Oedipus Rex ; The firebird ; Symphonies of wind instruments / Stravinsky.

Author/creator Stravinsky, Igor
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication Info[Place of publication not identified] : EMI Classics, [2008], ℗2002.
Description1 online resource.
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Subjects

Other author/creatorSophocles. Oedipus Rex.
Other author/creatorAinsley, John Mark vocalist.
Other author/creatorCocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, librettist.
Other author/creatorColeman-Wright, Peter, vocalist.
Other author/creatorLipovšek, Marjana, vocalist.
Other author/creatorMiles, Alastair, vocalist.
Other author/creatorRolfe Johnson, Anthony, vocalist.
Other author/creatorTomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- vocalist.
Other author/creatorWelser-Möst, Franz conductor.
Other author/creatorWilson, Lambert narrator.
Included WorkStravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Symphonies d'instruments à vent.
Included WorkStravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit͡sa.
Other author/creatorLondon Philharmonic Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
Uniform titleOedipus Rex
Variant title Symphonies of wind instruments
General noteDurations: 50:02; 46:18; 9:10.
General noteLibretto of the 1st work by Jean Cocteau after Sophocles.
General noteOriginally issued separately in 1993 and 1994; this compilation originally released in 2002.
General notePreviously released as a compact disc.
General noteThe 1st work an opera-oratorio in 2 acts; the 2nd work a ballet; the 3rd work for 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba.
General noteThe 2nd work is the 1910 version of the ballet; The 3rd work is the rev. 1947 version.
Performer Marjana Lipovsek, alto ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Mark Ainsley, tenors ; Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone ; John Tomlinson, Alastair Miles, basses ; Lambert Wilson, narrator ; London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir ; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded May 1992, All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London (1st work) and Feb. 1993, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (remainder).
LanguageThe 1st work sung in Latin, with narration in French.
Genre/formSound recordings.

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