Valery Gergiev triumphs with Stravinsky
Listen to a clip from the Mariinsky Orchestra's Oedipus Rex recording here
9 July 2010 - 9:35am
Stravinsky
Oedipus Rex; Les noces
Gérard Depardieu (narrator), Sergei Semishkur, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Evgeny Nikitin, Mikhail Petrenko, Alexander Timchenko; Mariinsky Chorus & Orchestra/Valery Gergiev Mariinsky
MAR 0510 (hybrid CD/SACD) 73:49 mins
‘Ekaterina Semenchuk as Jocasta is the mezzo, or rather contralto, with the biggest range and lustre since Bernstein’s Troyanos, and Sergey Semishkur’s Oedipus blends clarion authority with youthful pathos’ David Nice
Related links:
CD Review: Valery Gergiev conducts Shostakovich's The Nose
CD Review: Stravinsky and Scriabin from Valery Gergiev
