Strauss, R: Salome

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Strauss's setting of a German translation of Oscar Wilde's play is original and erotically explicit. It caused a sensation in its day and even now stimulates controversy. Sinopoli's recording... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 11th Sep 1991
Catalogue No: 4318102
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Strauss, R: Salome

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Klaus Lang (bass), Friedrich Molsberger (bass), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Manfred Röhrl (bass), Marianne Rorholm (contralto), William Murray (bass), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Bengt Rundgren (bass), Horst Hiestermann (tenor), Warren Mok (tenor), Clemens Bieber (tenor), Aimée Willis (soprano), Peter Maus (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ralf Lukas (baritone), Uwe Peper (tenor), Ralf Lukas (tenor), Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Recorded: 1990-12
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

"Wie schön ist die Prinzessin Salome heute Nacht!"

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"Nach mir wird Einer kommen"

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"Ich will nicht bleiben"

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"Siehe, der Herr ist gekommen"

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"Jauchze nicht, du Land Palästina"

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Laßt den Propheten herauskommen

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"Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist?"

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"Er ist schrecklich"

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"Wer ist dies Weib, das mich ansieht?"

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"Zurück, Tochter Sodoms!"

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Dein Leib ist grauenvoll

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"Zurück, Tochter Sodoms!"

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"Niemals, Tochter Babylons,Tochter Sodoms,...Niemals "N

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"Wird dir nicht bange, Tochter der Herodias?"

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"Lass mich deinen Mund küssen, Jochanaan!"

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"Du bist verflucht"

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"Wo ist Salome?"

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"Salome, komm, trink Wein mit mir"

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"Siehe, die Zeit ist gekommen"

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"Wahrhaftig, Herr, es wäre besser, ihn in unsre Hände zu geben!"

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"Siehe, der Tah ist nahe"

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O über dieses geile Weib, die Tochter Babylons

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"Tanz für Mich, Salome"

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Salome's Dance Of The Seven Veils

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"Ah! Herrlich! Wundervoll, wundervoll!"

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"Salome, ich beschwöre dich"

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"Salome, bedenk, was du tun willst"

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Gib mir den Kopf des Jochanaan!

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"Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen"

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"Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund"

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"Sie ist ein Ungeheuer, deine Tochter"

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"Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan"

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2010

Strauss's setting of a German translation of Oscar Wilde's play is original and erotically explicit. It caused a sensation in its day and even now stimulates controversy. Sinopoli's recording is a magnificent achievement, mainly because of Cheryl Studer's representation of the spoilt Princess who demands and eventually gets the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a platter as a reward for her striptease ('Dance of the Seven Veils'). Studer, her voice fresh, vibrant and sensuous, conveys exactly Salome's growing fascination, infatuation and eventual obsession with Jokanaan, which ends in the arresting necrophilia of the final scene. She expresses Salome's wheedling, spoilt nature, strong will and ecstasy in tones that are apt for every aspect of the strenuous role.
She's supported to the hilt by Sinopoli's incandescent conducting and by Bryn Terfel's convincing Jokanaan, unflaggingly delivered, by Hiestermann's neurotic Herod, who makes a suitably fevered, unhinged sound as the nearcrazed Herod, and Rysanek's wilful Herodias.
The playing is excellent and the recording has breadth and warmth. This is eminently recommendable.
For a newcomer to the work, Studer's superb portrayal may just tip the balance in favour of Sinopoli, though Solti's famous version is in a class of its own, with a gloriously sung Salome and the ravishingly beautiful playing of the Vienna Phil.

2010 edition

The glory of Sinopoli's DG version is the singing of Cheryl Studer as Salome, producing glorious sounds throughout...Sinopoli's reading is often unconventional in its speeds, but it is always positive, thrusting and full of passion...Terfel makes a compelling recording debut

Strauss, R: Salome

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