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Oedipus Rex (1927)

Text: Jean Cocteau
Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The John Alldis Choir, Alec McCowen (Speaker), Sir Peter Pears (Tenor), Stafford Dean (Bass), Kerstin Meyer (Alto), Benjamin Luxon (Baritone), Ryland Davies (Tenor), Donald McIntyre (Baritone)
℗ 1977
21 Tracks, 51:30

  • Prologue

    • Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to hear...
      01:05

  • Act I

    • 1. Caedit nos pestis
      03:38
    • 2. Liberi, vos liberabo
      03:20
    • 3. Creon, the brother-in-law of Oedipus
      00:27
    • 4. Respondit deus
      03:10
    • 5. Non reperias vetus scelus
      03:32
    • 6. Oedipus questions Tiresias
      00:33
    • 7. Delie, expectamus Minerva filia Iovis
      01:57
    • 8. Dicere non possum, dicere non licet
      02:43
    • 9. Invidia fortunam odit
      02:37
    • 10. Gloria, gloria, gloria!
      01:08

  • Act II

    • 1. The dispute of the princes summons Jocasta
      01:07
    • 2. Gloria, gloria, gloria!
      01:05
    • 3. Nonne erubiscite, reges
      06:19
    • 4. Trivium, trivium, trivium! ... Pavesco subito, Jocasta
      03:02
    • 5. A messenger announces that King Polybus of Corinth
      00:42
    • 6. Adest omniscius pastor
      05:35
    • 7. In monte reppertus est
      02:01
    • 8. And now you will hear the messenger
      01:16
    • 9. Divum Jocastae caput mortuum!
      03:21
    • 10. Ecce! Regem Oedipoda, foedissimum monstrum monstrat
      02:52