Richard Strauss - Elektra
Inge Borkh - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Staatskapelle Dresden - Karl Böhm
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 505 MB | Full Artwork: 280 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 445 329-2 GX2 | Country/Year: Germany 1961, 1994
Genre: Classical | Style: Opera, Early 20th Century
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EAC extraction logfile from 12. January 2014, 9:33
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EAC extraction logfile from 12. January 2014, 9:33
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EAC extraction logfile from 12. January 2014, 9:51
Fischer-Diskau, Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Böhm / Strauss: Elektra CD2v2
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DR12 -0.60 dB -18.18 dB 5:51 01-Elektra - Wo bleibt Elektra ?
DR10 -0.06 dB -15.30 dB 9:12 02-Elektra - Allein ! Weh, ganz allein
DR11 -2.89 dB -19.84 dB 2:18 03-Elektra - Elektra ! Ah, das Gesicht !
DR10 -1.75 dB -16.70 dB 5:52 04-Elektra - Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren
DR9 -1.37 dB -15.27 dB 2:45 05-Elektra - Es geht ein Lärm los
DR12 -3.16 dB -20.63 dB 4:47 06-Elektra - Was willst du ? Seht doch, dort !
DR14 -0.94 dB -21.02 dB 5:06 07-Elektra - Ich will nichts hören
DR11 -1.09 dB -17.84 dB 5:59 08-Elektra - Ich habe keine guten Nächte
DR10 -1.19 dB -16.72 dB 4:31 09-Elektra - Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt
DR9 -0.56 dB -13.21 dB 4:09 10-Elektra - Was bluten muß ? Dein eigenes Genick
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DR12 -5.55 dB -21.81 dB 0:52 02-Elektra - Platz da! Wer lungert so vor einer Tür?
DR10 -0.45 dB -16.41 dB 2:07 03-Elektra - Nun muß es hier von uns geschehn
DR10 -0.42 dB -15.25 dB 4:42 04-Elektra - Wie stark du bist!
DR11 -2.76 dB -22.24 dB 1:15 05-Elektra - Nun denn, allein!
DR11 -4.16 dB -20.43 dB 6:22 06-Elektra - Was willst du, fremder Mensch?
DR11 -2.36 dB -17.30 dB 2:13 07-Elektra - Wer bist denn du?
DR11 -1.20 dB -16.55 dB 8:46 08-Elektra - Orest! Orest! Es rührt sich niemand!
DR9 -1.80 dB -13.49 dB 1:31 09-Elektra - Du wirst es tun? Allein? Du armes Kind?
DR10 -1.03 dB -19.22 dB 1:32 10-Elektra - Seid ihr von Sinnen
DR10 -0.54 dB -15.57 dB 2:29 11-Elektra - Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben können!
DR11 -4.28 dB -20.05 dB 3:46 12-Elektra - He! Lichter! Lichter!
DR8 -1.06 dB -12.40 dB 1:14 13-Elektra - Helft! Mörder!
DR8 -1.25 dB -11.39 dB 1:51 14-Elektra - Elektra! Schwester!
DR9 -0.87 dB -13.58 dB 3:54 15-Elektra - Ob ich nicht höre?
DR8 -1.15 dB -12.41 dB 1:23 16-Elektra - Elektras Tanz
DR8 -0.01 dB -12.22 dB 2:21 17-Elektra - Elektra! Schweig, und tanze
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DR12 -0.60 dB -18.18 dB 5:51 01-Elektra - Wo bleibt Elektra ?
DR10 -0.06 dB -15.30 dB 9:12 02-Elektra - Allein ! Weh, ganz allein
DR11 -2.89 dB -19.84 dB 2:18 03-Elektra - Elektra ! Ah, das Gesicht !
DR10 -1.75 dB -16.70 dB 5:52 04-Elektra - Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren
DR9 -1.37 dB -15.27 dB 2:45 05-Elektra - Es geht ein Lärm los
DR12 -3.16 dB -20.63 dB 4:47 06-Elektra - Was willst du ? Seht doch, dort !
DR14 -0.94 dB -21.02 dB 5:06 07-Elektra - Ich will nichts hören
DR11 -1.09 dB -17.84 dB 5:59 08-Elektra - Ich habe keine guten Nächte
DR10 -1.19 dB -16.72 dB 4:31 09-Elektra - Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt
DR9 -0.56 dB -13.21 dB 4:09 10-Elektra - Was bluten muß ? Dein eigenes Genick
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DR12 -5.55 dB -21.81 dB 0:52 02-Elektra - Platz da! Wer lungert so vor einer Tür?
DR10 -0.45 dB -16.41 dB 2:07 03-Elektra - Nun muß es hier von uns geschehn
DR10 -0.42 dB -15.25 dB 4:42 04-Elektra - Wie stark du bist!
DR11 -2.76 dB -22.24 dB 1:15 05-Elektra - Nun denn, allein!
DR11 -4.16 dB -20.43 dB 6:22 06-Elektra - Was willst du, fremder Mensch?
DR11 -2.36 dB -17.30 dB 2:13 07-Elektra - Wer bist denn du?
DR11 -1.20 dB -16.55 dB 8:46 08-Elektra - Orest! Orest! Es rührt sich niemand!
DR9 -1.80 dB -13.49 dB 1:31 09-Elektra - Du wirst es tun? Allein? Du armes Kind?
DR10 -1.03 dB -19.22 dB 1:32 10-Elektra - Seid ihr von Sinnen
DR10 -0.54 dB -15.57 dB 2:29 11-Elektra - Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben können!
DR11 -4.28 dB -20.05 dB 3:46 12-Elektra - He! Lichter! Lichter!
DR8 -1.06 dB -12.40 dB 1:14 13-Elektra - Helft! Mörder!
DR8 -1.25 dB -11.39 dB 1:51 14-Elektra - Elektra! Schwester!
DR9 -0.87 dB -13.58 dB 3:54 15-Elektra - Ob ich nicht höre?
DR8 -1.15 dB -12.41 dB 1:23 16-Elektra - Elektras Tanz
DR8 -0.01 dB -12.22 dB 2:21 17-Elektra - Elektra! Schweig, und tanze
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CD Info:
Richard Strauss - Elektra
Inge Borkh - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Staatskapelle Dresden - Karl Böhm
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalog#: 445 329-2 GX2
Format: 2xCD, Album, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: 1961, 1994
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera, Early 20th Century
Tracklist:
1-1 Wo Bleibt Elektra? 5:51
1-2 Allein! Weh, Ganz Allein. 9:12
1-3 Elektra! / Ah, Das Gesicht! 2:18
1-4 Ich Kann Nicht Sitzen Und Ins Dunkel Starren 5:52
1-5 Es Geht Ein Lärm Los. 2:45
1-6 Was Willst Du? Seht Doch Dort! 4:47
1-7 Ich Will Nichts Hören! 5:06
1-8 Ich Habe Keine Guten Nächte. 5:59
1-9 Wenn Das Rechte Blutopfer Unterm Beile Fällt 4:31
1-10 Was Bluten Muß? Dein Eigenes Genick 4:09
2-1 Orest! Orest Ist Tot! 3:22
2-2 Platgz Da! Wer Lungert So Vor Einer Tür? 0:52
2-3 Nun Muß Es Hier Von Uns Geschehn 2:07
2-4 Wie Stark Du Bist! 4:42
2-5 Nun Denn, Allein! 1:15
2-6 Was Willst Du, Fremder Mensch? 6:22
2-7 Wer Bist Denn Du? 2:13
2-8 Orest! Orest! Es Rührt Sich Niemand! 8:46
2-9 Du Wirst Es Tun? Allein? Du Armes Kind! 1:32
2-10 Seid Ihr Von Sinnen 1:32
2-11 Ich Habe Ihm Das Beil Nicht Geben Können 2:29
2-12 He! Lichter! Lichter! 3:46
2-13 Helft! Mörder! 1:14
2-14 Elektra! Schwester! 1:51
2-15 Ob Ich Nicht Höre? 3:54
2-16 Elektras Tanz 1:23
2-17 Elektra! / Schweig, Und Tanze. 2:21
Companies etc
Made By – PMDC, Germany
Recorded At – Studio Lukaskirche, Dresden, 10/1960
Credits
Art Direction – Hartmut Pfeiffer
Choir – Chor der Staatsoper Dresden
Chorus Master – Ernst Hintze
Composed By – Richard Strauss
Conductor, Liner Notes – Karl Böhm
Design – Barbara Hanke
Engineer – Heinrich Keilholz
Libretto By – Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Liner Notes – J. Barnabé
Orchestra – Staatskapelle Dresden
Photography By – Foto Fayer, Rudolf Betz, Sabine Toepffer, Siegfried Lauterwasser, Werner Neumeister
Producer – Wolfgang Lohse
Translated By – G.M. Holland, Ken Chalmers
Vocals – Cvetka Ahlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fred Teschler, Fritz Uhl, Gerda Schreyer, Gerhard Unger, Hermi Ambros, Ilona Steingruber, Inge Borkh, Jean Madeira, Judith Hellwig, Margarete Sjöstedt, Marianne Schech, Renate Reinecke, Siegfried Vogel, Sieglinde Wagner
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 431 738-2 02 >
Matrix / Runout (Mould - Both Discs): MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC E
Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of many collaborations between Strauss and Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909.
Elektra is a difficult work and is musically complex. A performance requires musicians with great stamina. The role of Elektra in particular is one of the most demanding in the dramatic soprano repertoire.
Despite being based on ancient Greek mythology, the opera is highly modernist and expressionist. Hofmannsthal and Strauss's adaptation of the story focuses tightly on Elektra, thoroughly developing her character by single-mindedly expressing her emotions and psychology as she meets with other characters mostly one at a time. The other characters are Klytaemnestra, Elektra's mother and one of the murderers of Agamemnon, Elektra's father; her sister, Chrysothemis; her brother, Orestes; and Klytaemnestra's lover, Aegisthus. None of them show much development; all are secondary to the story.
Everything else from the myth is minimized as background to Elektra's character and her obsession. Other aspects of the ancient story are completely excluded, tightening the focus on Elektra's furious lust for revenge. The result is a very modern, expressionistic retelling of the ancient Greek myth. Compared to Sophocles's Electra, the opera presents raw, brutal, violent, and bloodthirsty horror. wikipedia