Oedipus Rex ; Les noces /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, composer.
Uniform title:	Vocal music. Selections
Imprint:	St. Petersburg, Russia : Mariinsky, [2010]
Description:	1 online resource (1 sound file)
Language:	Russian French Latin
Subject:	Oedipus -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama. Weddings -- Songs and music. Secular oratorios. Ballets. Operas. Secular oratorios. Ballets. Secular oratorios. Streaming audio.
Format:	E-Resource Streaming Audio Music recording Audio
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11740325

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Other uniform titles:	Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, Khudoleĭ, Mlada, Savova, Olʹga, Timchenko, Aleksandr, Serov, Andreĭ (Bass), Mogilevsky, Alexander, 1977- Smolina, Svetlana, Zaichkina, I︠U︡lii︠a︡, Mogilevsky, Maxim, Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- Semenchuk, Ekaterina, 1976- Semishkur, Sergeĭ, Nikitin, Evgeniĭ, 1973- Petrenko, Mikhail, 1976- Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Svadebka. Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Oedipus Rex.
Other authors / contributors:	Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ), performer.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	audio file
Notes:	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. 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. Recorded 2009 December 28-31 and 2010 February 4-8 Concert Hall of the Mariinsksy Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia. The 1st work sung in Russian; the 2nd sung in Latin with spoken narration in French. Hard copy version record.
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.
Other form:	Source record: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Svadebka. Oedipus Rex. St. Petersburg, Russia : Mariinsky, ℗2010
Standard no.:	RUA521001001 RUA521001002 RUA521001003 RUA521001004 RUA521001005 RUA521001006 RUA521001007 RUA521001008 RUA521001009 RUA521001010
Publisher's no.:	MAR0510D Mariinsky