| 3-CD Boxed Set!
Village Voice (8/11/2000) - "...the real prize of these three discs is the CD premiere of King Oedipus...the story imprints itself powerfully...[with] occasional thrilling climaxes....[For] Innova's [Harry Partch] project as a whole, A-plus is too weak a grade." Rating: B+
Enclosure 5 ... On an Ancient Greek Theme [224:55] |
ARTISTS
CD1 [72:51]
1. Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World (1955) [6:29]
2-8. Revelation in the Courthouse Park, after “The Bacchae” of Euripides (1960) [38:53]
9. Introduction to “King Oedipus” [7:43]
10-13. King Oedipus (1951, start) [19:39]
CD2 [76:13]:
1-15. King Oedipus (conclusion) [61:48]
16. Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725) - Menuet [0:53]
17. Douglas Moore (1893-1969) - Come Away, Death [3:02]
18. Come Away, Death (1942) [2:46]
19. By the Rivers of Babylon (Psalm 137) (1931, re. 1955) [3:39]
20. Introduction to “The Bewitched” [4:05]
CD3 [75:51]
1-12. The Bewitched (1954-5)
Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World (1971 Orion LP, Jack Logan, trumpet); Revelation in the Courthouse Park (1960, University of Illinois, Gate 5 Records, Issue F); Introduction to King Oedipus (KPFA-FM, 1954); King Oedipus (1952, Allen Louw: Oedipus; Rudolphine Radil: Jocasta; Mills College premiere with W.B. Yeats libretto); Johann Krieger: Menuet (1950, Partch + Ben Johnston); Come Away, Death (from December, 1942); (1997, Didier Aschour and Vincent Bouchot); By the Rivers of Babylon (137th Psalm); (1961, Gate Five Records); Introduction to The Bewitched (A Dance Satire) (1959, WNYC); The Bewitched (1980, WDR-Köln). Full details in note at end of review. rec. 1942-1997, various locations. DDD |
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