『Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Les Noces』 Edward Fox / Soloists / Simon Joly Chorale / Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft

『Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Les Noces』

Edward Fox / Soloists / Simon Joly Chorale
Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft

CD: Naxos
Series: Robert Craft Collection
8.557499 (2004)
Made in the EU

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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Oedipus Rex [52:21]
1. Prologue 7:51
2. Introducing Creon 7:48
3. Introducing Tiresias 9:56
4. Introducing Jocasta 11:04
5. Introducing the Messenger 9:05
6. Epilogue 6:38

Speaker: Edward Fox
King Oedipus: Martyn Hill, tenor
Jocasta: Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Creon and Messenger: David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone
Tiresius: Andrew Greenan, bass
Shepherd: Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Simon Joly Male Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft

Les Noces [24:10]
7. Scene One 5:11
8. Scene Two 5:40
9. Scene Three 3:02
10. Scene Four 10:16

Alison Wells, soprano
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Martyn Hill: tenor
Alan Ewing, basso-profundo
Simon Joly Chorale
International Piano Quartet
Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble
Robert Craft

Recorded at Abbey Road Studio One, London, England,
on January 8th and 9th 2001 (Les Noces) and in June 2001 (Oedipus Rex)
Producer: Gregory K. Squires
Editor: Richard Price
Engineers: Arne Akselberg (Oedipus Rex), Mike Sheady (Les Noces)
Assistant Engineer: Mike Cox
Technical Engineer: Dave Forty
Production Co-ordinator: Alva Minoff
Production Assistant: Phyllis Lanini
Russian Language Coach: Xenia de Berner
Pianos by Steinway & Sons, London

These recordings were previously released on Koch International Classics

Cover Picture: The Sphinx and the Chimera, 1906 by Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910)

◆本CDについて◆　

ストラヴィンスキーの「助手」だったロバート・クラフト（1923―2015）による「オイディプス王」&「結婚」。

ブックレット（全32頁）にRobert Craftによる解説（英語原文と独訳）、演奏者紹介（英文）、「Oedipus Rex」歌詞対訳（ラテン語原文と英訳――ナレーションは英語）、「Les Noces」歌詞対訳（ロシア語原文と英訳）、図版（モノクロ）1点。

★★★★★

◆ストラヴィンスキー「結婚」聴き比べ◆　

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