Scenes From Salome and Elektra

by Richard Strauss

Scenes From Salome and Elektra cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:07:02
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Isolating the most intense, psychologically harrowing vocal sequences from two revolutionary modernist operas, the recording demands staggering stamina from the soprano. The massive orchestral forces surge and crash, matching the extreme emotional violence of the librettos.

Genres

Descriptors: operatic, orchestral, theatrical, vocal, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein (Elektra's Soliloquy) (9:35)
  2. Elektra: Was willst du, fremder Mensch? (Recognition Scene) (21:34)
  3. Elektra: Elektra! Schwester! (Finale) (9:41)
  4. Salome: Tanz der sieben Schleier (9:04)
  5. Salome: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund (Final Scene) (17:06)

Credits

  • Fritz Reiner - primary artist, conductor
  • Inge Borkh - primary artist, soprano vocals
  • Richard Strauss - primary artist, composed by
  • Paul Sch枚ffler - baritone vocals
  • Chorus From The Lyric Theatre In Chicago - chorus
  • Frances Yeend - soprano vocals

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