Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex - Les Noces
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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Oedipus Rex Les Noces Stravinsky conducted the first performance of Oedipus Rex (1925-1927) in the Theâtre Sarah Bernhardt,...
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Oedipus Rex Les Noces
Stravinsky conducted the first performance of Oedipus
Rex (1925-1927) in the Theâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris,
on 30th May, 1927, in a double bill with Firebird, in
which George Balanchine danced the rôle of Kastchei.
Composers--Ravel, Poulenc, and Roger Sessions
among them--were the first to recognize it as
Stravinsky's most powerful dramatic work and one of
his greatest creations. After hearing Ernest Ansermet
conduct it in London, February 12, 1936, the young
Benjamin Britten noted in his diary:
'One of the peaks of Stravinsky's output, this work
shows his wonderful sense of style and power of
drawing inspiration from every age of music, and
leaving the whole a perfect shape, satisfying every
aesthetic demand ... the established idea of
originality dies so hard.'
Oedipus Rex (more info)
Performed by:
Swiss Romande Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Russian Philharmonia
Composed by:
Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by:
Neeme Jarvi
Robert Craft
Constantine Orbelian
Franz Grundheber, baritone
Martyn Hill, tenor
Andrew Greenan, baritone
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Rudolf Rosen, bass
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Ruben Amoretti, tenor
Jean Piat, narrator
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Ewa Podles, contralto
Edward Fox, narrator
Gabrielle Schnaut, alto
Gunter von Kannen, bass
Peter Svensson, tenor
Recording date: June 2001
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Prologue - 7:51
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Introducing Creon - 7:48
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Introducing Tiresias - 9:56
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Introducing Jocasta - 11:04
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Introducing the Messenger - 9:05
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Epilogue - 6:38
Les Noces (The Wedding) (more info)
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Scene 1: The Tresses (At the Bride's House) - 5:11
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Scene 2: At the Bridegroom's House - 5:40
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Scene 3: The Departure of the Bride - 3:02
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Scene 4: The Wedding Feast - 10:16