PIZZETTI Three Orchestral Preludes-STRAVINSKY Oedipus Rex trailer [2022 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]

Both Pizzetti and Stravinsky were drawn to the subject of Oedipus Rex, but in very different contexts. The 24-year-old Pizzetti was commissioned to write Three Orchestral Preludes for use in a theatrical production. He wrote with an austere sense of orchestral colour, devoid of impressionism that favours the vaguely archaic, with modal inflections. Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio was written in his neo-Classical style, with a central role for narrator. In a stark, stylised and formal setting, the use of Latin, and Stravinsky’s instruction for the leading characters to wear masks, add timeless, impersonal elements to a work that culminates in catharsis.

Available in DVD (37981)/ Blu-ray (57981)/ CD (CDS7981)

Recording place: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino – Sala Zubin Mehta, Florence, Italy
Recording date: 30th June 2022

Performed in concert form

Conductor: Daniele Gatti

Cast:
Oedipus, AJ Glueckert, tenor
Jocasta, Ekaterina Semenchuck, mezzo-soprano
Creon, Alex Esposito, Bass-baritone
Tiresias, Adolfo Corrado, bass
Shepherd, Luca Bernard, tenor
Messenger, Sebastian Geyer, bass-baritone

Speaker, Massimo Popolizio

Orchestra and Chorus del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus Master: Lorenzo Fratini

RELEASE DATE: 21st July 2023

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