Strauss, R: Salome

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Inga Nielsen is a Salome of quite exceptional talent, even inspiration. Better than any of her predecessors she creates a princess who sounds credibly teenaged with surely just the pearl-like... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Jan 1999
Catalogue No: CHAN9611(2)
Label: Chandos
Length: 98 minutes

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Strauss, R: Salome

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Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano), Mogens Gert Hansen (tenor), Sten Byriel (bass-baritone), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Deon van der Walt (tenor), Michael Kristensen (tenor), Stephen Milling (bass), Marianne Rorholm (mezzo-soprano), Peter Gronlund (tenor), Anja Silja (soprano), Gert Henning-Jensen (tenor), Anders Jakobsson (bass), Robert Hale (bass-baritone), Per Hoyer (baritone), Morten Frank Larsen (baritone), Bent Norup (baritone), Reiner Goldberg (tenor)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt

Scene 1: Wie schon ist die Prinzessin Salome heute nacht! (How beautiful is the Princess Salome tonight!) (Narraboth, Page, First Soldier, Second Soldier)

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Scene 1: Nach mir wird Einer kommen (After me shall come another) (Jokanaan, Second Soldier, First Soldier, Cappadocian, Narraboth, Page)

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Scene 2: Ich will niche bleiben (I will not stay) (Salome, Page)

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Scene 2: Siehe, der Herr ist gekommen (The Lord hath come) (Jokanaan, Salome, Second Soldier, Narraboth, Slave, First Soldier)

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Scene 2: Jauchze nicht, de Land Palastina (Rejoice not thou land of Palestine) (Jokanaan, Salome, Second Soldier, First Soldier, Page)

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Scene 2: Du wirst das fur mich nun (You will do this thing for me) (Salome, Narraboth)

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Scene 3: Wo ist er, dessen Sundenbecher jetzt voll ist? (Where is he whose cup of abominations is now full?) (Jokanaan, Salome, Narraboth)

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Scene 3: Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt in deinen Leib (Jokanaan! I am amorous of thy body!) (Salome, Jokanaan, Narraboth)

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Scene 3: Wird dir nicht bange, Tochter der Herodias? (Art thou not afraid, daughter of Herodias?) (Jokanaan, Salome)

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Scene 4: Wo ist Salome? (Where is Salome?) (Herod, Herodias, First Soldier)

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Scene 4: Es ist kalt hier (It is cold here) (Herod, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Salome, komm, trink Wein mit mir (Salome, come drink a little wine with me) (Herod, Salome, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Sich, die Zeit ist gekommen (Lo! The time has come!) (Jokanaan, Herodias, Herod)

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Scene 4: Wahrhaftig, Herr, es ware besser (Truly, my lord, it were better) (Jews, Herod, Herodias, First Nazarene)

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Scene 4: Siehe, der Tag ist nahe (So the day is come) (Jokanaan, Herod, First Nazarene, First Jew, Second Nazarene, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Eine Menge Menschen wird sich gegen sie sammeln (Let there come up against her a multitude of men) (Jokanaan, Herodias, Herod)

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Scene 4: Tanz fur mich, Salome (Dance for me, Salome) (Herod, Herodias, Salome, Jokanaan)

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Scene 4: Salome's Dance

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Scene 4: Ah! Herrlich! Wundervoll, wundervoll! (Ah! Wonderful, wonderful!) (Herod, Salome, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Still, sprich nicht zu mir! (Be silent! Speak not to me!) (Herod, Salome, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Salome, bedenk, was du tun willst (Salome, think of what you are doing) (Herod, Salome, Jews)

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Scene 4: Man soll ihr geben, was sie verlangt! (Let her be given what she asks!) (Herod, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen (There is no sound) (Salome)

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Scene 4: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund kussen lassen, Jochanaan! (Ah! Thou wouldst not suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan) (Salome)

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Scene 4: Sie ist ein Ungeheuer, deine Tochter (She is monstrous, thy daughter) (Herod, Herodias)

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Scene 4: Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund gekusst, Jochanaan (Ah! I have kissed thy mouth, Jokanaan) (Salome)

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2010

Inga Nielsen is a Salome of quite exceptional talent, even inspiration. Better than any of her predecessors she creates a princess who sounds credibly teenaged with surely just the pearl-like yet needle-sharp tone Strauss intended. Nobody has so convincingly conveyed the impression of a spoilt, petulant innocent with the will and determination to get her way – and then exploited her manipulative character to frightening effect as, sexually awakened, Salome becomes obsessed with the body of Jokanaan. In a performance that's vocally stunning from Salome's first entrance, Nielsen fashions her reading with supreme intelligence in her response to words and notes. Throughout she sings keenly, even maliciously off the text. While still having nothing but praise for Studer's beautifully sung portrayal on the Sinopoli set – her tone is more refulgent, less narrow than Nielsen's but she isn't so much inside the role – or for Nilsson's vocally overwhelming portrayal for Solti, Nielsen simply seems a Salome by nature, made for the part.
Happily Nielsen's riveting interpretation receives suitable support. Schønwandt yields to none of his illustrious predecessors in impressing on us the still-extraordinary originality, fascination and tense horror of Strauss's score. From start to finish, including an electrifying account of the Dance, his is a fierily direct, highly charged yet never vulgar reading. Hale, who has part- nered Nielsen in this work at the Brussels Opera, is a noble-sounding, resolute Jokanaan of long experience. Although he doesn't attempt the larger-than-life, tremendous performance of Terfel for Sinopoli, and his tone isn't as steady, his reading is surely more of a piece with the opera as a whole. Goldberg is just right as the degraded, superstitious, lecherous Herod, vocally astute and characterful. Silja is a well-routined, if sometimes over-the-top Herodias.
Chandos provides a recording of extraordinary range and breadth, yet one that makes sure that the singers take stage front. Anyone who already has the highly regarded Sinopoli version will probably not feel the need to invest in this set, but newcomers are urged to hear it. Even though other elements are well taken care of on earlier versions, Nielsen is really unmissable.

2010 edition

Nielsen is a superb Salome, pingingly precise in her vocal attack...The result is a portrayal with all the strength needed, not least for the unrelenting malevolence at the end, but leaving one with the impression of a character still young...Smaller roles are also well cast.

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