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Released on EMI Classics, also Samson et Dalila : « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix » (Maria Callas), Tosca: “Vissi d'arte” (Tosca) (Maria Callas) and Orphée et Eurydice : « J’ai perdu mon Eurydice » (Maria Callas)
Written by Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, also Pulcinella: X. Largo (Trio) - Allegro - Presto (Duetto) (Teresa Berganza), Pulcinella: XVII. Tempo di minuetto (Teresa Berganza) and Le Sacre du printemps (Revised version 1947): Première partie : L'Adoration de la terre. Les Augures printaniers (Danses des adolescentes) (London Symphony Orchestra)
Part of The Early Recordings, also Piano Concerto: I. Allegro non troppo (John Ogdon), Piano Concerto: III. Vivace (John Ogdon) and Piano Concerto: II. Molto lento e tranquillo (John Ogdon)
Written by Jean Cocteau, also La Dame de Monte‐Carlo, FP 180 (Natalie Dessay), Oedipus Rex: Prologue (Edward Fox) and Oedipus Rex: Act 2: "The quarrel between the princes brings Jocasta on the scene"
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский wrote 585 songs on fono
Jean Cocteau’s most frequent co-writer is Francis Poulenc (5 songs together)
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский’s most frequent co-writer is Константин Бальмонт (3 songs together)
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский first appears on fono in 1958, 54 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Jean Cocteau and Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский
- Part of
- The Early Recordings
- Released on
- EMI Classics
- Written by
- Jean Cocteau and Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский
- Part of
- The Early Recordings
- Released on
- EMI Classics
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский
Same writer: Jean Cocteau
Same label: EMI Classics
Same release: The Early Recordings
Same writer: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский
Same writer: Jean Cocteau
Same label: EMI Classics
Same release: The Early Recordings
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1MusicBrainz Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" was written by Jean Cocteau
Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" was written by Jean Cocteau
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" was written by Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский
Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" was written by Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" is part of the release The Early Recordings
Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" is part of the release The Early Recordings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz EMI Classics is the label of the song Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear"
EMI Classics is the label of the song Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear"
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" was released on 2012-09-03
Oedipus Rex: Act 1: "The version of Oedipus Rex which you are about to hear" was released on 2012-09-03
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026