Œdipe

Album by George Enescu & Michael Gielen & Monte Pederson & Egils Siliņš & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Œdipe is an opera by Romanian composer George Enescu, first performed in 1936. It blends late-Romantic orchestration with modal inflections and influences from Romanian folk music and is Enescu's only completed full-length opera, representing a culmination of his compositional development and contributing to 20th-century operatic repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act I Prologue: Prélude
    4:29
  2. 2.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act I Prologue: Roi Laios, en ta maison (Women, High Priest, Warriors, Shepherds, Creon)
    6:56
  3. 3.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act I Prologue: Les Dieux ont béni l'enfant (High Priest, Jocasta, Laius, Tiresias, Chorus)
    8:13
  4. 4.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act II Scene 1: Mais l'exil eternel ! (Oedipus, Phorbas, Chorus)
    6:10
  5. 5.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act II Scene 1: Pourquoi trembler, mon fils ? (Merope, Oedipus)
    6:49
  6. 6.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act II Scene 2: Est-ce deja le Roi ? (Shepherd, Oedipus, Laius)
    10:29
  7. 7.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act II Scene 3: De l'aurore à l'aurore (Watchman, Oedipus, Sphinx)
    15:04
  8. 8.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act II Scene 3: Ho ! Ho ! Réveillez-vous, Thébains ! (Watchman, Oedipus, Thebans, Chorus)
    5:43

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act III: Oh ! Oh ! Hélas ! Hélas ! (Chorus, Oedipus, High Priest, Creon)
    9:02
  2. 3.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act III: Divin Tirésias, très cher, très grand (Oedipus, Tiresias, Creon, Chorus)
    6:01
  3. 4.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act III: Qu'entends-je, Œdipe ? (Jocasta, Oedipus, Chorus, Shepherds, Phorbas)
    12:36
  4. 5.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act III: Ouvrez les portes ! (Oedipus, Chorus, Antigone, Creon)
    11:43
  5. 6.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act IV Épilogue: Bienveillantes ! Bienfaisantes ! (Chorus, Theseus, Oedipus, Antigone)
    10:03
  6. 7.
    Oedipe, Op. 23: Act IV Épilogue: Père ! Père ! Créon ! Je vois Créon! (Antigone, Creon, Oedipus, Chorus)
    15:01

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