The Complete Works for Oboe

Tracklist

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• 1 Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, op. 49: I. Pan, Who Played Upon the Reed Pipe Which Was Syrinx, His Beloved 2:20
• 2 Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, op. 49: II. Phaeton, Who Made Upon the Chariot of the Sun for One Day and Was Hurled Into the River Padus by a Thunderbolt 1:13
• 3 Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, op. 49: III. Niobe, Who, Lamenting the Death of Her Fourteen Children, Was Turned Into a Mountain 2:35
• 4 Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, op. 49: IV. Bacchus, at Whose Feast Is Heard the Noise of Gaggling Women's Tattling Tongues and Shouting Out of Boys 2:30
• 5 Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, op. 49: V. Narcissus, Who Fell in Love With His Own Image and Became a Flower 3:40
• 6 Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, op. 49: VI. Arethusa, Who, Flying From the Love of Alpheus the River God, Was Turned Into a Fountain 2:25
• 7 Phantasy Quartet, for Oboe & String Trio in F Minor, op. 2 12:35
• 8 Insect Pieces, for Oboe & Piano, op. posth.: I. The Grasshoper 3:22
• 9 Insect Pieces, for Oboe & Piano, op. posth.: II. The Wasp 1:52
• 10 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: I. Theme. Andante Rubato 1:32
• 11 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: II. Oration. Lento Quasi Recitativo 1:41
• 12 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: III. March. Alla Marcia 1:16
• 13 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: IV. Exercises. Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco 1:02
• 14 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: V. Commination. Adagio Con Fuoco 1:28
• 15 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: VI. Chorale. Molto Lento 1:57
• 16 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: VII. Waltz. Allegretto Rubato 1:16
• 17 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: VIII. Polka, Tempo di Polka. Allegro 1:37
• 18 Temporal Variations for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.: IX. Resolution. Maestoso (Ma Non Troppo Lento) 1:46

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BBC Music, Volume 15, Number 3: Britten: Plymouth Town / Nocturne / Williams: Ballads for Orchestra

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