Re-pitched ELEKTRA Schlüter, Welitsch, Höngen, Schöffler, Widdop - Beecham - London 24X47

ELEKTRA
Tragödie für Musik in einem Aufzug von Richard Strauss.
Text von Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Klytämnestra, Königin von Mykene: Elisabeth Höngen
Elektra, ihre Tochter: Erna Schlüter
Chrysothemis, Elektras Schwester: Ljuba Welitsch
Ägisth: Walter Widdop
Orest, Elektras Bruder: Paul Schöffler
Der Pfleger des Orest: Ernst Urbach
Die Vertraute Klytämnestras: Milred Watson
Die Schleppenträgerin: Gwladys Garside
Junger Diener: Morgan Jones
Alter Diener: Eric Goldie
Die Aufseherin: Ruth Packer
1. Magd: Maud Heaton
2. Magd: Gwladys Garside
3. Magd: Monica Warner
4. Magd: Sylvia Patriss
5. Magd: Marian Davies
BBC Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchester
Thomas Beecham
London, Maida Vale Studios, 24. Oktober 1947
Scene 1: 0:00
Scene 2: 05:49
Scene 3: 16:02
Scene 4: 26:48 (Klytemnestra/Elektra)
Scene 5: 51:36
Scene 6: 1:02:35
Scene 7: 1:23:36 (Murder of Klytemnestra)
Scene 8: 1:25:47
Scene 9: 1:30:17
Scene 10: 1:35:13
Studio recording, pitch corrected to a=440 Hz
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[@derekjohnston5163]

Richard Strauss was there. There was a Strauss festival in London that month and Strauss was flown over. In a BBC radio documentary by John Amis maybe 20 years ago, he described the circumstances and chunks were broadcast. IIRC Beecham and Welitsch did not get on. In her prime here, Welitsch is stunning.

[@certified_modernschoolhater]

More pre-1950 recordings please!

[@DM-wj8br]

Powerful conducting by Beecham

[@gerardcohen7780]

Et d'une extraordinaire précision.

[@davidhansel897]

Thank you for posting this! Scene 1: 0:03 Scene 2: 05:49 Scene 3: 16:02 Scene 4: 26:48 (Klytemnestra/Elektra) Scene 5: 51:36 Scene 6: 1:02:35 Scene 7: 1:23:36 (Murder of Klytemnestra) Scene 8: 1:25:47 Scene 9: 1:30:17 Scene 10: 1:35:13

[@jaykauffman4775]

Schulter is really good in the 44 Hamburg broadcast. Beecham also recorded the second half of the opera commercially. I recall Klytemnestras screams scaring the pants off everyone

[@hcleskov-fischer6033]

Ah, so is this NOT a studio recording? I found some reference to recording sessions in the Abbey road studios, so I assumed this was an HMV studio recording.

[@jaykauffman4775]

@@hcleskov-fischer6033 this a copy of the broadcast from BBC studios. It was broadcast complete. Later the second half from Orestes entrance was recorded in the studio and issued on 78s

[@jaykauffman4775]

Beecham conducted two concert performances of Elektra before an invited orchestra at Mlad Vale Studio 1 on October 24 and 26, 1947. This is the broadcast of the first. On October 27 and 29 the second half the opera was recorded at Abbey Rd studios since RCA could not justify recording the entire work