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Re: Strauss's Elektra

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by: gggg gggg - Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:02 UTC

On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 4:43:01 PM UTC-8, ..@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 6:53:31 AM UTC-10, Ricardo Jimenez wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 05:07:16 -0800 (PST), Tony <>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:45:05 AM UTC+1, Christopher Webber wrote:
> > >> On 24/12/2014 10:03, Tony wrote:
> > >> > Examples like Elektra, Berg's Wozzeck, Schnittke's Life with an Idiot, and Zimmermann's Die Soldaten. How do you get on with those?
> > >>
> > >> To which I would add, Hindemith's 'Cardillac' - a much underrated fount
> > >> of cacophonous adrenaline. Utterly marvellous, too. Your description of
> > >> exactly why these pieces are exciting is spot on.
> > >
> > >Cardillac is new to me, thanks for mentioning it.
> >
> > I find Wozzeck (and Lulu) more gripping and varied than Elekta. I
> > know it through a DVD from Frankfurt, conducted by Cambreling. I have
> > the Nagano DVD of Cardillac and it was a struggle to finish it. I
> > have no plans to try it again. I don't know the others mentioned.
> > When I want a really intense, concentrated experience, I put on a
> > Janacek opera like Jenufa or Makropulos Case. A number of good
> > performances are available on DVD/BD.
> For me, Wozzeck is way more listenable than Lulu. In W., I can hear folk music-inspired music whereas in L., hearing a soprano voice singing the very high notes of a dissonant score for a relatively long time simply wears me down.
>
> After listening to L., I realized that my love for Rothenberger has limits:
>
> http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/XXXX__78096__10132011105825-1504.jpg
>
> And the story of W. where reality is slipping out of control because there is no authority figure to preserve norms is I feel more relevant to our times than the plot of L.

Am I the only one who feels that Lulu is like "The Blue Angel"'s Lola Lola?

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