Oedipus rex ; Les noces
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Oedipus rex ; Les noces
(The Robert Craft collection, . The music of Igor Stravinsky)
Naxos, c2004
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Opera-oratorio, based on Sophocles (1st work); ballet-cantata in four scenes (2nd)
Sung in Latin (1st work) and Russian (2nd); narrated in English (1st)
Alison Wells, soprano (2nd work) ; Susan Bickley (2nd), Jennifer Lane (1st), mezzo-sopranos ; Martyn Hill, Joseph Cornwell (1st), tenors ; David Wilson-Johnson (1st), bass-baritone ; Andrew Greenan (1st), bass ; Alan Ewing, basso-profundo (2nd) ; Edward Fox, speaker (1st) ; Simon Joly Male Chorus (1st) ; Simon Joly Chorale (2nd) ; International Piano Quartet (2nd) ; Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble (2nd) ; Philharmonia Orchestra (1st) ; Robert Craft, conductor
Recorded at Abbey Road Studio One, London, England, on January 8th and 9th 2001 (2nd work) and in June 2001 (1st)
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Texts in Latin and Russian with English translation
Naxos: 8.557499