Väinö Raitio - Antigone Trilogy, Op. 23 (1922)

I. Antigone’s Sacrifice for her Brother [0:00] II. The Fall of the Tyrant [6:53] III. The Death of Antigone [14:19] An orchestral work by Finnish composer Väinö Raitio (1891-1945), based on the story of the Greek mythological tragic heroine Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who figures prominently in the Theban plays of Sophocles. Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
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