| Notes: | At head of title: Les grands concerts inedits du Théâtre des Châmps-Elysées.
The 1st work is an opera-oratorio in two acts after Sophocles, text by Jean Cocteau; the 2nd work, a ballet; the 3rd work, an opera in three acts, after Hans Christian Anderson, French version by Calvocoressi.
The 1st work sung in Latin, narration in French ; 3rd work, sung in French.
Compact disc ; analog recording, digitally remastered.
Program notes in French chiefly by Patrick Szersnovicz and André Lischke, with an English abstract, texts in French and Latin, in booklet ([96] p. : ill. ; 13 cm.) which accompanies container.
Container and booklet in box.
Various soloists (1st, 3rd works) ; Jean Cocteau, narrator (1st work) ; Chœurs de la Radiodiffusion française (1st work) ; Chœurs de la Radiodiffusion Télévision française (3rd work) ; Orchestre National ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (1st two works), André Cluytens, conductor (3rd work).
The 1st two works recorded May 19, 1952; the 3rd, March 24, 1955, in performances at the Theâtre des Champs-Élysées.
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