CD 1
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus – Peter Pears
Jocasta – Kerstin Meyer
Creon – Donald McIntyre
Tiresias – Stafford Dean
Shepherd – Ryland Davies
Messenger – Benjamin Luxon
Narrator – Alec McCowen
John Alldis Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
CD 2
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Háry János: Suite
RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra, Op. 58 (scenes)
Elektra – Christel Goltz
Oreste – Ferdinand Frantz
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Georg Solti
Recording Producers: James Mallinson, Richard Beswick (Stravinsky); Dr Fred Hamel, Siegfried Janzen (Strauss, Kodály)
Balance Engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, James Lock (Stravinsky); Heinrich Keilholz (Kodály); Wilhelm Aulenkamp, Heinrich Keilholz, Alfred Steinke (Strauss)
Recording Locations: Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany, May 1949 (Kodály); Amerikahaus, Theatersaal, Munich, Germany, August 1952 (Strauss); Kingsway Hall, London, UK, 8–10 March 1976 (Stravinsky)
‘the dark sobriety and essentially lyric qualities of Stravinsky’s “opera-oratorio” are freshly and memorably conveyed in this recording’ (Stravinsky) Gramophone, February 1978