Enescu: Oedipe
Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Laurence Albert (Phorbas), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Watchman), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx), Jocelynne Taillon...
A magnificent cast and dedicated conductor do justice to Enescu's neglected 1936 masterpiece. Strikingly dramatic and highly accessible.
Enescu: Oedipe
Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Laurence Albert (Phorbas), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Watchman), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx), Jocelynne Taillon...
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A magnificent cast and dedicated conductor do justice to Enescu's neglected 1936 masterpiece. Strikingly dramatic and highly accessible.
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- Marcel Vanaud (vocals), Gabriel Bacquier (bass-baritone), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Laurence Albert (vocals), Jocelynne Taillon (vocals), Jocelyne Taillon (vocals), John Aler (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Jean-Philippe Courtis (vocals), Marjana Lipovsek (vocals), Petits chanteurs de Monaco (vocals), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Barbara Hendricks (vocals), Gino Quilico (vocals)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orfeon Donostiarra
- Lawrence Foster
Thèbes, Chante, Des Sept Portes (Les Guerriers Thébains, Le Grand-Prêtre, Les Bergers, Le Choeur)
Track length3:28
Enfant Divin, Royal Enfant (Les Bergers, Les Femmes Thébaines, Les Guerriers Thébains, Créon)
Track length3:14
J'apporte De Délos La Flamme D'Apollon (Les Vierges Thébaines, Le Grand-Prêtre, Le Choeur)
Track length4:25
Père ! Père ! Créon ! Je Vois Créon ! (Antigone, Créon, Oedipe, Les Thébains, Les Vieillards Athéniens, Thésée)
Track length6:09
Awards and reviews
October 2008
A magnificent cast and dedicated conductor do justice to Enescu's neglected 1936 masterpiece. Strikingly dramatic and highly accessible.