Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

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Elektra : Solti / Vienna Philharmonic, Nilsson, Resnik, Collier, Krause, Stolze, etc (1966-67 Stereo)(2LP)

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

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Speakers Corner Records
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed

Richard Strauss: Elektra

Birgit Nilsson
Regina Resnik
Marie Collier
Tom Kraus
and further soloists
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Georg Solti

Recording: June, September and November 1966 at Sofiensaal, Vienna
by Gordon Parry and James Brown
Production: John Culshaw and Christopher Raeburn

Richard Strauss was filled with doubt as to whether he would be capable of expressing in music the crazed revenge of Elektra after writing his opera Salome with its shocking story. It is quite understandable that he had trouble in composing the work, although such difficulties are not in the least evident during the course of the drama or in the musical flow. Drawing on natural sources, the forceful melodies make use of polyphonic, complex motifs and extreme dissonances. Here and there, Strauss' s typical chordal harmonies gleam through, though hardly audible, taking the harsh dissonances and chromaticism to the very extremes of atonality.

Sir Georg Solti, whose outstanding Strauss interpretations constitute the focus of his life' s work, leads the enormous orchestra through the highly complex score and provides his singers with a powerful but finely chiselled sound. Birgit Nilsson personifies an icy-cold Elektra consumed with hatred, and her counterpart Regina Resnik as Clytemnestra is no less extreme in her role. Gerhard Stolze, one of the greatest singers of his time, masters the exhausting role of Aegistheus, and Tom Krause is highly convincing as the determined Orestes. The phenomenal acoustics of Vienna' s Sofiensaal provided an ideal recording venue, and the audible quality of the sung text is excellent - although the final bloodbath can scarcely be expressed in words. ( Speakers Corner Records )

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それにしても、日本で歌う年の春にMETで収...

投稿日:2011/05/27 (金)

それにしても、日本で歌う年の春にMETで収録した映像が廃盤とは残念。DIVA御歳62歳の絶唱なり。せめて不滅のこの圧倒的録音で、その舞台を想起しますか。LP時代に流布した対訳は、無神経な日本語の表現が、今読んでも腹立たしいものですが、ホーフマンスタールの劇詞を名訳で読みたいものです。私は昔からほとんどひとり、ショルティを愛聴し続けています。イタリア・オペラにおいても。

オペラかじり虫 さん | 兵庫県 | 不明

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激烈を極めたショルティによる快演。『エレ...

投稿日:2007/07/24 (火)

激烈を極めたショルティによる快演。『エレクトラ』が持つ表現主義的で先鋭化された音楽をショルティは強力な指揮でウィーン・フィルから引き出している。日本のクラシックファンや評論家はショルティ嫌いが多いが、この『エレクトラ』を聴いて黙れと言いたい。

Straussist さん | 香川県 | 不明

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ショルティの作品の中では出色の1枚。少な...

投稿日:2006/01/15 (日)

ショルティの作品の中では出色の1枚。少なくとも演奏の完成度としては「指環」に次ぐ。

プーやん さん | 福岡市 | 不明

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