Sadler's Wells Opera, Stravinsky, Sir Ralph Richardson, Ronald Dowd, Raimund Herincx, Patricia Johnson, Harold Blackburn, Alberto Remedios, Sir Colin Davis - Oedipus Rex flac album

Tracklist

Credits

• Bass Vocals [Tiresias] – Harold Blackburn
• Bass-Baritone Vocals [Creon / Messenger] – Raimund Herincx
• Chorus – The Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
• Chorus Master – David Tod Boyd
• Composed By – Igor Stravinsky
• Conductor – Sir Colin Davis
• Libretto By, Adapted By (Text) – Jean Cocteau
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Jocasta] – Patricia Johnston
• Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Producer [At Sadler's Wells Theatre] – Michel Saint-Denis
• Tenor Vocals [Oedipus] – Ronald Dowd
• Tenor Vocals [Shepherd] – Alberto Remedios
• Translated By [Into Latin] – Jean Daniélou
• Translated By [Narration Into English] – Carl Wildman
• Voice Actor [Speaker] – Sir Ralph Richardson*
• Written By – Sophocles

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 2358 50112 4
• Label Code: LC 06646

Other versions

Sir Michael Tippett 1905-1998 Piano Concerto 3. 1. John Ogdon – piano Philharmonia Orchestra. CD 6 : Richard Wagner 1813-1883 Siegfried Idyll 1. Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 Oedipus Rex 4. 6. Sir Ralph Richardson, Ronald Dowd, Raimund Herincx, Harold Blackburn, Patricia Johnson, Raimund Herincx, Alberto Remedios Sadler’s Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Text By – Cocteau, Danièlou. Bass Vocals – Harold Blackburn. Chorus – The Sadler's Wells Men's Chorus And Soloists. Chorus Master – David Tod Boyd. Composed By – Igor Stravinsky. Conductor – Colin Davis. Liner Notes – Malcolm Rayment. Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Patricia Johnson. Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Photography By – G. Macdomnic. Tenor Vocals – Ronald Dowd. Tenor Vocals – Alberto Remedios. Voice – Sir Ralph Richardson. Booklet in English - Contains libretto in Latin + English translation Recorded in Europe Printed in . Sung in Latin - Spoken in English.

Though Colin Davis remains very active as a recording artist, latterly in the brilliant LSO Live series, it is good to be reminded quite what superb qualities his earliest recordings had. In 1960, as a live-wire young conductor about to become music director of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company (predecessor of ENO), he had one of his first really big successes in the theatre - all the more revelatory because it was totally unexpected

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, David Tod Boyd, Ronald Dowd, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/David Tod Boyd/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis/Ronald Dowd - Oedipus Rex, Act II: Nonne monstrum rescituri (Oedipus) (Opera-oratorio in two acts · Text by Jean Cocteau after Sophocles · Translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou · English version. of the narration by Carl Wildman; 2003 Digital Remaster). Oedipus Rex, Act II: Nonne monstrum rescituri (Oedipus)

Oedipus rex was written towards the beginning of Stravinsky's neoclassical period, and is considered one of the finest works from this phase of the composer's career. He had considered setting the work in Ancient Greek, but decided ultimately on Latin: in his words "a medium not dead but turned to stone. In 1960 at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, a production by Colin Graham, directed by Michel Saint-Denis, conducted by Colin Davis and designed by Abd’Elkader Farrah.

Michel St Denis’s famous staging for Sadler’s Wells Opera more than 40 years ago, conducted by the youthful Colin Davis, was an occasion that brought this singular masterpiece to life in an electrifying way, undoubtedly helped by the confined space of the old Sadler’s Wells Theatre. It familiarised many with a work then less often heard than is the case today. That production was a hieratical, taut experience never to be forgotten. Stravinsky Oedipus Rex. This vital interpretation, led by a young Colin Davis, is a welcome restoration. View record and artist details. Record and Artist Details.

Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Sir Colin Davis, Raimund Herincx, Sadler's Wells Theatre Chorus, Alberto Remedios, Ronald Dowd.

Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis, Raimund Herincx, Ronald Dowd, Sadler's Wells Theatre Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis, Raimund Herincx, Ronald Dowd, Sadler's Wells Theatre Chorus - Œdipus rex, Act I: "Respondit Deus" - "Œdipe interroge la fontaine de vérité" (Creon, Oedipus, Chorus) 07:16 Stravinsky: Œdipus rex. Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis, Raimund Herincx, Ronald Dowd, Sadler's Wells Theatre Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis, Raimund H. .

Topics: Colin Davis, Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex, Ronald Dowd, Patricia Johnson, Raimund Herincx.