L'Arpa Festante: Elektra - Op. 58, Gesamtaufnahme - COMPACT DISCS
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Artist: L'Arpa Festante
Label: Solo Musica
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4260123644840
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-05-16
Number of Discs: 2
The recording is characterised by an uncompromising fidelity to the work, which makes it possible to experience Richard Strauss' masterpiece in all it's facets. All of the passages that are usually cancelled, which are essential for understanding the work and it's power, have been opened up. Richard Strauss himself emphasised in his memoirs how important words and singing were to him in the opera. He reported that the conductor Ernst von Schuch unleashed the orchestra at the dress rehearsal to such an extent that Strauss had to muffle him in order to maintain a balance with the voices. This admonition accompanied Julien Salemkour and Barbara Krieger as they rehearsed Elektra - a process for which they made intensive use of the covid period. The production was an extraordinary endeavour and an impressive example of creative solutions in difficult times. When it was hardly possible to realise larger music projects, the team decided on an unusual approach: The orchestra was to be recorded first, and the soloists would sing their parts later to the existing orchestral recording - and so a number of international artists came together under the most difficult corona conditions at different times in different places for the recordings. Barbara Krieger took on the title role - an artist who has recently been celebrated in particular as Elektra, Fidelio-Leonore and Isolde. Other renowned Strauss interpreters such as Astrid Weber, Sanja Anastasia and Jochen Kupfer complete the ensemble. Tenor Sotiris Charalampous makes his impressive debut as Aegisth. The internationally acclaimed conductor Julien Salemkour gives the singers unprecedented space to sing and breathe, while at the same time unfolding a tonal opulence that does justice to the origins of this score in all it's facets. Experience an Elektra that impresses with it's unleashed orchestral sound as well as it's extraordinary text comprehensibility - a combination that rarely succeeds.
Tracks:
1.1 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Wo Bleibt Elektra?
1.2 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Allein! Weh, Ganz Allein
1.3 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Elektra!
1.4 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Ich Kann Nicht Sitzen Und Ins Dunkel Starren
1.5 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Was Willst Du? Seht Doch, Dort!
1.6 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Ich Will Nichts Hören!
1.7 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Ich Habe Keine Guten Nächte
1.8 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Wenn Das Rechte Blutopfer Unterm Beile FÄLLT
1.9 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Was Bluten Muss
1.10 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Lichter!
2.1 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Orest! Orest Ist Tot!
2.2 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Platz Da!
2.3 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Nun Muss Es Hier Von Uns Geschehn
2.4 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Wie Stark Du Bist
2.5 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Nun Denn, Allein!
2.6 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Was Willst Du, Fremder Mensch?
2.7 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Elektra! Elektra!
2.8 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Orest!
2.9 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Du Wirst Es Tun? Allein?
2.10 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Ich Habe Ihm Das Beil Nicht Geben Können!
2.11 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-He! Lichter! Lichter!
2.12 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Helft! Mörder!
2.13 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Elektra! Schwester!
2.14 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Ob Ich Nicht Höre?
2.15 Elektra, Opera, Op. 58-Schweig, Und Tanze
