STRAUSS SALOME Karajan EMI 2LP BEHRENS VAN DAM BALTSA
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EX/VG RARE 1ST 1SSUE 1978 EMI 2 LP BOX SET SLS 5139 WITH ORIGINAL BOX AND BOOKLET/FULL LIBRETTO & ILLUSTRATIONS.
COVER OF BOOKLET FEATURES A GLORIOUS DEPICTION OF SALOME DANCING, BY FRANZ VON STUCK.
VINYL IS NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, WITH A DENT TO TOP CORNER OF BOX WHICH IS A LITTLE PUSHED IN, & A LITTLE FADING TO SPINE OF BOX.
ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF STRAUSSIAN REPERTOIRE, THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST RECORDINGS OF THE OPERA, WITH HILDEGARD BEHRENS IN PEERLESS FORM THROUGHOUT THE DRAMA. LOVELY CAST ENHANCED BY JOSE VAN DAM, AGNES BALTSA AND KARL-WALTER BOHM, WITH KARAJAN MARSHALLING THE FORCES OF THE VPO WITH IMPECCABLE FIN-DE-SIECLE STYLE AND PANACHE.
BEAUTIFULLY ENGINEERED, FULL-BODIED 1970S STEREO SOUND.
IMMEDIATE DISPATCH WORLDWIDE FROM UK OPERA SPECIALIST
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful: Great Performance, 14 Dec 2002 By Josh Carnes (Atlanta, Georgia) -
Karajan was perfectly suited to the music of Richard Strauss--and he never gave a better performance than he does here. Listeners will know that he was capable of indulgence, and dramatic flow was sometimes lost in the sheer beuty of Strauss's writing.This is a gorgeous performance, but it is always dramatically priscise,and the tension keeps building, only slowing down a bit in the cappadocian scene. But Hildegarde Behrens is definitely the reason to buy this:her voice stays silvery and sweet, but most importantly sounds youthfull, and perfectly protrays the the erotic princess.
As compared with the classic Solti, Karajan definitely matches him in excitement, but isn't quite as forcefull. As wonderful as Nilsson is, she doesn't have the voice of a young girl, and so is not as covining in that aspect as is the overwelming Behrens. Sound on both is excellant, with The decca sharper and clearer, but EMI's recording suits this opera,and many of the supporting roles are superior to Decca's, especially the Herodias. This is an essential recording of Salome.
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