V4: Orchestral Works

As orchestral director of the court theatre, Moravian composer Paul Wranitzky composed many works for the stage. The ballet-pantomime Das Waldmädchen (‘The Forest Maiden’) proved one of his greatest successes, enchanting the Viennese public with its tuneful score and the charming story of a feral girl found in the forest by a Polish prince out hunting. (Naxos)