Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex

Tracklist

Oedipus Rex (Opera-Oratorio In Two Acts, After Sophocles)
A	Prologue And Act I	24:50
B	Act II	26:12

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Recorded At – Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Creon, Messenger] – Heinz Rehfuss
• Bass Vocals [Tiresias] – Otto von Rohr
• Chorus – Cologne Radio Chorus*
• Composed By, Conductor – Stravinsky*
• Design [Cover Design] – Andy Engel, Ed Lee
• Illustration – Melinda Bordelon
• Liner Notes – Robert Craft
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Jocasta] – Martha Mödl
• Orchestra – The Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra*
• Sleeve Notes – Robert Craft
• Tenor Vocals [Oedipus] – Peter Pears
• Tenor Vocals [Shepherd] – Helmut Krebs
• Text By, Narrator – Jean Cocteau
• Written-By – Sophocles

Notes

Recorded 8. October 1951

The present recording was taped in the concert hall of the Nordwestdeutsche Rundfunk in Cologne, in October 1951. M. Cocteau's speeches were dubbed in from a Paris Performance 8 months later.

Previously released as ML 4644

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): XLP 12780
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): XLP 12781
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): XLP 12780-3A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): XXLP 12781-3F
• Other (Library Of Congress Catalog Card Number): 75-750608

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ML 4644	Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau & Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus*	Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau & Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus* - Oedipus Rex ‎(LP)	Columbia Masterworks	ML 4644	US	Unknown
ML 4644	Igor Stravinsky	Stravinsky Conducts Oedipus Rex ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	ML 4644	US	Unknown
ML 4644	Igor Stravinsky Conducting The Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus* With Narration By Jean Cocteau	Igor Stravinsky Conducting The Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus* With Narration By Jean Cocteau - Oedipus Rex ‎(LP)	Columbia Masterworks	ML 4644	US	1953
CBS 61131	Stravinsky*, Jean Cocteau, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus*	Stravinsky*, Jean Cocteau, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus* - Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	CBS Classics	CBS 61131	UK	1976
A. 01 137 L	Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau & Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus*	Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau & Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus* - Oedipus Rex ‎(LP, Gat)	Philips	A. 01 137 L	France	Unknown