Oedipus Rex

Nonn' erubescite, reges - Oraculum


  • Recorded: 10th September 2014
  • Record Place: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Studio
  • First Release: 2015
  • (P) 2015 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Opera

Artists

  • musical group: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • music by: Igor Stravinsky
  • mezzo-soprano: Dagmar Pecková
  • libretto by: Jean Cocteau
  • translation: Jean Daniélou
  • conductor: Aleksandar Marković

Album

Dagmar Pecková

Sinful Women

Catalogue Number: SU 4181-2
Published: 27th March 2015
Genre: Opera
Format: 1 CD
Opera arias: Jules Massenet - O mes soeurs (Marie-Magdeleine), Ne me refuse pas (Hérodiade), Camille Saint-Saëns - Mon coeur, Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila), Igor Stravinsky - Nonn' erubescite, reges (Oedipus Rex), Luigi Cherubini - Del fiero duol (Medea), Richard Wagner - Ich sah das Kind (Parsifal), Richard Strauss - Ich habe keine gute Nächte (Elektra), Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome), Antoine Mariotte - Ah! Je baiserai ta bouche, Iokanaan (Salomé)

Dagmar Pecková - mezzo-soprano, Ivana Veberová - soprano, Peter Mikuláš - bass, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Aleksandar Marković

The provocative title of the new album by the feted mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková reflects a remarkable dramaturgic idea: that which connects the life of modern humans with the heroines of Antique mythology is the principle of sin - and forgiveness. This is perhaps why all the featured characters are smart and strong women, some of them even endowed with supernatural abilities. Women determined to apply the boldest means so as to gain that which they long for - or to take revenge. Women betrayed by a ruse or wounded by their own love. The very first aria featured, that of Massenet's Marie-Magdeleine, opens the scope for the message - that the only way out of sin is forgiveness. "When you look at mezzo-soprano characters, virtually all of them can be branded sinners. Perhaps it is owing to the darker voice colour..." says Dagmar Pecková. As rendered by her on the present album, each of the "sinful women" is profoundly treated in psychological and emotional terms. This profundity and inspiration is based on the soloist's own professional experience and is also the fruit of the collaboration with the accompanying Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, under the uncompromising and masterful baton of Aleksandar Marković.

Love, sin and forgiveness. An insight into the mysterious female soul.

Reviews

“Vocally Peckova's dark contralto-ish mezzo is in good shape throughout…Tone and supportive vocal colour seem to count more for her than pure text…Throughout the programme we hear superbly and cleanly executed run-throughs, but it is oftem Markovic's players who provide the real dramatic thrust (try the end of Elektra here).“
Gramophone, July 2015

“Dagmar Peckova's voice has evolved from strong and stylish Mozartian into a richly powerful instrument whose darkly sensuous hues are ideally suited to the lusher late Romantics…her hollow-toned, haunting Klytaemnestra is the finest performance here.“
BBC Music Magazine, September 2015

Jules Massenet
Marie-Magdeleine
1. O mes soeurs 05:47
Camille Saint-Saëns
Samson et Dalila
2. Act 2 "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix " 06:27
3. Bacchanale 06:55
Jules Massenet
Hérodiade
4. Act 2 " Ne me refuse pas" 04:22
Igor Stravinsky
Oedipus Rex
5. Nonn' erubescite, reges - Oraculum 06:45
Luigi Cherubini
Médée. Opera
6. Act 3 "Del fiero duol che il cor mi frange" 04:29
Richard Wagner
Parsifal
7. Act 2 "Ich sah das Kind" 05:37
Richard Strauss
Salome
8. Dance of the Seven Veils 09:26
Richard Strauss
Elektra
9. "Ich habe keine gute Nächte" 06:50
Antoin Mariotte
Salome
10. Final Scene "Salomé: Ah! Je baserai ta bouche, Iokanaan" 11:20

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