R Strauss: Elektra

A magnificent recording, with Deborah Polaski in secure voice, and making her role as lyrical as possible. Among the best accounts of this work. Michael Tanner

 

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5

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:38 pm

COMPOSERS: R Strauss
LABELS: Teldec
WORKS: Elektra
PERFORMER: Meier, Polaski, Marc, Botha, Struckmann, Wolf et al; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim
CATALOGUE NO: Teldec 2564 67701-3

A magnificent recording, with Deborah Polaski in secure voice, and making her role as lyrical as possible. Among the best accounts of this work. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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