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Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Orchestra - Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex, Les Noces (2022) [Hi-Res]

Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Orchestra - Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex, Les Noces (2022) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex, Les Noces
  • Year Of Release: 2010 / 2022
  • Label: Mariinsky
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks, booklet) [96kHz/24bit]
  • Total Time: 1:14:09
  • Total Size: 1.47 GB
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Tracklist:

1. Valery Gergiev – Les Noces, K 40: Part I, Scene I, The Bride's Chamber (04:18)
2. Valery Gergiev – Les Noces, K 40: Part I, Scene II, At the Bridegroom's (05:08)
3. Valery Gergiev – Les Noces, K 40: Part I, Scene III, The Bride's Departure (02:45)
4. Valery Gergiev – Les Noces, K 40: Part II, Scene IV, The Wedding Feast (09:25)
5. Mariinsky Orchestra – Oedipus Rex: Prologue and Act I, "Spectateurs, vous allez..." (07:42)
6. Valery Gergiev – Oedipus Rex: Act I, "Voici Creon, beau-frere d'Oedipe..." (07:31)
7. Valery Gergiev – Oedipus Rex: Act I, "Oedipe interroge la fontaine de verite..." (09:27)
8. Valery Gergiev – Oedipus Rex: Act II, "La dispute des princes attire Jocaste..." (12:18)
9. Valery Gergiev – Oedipus Rex: Act II, "Le temoin du meurtre sort de l'ombre..." (07:53)
10. Valery Gergiev – Oedipus Rex: Act II, "Et maintenant, vous allez entendre..." (07:38)

Less than four years separate the premieres of Les Noces and Oedipus Rex, yet they each represent high-points in two distinct phases of Stravinsky's career.

Although the concept of Les Noces is highly innovative – a 'dance cantata' – the music remains rooted in Russian folk traditions. Choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and dedicated to Diaghilev, whose Ballet Russes gave the premiere, it marks the crowning glory of Stravinsky's so-called 'second Russian period'.

The opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex is the first great work of Stravinsky's neoclassical period. It was a major change in his compositional style, influenced in part by the loss of 'Russian identity' following his emigration. It is sung in Latin with Jean Cocteau's original French narration spoken here by Gérard Depardieu.

"These performances produce an enormous impression, Oedipus Rex bewitches the power of its influence and insuperable sensation of fatal tragedy, whereas Les Noces incarnates true Russian ritual, without interrupting the connection of Russian folklore with the aesthetics of modern society." (ICMA Award 2011 - Best Choral Work)

"You can actually tell that the language in question in Russian, which is no mean achievement. Marry that with crisp playing from the pianos and percussion, and sensible tempos that offer plenty of excitement but also promote clarity of diction, and the result is tremendous, and very effectively recorded." (ClassicsToday.com)


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