(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1937(LI) - Rodzinsky Artur - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra*
2 1944(RA) - Jochum Eugen - Hamburgische Staatsoper*
3 1947(RA) - Beecham Thomas - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
4 1947(SE) - Beecham Thomas - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
5 1949(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
6 1950(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
7 1952(LI) - Reiner Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
8 1952(SE) - Solti Georg - Bayerisches Staatsorchester*
9 1953(RA) - Kraus Richard - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks*
10 1953(RA) - Schröder Kurt - Sinfonieorchester dem Hessischen Rundfunk*
11 1955(LI) - Böhm Karl - Bayerische Staatsoper*
12 1956(SE) - Reiner Fritz - Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
13 1957(LI) - Matacic Lovro von - Berliner Staatskapelle*
14 1957(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Wiener Philharmoniker*
15 1957(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Roma*
16 1958(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*
17 1958(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
18 1960(STU) - Böhm Karl - Dresdner Staatskapelle*
19 1961(LI) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*
20 1964(LE;Varnay) - Quennet Arnold - Deutsche Oper am Rhein*
21 1964(LE;van der Lugt) - Quennet Arnold - Deutsche Oper am Rhein*
22 1964(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
23 1965(LE) - Dorati Antal - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
24 1965(LE) - Dorati Antal - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
25 1965(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*
26 1965(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Royal Swedish Opera*
27 1966(LE) - Stein Horst - San Francisco Opera*
28 1966(LI) - Andersson Knud - New Orleans Opera*
29 1966(LI) - Rennert Wolfgang - Rotterdams Philharmonisch*
30 1966(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
31 1966-67(STU) - Solti Georg - Wiener Philharmoniker*
32 1968(FI) - Ludwig Leopold - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester - Hamburg*
33 1971(LI) - Böhm Karl - Metropolitan Opera*
34 1971(LI) - Rieger Fritz - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*
35 1971(LI;17/6/71) - Kleiber Carlos - Württembergische Staatsoper*
36 1971(LI;6/7/71) - Kleiber Carlos - Württembergische Staatsoper*
37 1971(RA) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - RAI Roma*
38 1972(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper*
39 1974(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Royal Swedish Opera*
40 1974(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Cleveland Orchestra*
41 1977(LI) - Böhm Karl - Bayerische Staatsoper*
42 1977(LI) - Gielen Michael - Rotterdams Philharmonisch*
43 1977(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Covent Garden*
44 1977(LI) - Stein Horst - Wiener Staatsoper*
45 1978(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*
46 1979(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - San Francisco Opera*
47 1980(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
48 1981(FI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker**
49 1984(LI) - Mund Uwe - Bayerische Staatsoper*
50 1984(LI) - Perick (Prick) Christof - Orchestre National de France (Paris)*
51 1986(LI) - Layer Friedemann - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
52 1988(LC) - Ozawa Seiji - Boston Symphony Orchestra*
53 1989(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Philharmoniker**
54 1989(LI) - Leitner Ferdinand - Bayerische Staatsoper*
55 1989(STU) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
56 1990(LI) - Tate Jeffrey - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
57 1991(LI) - Armstrong Richard - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra**
58 1991(LI) - Armstrong Richard - Canadian Opera Company*
59 1991(LI) - Janowski Marek - Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France**
60 1991(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Wiener Philharmoniker*
61 1994(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
62 1994(LI) - Runnicles Donald - Bayerische Staatsoper*
63 1995(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
64 1995(LI) - Layer Friedemann - Orchestre National de Montpelier*
65 1995(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Staatskapelle*
66 1996[LI] - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Wiener Philharmoniker*
67 1997(LI) - Thielemann Christian - Covent Garden*
68 1998(LI) - García-Navarro Luis Antonio - Teatro Real, Madrid**
69 2002(LI) - Albrecht Marc - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
70 2002(LI) - Barenboim Daniel - Staatskapelle Berlin**
71 2002(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
72 2004(LI) - Welser-Möst Franz - Cleveland Orchestra*
73 2004?(STU) - Bychkov Semyon - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks*
74 2005(LI) - Dohnányi Christoph von - Opernhaus Zürich**
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1937(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Elektra - Rose Pauly
Chrysothemis - Charlotte Boerner
Clytemnestra - Enid Szánthó
Aegisth - Frederick Jagel
Orest - Julius Huehn
Der Pfleger des Orest - Abrasha Robovsky
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 145 (+Tannhäuser - excerpts) {2LPS} (1959)ª; Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 322 {1LP} (1977)ª
Compact Disc - Eklipse EKRCD 17 {1CD}
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:-
Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.81
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.150
Comments:- Recording of a concert-performance at Carnegie Hall (21 March 1937); there are some cuts
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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 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 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 Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Walburga Wegener
Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen
Aegisth - Set Svanholm
Orest - Paul Schöffler
Ein alter Diener - Lubomir Vichegonov
Ein junger Diener - Paul Franke
Die Schleppträgerin - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Die Vertraute - Jean Madeira
Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer
Die Aufseherin - Thelma Votipka
1. Magd - Martha Lipton
2. Magd - Hertha Glaz
3. Magd - Lucine Amara
4. Magd - Mildred Miller
5. Magd - Genevieve Warner
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Black Disc - Rococo RR 1011 {2LPS}; Metropolitan Opera Guild (+Salome) {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20-22 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0149 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2285/86 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 22352 (BRO 125572) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers ELE 195201 {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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 2004 p.99 [AB]
Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59
Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.80
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125
American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.67 [GSF]
Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.74
Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.55
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.86 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1952(SE)
Orchestra - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Elektra - Christel Goltz
Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen
Orest - Ferdinand Frantz
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Black Disc - D.G.G. DGM 19038 {1LP}; American Decca DL 9723 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Decca 473 127-2 (+other works with Solti as conductor and pianist) {4CDS} (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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1957 p.341
Diapason - No.504 juin 2003 p.121 (mention) [JCH2]
American Record Guide - 1954 Vol.20 No.12 p.415 [PLM]
High Fidelity Magazine - October 1954 Vol.4 No.10 pp.70-71 [JH]
Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.289
Comments:- According to «Mezzos and Contraltos» by John Hunt p.232 this recording was made on 2 August 1952
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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 Kurt Schröder - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester dem Hessischen Rundfunk
Chorus - Chor dem Hessischen Rundfunk
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Annelies Kupper
Clytemnestra - Margarete Klose
Aegisth - Heinrich Bensing
Orest - Ferdinand Frantz
Ein alter Diener - August Heimpel
Ein junger Diener - Herbert Hess
Die Schleppträgerin - Lissy Beck
Die Vertraute - Gustl Kettner-Graepp
Der Pfleger des Orest - Aage Poulsen
Die Aufseherin - Betina Bruckner
1. Magd - Christa Ludwig
2. Magd - Helene Bindhardt
3. Magd - Irmgard Kohlermann
4. Magd - Gabriele Possinke
5. Magd - Maria Madlen Madsen
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 3.0007 {2CDS} (1997)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:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.219 [CM]
Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.4
American Record Guide - March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.284 [KM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.59 [AV]
Comments:- Recorded on 31 January 1953
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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 Fritz Reiner - 1956(SE)
Orchestra - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Frances Yeend
Orest - Paul Schöffler
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6047 (+Salome final scene + Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - suite) {2LPS} (USA) (1956)ª; RCA «Victrola» VIC 2009 {1LP} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - *RCA 5603-2-RC; BMG RCA 09026 68635-2 (collection) {3CDS};; RCA GD 60874 (+Salome -excerpt) {1CD} (1993)ª; BMG RCA 09026 68636-2 (+Salome - excerpts) {1CD} (1998)ª; Sony-BMG RCA «Living Stereo» 82876 67900-2 (+Salome - excerpts) {1xSACD-CD ; hybrid disc} (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 - March 1982 p.1292 [IM]; May 1993 p. [AB]
Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 p.121 [ED]
American Record Guide - October 1956 Vol.23 No.2 p.18, p.20 [RHR]: November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.219 [LM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.106 [VJ]
Comments:- *According to «Hungarians in Exile» by John Hunt p.52 this recording was made in April 1956. The following excerpts are performed: Allein Weh, ganz allein; Recognition scene, Was willst du, fremder Mensch?; Finale, Elektra! Schwester komm mit uns! The excerpts from Salome on the CD and SACD are The Dance of the Seven Veils and the closing scene.
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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 - 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 Fernando Previtali - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Hilde Zadek
Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen
Aegisth - Herbert Handt
Orest - Tomislav Neralic
Ein alter Diener - Ugo Trama
Ein junger Diener - Tommaso Frascati
Die Schleppträgerin - Irene Callaway
Die Vertraute - Luisa Ribacchi
Der Pfleger des Orest - Ugo Trama
Die Aufseherin - Nina De Courson
1. Magd - Giovanna Fioroni
2. Magd - Miti Truccato Pace
3. Magd - Luisa Ribacchi
4. Magd - Irene Callaway
5. Magd - Ester Orel
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4056
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 broadcast on 5 December 1957.
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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 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 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 Joseph Rosenstock - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Ramón Vinay
Orest - Hermann Uhde
Ein alter Diener - Edward Ghazal
Ein junger Diener - Robert Nagy
Die Schleppträgerin - Athena Vicos
Die Vertraute - Mary Fercana
Der Pfleger des Orest - Norman Scott
Die Aufseherin - Thelma Votipka
1. Magd - Mignon Dunn
2. Magd - Mary Mackenzie
3. Magd - Carlotta Ordassy
4. Magd - Margaret Roggero
5. Magd - Teresa Stratas
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 345
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 (25 March 1961). 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».
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Conductor Arnold Quennet - 1964(LE;Varnay)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Hilde Zadek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Orest - Randolph Symonette
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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 661 041 (+excerpts with van der Lugt) {1CD} (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:-
Orpheus - Juli+August 2005 S.59 [SS]
International Record Review - June 2005 pp.74-75 [IJ]
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.294 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 p.88 [JC]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf (February 1964). The CD issued by Orfeo is reviewed on the internet
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Conductor Arnold Quennet - 1964(LE;van der Lugt)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Elektra - Marijke van der Lugt
Chrysothemis - Enriqueta Tarrés
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 661 041 (+excerpts with Varnay) {1CD} (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:-
Orpheus - Juli+August 2005 S.59 [SS]
International Record Review - June 2005 pp.74-75 [IJ]
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.294 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 p.88 [JC]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf (December 1964). The CD issued by Orfeo is reviewed on the internet
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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 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
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 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 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 Horst Stein - 1966(LE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Elektra - Amy Shuard
Chrysothemis - Enriqueta Tarrés
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Richard Cassilly
Orest - Genty Stevens
Ein alter Diener - David Thaw
Ein junger Diener - Clifford Grant
Die Schleppträgerin - Louise Corsale
Die Vertraute - Sylvia Davis
Der Pfleger des Orest - Ara Berberian
Die Aufseherin - Dorothy Cole
1. Magd - Donna Petersen
2. Magd - Nancy Wiench
3. Magd - Carol Kirkpatrick
4. Magd - Gwen Curatilo
5. Magd - Delcina Stevenson
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201 (San Francisco Opera CD ROM) (1999)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 part of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (30 September 1966)
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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 Wolfgang Rennert - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Rotterdams Philharmonisch
Elektra - Anja Silja
Chrysothemis - Gré Brouwenstijn
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Niels Moeller
Orest - Gerd Nienstedt
Ein alter Diener - Gerard Krake
Ein junger Diener - Simon van Trirum
Die Schleppträgerin - Erika Schubert
Die Vertraute - Gertrud Hopf
Der Pfleger des Orest - Henk Smit
Die Aufseherin - Gertrud Hopf
1. Magd - Elsa Lioni
2. Magd - Emmy Greger
3. Magd - Erika Schubert
4. Magd - Gertrud Hopf
5. Magd - Cristina Deutekom
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1988
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 (11 November 1966). See OPERA March 1967 p.243.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - James King
Orest - William Dooley
Ein alter Diener - Edward Ghazal
Ein junger Diener - Charles Anthony
Die Schleppträgerin - Mary Fercana
Die Vertraute - Elinor Harper
Der Pfleger des Orest - Gerhard Pechner
Die Aufseherin - Carlotta Ordassy
1. Magd - Shirley Love
2. Magd - Joann Grillo
3. Magd - Nancy Williams
4. Magd - Lilian Sukis
5. Magd - Mary Ellen Pracht
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1702 {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 (10 December 1966). 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».
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1966-67(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Marie Collier
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Gerhard Stolze
Orest - Tom Krause
Ein alter Diener - Leo Heppe
Ein junger Diener - Gerhard Unger
Die Schleppträgerin - Margarita Lilowa
Die Vertraute - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Der Pfleger des Orest - Tugomir Franc
Die Aufseherin - Pauline Tinsley
1. Magd - Helen Watts
2. Magd - Maureen Lehane
3. Magd - Yvonne Minton
4. Magd - Jean Cock
5. Magd - Felicia Weathers
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Black Disc; - *Decca MET 354/355 (1967)ª;; Decca SET 354/345 (1967)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca K24K22 (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 417 345-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 889-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Decca «The Solti Richard Strauss Edition» 458 700-2 {14CDS} (1998)ª; Decca(London) 417 345-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Decca 475 8231 {2CDS} (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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1967 p.276; January 1968 p.365; July 1979 p.259 [IM] December 1986 p. [AML]
Opera - January 1968 p.51 [HDR]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 p.216 [ED]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.519
International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 (mention) [MO]
American Record Guide - September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 p.171 [JPM]
The Absolute Sound - September 2007 Issue 174 p.145 [DD]
Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention): No.122 mars 1999 p.63 [LC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.92 [MC]
Comments:- See THE GRAMOPHONE, March 1968 p.473
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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 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 Fritz Rieger - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Teresa Kubiak
Clytemnestra - Regina Resnik
Aegisth - Niels Moeller
Orest - Kari Nurmela
Ein alter Diener - Arnold Van Mill
Ein junger Diener - João Victor Costa
Die Schleppträgerin - Anna Lia Bazzani
Die Vertraute - Marisa Salimbeni
Der Pfleger des Orest - Arnold Van Mill
Die Aufseherin - Gisela Neuner Chusini
1. Magd - Rita Maria Lill
2. Magd - Hannelore Schulz Picard
3. Magd - Gertraut Engelmann
4. Magd - Cornelia Dolan
5. Magd - Barbara Vogel
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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10505 {2CDS} (1999)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 - Januar + Februar 2004 S.66 [SS]
Opéra International - No.244 mars 2000 p.70 [SS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice - 15 December 1971; see OPERA April 1972p.358
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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 Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1971(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Elektra - Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis - Ingrid Bjoner
Clytemnestra - Viorica Cortez
Aegisth - Timo Callio
Orest - Thomas Stewart
Ein alter Diener - Ettore Geri
Ein junger Diener - Gino Sinimberghi
Die Schleppträgerin - Marisa Zotti
Die Vertraute - Anna Maria Balboni
Der Pfleger des Orest - Ivo Ingram
Die Aufseherin - Helga Merkl-Freivogel
1. Magd - Margarethe Bence
2. Magd - Ingeborg Schneider
3. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
4. Magd - Anneliese Waas
5. Magd - Lotte Schädle
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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1300 {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
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 8 July 1971
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Danica Mastilovic
Chrysothemis - Claire Watson
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Franz Crass
Ein alter Diener - Gerhard Auer
Ein junger Diener - Georg Paskuda
Die Schleppträgerin - Antonia Fahberg
Die Vertraute - Gertrud Freedman
Der Pfleger des Orest - Max Proebstl
Die Aufseherin - Margarethe Bence
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Irmhilt Schwartz
3. Magd - Daphne Evangelatos
4. Magd - Anneliese Waas
5. Magd - Hildegard Heichele
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2020
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 (29 December 1972; see OPERA April 1973 p.347). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 17 June 1973. See Radio Times Issue dated 16-22 June 1973 p.27.
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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 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 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 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 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 Horst Stein - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Chrysothemis - Gwyneth Jones
Clytemnestra - Christa Ludwig
Aegisth - Hans Beirer
Orest - Theo Adam
Der Pfleger des Orest - Frederick Guthrie
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10254-2 {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 at the Vienna State Opera (10 November 1977). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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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 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 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 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 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 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 - Bent Norup
Ein alter Diener - Fernand Dumont
Ein junger Diener - Thierry Dran
Die Schleppträgerin - Jocelyne Chamonin
Die Vertraute - Hanna Schaer
Der Pfleger des Orest - Fernand Dumont
Die Aufseherin - Bernadette Antoine
1. Magd - Huguette Brachet
2. Magd - Hanna Schaer
3. Magd - Sonia Nigoghossian
4. Magd - Nicole Monestier
5. Magd - Jocelyne Chamonin
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Black Disc; - Rodolphe RP 12420-12421 {2LPS} (1985)ª
Compact Cassette; - Rodolphe RPK 22420-22421 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - *Rodolphe RPC 32420-32421 {2CDS} (1985)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 - March 1985 p. [MEO]; September 1985 p. [MEO]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.98-100 [JKL]
American Record Guide - May/June 1985 Vol.48 No.4 p.67 [JPM]
Comments:- Recorded in the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (14 January 1984; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL mars 1984 No.68 p.40)
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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 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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