Valery Gergiev is an ideal interpreter for Elektra; he's a master at whipping up an orchestral frenzy and Strauss' often spiky score gives him the opportunity, in this recording taken from live 2010 concerts, to draw a ferocious, virtuosic performance from the London Symphony Orchestra, which plays with abandon and dazzling precision. In spite of the exceptional orchestral playing, the recording isn't an unqualified success. The sound of the super audio hybrid CD is clear and clean, with good definition of the opera's dense ...
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Valery Gergiev is an ideal interpreter for Elektra; he's a master at whipping up an orchestral frenzy and Strauss' often spiky score gives him the opportunity, in this recording taken from live 2010 concerts, to draw a ferocious, virtuosic performance from the London Symphony Orchestra, which plays with abandon and dazzling precision. In spite of the exceptional orchestral playing, the recording isn't an unqualified success. The sound of the super audio hybrid CD is clear and clean, with good definition of the opera's dense textures, but it's recorded at such a low level that the volume needs to be cranked up considerably for the music to make its maximum impact. The vocal performances are not entirely consistent. The weakest link is Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet in the title role. Her singing has plenty of energy, but she doesn't always sound at ease and her voice doesn't have the necessary weight and substance to cut effortlessly through the orchestration. The role is certainly not a showcase for vocal...
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