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ELEKTRA
By Hugo von Hofmannsthal/Richard
Strauss
VIDEO: Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Caterina
Ligendza, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Boehm, Vienno PO; Vienna,
1981, dir Goetz Friedrich; PGD [Polygram] 071 500
AUDIO: A) DG: Inge Borkh, Jean Madeira, Marianne
Schech, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Boehm conducting; solid
representation of the opera by an accomplished cast under one of the
composer's favorite conductors; Stereo [G.R.]
B) LYS: Erna Schlueter, Gusta Hammer, Annelies Kupper,
Robert Hager, Jochum conducting (1944); a performance very much off
the beaten track, but well worth acquiring for Schlueter's Elektra
caught at the peak of her all-too-brief prime and for Jochum's
wonderfully conversational approach and rigorous control over the
orchestra, which reminds one of Richard Strauss's Utopian(?)
reiteration that his orchestra should sound Mendelssohnian(!); an
unusual achievement; in fairly good Mono [G.R.]
C) DECCA/LONDON: Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, Collier,
Krause, Solti conducting; Stereo
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