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Cantata No. 7, Op. 42 (Pygmalion)

Composer
Petrovics Emil
Original / Hungarian title
VII. kantáta, Op. 42 (Pygmalion)
Foreign language / English title
Cantata No. 7, Op. 42 (Pygmalion)
Subtitle
For solo voices, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1995
Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S., T., Bar. soli - narr. - choir - orchestra
Duration
30 min
Text
OVIDIUS
Language
Latin / Hungarian / English
Commissioned by
The Phoenix Symphony
Premiere information
April 1995, Phoenix, Arizona
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 1998 - Szilvia Hamvasi (S.), Attila Fülöp (T.), Viktor Massányi (Bar.), Tamás Dunai (narr.), Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, Tamás Vásáry (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1994 - 1995

Based on Book X from Ovid´s Metamorphoses