| Description |
1 audio disc (77:52) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011752 |
| Medium of Performance |
speaker 1 mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 2 baritone voice 2 bass voice 1 men's chorus 1 orchestra 1 7 2 |
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mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 2 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Great performances
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Great performances (Sony Classical (Firm))
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| Note |
The 1st work an opera-oratorio in 2 acts after Sophocles, text by Jean Cocteau, translated into Latin by J. Danielou; the 2nd work for chorus and orchestra, presented in the 1948 version. |
| Performer |
René Kollo (tenor/Oedipus) ; Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano/Jocasta) ; Ezio Flagello (bass/Tiresias) ; Tom Krause (baritone/Creon) ; David Evitts (baritone/Messenger) ; Frank Hoffmeister (tenor/Shepherd) ; Michael Wagner, narrator ; Harvard Glee Club ; Boston Symphony Orchestra (1st work) ; English Bach Festival Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra (2nd work) ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. |
| Event |
Oedipus Rex Recorded 1972 December 15-16 Symphony Hall, Boston. |
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Symphony of Psalms Recorded 1972 April 8 EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. |
| Note |
Consists of previously released material. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Texts in Latin with English translations by e.e. cummings (1st work) and King James version (2nd work) (21 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Latin; narration in 1st work in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Oratorios.
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Oratorios. |
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Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama.
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Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Psalms (Music)
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Psalms (Music) |
| Genre/Form |
Oratorios.
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Oratorios.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Psalms (Music)
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Psalms (Music)
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Kollo, René, 1937- singer.
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Troyanos, Tatiana, singer.
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Flagello, Ezio, singer.
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Krause, Tom, singer.
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Evitts, David, singer.
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Hoffmeister, Frank (Tenor), singer.
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Wager, Michael, 1925-2011, narrator.
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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor.
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Daniélou, Jean, librettist.
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Libretto based on (work): Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Œdipe-roi.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Sophocles.
Oedipus Rex.
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Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Oedipus Rex.
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Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Symphonie de Psaumes.
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Harvard Glee Club, singer.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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English Bach Festival. Chorus, singer.
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| Note |
Subtitle on container insert: Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky |
| Standard No. |
886970081924 |
| Music No. |
88697 00819 2 Sony Classical |
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