Oedipus Rex (1927) (narrated in English)
Leonard Bernstein, Harvard Glee Club, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Wagner (Speaker), René Kollo (Tenor), Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo-soprano), Tom Krause (Baritone), Ezio Flagello (Bass), Frank Hoffmeister (Tenor), David Evitts (Baritone)
℗ 1974
Prologue
- 00:59You are about to hear a Latin version of Oedipus the King
Act I
- 04:06Caedit nos pestis
- 03:29Liberi, vos librerato
- 00:26This is Creon, brother-in-law of Oedipus
- 06:39Respondit Deus
- 02:44Oedipus questions the fountain of truth
- 05:23Dicere non possum
- 01:11Gloria!
Act II
- 02:10The dispute of the princes attracts the attention of Jocasta
- 04:25Nonn' erubescite, reges
- 03:21Ne probentur oracula
- 02:08Ego senem cecidi
- 00:45The witness to the murder comes out of the shadow
- 04:33Adest omniscius pastor
- 03:24Nonne monstru rescituri
- 01:39And now you are going to hear that famous monolog
- 03:10Divum locastae caput mortuum!
- 02:46Ecce! Regem Oedipoda
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