogs, and the petrification of Phineus; among its movements are «Adagio non molto», «Presto» and «Allegro assai».
It belongs to the series The 18th Century Symphony, with catalogue number 8.553369. Recorded at Festetich Castle in Budapest in April 1995; total duration: 73 minutes.
For fans of eighteenth-century classical music and symphonic works with mythological inspiration, featuring less common composers of the repertoire.
