Special offer. Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Apollon Musagète
Jennifer Johnston (Jocasta), Stuart Skelton (Oedipus), Gidon Saks (Creon) & Fanny Ardant (narrator)
Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Johnston's superb interpretation lifts the whole performance up a couple of notches...But John Eliot Gardiner's conducting somehow misses the work's elusive power. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week7th April 2014
Contents
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
- Stuart Skelton, Fanny Ardant, Gidon Saks, Jennifer Johnston
- Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Oedipus Rex, Prologue and Act I: "Spectateurs, vous allez entendre…"
"Voici Creon, beau-frere d'Oedipe…"
"Oedipe interroge la fontaine de verite…"
"Gloria, gloria, gloria!"
"Le temoin du meurtre sort de l'ombre…"
"Et maintenant, vous allez entendre…"
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
I. Premier Tableau, Naissance d'Apollon
II. Second Tableau, Variation d'Apollon
III. Pas d'action