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Oedipus Rex (1927)

Text: Jean Cocteau
Sir Colin Davis, Sadler's Wells Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Ronald Dowd (Tenor), Patricia Johnson (Mezzo Soprano), Harold Blackburn (Bass), Raimund Herincx (Bass-baritone), Alberto Remedios (Tenor), Ralph Richardson (Speaker)
℗ 1963
Remastered
18 Tracks, 50:02

  • Prologue

    • "The version of Œdipus Rex which you are about to hear will be in Latin" (Narrator)
      01:02

  • Act I

    • 1. "Caedit nos pestis" (Chorus)
      03:27
    • 2. "Liberi, vos liberabo" (Oedipus, Chorus)
      03:01
    • 3. "Here is Creon" – "Respondit deus" (Narrator, Creon)
      03:55
    • 4. "Non reperias vetus scelus" (Oedipus, Chorus)
      03:14
    • 5. "Oedipus questions the fountain of truth" – "Delie, expectamus" (Narrator, Chorus)
      02:36
    • 6. "Dicere non possum, dicere non licet" (Tiresias, Oedipus)
      02:55
    • 7. "Invidia fortunam odit" (Oedipus)
      02:29
    • 8. "Gloria ! Laudibus regina Jocasta" (Chorus)
      01:21

  • Act II

    • 1. "The quarrel between the princes brings Jocasta on to the scene" (Narrator)
      00:52
    • 2. "Nonn' erubescite, reges" (Jocasta, Chorus, Oedipus)
      07:07
    • 3. "Ego senem cecedi" (Oedipus, Jocasta)
      02:28
    • 4. "A shepherd, the witness to the crime, appears" – "Adest omniscius pastor" (Narrator, Chorus, Messenger)
      03:29
    • 5. "Oportebat tacere, nunquam loqui" (Shepherd)
      01:28
    • 6. "Nonne monstrum rescituri" (Oedipus)
      01:21
    • 7. "In monte reppertus est" (Shepherd, Messenger, Oedipus, Chorus)
      02:04
    • 8. "And now you will hear the messenger" (Narrator)
      01:45
    • 9. "Divum Jocastae caput mortuum!" (Messenger, Chorus)
      05:28