R Strauss - Salome
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Label: Chandos - Opera in English
Cat No: CHAN31572
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 27th October 2008
Contents
Artists
Susan Bullock (soprano)Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano)
John Graham Hall (tenor)
John Wegner (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Charles MackerrasWorks
Salome, op.54Artists
Susan Bullock (soprano)Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano)
John Graham Hall (tenor)
John Wegner (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Charles MackerrasAbout
Here, Sir Charles picks up his baton to conduct leading dramatic soprano Susan Bullock and the Philharmonia Orchestra in his first ever recording of Richard Strauss’ Salome. This is also the premiere recording in English.
Richard Strauss is a composer whom Sir Charles holds in deep affection. He explains “I’m just amazed that he could have written it [Salome]. Every page has something that hadn’t been done before, not even by Wagner. Bitonality, whole tone scales, everything! Endlessly varying the leitmotifs so that they take on different meaning… remarkable, and such a lesson in the use of the orchestra… it’s just superb… even if you have not heard a note of Strauss before you will be swept along by the power of the music.”
Susan Bullock has previously performed Salome in the concert format and her performances in the role of Strauss’s Elektra have brought her international acclaim. MusicWeb International wrote of her Salome “we were treated to a show-stealing dramatic performance in which her character’s complicated and confused emotions were plainly visible.”
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