Richard Strauss: "Elektra"
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
5 Magd... Maud Heaton, Gwladys Garside, Monica Warner, Sylvia Patriss, Marion Davies
BBC Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
16/44 FLAC MediaFire Download
Recorded: 24/26 October 1947. From Myto CD 98.H004 (Internet Archive: downloaded for My interest!).
Bass Cut - 12dB/8ve @ 25Hz - Treble cut above 8kHz (Mucho Bass/Upper Treble hash + FM Tuner 19kHz signal). <1.2 dB treble boost @ 6kHz.
Likely the 1980's BBC Radio 3 TX (which I listened-to: the crash of instruments at the end deleted by Myto). Sounds OK - bought the 1979 RCA (RL42821) which has indifferent transfers of Ariadne/Elektra (ex-EMI). RCA RL42821 cover >>>
Thanks very much, this an exciting performance.
ReplyDeleteBBC's 'genome' is currently non-functional so couldn't check the year I'd heard this - sounded exciting indeed then.
DeletePerhaps there's a better source (though likely limited as this derives from Discs) - but had always wanted to hear again.
Obtained from 'koncordia' - read that IA was mass-culling - but only downloaded around 6 of interest:- would highly recommend "Heinz Rehfuss - The Decca Recitals".