Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex

Jennifer Johnston (Jocasta), Stuart Skelton (Oedipus), Gidon Saks (Creon) & Fanny Ardant (narrator) Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Paul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator) Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Chorus, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Chorus, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Jessye Norman (Jocaste), Thomas Moser (Oedipus), Alexandru Ionita (Shepherd), Michel Piccoli (narrator) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis

Jessye Norman (Jocasta) & Peter Schreier (Oedipus), Bryn Terfel (Creon), Harry Peeters (Tiresias), Robert Swensen (Shepherd), Michio Tatara (Messenger) Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Edward Fox, Jennifer Lane, David Wilson-Johnson, Andrew Greenan, Joseph Cornwell, Alison Wells (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor), Alan Ewing (bass) The Simon Joly Male Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, International Piano Quartet, Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble, Simon Joly Chorale, Robert Craft

Nicolai Gedda, Arnoldo Foà, Mario Petri, Magda Laszlò, Nestore Catalani, Aldo Bertocci, Rita Streich, Dagmanr Hermann, Ernst Haefliger, Hans Braun Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della Rai, Coro di Roma della RAI, Chor Der Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde, Herbert von Karajan

Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Chorus, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Lajos Kozma (Oedipus), Tatiana Troyanos (Jocasta), Franz Crass (Creon), Luigi Ron (Tiresias), Franco Jacopucci (Shepherd), Giancarlo Sbragia (narrator) Orchestre symphonique de la radio italienne de Rome, Claudio Abbado

AJ Glueckert (tenor), Alex Esposito (bass-baritone), Adolfo Corrado (bass), Ekaterina Semenchuck (mezzo-soprano), Sebastian Geyer (bass-baritone), Luca Bernard (tenor), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Daniele Gatti

Martha Modl (mezzo-soprano), Helmut Krebs (tenor), Peter Pears (tenor), Heinz Rehfuss (bass), Jean Cocteau (narrator), Otto von Rohr (bass) WDR Symphony Orchestra, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Radio Chorus, Igor Stravinsky

Peter Pears, Martha Mödl, Heinz Rehfuss, Otto von Rohr, Helmut Krebs & Werner Hessenland Verstäkter Männerchor of Northwest German Radio & Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky

Maria Bergmann (piano), Peter Pears (Oedipus), Martha Mödl (Jokaste), Heinz Rehfuss (Kreon) Otto von Rohr (Tiresias) SO des SWF, Baden-Baden, men's choir of NWDR, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky

Jean Cocteau (narrator), Peter Pears (Oedipus), Heinz Rehfuss (Creon/Messenger), Otto von Rohr (Tiresias), Martha Mödl (Jocasta), Helmut Krebs (Shepherd) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Radio Symphony Chorus, Igor Stravinsky

Ivan Sardi (bass (vocal)), Paul Kuen (tenor), Ernst Deutsch (speaker), Hertha Töpper (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Max Thurn (chorus master), Günther Arndt (chorus master), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Chor, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der St. Hedwig's-Kathedrale, Berlin, RIAS Boys' chorus, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay

John Westbrook (narrator), George Shirley (Oedipus), Donald Gramm (Creon), Chester Watson (Tiresias), Shirley Verrett (Jocasta), John Reardon (Messenger), Loren Driscoll (Shepherd) Washington Opera Society Orchestra, Washington Opera Society Chorus, Igor Stravinsky

Natalie Dessay, Marie McLaughlin, Violeta Urmana, Ian Caley, Vsevolod Grivnov, Maxim Mikhailov, Laurent Naouri, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Oedipus), Marjana Lipovšek (Jocasta) Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opera National de Paris, Orchestre National de Paris, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, James Conlon, Franz Welser-Möst

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Oedipus), Marjana Lipovsek (Jocasta), John Tomlinson (Creon), Alastair Miles (Tiresias), John Mark Ainsley (Shepherd) London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Franz Welser-Möst

Nicolai Gedda, Magda László, Arnoldo Foà, Aldo Bertocci, Nestore Catalani Herbert von Karajan

Alec McCowen (narrator), Kerstin Meyer (contralto), Sir Peter Pears (tenor), Ryland Davies (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Stafford Dean (bass), Kirstin Meyer (contralto) The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Leonard Bernstein, Michael Wagner (narrator), René Kollo (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Ezio Flagello (bass vocal), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), David Evitts (baritone) Harvard Glee Club

Ivo Zidek (Oedipus), Vera Soukupova (Jocasta), Zdenek Kroupa (Messenger), Karel Berman (Creon), Eduard Haken (Tiresias), Antonin Zlesak (Shepherd), Jean Desailly (Narrator) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir (=Czech Philharmonic Chorus), Karel Ancerl, Josef Veselka

Pierrette Alarie (soprano), Léopold Simoneau (tenor), John Newmark (piano), Léopold Simoneau (ténor), Catherina Delfosse (soprano), Grace Hoffman (alto) Heinz Rehfuss (bass), Maureen Forrester (alto), Joseph Rouleau (bass), Bernard Cottret, George Abdoun, Gérard Serkoyan Eugenia Zareska, Michel Hamel, Jean Cocteau Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre National de France & Choeur de Radio-France, Walter Goehr, Albert Bittner, Wilfrid Pelletier, Igor Stravinsky

Ernest Ansermet, Michel Sénéchal, Hugues Cuénod (tenors), Heinz Rehfuss (baritone), Xavier Depraz (bass) & Istvan Arato (cimbalom), Ernst Haefliger (Oedipus), Hélène Bouvier (Jocasta), James Loomis (Créon & Messenger), André Vessières (Tiresias), Hugues Cuénod (Shepherd) & Paul Pasquier (Narrator) L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Société Chorale du Brassus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Geoffrey Tozer (piano), Boris Berman (piano) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi

Richard Burgin (violin), Viktor Polatschek (clarinet), Raymond Allard (bassoon), Roger Voisin (trumpet), Jacob Raichman (trombone), Charles Smith (percussion), Georges Moleux (bass), Georges Laurent (flute), Manuel Valerio (clarinet), Ernst Panenka (bassoon), Marcel Lafosse (trumpet), Georges Mager (trumpet), John Coffey (trombone), Seymour Lipkin (piano), Leonard Bernstein (speaker), Michael Wagner (narrator), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Ezio Flagello (bass), Frank Hoffmeister (tenor), David Evitts (baritone), New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Glee Club, Boston Symphony Orchestra, English Bach Festival Choir

Léon Goossens (oboe), Yehudi Menuhin (viola), John Ogdon (piano), Sir Ralph Richardson (Speaker), Ronald Dowd (Oedipus), Raimund Herincx (Creon), Harold Blackburn (Tiresias), Patricia Johnson (Jocasta), Raimund Herincx (Messenger) & Alberto Remedios (Shepherd) Sinfonia of London, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sadler’s Wells Opera Chorus (men’s voices) & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

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

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

Leonard Bernstein

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Marcel Reijans (tenor), Juha Uusitalo (bass-baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass-baritone), Johan Leysen (speaker), Alexander Kerr (violin), Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Godfried Hoogeveen (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Gustavo Gimeno (percussion), Jorgen van Rijen (trombone), Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marianne Cornetti (mezzo), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Detlef Roth (baritone), Anna Larsson (contralto) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder, Lorin Maazel, Claus Peter Flor, Riccardo Chailly, Leonard Slatkin, Hans Vonk, Mariss Jansons, Sir Colin Davis, Paavo Berglund, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Heinz Holliger, Kurt Masur, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Daniel Harding, George Benjamin, Markus Stenz, Zubin Mehta, Bernard Haitink, David Robertson, Pierre Boulez, Herbert Blomstedt, Stefan Asbury, Ingo Metzmacher, Lothar Zagrosek, Ivan Fischer, Ed Spanjaard, Fabio Luisi