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Oedipus Rex ; Les noces

Title: Oedipus Rex ; Les noces / Stravinsky.
Author: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Publication: St. Petersburg, Russia : Mariinsky, [2010]

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1 online resource (1 sound file)

Summary

Valery Gergiev conducts a new recording of Stravinsky's iconic neo-classical oratorio Oedipus Rex, complete with Jean Cocteau's original French narration spoken by Gerard Depardieu.

Uniform Title

Vocal music. Selections

Alternative Title

Vocal music.

Subject

Genre/Form

Ballets.
Operas.
Secular oratorios.
Streaming audio.

Note

Title order reversed on disc and container; the 1st work a ballet (dance-cantata) for solo voices, chorus, four pianos, and percussion; the 2nd an opera-oratorio in two acts after Sophocles.
Text of the 1st work from traditional Russian wedding rituals; libretto of the 2nd work by Jean Cocteau, translated into Latin by J. Daniélou, with the exception of the narrator's text by Abbé Jean Daniélou.

Language (note)

The 1st work sung in Russian; the 2nd sung in Latin with spoken narration in French.

Contents

Les noces : a dance cantata after traditional Russian texts (21:22) -- Oedipus Rex : opera-oratorio in two acts after Sophocles / libretto in French by Jean Cocteau, translated into Latin with the exception of the narrator's text by Abbé Jean Daniélou (52:27).

LCCN

RUA521001001
RUA521001002
RUA521001003
RUA521001004
RUA521001005
RUA521001006
RUA521001007
RUA521001008
RUA521001009
RUA521001010

OCLC

1079366078

Author

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, composer.

Title

Oedipus Rex ; Les noces / Stravinsky.

Publisher

St. Petersburg, Russia : Mariinsky, [2010]

Playing Time

002122 005227

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

audio file

Event

Recorded 2009 December 28-31 and 2010 February 4-8 Concert Hall of the Mariinsksy Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Performer

In the 1st work: Mlada Khudoley, soprano ; Olga Savova, mezzo-soprano ; Alexander Timchenko, tenor ; Andrei Serov, bass ; Alexander Mogilevsky, Svetlana Smolina, Yulia Zaichkina, Maxim Mogilevsky, pianos. In the 2nd work: Gérard Depardieu, narrator ; Ekaterina Semenchuk, mezzo-soprano ; Sergei Semishkur, Alexander Timchenko, tenors ; Evgeny Nikitin, bass-baritone ; Mikhail Petrenko, bass. In both works: Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.

Language

The 1st work sung in Russian; the 2nd sung in Latin with spoken narration in French.

Source of description

Hard copy version record.

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Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, librettist.

Khudoleĭ, Mlada, singer.

Savova, Olʹga, singer.

Timchenko, Aleksandr, singer.

Serov, Andreĭ (Bass), singer.

Mogilevsky, Alexander, 1977- instrumentalist.

Smolina, Svetlana, instrumentalist.

Zaichkina, I︠U︡lii︠a︡, instrumentalist.

Mogilevsky, Maxim, instrumentalist.

Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- narrator.

Semenchuk, Ekaterina, 1976- singer.

Semishkur, Sergeĭ, singer.

Nikitin, Evgeniĭ, 1973- singer.

Petrenko, Mikhail, 1976- singer.

Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- conductor.

Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Svadebka.

Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Oedipus Rex.

Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ), performer.

Other Form:

Source record: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Svadebka. Oedipus Rex. St. Petersburg, Russia : Mariinsky, ℗2010 (DLC) 2013619820 (OCoLC)635522899

Other Standard Identifier

RUA521001001

RUA521001002

RUA521001003

RUA521001004

RUA521001005

RUA521001006

RUA521001007

RUA521001008

RUA521001009

RUA521001010

Publisher No.

MAR0510D Mariinsky

Branch Call Number

eNYPL Music

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