R. Strauss: Salome (Live) Andrés Orozco-Estrada

• Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215,
• 1Scene 1: Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome heute Nacht! 03:00
• 2Scene 1: Nach mir wird einer kommen 02:54
• 3Scene 2: Ich will nicht bleiben 01:54
• 4Scene 2: Siehe, der Herr ist gekommen 01:45
• 5Scene 2: Jauchze nicht, du Land Palästina 04:25
• 6Scene 2: Lasst den Propheten herauskommen 02:39
• 7Scene 3: Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist? 04:41
• 8Scene 3: Er ist schrecklich 02:17
• 9Scene 3: Wer ist dies Weib, das mich ansieht? 03:04
• 10Scene 3: Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt in deinen Leib 02:31
• 11Scene 3: Dein Leib ist grauenvoll 02:46
• 12Scene 3: Zurück, Tochter Sodoms! Berühre mich nicht! 03:08
• 13Scene 3: Niemals, Tochter Babylons, Tochter Sodoms 01:21
• 14Scene 3: Wird dir nicht bange, Tochter der Herodias? 03:13
• 15Scene 3: Lass mich deinen Mund küssen, Jochanaan! 01:13
• 16Scene 3: Du bist verflucht, Salome 05:15
• 17Scene 4: Wo ist Salome? 04:00
• 18Scene 4: Salome, komm, trink Wein mit mir 03:07
• 19Scene 4: Sieh, die Zeit ist gekommen 00:55
• 20Scene 4: Wahrhaftig, Herr, es wäre besser 02:52
• 21Scene 4: Siehe, der Tag ist nahe 02:45
• 22Scene 4: O, über dieses geile Weib 02:44
• 23Scene 4: Tanz für mich, Salome 04:41
• 24Scene 4: Salomes Tanz 10:10
• 25Scene 4: Ah! Herrlich! Wundervoll, wundervoll! 04:17
• 26Scene 4: Salome, ich beschwöre dich. Sei nicht trotzig! 03:21
• 27Scene 4: Salome, bedenk, was du tun willst (Herod, Salome, Jews) 03:12
• 28Scene 4: Gib mir den Kopf des Jochanaan! 01:59
• 29Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen 02:39
• 30Scene 4: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, Jochanaan! 13:41
• 31Scene 4: Sie ist ein Ungeheuer, deine Tochter 01:15
• 32Scene 4: Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan 05:00
• Total Runtime01:52:44

Info for R. Strauss: Salome (Live)

Desire. Brutality. Lust. Slyness. Anxiety. What a fascinatingly menacing thematic melange is seething in this Salome. Richard Strauss, the “nervous contrapuntalist,” had immediately recognized the potential of Oscar Wilde’s play, and had proceeded to add to it a musical meta-plane, which resulted in Salome becoming the scandalous new point of departure for opera in the 20th century. In its vivid psychological depiction of a corrupt world, Salome is, at the same time, both child of and witness to the dawning of the 20th century – a reflection of a moribund late-bourgeois era, captivated by its own putrefaction. The opera hit the nerve of the times. Strauss poured the Salome catastrophe into a one-act opera lasting a mere 100 minutes. However, these are 100 highly condensed minutes, which demand the listener’s full and uninterrupted attention without any break; first torturing him emotionally and then trickling the venom of sweet, seductive music into his ears and mind; laying his nerves bare, then making him tremble in aroused expectation.

This Pentatone album featuring the young, up-and-coming conductor Andres Orozco-Estrada leading the hr Symphony Orchestra (= formerly Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) is a live recording of a concert given on September 10, 2016 in Frankfurt. The critics were enthusiastic: "The title role was wonderfully relaxed, all the essential components were in general harmonious, and Andres Orozco-Estrada emphasized the power of the orchestra."

Indeed, Orozco-Estrada surrounded his Salome with outstanding soloists of the German opera repertoire: Wolfgang Koch (Jochanaan), Peter Bronder (Herod), and Michaela Schuster (Herodias). The American soprano Emily Magee made her debut as Salome in Berlin in 2011. Since then, she has developed into a true Strauss specialist - and not only in this role. The Frankfurter Rundschau praised her "readily appealing, powerful and untiring soprano voice, which never gets drowned, not even in the orchestral tutti. Her face was a fascinating reflection of the slyness, the caprices, the bitchiness of a pampered princess."

Peter Bronder, tenor (Herodes)
Benjamin Bruns, tenor (Narraboth)
Wolfgang Koch, baritone (Jochanaan)
Emily Magee, soprano (Salome)
Michaela Schuster, mezzo-soprano (Herodias)
Claude Eichenberger, alto (Page)
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

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