The "Crafty Beer Crusaders” cut forlorn figures at the Bar as they sit discussing beer in all its glory. Soon enough though the discussion turns to a heated argument over which each feels has to bew the best craft beer.
This Naxos disc is a coupling of two recordings originally issued by Koch. Both the recordings were part of Robert Craft's continuation of the complete Stravinsky edition he had begun on MusicMasters. Craft's second Oedipus Rex is less than entirely compelling. Martyn Hill is a virile Oedipus and Jennifer Lane is a noble Jocasta, but Craft is a bit too restrained in his rhetoric and a tad too reserved in his dramatics.