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Oedipus Rex / Igor Strawinsky.

LIBRA Orfeo 71831 CD
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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Contributor:
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, librettist.
Daniélou, Jean, librettist.
Norman, Jessye, performer.
Moser, Thomas, 1945- performer.
Ionita, Alexandru, performer.
Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020, narrator.
Nimsgern, Siegmund, 1940-2025, performer.
Bracht, Roland, performer.
Davis, Colin, 1927-2013, conductor.
Sophocles.
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Bayerischer Rundfunk. Männerchor, performer.
Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester, performer.
Standardized Title:
Oedipus Rex
Language:
English
French
German
Latin
Subjects (All):
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963--Musical settings.
Cocteau, Jean.
Daniélou, Jean--Musical settings.
Daniélou, Jean.
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Operas.
Musical settings.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (50 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
München : Orfeo, [1983]
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Participant:
Michel Piccoli, narrator ; Jessye Norman, mezzo-soprano ; Thomas Moser, Alexandru Ionita, tenors ; Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone ; Roland Bracht, bass ; Männerchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Colin Davis, conductor.
Notes:
Opera-oratorio in 2 acts after Sophocles; text by Jean Cocteau.
Narrated in French, sung in Latin; the Latin translations by J. Daniélou.
Compact disc.
Digital recording.
Program notes in German by Dietmar Holland with English and French translations, and French and Latin text with German, English, and French translations ([16] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Recorded in the Herkules-Saal München, Jan. 27-28, 1983 and June 27, 1983.
OCLC:
12433644
Publisher Number:
C 071-831 A Orfeo
S 071831 A Orfeo

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