Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Pizzetti: Three Orchestral Preludes for Oedipus Rex By Sophocles

Aj Glueckert, Ekaterina Semenchuck, Alex Esposito (bass-baritone), Adolfo Corrado, Luca Bernard, Sebastian Geyer, Massimo Popolizio, Lorenzo Fratini, Tiziano Mancini, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera company), Daniele Gatti

Release Date: 21st Jul 2023
Catalogue No: 37981
Label: Dynamic

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

Pizzetti: Orchestral Preludes (3) for Oedipus Rex

About
Reviews
Videos
Explore

About

Both Pizzetti and Stravinsky were drawn to the subject of Oedipus Rex, but in very different contexts. The 24-year-old Pizzetti was commissioned to write Three Orchestral Preludes for use in a theatrical production. He wrote with an austere sense of orchestral colour, devoid of impressionism that favours the vaguely archaic, with modal inflections. Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio was written in his neo-Classical style, with a central role for narrator. In a stark, stylised and formal setting, the use of Latin, and Stravinsky’s instruction for the leading characters to wear masks, add timeless, impersonal elements to a work that culminates in catharsis.

Reviews

Videos

An error occurred.

Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser.

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Pizzetti: Three Orchestral Preludes for Oedipus Rex By Sophocles

Contents

Download queue

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Pizzetti: Three Orchestral Preludes for Oedipus Rex By Sophocles

DVD Video

Other available formats

Contents

Download queue