Strauss: Elektra – Op. 58, Gesamtaufnahme (2-CD) – Barbara Krieger

Composer: Richard Strauss
Artists: Barbara Krieger, Sotiris Charalampous, Jochen Kupfer, Sanja Anastasia, Astrid Weber, Orchestre Experience
Conductor: Julien Salemkour
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Solo Musica
Release Date: February 27, 2025

This recording is characterized by an uncompromising fidelity to the Richard Strauss’s masterpiece, which makes it possible to experience Elektra in all its facets. All of the passages that are usually cancelled, which are essential for understanding the work and its power, have been included. 

The production was an extraordinary endeavor and an impressive example of creative solutions in difficult COVID times: the orchestra was recorded first, and the soloists sang their parts later to the existing recording – thereby making it possible for a number of international artists to come together under the most difficult 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 its facets.

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