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Solo Musica

Elektra - Op. 58, Gesamtaufnahme

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Details

Composer
Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Artist
Barbara Krieger, Sotiris Charalampous, Jochen Kupfer, Sanja Anastasia, Astrid Weber, Orchestre Exper
Format
CD
Label
Solo Musica
Released
May 16, 2025
Catalog #
SM484
UPC
4260123644840

About

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.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Wo bleibt Elektra? (Magde) 05:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    Wo bleibt Elektra? (Magde)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Anonymous, Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  3. 2 Allein! Weh, ganz allein (Elektra) 04:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    Allein! Weh, ganz allein (Elektra)
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  4. 3 Elektra! (Chrysothemis, Elektra) 08:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    Elektra! (Chrysothemis, Elektra)
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Astrid Weber, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  5. 4 Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren (Chrysothemis, Elektra) 02:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren (Chrysothemis, Elektra)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Astrid Weber, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  6. 5 Was willst du? Seht doch, dort! (Klytamnestra, Elektra) 07:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    Was willst du? Seht doch, dort! (Klytamnestra, Elektra)
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sanja Anastasia, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  7. 6 Ich will hören! (Klytamnestra) 04:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ich will hören! (Klytamnestra)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sanja Anastasia
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  8. 7 Ich habe keine guten Nächte (Klytamnestra, Elektra) 04:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ich habe keine guten Nächte (Klytamnestra, Elektra)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sanja Anastasia, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  9. 8 Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt (Elektra, Klytamnestra) 05:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt (Elektra, Klytamnestra)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sanja Anastasia, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  10. 9 Was bluten muss (Elektra) 03:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Was bluten muss (Elektra)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  11. 10 Lichter (Klytamnestra) 02:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    Lichter (Klytamnestra)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sanja Anastasia
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  12. Disc 2
  13. 1 Orest ist tot (Chrysothemis, Elektra) 02:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Orest ist tot (Chrysothemis, Elektra)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Astrid Weber, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  14. 2 Platz da! (Elektra, Chrysothemis) 00:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    Platz da! (Elektra, Chrysothemis)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Astrid Weber
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  15. 3 Nun muss es hier von us geschehen (Elektra, Chrysothemis) 02:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Nun muss es hier von us geschehen (Elektra, Chrysothemis)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Astrid Weber
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  16. 4 Wie stark du bist (Elektra, Chrysothemis) 07:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Wie stark du bist (Elektra, Chrysothemis)
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Astrid Weber
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  17. 5 Nun denn allein! (Elektra) 01:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nun denn allein! (Elektra)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  18. 6 Was willst du, fremder Mensch? (Elektra, Orest) 06:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Was willst du, fremder Mensch? (Elektra, Orest)
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Jochen Kupfer
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  19. 7 Elektra! Elektra! (Orest, Elektra) 02:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    Elektra! Elektra! (Orest, Elektra)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Jochen Kupfer, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  20. 8 Orest! (Elektra) 07:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Orest! (Elektra)
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  21. 9 Du wirst es tun? (Elektra, Orest) 03:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    Du wirst es tun? (Elektra, Orest)
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Jochen Kupfer
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  22. 10 Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben konnen! (Elektra) 02:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben konnen! (Elektra)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  23. 11 He! Lichter! Lichter! (Aegisth, Elektra) 03:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    He! Lichter! Lichter! (Aegisth, Elektra)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sotris Charalampous, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  24. 12 Helft! Mörder! (Aegisth, Elektra) 00:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    Helft! Mörder! (Aegisth, Elektra)
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Sotris Charalampous, Barbara Krieger
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  25. 13 Elektra, Schwester! (Chrysothemis, Chorus) 01:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    Elektra, Schwester! (Chrysothemis, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Astrid Weber
    Ensemble
    Choir Experience, Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  26. 14 Ob ich nicht höre? (Elektra, Chrysothemis) 03:35
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ob ich nicht höre? (Elektra, Chrysothemis)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Astrid Weber
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour
  27. 15 Schweig, und tanze! (Elektra, Chrysothemis) 03:37
    Track
    15
    Title
    Schweig, und tanze! (Elektra, Chrysothemis)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Barbara Krieger, Astrid Weber
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Experience
    Conductor
    Julien Salemkour