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 ; F. John Adams, choral director ; Boston Symphony Orchestra (1st work) ; English Bach Festival Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra (2nd work) ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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.
Consists of previously released material.
Texts in Latin with English translations by e.e. cummings (1st work) and King James version (2nd work) (21 p. : ports.) inserted.
Recorded in Boston, Dec. 15-16, 1972 (1st work); in London, Apr. 8, 1972 (2nd work).
Sung in Latin; narration in 1st work in English.
Oedipus Rex / Igor Stravinsky ; Jean Cocteau (Tom Krause, bass-baritone ; Rene Kollo, tenor ; David Evitts, bass ; Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano ; Michael Wagner, narrator ; Ezio Flagello, bass ; Frank Hoffmeister, tenor ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Harvard Glee Club) -- Symphony of Psalms / Igor Stravinsky (Leonard Bernstein, conductor ; London Symphony Orchestra ; English Bach Festival Chorus)