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- Original Release Date: 12 Jan 1999
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play | 1. Elektra, Op.58 - "Wo bleibt Elektra?" | Helen Watts | 6:14 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Elektra, Op.58 - "Allein! Weh, ganz allein." | Birgit Nilsson | 9:28 | £1.09 | ||
| Play | 3. Elektra, Op.58 - "Elektra!" | Marie Collier | 2:22 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Elektra, Op.58 - "Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren" | Marie Collier | 5:52 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Elektra, Op.58 - "Es geht ein Lärm los." | Birgit Nilsson | 1:46 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Elektra, Op.58 - "Was willst du? Seht doch dort!" | Regina Resnik | 2:48 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Elektra, Op.58 - "Die Götter! bist doch selber eine Göttin." | Birgit Nilsson | 2:35 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Elektra, Op.58 - "Ich will nichts hören!" | Regina Resnik | 4:47 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Elektra, Op.58 - "Ich habe keine guten Nächte." | Regina Resnik | 6:10 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Elektra, Op.58 - "Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt" | Birgit Nilsson | 4:54 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Elektra, Op.58 - "Was bluten muß? Dein eigenes Genick" | Birgit Nilsson | 4:24 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Elektra, Op.58 - Was sagen Sie ihr denn? | Birgit Nilsson | 2:02 | £0.79 | ||
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Elektra, Op.58 - "Orest! Orest ist tot!" | Marie Collier | 2:53 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Elektra, Op.58 - Platz da! Wer lungert so vor einer Tür? | Gerhard Unger | 0:55 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 3. Elektra, Op.58 - "Nun muß es hier von uns geschehn." | Birgit Nilsson | 2:01 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Elektra, Op.58 - "Du! Du! Denn du bist stark! Wie stark du bist" | Birgit Nilsson | 8:06 | £1.09 | ||
| Play | 5. Elektra, Op.58 - "Nun denn, allein!" | Birgit Nilsson | 1:27 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Elektra, Op.58 - "Was willst du, fremder Mensch?" | Birgit Nilsson | 6:57 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Elektra, Op.58 - Elektra! Elektra! | Tom Krause | 1:35 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Elektra, Op.58 - "Orest!" | Birgit Nilsson | 10:11 | £1.49 | ||
| Play | 9. Elektra, Op.58 - "Du wirst es tun? Allein? Du armes Kind?" | Birgit Nilsson | 1:34 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Elektra, Op.58 - "Seid ihr von Sinnen" | Tugomir Franc | 1:33 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Elektra, Op.58 - "Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben können!" | Birgit Nilsson | 1:29 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Elektra, Op.58 - Es muss etwas geschehen sein | Marie Collier | 0:56 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 13. Elektra, Op.58 - "He! Lichter!" | Gerhard Stolze | 5:00 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. Elektra, Op.58 - "Elektra! Schwester!" | Marie Collier | 1:50 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 15. Elektra, Op.58 - "Ob ich nicht höre?" | Birgit Nilsson | 1:23 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 16. Elektra, Op.58 - "Hörst du denn nicht" | Marie Collier | 2:21 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 17. Elektra, Op.58 - "Schweig, und tanze." | Birgit Nilsson | 3:52 | £0.79 | ||
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The definitive recording of Elektra. After listening to Regina Resnikäs performance as Klytemnestra you will never be able to listen to any other recording. The horror, the colours in her voice, the screams, the primal energy which she summons up in this role are compelling. Marie Collier also gives a moving performance as Chrysotemis, particularly in her "ich kann nicht sitzen...". The death of Klytemnestra is especially frightening. A must.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I don't usually rate Solti's conducting that highly. I found his 'Ring' cycle consistently poor, overblown and fragmented (try Bohm) but in 'Elektra' he seems to have used that nervous energy to the benefit of the music. It's probably Strauss' greatest opera, a masterwork (not just of the 20th century but ANY century) and it receives here a truly great performance. Nilsson is much more 'in character' here than she was in Solti's Wagner recordings. The other singers are superb. I particularly liked Krause's 'Orest', a part which can often seem weak. And Resnik is chilling and unhinged as Klytemnestra. The VPO play tremendously and the Decca recording (1967) captures the full range of singers and instrumentalists to perfection. The depth of the sound picture and noticeable lack of background 'hiss' is remarkable (note that the current edition has been re-mastered). If you want to sample this music listen to Elektra's opening monologue on Disc One (track 2). From 7' 06'' to the end of the track is one massive passage of incandescent singing, conducting and playing. Prepare to be blown away! It's one of Strauss' finest moments and amply demonstrates the merits of this great recording.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With this recording - John Culshaw's penultimate for Decca - the 'sonicstage' concept reached its apogee: I can't think of another opera recording where the production is so 'interventionist' - not afraid to go right over the top where necessary (just sample the beginning of disc 2 to see what I mean) and with incredible use of echo and perspective. Even if you don't like the music, this would make an excellent stereo demonstration disc!
But the music is what it's all about: Elektra represents Strauss at his most 'out there' - he was never this musically radical again (Rosenkavalier, though just as good in its own way, represented a change of direction) and Solti delivers the maximum amount of drama in a score which, strangely, he often claimed to be equivocal about. His conducting, and the playing of the VPO, has an almost visceral impact here and Nilsson, Collier and (particularly) Rysanek, give performances that you will never be able to forget.
I'd definitely say this is one of the finest opera recordings ever made.
But the music is what it's all about: Elektra represents Strauss at his most 'out there' - he was never this musically radical again (Rosenkavalier, though just as good in its own way, represented a change of direction) and Solti delivers the maximum amount of drama in a score which, strangely, he often claimed to be equivocal about. His conducting, and the playing of the VPO, has an almost visceral impact here and Nilsson, Collier and (particularly) Rysanek, give performances that you will never be able to forget.
I'd definitely say this is one of the finest opera recordings ever made.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Ideally, I'd have given this recording 4.5 stars (the thing that bothers me is Marie Collier's howling and crying as Chrysothemis: much as it is indeed called-for in the score, it... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2003 by Alexander Z. Damyanovich
christ on a crutch in jerusalem !!!
WOW!!!!! this is amazing. breathtaking music and singing that makes the hair on the back of your head stand straight up. birgit's voice will give you an ear-gazim. Read more
Published on 3 April 2001 by lance noe
Triff noch einmall!
It is puzzling to me why there are not more reviews on this modern nightmare. If you want the bad girls of opera you've got it. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2001
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