Oedipe

Album by George Enescu & Lawrence Foster

Oedipe is an opera by Romanian composer George Enescu, premiered in 1936. The work combines late-Romantic orchestration, French impressionist textures and modern harmonic language with elements drawn from Romanian folk music, and as Enescu's only completed opera it occupies a distinctive place in his output and in interwar European opera.
First released: November 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Prelude
    4:23
  2. 2.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Oh! Oh! Hélas! Hélas!"
    3:34
  3. 3.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 1: "Roi Laïos, en la maison"
    2:06
  4. 4.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "De l'antique Kadmos"
    2:08
  5. 5.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 1: "Thèbes, chante, des sept portes"
    3:28
  6. 6.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Créon! Créon! Voici Créon"
    4:32
  7. 7.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Divin Tirésias, très cher"
    5:47
  8. 8.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 1: "Enfant divin, royal enfant"
    3:14
  9. 9.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Qu'entends-je, Oedipe"
    9:51
  10. 10.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 1: Dance of the Shepherds
    4:02
  11. 11.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 1: "J'apporte de Délos la flamme d'Appolon"
    4:25
  12. 12.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Reconnais-tu cet homme?"
    3:40
  13. 13.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 1: "Enfant, mon enfant, comment t'appeler"
    6:26
  14. 14.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Voyez, Thébains, voyez"
    4:10
  15. 15.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Père! Père"
    2:45
  16. 16.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Adonis, couché sur la poupre et l'or"
    4:29
  17. 17.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Oepide, o fils de Polybos"
    2:39
  18. 18.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Il faut partir, Oedipe"
    1:43
  19. 19.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 3: "Je marcherai dans les ténebres"
    4:51
  20. 20.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Ah! goûtez sans moi"
    2:13
  21. 21.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Bienveillantes! Bienfaisantes!"
    2:58
  22. 22.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Pourquoi trembler, mon fils?"
    5:37
  23. 23.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Déesses qui veillez?"
    3:16
  24. 24.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Et je me couvrirai"
    2:17
  25. 25.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Lumière de mes yeux"
    2:30
  26. 26.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Est-ce déjà le Roi?"
    3:44
  27. 27.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Où suis-je?... Le corbeau crie..."
    4:11
  28. 28.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Nous sommes arrivés..."
    3:39
  29. 29.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Mais si c'était un piège du Dieu..."
    2:56
  30. 30.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Père! Père! Créon! Je vois Créon!"
    6:09
  31. 31.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Pouvais-je penser"
    2:52
  32. 32.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: Interlude
    1:42
  33. 33.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "De l'aurore à l'aurore"
    2:46
  34. 34.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Oedipe!"
    2:50
  35. 35.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 4: "Adieu, douce Antigone"
    9:39
  36. 36.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Il est un breuvage"
    6:15
  37. 37.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Je t'attendais"
    5:10
  38. 38.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Ho! Ho! Réveillez-vous!"
    3:31
  39. 39.
    Oedipe, opera, Op. 23: Act 2: "Evohé! Evohé!"
    3:51

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