(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 Abbado Claudio - 1989(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker**
2 Albrecht Marc - 2002(LI) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
3 Andersson Knud - 1966(LI) - New Orleans Opera*
4 Armstrong Richard - 1991(LI) - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra**
5 Armstrong Richard - 1991(LI) - Canadian Opera Company*
6 Barenboim Daniel - 1995(STU) - Berliner Staatskapelle*
7 Barenboim Daniel - 2002(LI) - Staatskapelle Berlin**
8 Beecham Thomas - 1947(RA) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
9 Beecham Thomas - 1947(SE) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
10 Böhm Karl - 1955(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
11 Böhm Karl - 1960(STU) - Dresdner Staatskapelle*
12 Böhm Karl - 1965(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
13 Böhm Karl - 1967(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
14 Böhm Karl - 1971(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
15 Böhm Karl - 1977(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
16 Böhm Karl - 1981(FI) - Wiener Philharmoniker**
17 Bychkov Semyon - 2004?(STU) - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks*
18 Dohnányi Christoph von - 2005(LI) - Opernhaus Zürich**
19 Dorati Antal - 1965(LE) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
20 Dorati Antal - 1965(LE) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
21 García-Navarro Luis Antonio - 1998(LI) - Teatro Real, Madrid**
22 Gielen Michael - 1977(LI) - Rotterdams Philharmonisch*
23 Janowski Marek - 1991(LI) - Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France**
24 Jochum Eugen - 1944(RA) - Hamburgische Staatsoper*
25 Karajan Herbert von - 1964(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
26 Kempe Rudolf - 1958(LI) - Covent Garden*
27 Kleiber Carlos - 1971(LI;17/6/71) - Württembergische Staatsoper*
28 Kleiber Carlos - 1971(LI;6/7/71) - Württembergische Staatsoper*
29 Kleiber Carlos - 1977(LI) - Covent Garden*
30 Klobucar Berislav - 1965(LI) - Royal Swedish Opera*
31 Klobucar Berislav - 1974(LI) - Royal Swedish Opera*
32 Klobucar Berislav - 1979(LI) - San Francisco Opera*
33 Klobucar Berislav - 1995(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
34 Kraus Richard - 1953(RA) - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks*
35 Layer Friedemann - 1986(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
36 Layer Friedemann - 1995(LI) - Orchestre National de Montpelier*
37 Leinsdorf Erich - 1978(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
38 Leitner Ferdinand - 1989(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
39 Levine James - 1980(LI) - Metropolitan Opera**
40 Levine James - 1994(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
41 Levine James - 2002(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
42 Ludwig Leopold - 1968(FI) - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester - Hamburg*
43 Maazel Lorin - 1974(LI) - Cleveland Orchestra*
44 Maazel Lorin - 1991(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
45 Matacic Lovro von - 1957(LI) - Berliner Staatskapelle*
46 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1949(LI) - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
47 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1950(LI) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
48 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1957(LI) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
49 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1958(LI) - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
50 Mund Uwe - 1984(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
51 Ozawa Seiji - 1988(LC) - Boston Symphony Orchestra*
52 Perick (Prick) Christof - 1984(LI) - Orchestre National de France (Paris)*
53 Previtali Fernando - 1957(RA) - RAI Roma*
54 Quennet Arnold - 1964(LE;Varnay) - Deutsche Oper am Rhein*
55 Quennet Arnold - 1964(LE;van der Lugt) - Deutsche Oper am Rhein*
56 Reiner Fritz - 1952(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
57 Reiner Fritz - 1956(SE) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
58 Rennert Wolfgang - 1966(LI) - Rotterdams Philharmonisch*
59 Rieger Fritz - 1971(LI) - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
60 Rodzinsky Artur - 1937(LI) - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra*
61 Rosenstock Joseph - 1961(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
62 Runnicles Donald - 1994(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
63 Sawallisch Wolfgang - 1971(RA) - RAI Roma*
64 Sawallisch Wolfgang - 1972(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
65 Sawallisch Wolfgang - 1989(STU) - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
66 Schippers Thomas - 1966(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
67 Schröder Kurt - 1953(RA) - Sinfonieorchester dem Hessischen Rundfunk*
68 Sébastian Georges - 1964(RA) - Orchestre de l'O.R.T.F.*
69 Sinopoli Giuseppe - 1996[LI] - Wiener Philharmoniker*
70 Solti Georg - 1952(SE) - Bayerisches Staatsorchester*
71 Solti Georg - 1966-67(STU) - Wiener Philharmoniker*
72 Stein Horst - 1966(LE) - San Francisco Opera*
73 Stein Horst - 1977(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
74 Tate Jeffrey - 1990(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
75 Thielemann Christian - 1997(LI) - Covent Garden*
76 Welser-Möst Franz - 2004(LI) - Cleveland Orchestra*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Éva Marton
Chrysothemis - Cheryl Studer
Clytemnestra - Brigitte Fassbaender
Aegisth - James King
Orest - Franz Grundheber
Ein alter Diener - Claudio Otelli
Ein junger Diener - Robert Gambill
Die Schleppträgerin - Noriko Sasaki
Die Vertraute - Waltraud Winsauer
Der Pfleger des Orest - Goran Simic
Die Aufseherin - Gabriele Lechner
1. Magd - Margarita Lilowa
2. Magd - Gabriele Sima
3. Magd - Margaretha Hintermeier
4. Magd - Brigitte Poschner-Klebel
5. Magd - Joanna Borowska
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Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCD 00221 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Arthaus Musik 100.016 (Europe)
VHS Video Cassette - Virgin Classics VVD 983 (PAL); Polygram-Vidéo 070 090-3(SECAM); Vision Video
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1993 p.125; September 2000 p.101 [AB]
Opéra International - décembre 1992 p.66; No.263 décembre 2001 pp.66-67 [SS]
Diapason - No.420 novembre 1995 p.80; No.476 decembre 2000 p.63 (DVD) [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.168 p.119
Classic CD - October 1997 p.102 [PR]: August 2000 p.82 [MSR]
International Record Review - July 2000 pp.24-27 [JH]
BBC Music Magazine - August 2000 p.95 [MA]
Classical Express - Issue No.126 September 2000 p.5 (DVD) [SJT]
Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.81: No.145 avril 2001 pp.14-15 (DVD) [CH]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.194 décembre 1995 p.73
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.78 [PMH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (10 June 1989)
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Conductor Marc Albrecht - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Elektra - Éva Marton
Chrysothemis - Tina Kiberg
Clytemnestra - Jane Henschel
Aegisth - Ralf Willershäuser
Orest - Hartmut Welker
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1216-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Berlin (24 April 2002; see ORPHEUS Juni 2002 S.16). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004», where an additional cast member, Gayer, is given.
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Conductor Knud Andersson - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Audrey Schuh
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Alan Crofoot
Orest - Benjamin Rayson
Ein alter Diener - Robert Lane
Ein junger Diener - Bennie Ray
Die Schleppträgerin - Judith Hughes
Die Vertraute - Phyllis Nansen
Der Pfleger des Orest - George Mayer
Die Aufseherin - Louise De Forest
1. Magd - Betty Monette
2. Magd - Karen Kalin
3. Magd - Lydia Neumann
4. Magd - Kay Long
5. Magd - Rosemary Falgoust
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Compact Disc - Video Artists Internattional Audio VAIA 1170-2 (+Borkh as Lady Macbeth) {2CDS}
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.65 [GH]
Opéra International - novembre 1999 No.240 p.61 [SS]
Classical Express - Issue No.116 November 1999 p.3 [AJ]
International Classical Record Collector - Summer 2000 No.21 pp.102-103 [JTH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (December 1966)
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Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1991(LI)
Orchestra - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - State Opera of South Australia
Elektra - Marilyn Zschau
Chrysothemis - Claire Primrose
Clytemnestra - Yvonne Minton
Aegisth - Robert Gard
Orest - Florian Cerny
Die Schleppträgerin - Lynne Smythe
Die Vertraute - Daphne Harris
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VHS Video Cassette; - Legato Classics (Lyric) 10023 (NTSC) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Festival Theatre Adelaide (August 1991) (Listed in THE OPERA QUARTERLY Spring 1999 p.319). The performance on 10 August 1991 is reviewed in OPERA November 1991 pp.1295-96
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Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1991(LI)
Orchestra - Canadian Opera Company
Chorus - Canadian Opera Company
Elektra - Johanna Meier
Chrysothemis - Stephanie Sundine
Clytemnestra - Anny Schlemm
Aegisth - William Neill
Orest - Tom Fox
Ein alter Diener - Gordon MacLeod
Ein junger Diener - Craig Ashton
Die Schleppträgerin - Valerie Gonzalez
Die Vertraute - Tania Parrish
Der Pfleger des Orest - Robert Milne
Die Aufseherin - Gaynor Jones
1. Magd - Christiane Young
2. Magd - Norine Burgess
3. Magd - Marcia Swanston
4. Magd - Wendy Nielsen
5. Magd - Irena Wellhasch Baerg
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2291-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the O'Keefe Centre, Toronto (January 1991; see OPERA June 1991 p.662). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera Viva» by Ezra Shabas and Carl Morey p.283. The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in «New Releases - October 2006».
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1995(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Elektra - Deborah Polaski
Chrysothemis - Alessandra Marc
Clytemnestra - Waltraud Meier
Aegisth - Johan Botha
Orest - Falk Struckmann
Ein alter Diener - Fritz Hübner
Ein junger Diener - Endrik Wottrich
Die Schleppträgerin - Magdelena Falewicz
Die Vertraute - Carola Nossek
Der Pfleger des Orest - Gerhard Wolf
Die Aufseherin - Magdaléna Hajóssyová
1. Magd - Mette Ejsing
2. Magd - Borjana Mateewa
3. Magd - Katharina Kammerloher
4. Magd - Ulla Gustafsson
5. Magd - Carola Höhn
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Compact Disc; - Teldec 4509 99175-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1996 p.107 [AB]
Opera - July 1996 p.857
Opera Now - January-February 1997 p.100
HiFi News & Record Review - September 1996 p.93; November 1996 p.86(addition)
Opera News - September 1996 p.60
Fanfare - Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.334
Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.87
Opéra International - juin 1996 No.203 p.57
Diapason - No.427 juin 1996 p.127
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.221
BBC Music Magazine - July 1996 p.75
Classic CD - July 1996 p.72
American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.215
Répertoire - juin 1996 No.92 p.65
Le Monde de la Musique - juin 1996 p.128
L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.100 - Settembre 1996 p.95
Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.138
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.90 julio-agosto 1996 p.60
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.68
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
Elektra - Elizabeth Connell
Chrysothemis - Sylvie (Voyze-)Valayre
Clytemnestra - Anja Silja
Aegisth - Reiner Goldberg
Orest - Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Ein alter Diener - Bernd Zettisch
Ein junger Diener - Stephan Rügamer
Die Schleppträgerin - Brigitte Eisenfeld
Die Vertraute - Carola Nossek
Der Pfleger des Orest - Alexander Vinogradov
Die Aufseherin - Magdaléna Hajóssyová
1. Magd - Mette Ejsing
2. Magd - Borjana Mateewa
3. Magd - Christiane Hiemsch
4. Magd - Carola Höhn
5. Magd - Adriane Queiroz
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6365 (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance given by the Berlin State Opera in the Teatro Real. Madrid. There were performances with the cast given above on 27, 30 June and 2, 5 July 2002. See the online Performance Chronology ot the Teatro Real (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The DVD-R issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New DVD Releases» January 2008
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1947(RA)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Chorus
Elektra - Erna Schlüter
Chrysothemis - Ljuba Welitsch
Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen
Aegisth - Walter Widdop
Orest - Paul Schöffler
Ein alter Diener - Eric Goldie
Ein junger Diener - George Chitty
Die Schleppträgerin - Gwladys Garside
Die Vertraute - Mildred Watson
Der Pfleger des Orest - Ernst Erbach
Die Aufseherin - Ruth Packer
1. Magd - Maud Heaton
2. Magd - Gwladys Garside
3. Magd - Monica Warner
4. Magd - Sylvia Patriss
5. Magd - Marion Davies
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 171 {2LPS} (1973)ª; Rococo RR 1005 {2LPS}; Cetra Arkadia ARK 9; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 173 {2LPS} (1982)ª; Melodram MEL 41 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 946.117 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto 2 MCD 981.H004 {2CDS} (1998)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro 1431 {2CDS} (2005)ª;; (see below)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.355; Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.273-274 [JM]
Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62
Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.70
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.150
American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.69 [PJR]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.276 [KM]
Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.74
Le Monde de la Musique - No.187 avril 1995 p.104
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.59
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (October 1947). According to «More EJS» portions of the recording of the finale on the Rococo LPs were taken from the commercial recording conducted by Beecham. Two performances were broadcast, on 24 and 26 October 1947. See Radio Times Issue dated October 19-25 1947 p.24 and that dated Oct.26-Nov. 1 1947 p.4. According to the review by James Miller in FANFARE the recording on the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro (OPD 1431) is not of the performance conducted by Beecham but of that conducted by Miropoulos (Salzburg 1957) that has also been issued by Opera d'Oro (OPD 1190).
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1947(SE)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus
Elektra - Erna Schlüter
Chrysothemis - Ljuba Welitsch
Aegisth - Walter Widdop
Orest - Paul Schöffler
Der Pfleger des Orest - Ernst Erbach
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Black Disc; - HMV DB 9393-9396 {4x78s;AC} (1949)ª; RCA Victor Set M 1247 (12-0471/4) {4x78s;AC};; RCA RL 42821 (+Ariadne auf Naxos - excerpts) {1LP} (UK) (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90341 (+Ariadne auf Naxos - excerpts) {1CD} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1949 p.28 [AR]; June 1979 p.102 [JBS]; March 1999 p.100 (in brief) [AB]
Opera - June 1998 pp.666-667 [AB]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - July 1949 p.7
Classical Express - Issue 98 May 1998 p.6 [AJ]: Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [AJ]
Comments:- From «Was willst du, fremder Mensch» to the end of the opera
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Christel Goltz
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Franz Klarwein
Orest - Hermann Uhde
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30049 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0155 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.56 [SS]
Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.72-73 [SS]
American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.230 [KM]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.104-105 [JTH]
International Record Review - October 2006 p.32 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.94 [PN]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Prinzregententheater, Munich (26 August 1955). The following also take part: Rudolf Wünzer, Anny van Kruyswyt, Anny Fischer-Walgreen, Walter Carnuth, Adolf Keil, Ina Gerheim. The Golden Melodram CDs are listed in CLASSICAL EXPRESS, March 2001 p.7
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdner Oper
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Marianne Schech
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Ein alter Diener - Siegfried Vogel
Ein junger Diener - Gerhard Unger
Die Schleppträgerin - Hermi Ambros
Die Vertraute - Renate Reinecke
Der Pfleger des Orest - Fred Teschler
Die Aufseherin - Ilona Steingruber(-Wildgans)
1. Magd - Cvetka Ahlin
2. Magd - Margarethe Sjöstedt
3. Magd - Sieglinde Wagner
4. Magd - Judith Hellwig
5. Magd - Gerda Scheyrer
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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18690-18691 (1960)ª;; D.G.G. SLPM 138690-138691 (1960)ª; DG 2721 187 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - *DG 431 737-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; DG 445 329-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª;; DG 445 491-2 (Collection) (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1961 p.266 [AR]; January 1962 p.341 [DST]; July 1979 p.256 [AB]; August 1991 p. [AB] November 1994 p.153 [AB]
Opera Now - December 1994 p.54
HiFi News & Record Review - April 1995 p.75
Opera News - May 1995 p.46
Diapason - No.62 1961 p.33; No.409 novembre 1994 p.168
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.123
High Fidelity Magazine - November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.75 [CLO]
American Record Guide - December 1961 Vol.28 No.4 p.318 [HG]
Classic CD - December 1994 p.56
L'opera (Milano) - ANNO V N.49 Settembre 1991 p.100
Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.88
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Wolfgang Windgassen
Orest - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Ein alter Diener - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Ein junger Diener - Gerhard Unger
Die Schleppträgerin - Margarita Lilowa
Die Vertraute - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Der Pfleger des Orest - Frederick Guthrie
Die Aufseherin - Danica Mastilovic
1. Magd - Margarita Lilowa
2. Magd - Margarethe Sjöstedt
3. Magd - Margarete Ast
4. Magd - Gundula Janowitz
5. Magd - Gerda Scheyrer
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 314-2 {2LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 833-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opernwelt - November 11/1992 S.60 (mention)
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (December 1965, see OPERA February 1966 p.142)
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Gerd Nienstedt
Ein alter Diener - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Ein junger Diener - Wilfried Plate
Die Schleppträgerin - Margarita Lilowa
Die Vertraute - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Der Pfleger des Orest - Frederick Guthrie
Die Aufseherin - Danica Mastilovic
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10340-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance by the Vienna State Opera at EXPO 67, Montreal, Canada (19 September 1967). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Robert Nagy
Orest - Thomas Stewart
Ein alter Diener - Harry Shean
Ein junger Diener - Leo Goeke
Die Schleppträgerin - Mary Fercana
Die Vertraute - Patricia Clarke
Der Pfleger des Orest - Richard Best
Die Aufseherin - Carlotta Ordassy
1. Magd - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
2. Magd - Shirley Love
3. Magd - Gwendolyn Killebrew
4. Magd - Judith De Paul
5. Magd - Margaret Kalil
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1722; The Opera Lovers ELE 197101 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (27 February 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Hans Hopf
Orest - Theo Adam
Ein alter Diener - Gerhard Auer
Ein junger Diener - Georg Paskuda
Die Schleppträgerin - Karl Christian Kohn
Die Vertraute - Antonia Fahberg
Der Pfleger des Orest - Gertrud Freedman
Die Aufseherin - Charlotte Berthold
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Helena Jungwirth
3. Magd - Lilian Benningsen
4. Magd - Leonore Kirschstein
5. Magd - Lotte Schädle
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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107.245 (+Die Frau ohne Schatten - highlights) {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.70 [GH]
Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.72-73 [SS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (17 July 1977)
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1981(FI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Leonie Rysanek
Chrysothemis - Catarina Ligenzda
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Hans Beirer
Orest - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Ein alter Diener - Kurt Böhme
Ein junger Diener - Christopher Doig
Die Schleppträgerin - Olga Varia
Die Vertraute - Carmen Reppel
Der Pfleger des Orest - Josef Greindl
Die Aufseherin - Colette Lorand
1. Magd - Kaja Borris
2. Magd - Axelle Gall
3. Magd - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)
4. Magd - Milkana Nikolova
5. Magd - Majorie Vance
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Laser Disc - *London 071 500-1 (NTSC); Decca 071 400-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Decca POBL 1004 (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 073 4095 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - London 071 500 827.99 (NTSC); Decca 071 400-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2005 p.129 [MA]
Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 p.143 [RL]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - Dezember 1998 S.57 (mention) [GH]
The Classical Video Guide - p.98
Classica Répertoire - No.77 novembre 2005 p.118 [PF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 pp.78-79 [PMH]
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Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 2004?(STU)
Orchestra - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Elektra - Deborah Polaski
Chrysothemis - Anne Schwanewilms
Clytemnestra - Felicity Palmer
Aegisth - Graham Clark
Orest - Franz Grundheber
Ein alter Diener - Lars Woldt
Ein junger Diener - Arnold Bezuyen
Die Schleppträgerin - Karen Foster
Die Vertraute - Christiane Hossfeld
Der Pfleger des Orest - Alfred Walker
Die Aufseherin - Irmgard Vilsmaier
1. Magd - Birgitta Svendén
2. Magd - Viola Zimmermann
3. Magd - Susanne Resmark
4. Magd - Margarita de Arellano
5. Magd - Twyla Robinson
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Compact Disc; - Profil Medien PH 05022 {2xSACD-CD hybrid discs} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 2005 p.87 [AB]
Opera - February 2006 pp.226-227 [MK]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.205-206 [HF]
Diapason - No.537 juin 2006 p.114 [JC]
American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 pp.165-166 [KM]
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich
Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich
Elektra - Eva Johansson
Chrysothemis - Melanie Diener
Clytemnestra - Marjana Lipovsek
Aegisth - Rudolf Schasching
Orest - Alfred Muff
Ein alter Diener - Morgan Moody
Ein junger Diener - Andreas Winkler
Die Schleppträgerin - Christine Zoller
Die Vertraute - Cassandra McConnell
Der Pfleger des Orest - Reinhard Mayr
Die Aufseherin - Margaret Chalker
1. Magd - Kismara Pessatti
2. Magd - Katharina Peetz
3. Magd - Irène Friedli
4. Magd - Liuba Chuchrova
5. Magd - Sen Guo
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DVD (Video) - TDK OPELEK (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2007 pp.94-95 [MA]
Opera News - March 2007 p.75 [RB2]
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.303-304 [BV]
International Record Review - January 2007 pp.81-82 [SP]
American Record Guide - March/April 2007 Vol.70 No.2 pp.242-249 [DF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 pp.87-88 [JR]
Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 pp.78-79 [TG]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.214 marzo 2007 p.79 [DZ]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Opera House, Zürich (December 2003).
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Conductor Antal Dorati - 1965(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Siw Ericsdotter
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
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Compact Disc; - *Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1020 (+complete performance - cond. Ludwig) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of the encounter between Elektra and Klytämnestra from a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. There is another recording of excerpts from what is possibly the same performance which includes scenes with Elektra, Chrysothemis and Orest. This is listed separately.
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Conductor Antal Dorati - 1965(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Siw Ericsdotter
Orest - Randolph Symonette
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100805 (excerpts +Genoveva +Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk - excerpts) {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2008 p.98 [JTH]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (22 February 1965; see OPERA April 1965 pp.286-287). There is also included a recording of dialogue between Elektra and Oreste spoken by Inge Borkh and David Molnar which was made in Munich in 1999. There is another recording of excerpts from what is possibly the same performace which includes scenes with Martha Mödl as Klytämnestra. This is listed separately.
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Conductor Luis Antonio García-Navarro - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Real, Madrid
Chorus - Teatro Real, Madrid
Elektra - Éva Marton
Chrysothemis - Ana María Sánchez
Clytemnestra - Anne Gjevang
Aegisth - Kenneth Riegel
Orest - Hans Tschammer
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5355 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *This video recording appears to be of a performance in the Teatro Real, Madrid (November 1998). See L'AVANT SCENE OPÉRA mise à jour de numero 92 p.30; OPERA ACTUAL enero-febrero 1999 No.31 pp.50-51. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases»
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Conductor Michael Gielen - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Rotterdams Philharmonisch
Chorus - Nederlands Operakoor
Elektra - Hanna Rumowska
Chrysothemis - Anna Alexieva
Clytemnestra - Anny Schlemm
Aegisth - Matti Juhani
Orest - Günter Reich
Ein alter Diener - Fons van Zijl
Ein junger Diener - Adriaan van Limpt
Die Schleppträgerin - Nelly Morpurgo
Die Vertraute - Tine van Grootel
Der Pfleger des Orest - Lieuwe Visser
Die Aufseherin - Tine van Grootel
1. Magd - Anke Brokstra
2. Magd - Elise Galama
3. Magd - Annett Andriesen
4. Magd - Nelly Morpurgo
5. Magd - Roberta Alexander
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00479
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2594
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Circustheater, Scheveningen (5 February 1977). The performance on 21 February 1977 is reviewed in OPERA June 1977 pp.587-588. The cast listed above is that given in «Annalen van de Opera Gezelschappen in Nederland 1886-1995» p.853.
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Conductor Marek Janowski - 1991(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France
Chorus - Choeur de Radio France
Elektra - Gwyneth Jones
Chrysothemis - Elizabeth Connell
Clytemnestra - Leonie Rysanek
Aegisth - James King
Orest - Simon Estes
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 473 (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5419 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Legato Classics (Lyric) 8840 (NTSC) (1995)ª; House of Opera V 295 (NTSC) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Orange Festival (Listed in THE OPERA QUARTERLY Spring 1999 p.319 and in House of Opera's «New Releases Fall 2000»). See OPERA Festival Issue 1991 p.73
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1944(RA)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Elektra - Erna Schlüter
Chrysothemis - Annelies Kupper
Clytemnestra - Gusta Hammer
Aegisth - Peter Markwort
Orest - Robert Hager
Ein alter Diener - Hermann Siegel
Ein junger Diener - Fritz Göllnitz
Die Schleppträgerin - Käthe Lange
Die Vertraute - Elisabeth Schwier
Der Pfleger des Orest - Gustav Neidlinger
Die Aufseherin - Claire Autenrieth
1. Magd - Maria von Ilosvay
2. Magd - Hedy Gura
3. Magd - Martina Wulf
4. Magd - Lisa Bischof
5. Magd - Senta Mirtsch
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Black Disc; - *Acanta DE 23.073 {2LPS} (1978)ª; RCA-Acanta 40.2307 3 DT {2LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Acanta 442128-2 (1993)ª;; Dante LYS 255/256 (1998)ª; Arkadia 78059 {2CDS} (1999)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 209 «Opera from Germany» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1979 p.711 [AB] ; July 1993 p.100 [AB]
Opéra International - No.170 June 1993 p.82
Diapason - No.248 1980 p.79; No.398 novembre 1993 p.181
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [CM]
Classical Express - Issue 95 February 1998 p.5 [MT]
International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 pp.101-102 [JTH]
Fono Forum - Oktober 1984 S.62 [CDS]
Répertoire - No.113 mai 1998 pp.61-62 [LB]
Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.127 [SH]
Comments:- It is stated on the sleeve and the labels of my copy «Acanta DE 23.073» that theconductor is Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt and that the performance is from 1943. The cast listed is the same as that given in AB's review in GRAMOPHONE of records with the same number, but where the conductor is given (as on the CDs) as Eugen Jochum
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Hildegard Hillebrecht
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
Aegisth - James King
Orest - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Ein junger Diener - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Die Schleppträgerin - Anja Van Vrooman
Die Vertraute - Hildegard Rütgers
Der Pfleger des Orest - Tugomir Franc
Die Aufseherin - Judith Hellwig
1. Magd - Helen Watts
2. Magd - Margarethe Sjöstedt
3. Magd - Cvetka Ahlin
4. Magd - Lisa Otto
5. Magd - Lucia Popp
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 044 {2LPS}; Melodram MEL 718 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - Hunt CDKAR 213 (highlights + Der Rosenkavalier) {3CDS}; ORFEO C 298 922 {2CDS}
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - June 1993 p.743
Orpheus - 1992 Heft 12-13 S.150
Opéra International - No.170 June 1993 p.82
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 (highlights) [LM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (11 August 1964; see OPERA November 1964 p.718). See also «Hab mir's gelobt - 55 Jahre in fünf Akten» by Astrid Varnay pp.294-304
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Elektra - Gerda Lammers
Chrysothemis - Hedwig Müller-Bütow
Clytemnestra - Georgine von Milinkovic
Aegisth - Edgar Evans
Orest - Otakar Kraus
Ein alter Diener - Charles Morris
Ein junger Diener - Dermot Troy
Die Schleppträgerin - Leah Roberts
Die Vertraute - Phyllis Simons
Der Pfleger des Orest - David Kelly
Die Aufseherin - June Grant
1. Magd - Lauris Elms
2. Magd - Noreen Berry
3. Magd - Josephine Veasey
4. Magd - Marie Collier
5. Magd - Jeannette Sinclair
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00474
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1087 (& 2644);; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROHS 005 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2006 p.117 [MA]
Opera - March 2007 pp.351-353 [RM]
Opera News - June 2007 pp.70-71 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.234-235 [PS]
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.59 [SS]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 p.101 [DP]
American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 pp.226-227 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.106 [XC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (29 May 1958). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated May 23 1958 p.43). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1971(LI;17/6/71)
Orchestra - Württembergische Staatsoper
Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper
Elektra - Ingrid Steger
Chrysothemis - Enriqueta Tarrés
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
Aegisth - Wolfgang Windgassen
Orest - William Wilderman
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 60011 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 p.200 [JS]
Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.57 [SS]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - mayo 2002 No.154 p.34 [SV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.98 [MH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart (17 June 1971).
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1971(LI;6/7/71)
Orchestra - Württembergische Staatsoper
Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper
Elektra - Ingrid Steger
Chrysothemis - Marion Lippert
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
Aegisth - Wolfgang Windgassen
Orest - William Wilderman
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Compact Disc; - Passion & Concentration PACO 1015 {2CDRS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart (6 July 1971; see OPERA August 1971 p.700). The CDRs issued on the Passion & Concentration label are (were?) listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue S+G 16. They were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001.
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Gwyneth Jones
Clytemnestra - Márta Szirmay
Aegisth - Charles Craig
Orest - Donald McIntyre
Ein junger Diener - Paul Crook
Der Pfleger des Orest - Michael Langdon
Die Aufseherin - Ludmilla (Milla) Andrew
1. Magd - Anne Wilkens
2. Magd - Elizabeth Bainbridge
3. Magd - Teresa Cahill
4. Magd - Jean Bailey
5. Magd - Margaret Curphey
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 2431
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 60001 {2CDS} (1999)ª; We love Carlos Society WLC 2-700 {2CDRS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1300-2 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.72-73 [SS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (6 May 1977; see OPERA July 1977 pp.694-695
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Berit Lindholm
Clytemnestra - Barbro Ericson
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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (May 1965).
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Berit Lindholm
Clytemnestra - Barbro Ericson
Aegisth - Kolbjörn Höiseth
Orest - Erik Saedén
Ein alter Diener - Paul Höglund
Ein junger Diener - John-Erik Jacobsson
Die Schleppträgerin - Sylvia Lindenstrand
Die Vertraute - Kjerstin Dellert
Der Pfleger des Orest - Björn Asker
Die Aufseherin - Margarita Bergström
1. Magd - Ileana Peterson
2. Magd - Margot Rödin
3. Magd - Dorrit Kleimert
4. Magd - Hilevi Blylods
5. Magd - Laila Andersson
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1997
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh (1 September 1974). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 31 August-6 September 1974 p.25.
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Elektra - Danica Mastilovic
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Anny Schlemm
Aegisth - William Neill
Orest - Franz Mazura
Ein alter Diener - John Del Carlo
Ein junger Diener - Michael Ballam
Die Schleppträgerin - Helen Kerrigan
Die Vertraute - Lynn Beckstrom
Der Pfleger des Orest - David Cumberland
Die Aufseherin - Claudia Siefer
1. Magd - Nina Elinson
2. Magd - Christina Iaqua
3. Magd - Gwendolyn Jones
4. Magd - Kathryn Montgomery
5. Magd - Rebecca Cook
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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 3 SFO-03; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5057
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (28 September 1979). The performance on 2 October 1979 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1979 p.36.
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Elektra - Hildegard Behrens
Chrysothemis - Deborah Voigt
Clytemnestra - Leonie Rysanek
Aegisth - Ronald Hamilton
Orest - Alfred Muff
Ein alter Diener - Giannantonio Verlato
Ein junger Diener - Oscar Imhoff
Die Vertraute - Marina Biassotti
Der Pfleger des Orest - Luis M. Bragato
Die Aufseherin - Ana M. Marco
1. Magd - Alejandra Malvino
2. Magd - Lucila Ramos Mañé
3. Magd - Alicia Cecotti
4. Magd - Irene Burt
5. Magd - Mónica Ferracani
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2287-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (July 1995). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «NEW RELEASES October 2006».
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Conductor Richard Kraus - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Res Fischer
Aegisth - Helmut Melchert
Orest - Hans Hotter
Ein alter Diener - Arno Reinhardt
Ein junger Diener - Hasso Eschert
Die Schleppträgerin - Helen Petrich
Die Vertraute - Gertie Chorlent
Der Pfleger des Orest - Heiner Horn
Die Aufseherin - Kaethe Tatzmann
1. Magd - Ilse Ihme-Säbich
2. Magd - Trude Roesler
3. Magd - Marianne Schröder
4. Magd - Marlies Siemeling
5. Magd - Käthe Möller-Siepermann
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 112 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.512 (+highlights - Der Rosenkavalier - Reiner - 1953) {2CDS}; Koch Schwann 3 1643-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Encore CD 101-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2001 p.97 [AB]
Opera - December 1994 p.1385
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.3 January/February 2001 p.273 [HF]
Orpheus - April 1996 S.59; Februar 2001 S.59 [SS]
Diapason - No.481 maI 2001 p.115 [AT]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.122
International Record Review - September 2000 p.124 [JTH]
Classic CD - November 2000 p.67 [ST]
BBC Music Magazine - December 2000 p.94 [DN]
American Record Guide - January/February 2001 Vol.64 No.1 p.267 [RVL]
Classical Express - June 2001 p.7 [AJ]
Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.76: No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.81
Musica (Milano) - N.122 dicembre 2000 - gennaio 2001 p.102 [AZ]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.52 [SV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 pp.95-96 [VJ]
Comments:- *Recording of a broadcast performance (August 1953). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.12. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1959.
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Conductor Friedemann Layer - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Elektra - Gwyneth Jones
Chrysothemis - Deborah Polaski
Clytemnestra - Helga Dernesch
Aegisth - Hermann Winkler
Orest - Alfred Muff
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1323-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Théâtre de Genève (November 1986; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1986 No.98 p.51; OPERA May 1987 p.561). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their «New CD Releases April/May 2004».
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Conductor Friedemann Layer - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de Montpelier
Elektra - Hildegard Behrens
Chrysothemis - Luana De Vol
Clytemnestra - Leonie Rysanek
Aegisth - Daniel Galvez-Vallejo
Orest - Wolfgang Schöne
Ein alter Diener - Fernand Dumont
Ein junger Diener - Uwe Peper
Die Schleppträgerin - Hanna Schaer
Die Vertraute - Dalia Schächter
Der Pfleger des Orest - Fernand Dumont
Die Aufseherin - Monique Barscha
1. Magd - Sibyl Zanganelli
2. Magd - Dalia Schächter
3. Magd - Liliana Nichiteanu
4. Magd - Hanna Schaer
5. Magd - Mireille Delunsch
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Compact Disc; - Actes Sud AT 34109 {2CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 pp.200-201 [JS]
Orpheus - Februar 2002 S.54-S.55 [MK2]
Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.72-73 [SS]
Diapason - No.485 octobre 2001 p.134, p.136 [JCH]
BBC Music Magazine - February 2002 p.72 [JA]
American Record Guide - January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.178-179 [KM]
International Record Review - March 2002 p.80 [HC]
Répertoire - No.150 octobre 2001 pp.116-117 [LB]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.161 maggio 2002 p.108 [SL]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the «Festival de Radio France et de Montpelier» (3 August 1995; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.194 septembre 1995 pp.72-73)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Danica Mastilovic
Chrysothemis - Éva Marton
Clytemnestra - Gwynn Cornell
Aegisth - Ragnar Ulfung
Orest - Norman Bailey
Ein alter Diener - Edward Ghazal
Ein junger Diener - Charles Anthony
Die Schleppträgerin - Linda Mays
Die Vertraute - Suzanne Der Derian
Der Pfleger des Orest - John Cheek
Die Aufseherin - Elizabeth Coss
1. Magd - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
2. Magd - Shirley Love
3. Magd - Ariel Bybee
4. Magd - Loretta Di Franco
5. Magd - Alma Jean Smith
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 123078 (BRO 123998) {2CDRS}
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 1978). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Hildegard Behrens
Chrysothemis - Sabine Hass
Clytemnestra - Christa Ludwig
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Hans Günter Nöcker
Der Pfleger des Orest - Karl Helm
Die Aufseherin - Cornelia Wulkopf
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Anne Pellekoorne
3. Magd - Birgit Calm
4. Magd - Julia Faulkner
5. Magd - Annegeer Stumphius
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 004 - The Operas of Richard Strauss (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 565 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (19 October 1989). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor James Levine - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Mignon Dunn
Aegisth - Robert Nagy
Orest - Donald McIntyre
Ein alter Diener - Talmage Harper
Ein junger Diener - Charles Anthony
Die Schleppträgerin - Elizabeth Anguish
Die Vertraute - Constance Webber
Der Pfleger des Orest - John Cheek
Die Aufseherin - Elizabeth Coss
1. Magd - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
2. Magd - Shirley Love
3. Magd - Ariel Bybee
4. Magd - Loretta Di Franco
5. Magd - Alma Jean Smith
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Laser Disc - *Laser Video SM098-3258 (Japanese NTSC) Pioneer Classics PC-94-030 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 4111 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - February 2007 pp.233-234 [JA]
Opéra International - juillet-aôut 1995 No.193 p.66
Diapason - No.542 décembre 2006 p.117 [MP]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.78 [FGR]
Opéra Magazine - No.11 octobre 2006 p.82 [TG]
Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at the MET (16 February 1980) For a review of the performance on 12 February 1980 see OPERA, April 1980 p.355
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Conductor James Levine - 1994(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Hildegard Behrens
Chrysothemis - Deborah Voigt
Clytemnestra - Brigitte Fassbaender
Aegisth - James King
Orest - Donald McIntyre
Ein alter Diener - Richard Vernon
Ein junger Diener - Philip Creech
Die Schleppträgerin - Jean Rawn
Die Vertraute - Judith Goldberg
Der Pfleger des Orest - Herbert Perry
Die Aufseherin - Janet Hopkins
1. Magd - Elizabeth Byrne
2. Magd - Theresa Cincione
3. Magd - Kaaren Erickson
4. Magd - Ellen Rabiner
5. Magd - Jane Shaulis
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers ELE 199401 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 January 1994). The maids are listed alphabetically, as in the MET's online performance chronology, and may be assigned incorrectly. This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (See Radio Times Issue dated 22-28 January 1994 p.94) The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor James Levine - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Gabriele Schnaut
Chrysothemis - Deborah Voigt
Clytemnestra - Hanna Schwarz
Aegisth - Siegfried Jerusalem
Orest - René Pape
Ein alter Diener - Richard Vernon
Ein junger Diener - Ronald Naldi
Die Schleppträgerin - Alexandra Newland
Die Vertraute - Annette Spann-Lewis
Der Pfleger des Orest - Oren Gradus
Die Aufseherin - Claudia Waite
1. Magd - Ellen Rabiner
2. Magd - Marjorie Elinor Dix
3. Magd - Jane Shaulis
4. Magd - Sandra Lopez
5. Magd - Jennifer Check
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 303 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET. This is probably of the performance on 21 December 2002 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed on their website under «What's New ? July 2008» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Leopold Ludwig - 1968(FI)
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester - Hamburg
Chorus - Hamburger Staatschor
Elektra - Gladys Kuchta
Chrysothemis - Ingrid Bjoner
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Helmut Melchert
Orest - Hans Sotin
Ein alter Diener - Franz Grundheber
Ein junger Diener - Wilfried Plate
Die Schleppträgerin - Rosemarie Hartung
Die Vertraute - Ursula Nettling
Der Pfleger des Orest - Carl Schultz
Die Aufseherin - Edith Lang
1. Magd - Cvetka Ahlin
2. Magd - Inger Paustian
3. Magd - Ursula Böse
4. Magd - Regina Marheineke
5. Magd - Ingeborg Krüger
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Black Disc - GK 1 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1020 (+excerpts - cond. Dorati) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.78 marzo 2005 p.89 [JR]
Comments:- Recording of the sound track of a television film
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra
Elektra - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Chrysothemis - Roberta Knie
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Kenneth Riegel
Orest - José van Dam
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 310-2 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *This recording appears to be of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (4 February 1973; see OPERA July 1974 p.598). It is possible that a concert performance with the same cast was given in Cleveland and that the recording is of this performance. The recording is attributed to Cincinnati 1973 in Premiere's catalogue.
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1991(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Elektra - Éva Marton
Chrysothemis - Elizabeth Connell
Clytemnestra - Mignon Dunn
Aegisth - James King
Orest - Franz Grundheber
Ein alter Diener - James Courtney
Ein junger Diener - John Horton Murray
Die Schleppträgerin - Joanna Borowska
Die Vertraute - Dalia Schaechter
Der Pfleger des Orest - James Courtney
Die Aufseherin - Dalia Schaechter
1. Magd - Joan Khara
2. Magd - Rannveig Braga
3. Magd - Ariel Bybee
4. Magd - Airi Tokola
5. Magd - Joanna Borowska
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2210 (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (3 March 1991). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «New Listings - March/April 1991». There is a review of the concert performance on the intenet:
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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Elektra - Sigrid Ekkehard
Chrysothemis - Hedwig Müller-Bütow
Clytemnestra - Margarete Klose
Aegisth - Günther Treptow
Orest - Gerhard Niese
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Compact Disc; - Weitblick 49 (+Tod und Verklärung) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 p.247 [JM]
American Record Guide - September/October 2006 Vol.69 No.5 pp.288-289 [KM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Staatsoper, Berlin, DDR (3 October 1957). The following also take part: Kay Willumsen, Inge Lossau, Christel Lehnert, Hilbert Kahl, Eugen Fuchs, Hildegard Ludtke, Elisabeth Aldor, Esther Hilbert, Gertraud Prenzlow, Ruth Keplinger.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Irene Jessner
Clytemnestra - Elena Nikolaidi
Aegisth - Frederick Jagel
Orest - Herbert Janssen
Der Pfleger des Orest - Michael Rhodes
1. Magd - Miriam Stockton
2. Magd - Edith Evans
3. Magd - Elinor Warren
4. Magd - Beverly Dame
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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 4; Robin Hood Records RHR 510 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20/22 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2213/4 (+Varnay recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2002 p.84 [MEO]
Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59; Oktober 2002 S.52 (mention) [SS]
Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.80
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125
International Record Review - July 2002 p.84 [JTH]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
Répertoire - No.76 January 1995 p.74
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54: Januar 1/1997 S.60
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (25 December 1949; according to «Priest of Music» by William R Trotter there were three performances on 22, 23, and 25 December 1949; see also OPERA, February 1950 p.40). There are some cuts
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Elektra - Anny Konetzni
Chrysothemis - Daniza Ilitsch
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
Aegisth - Franz Klarwein
Orest - Hans Braun
Ein alter Diener - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Ein junger Diener - Josef Schmidinger
Die Schleppträgerin - Aenne Michalsky
Die Vertraute - Dorothea Fraß
Der Pfleger des Orest - Wilhelm Felden
Die Aufseherin - Charlotte Markus
1. Magd - Gertrud Schuster
2. Magd - Polly Batic
3. Magd - Katja Sabo
4. Magd - Dagmar Schmedes
5. Magd - Friedl Riegler
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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1209 (Italy); Cetra N 1209 (UK)
Compact Disc; - DINO 2 CD 9075; Fonit Cetra CD0 4 {2CDS}; Hommage 7001841 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Nuova Fonit Cetra 0927 43 560 2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1893-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1950 p.134; August 1957 p.107; October 1961 p.225
Opera - August 1957 p.514
Opera News - April 16 1994 p.37
Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.322
Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86-S.87 [IW]
Diapason - December 1992 p.178
Gramophone Record Review - August 1957 p.814 [WM]
Répertoire - November 1992 p.96
American Record Guide - October 1950 Vol.17 No.2 p.68 [PHR]: November 1950 Vol.17 No.3 p.108 [PHR]: May/June 1994 Vol.57 No.3 p.219 (mention) [LM]
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 pp.122-123 [MG]
Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. See «Priest of Music» by William R.Trotter p.302
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Lisa Della Casa
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Max Lorenz
Orest - Kurt Böhme
Ein alter Diener - Gyorgy Littasy
Ein junger Diener - Erich Majkut
Die Schleppträgerin - Karol Loraine
Die Vertraute - Anny Felbermayer
Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer
Die Aufseherin - Audrey Gerber-Candy
1. Magd - Kersten Meyer
2. Magd - Sonja Draksler
3. Magd - Sieglinde Wagner
4. Magd - Marilyn Horne
5. Magd - Lisa Otto
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 83 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 4569 72 {2CDS} (1997)ª;; Opera d'Oro 1190 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7033 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.90 [AB]
Opera - June 1998 pp.661-662 [AB]
Orpheus - November 1997 S.93 (mention) [GH]; Dezember 1997 S.56 [GH]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.219 [CM]
International Opera Collector - Winter 1998 No.10 p.98 [PP]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.105 diciembre 1997 pp.38-39 (mention) [MC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 pp.89-90 [DMGR]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (August 1957; see OPERA October 1957 pp.626-628). See Comments under the entry for the recording conducted by Beecham.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Frances Yeend
Clytemnestra - Blanche Thebom
Aegisth - David Lloyd
Orest - Giorgio Tozzi
Der Pfleger des Orest - Thomas Fisher
1. Magd - Margery Mayer
2. Magd - Lizabeth Pritchett
3. Magd - Evelyn Sachs
4. Magd - June Kelly
5. Magd - Marjorie McClung
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Compact Disc; - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Salome) {3CDS} (1993)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1384
Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.82
Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155
Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.98
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Conductor Uwe Mund - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Ingrid Bjoner
Chrysothemis - Sabine Hass
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Hans Sotin
Ein alter Diener - Gerhard Auer
Ein junger Diener - Friedrich Lenz
Die Schleppträgerin - Mary Morgan
Die Vertraute - Georgine von Benza
Der Pfleger des Orest - Karl Christian Kohn
Die Aufseherin - Cornelia Wulkopf
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Helena Jungwirth
3. Magd - Christel Borchers
4. Magd - Marianne Seibel
5. Magd - Carmen Anhorn
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 004 - The Operas of Richard Strauss (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 566 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (11 September 1984). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1988(LC)
Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Elektra - Hildegard Behrens
Chrysothemis - Nadine Secunde
Clytemnestra - Christa Ludwig
Aegisth - Ragnar Ulfung
Orest - Jorma Hynninen
Ein alter Diener - Brian Matthews
Ein junger Diener - Brad Cresswell
Die Schleppträgerin - Dominique Labelle
Die Vertraute - Emily Rawlins
Der Pfleger des Orest - Brian Matthews
Die Aufseherin - Marita Napier
1. Magd - Joan Khara
2. Magd - Wendy Hillhouse
3. Magd - Diane Kesling
4. Magd - Emily Rawlins
5. Magd - Cynthia Haymon
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Compact Disc; - *Philips 422 574-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Philips «Duo» 464 985-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Decca 470 583-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1989 p. [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.240-243 [RG]
American Record Guide - November/December 1989 Vol.52 No.6 p.123 [KM]
Stereophile - January 1990 (Vol.13 No.1) p.237
International Record Review - September 2001 pp.80-81 [RP]
Comments:- Recorded at «semi-staged» performances in Symphony Hall, Boston (12-23 November 1988)
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Conductor Christof Perick (Prick) - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France (Paris)
Chorus - Choeurs de Radio France
Elektra - Ute Vinzing
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Maureen Forrester
Aegisth - Horst Hiestermann
Orest -