Lucian Ban / Mat Maneri - Oedipe Redux

2023 release

Nearly ninety years after its opening in Paris at Opera Garnier, Transylvanian expat pianist Lucian Ban and American violist Mat Maneri present a radical re-imagination of George Enescu’s famous Oedipe opera. For decades, the opera was seen as too difficult to perform, the score and four long acts demanded much from the musicians, but Enescu’s Oedipe has finally begun to receive the attention that it rightly deserves and to be recognized as one of the greatest works in the operatic repertoire.

Track List;

Prélude - 7:32
Tirésias et Laïos - 4:43
Helas! Terre lamentable. . . - 7:22
Interlude I - 1:40
Adonis couché sur la pourpre et l'or - 6:51
Le berger - 3:29
Hécate, Hécate - 5:07
Oui suis-je? Le corbeau crie. . . - 5:36
Interlude II - 1:19
Le crime, mort de Laïos - 6:23
Il est un breuvage - 5:07
La Sphynge - 5:37
Couronnement et chute - 5:15
Je mourrai dans la lumière - 5:33

Musicians

Mat Maneri - viola
Lucian Ban - piano
Jen Shyu - voice
Theo Bleckmann - voice
Ralph Alessi - trumpet
Louis Sclavis - clarinet and bass clarinet
John Hebert - bass
Tom Rainey - drums