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R Strauss: Elektra [Original recording reissued]

~ Richard Strauss (Composer), Sir Georg Solti (Conductor), Vienna State Opera Chorus (Orchestra), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Birgit Nilsson (Performer), et al.
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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Wo bleibt Elektra? - Helen Watts
2. Allein! Weh, ganz allein
3. Elektra! - Marie Collier
4. Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren - Marie Collier
5. Es geht ein Larm los
6. Was wilst du? Seht doch, dort! - Regina Resnik
7. Die Gotter! bist doch selber eine Gottin
8. Ich will nichts horen! - Regina Resnik
9. Ich habe keine guten Nachte - Regina Resnik
10. Wenn das rechte Blutopfer
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Disc: 2
1. Orest! Orest ist tot! - Marie Collier
2. Platz da! Wer lungert so vor einer Tur? - Gerhard Unger
3. Nun muß es hier von uns geschehm
4. Du! Du! denn du bist stark!
5. Nun denn, allein!
6. Was wilst du, fremder Mensch?
7. Elektra! Elektra! - Tom Krause
8. Orest!
9. Du wirst es tun? Allein?
10. Seid ihr von Sinnnen - Tugomir Franc
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On this CD:
  1. Elektra
    Composed by Richard Strauss
    Performed by Vienna State Opera Chorus
    with Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, Marie Collier, Gerhard Stolze, Tom Krause, Tugomir Franc, Margareta Sjöstedt, Margarita Lilowa, Gerhard Unger, Leo Heppe, Pauline Tinsley, Helen Watts, Maureen Lehane, Yvonne Minton, Jane Cook, Felicia Weathers
    Conducted by Sir Georg Solti

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Amazon.co.uk Review
If ever there was a dysfunctional family, it was the one in this opera, based on a Greek tragedy but deeply imbued with the ideas of Sigmund Freud. The mother Clytemnestra (mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik) and her lover Aegisthus (tenor Gerhard Stolze) have murdered her husband, Agamemnon, on his triumphant return from the Trojan War. They have an excuse: Agamemnon gave his daughter Iphigenia for a human sacrifice. Another daughter, Elektra (soprano Birgit Nilsson), burns for revenge but, as a woman in a patriarchal society, she must use her brother Orestes (baritone Tom Krause) to execute her plan. Nilsson's portrayal is a high point of her career and the whole brilliant production matches her performance. This is not easy listening but it puts us in touch with dark realities dangerous to ignore and the music (after you get used to it, which may take a while) has great power. --Joe McLellan

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable Klytemnestra performance, 27 April 2000
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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.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars it's good..so buy it, 2 Jul 2001
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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.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Triff noch einmall!, 24 Jan 2001
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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. Indeeed there is nothing lovely about these two women (Klytaemestra and Elektra.) Birgit Nilsson is tireless, I almost dropped dead just listening to her high notes. Never once did she falter. Regina Resnik was unbelievable. Marie Collier was great for characterization, all that whining she did was unbearable. Equally as great were the supporting cast. The women at the beginning of the opera were great, what a bunch of gossips, they sounded like the front page of the Enquirer. Finally, Sir Georg is amazing. I have often heard harsh crticism against him for being obtrusive in his idealism and for driving the orchestra. Well, I must admit he has been rather pushy with Mm. Nilsson in other recordings, for example, the end of his Die Walkure (Nilsson singing opposite Hans Hotter in the final seen between Brunnhilde and Wotan.) His driving may become irritating at times, but this isn't the story of the gingerbread man and I don't see where anyone can get the notion that you should be playing this opera with a harp. I am an American and must say that the English are lucky for having so many of the recordings that are discontinued here in the US.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Get this recording if you want the complete music here!!
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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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