Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Cocteau, Pears, Modl)

OK, here is a sample (the Gloria Chorus that ends Act 1) from Stravinsky's first (Cologne) recording. You can download as either flac or mp3.

http://rapidshare.com/files/128925471/Gloria_flac.flac.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/128926238/Gloria_Chorus_mp3.mp3.html

The cast is as follows:-

Oedipus: Peter Pears
Jocasta: Martha Modl
Creon & the Messenger: Heinz Rehfuss
Tiresias: Otto von Rohr
Shepherd: Helmut Krebs
Narrator: Jean Cocteau
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Recorded October 1951 (music) & June 1952 (narration)

The transfer was made by my good friend & colleague Greg Thompson of Casselberry, Florida.

This recording is available in flac & mp3 formats for download, or as a conventional CD, priced at £5, plus postage (60p in the UK, £1 to the rest of the world).