Artist: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Title: Richard Strauss: Salome
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac 24bits - 96.0kHz + Booklet
Total Time: 01:39:46
Total Size:  1.66 gb

Tracklist

CD1
01. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 1: Wie schon ist die Prinzessin Salome (Narraboth, Page, Soldiers)
02. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 1: Nach mir wird Einer kommen (Jochanaan, Soldiers, A Cappadocian, Page)
03. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 2: Ich will nicht bleiben (Salome, Page)
04. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 2: Siehe, der Herr ist gekommen (Jochanaan, Salome, Soldiers, Page)
05. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 2: Jauchze nicht, du Land Palastina (Jochanaan, Salome, Soldiers, Page)
06. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 2: Du wirst das für mich tun, Narraboth, nicht wahr? (Salome, Narraboth)
07. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 3: Wo ist er, dessen Sundenbecher jetzt voll ist? (Jochanaan, Salome, Narraboth)
08. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 3: Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt in dienen Leib (Salome, Jochanaan)
09. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 3: Wird dir nicht bange, Tochter der Herodias? (Jochanaan, Salome)
10. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Wo ist Salome? (Herod, Herodias, First Soldier)
11. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Es ist kalt hier? (Herod, Herodias)
12. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Salome, komm, trink Wein mit mir (Herod, Salome, Herodias)
13. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Sieh, die Zeit ist gekommen (Jochanaan, Herodias, Herod)
14. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Siehe, der Tag ist nahe (Jochanaan, Herod, Nazarenes, Second Jew, Herodias)
15. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Eine Menge Menschen (Jochanaan, Herodias, Herod)

CD2
01. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Tanz fur mich, Salome (Herod, Herodias, Salome, Jochanaan)
02. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Salome's Dance. Sehr schnell und heftig
03. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Ah! Herrlich! Wundervoll! (Herod, Salome, Herodias)
04. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Still, sprich nicht zu mir! (Herod, Salome Herodias)
05. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Salome, bedenk, was du tun willst (Herod, Salome, Jews)
06. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Man soll ihr geben, was sie verlangt (Herod, Herodias)
07. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen (Salome)
08. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund kussen lassen, Jochanaan! (Salome)
09. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Sie ist ein Ungeheuer, deine Tochter (Herod, Herodias)
10. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215, Scene 4: Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküßt, Jochanaan (Salome, Herod)

Oscar Wilde’s play Salome was conceived for the actress Sarah Bernhardt and was originally planned for performance in London, in 1892. The play was blocked by the sensor (it was forbidden at the time to depict biblical characters on stage) and so first given in Paris instead, in 1896.

Wilde never saw his play performed, as he was serving a prison sentence for homosexual acts whilst the only two performances in his lifetime occurred. Subsequently the play gained popularity in Germany, and having attended a performance in Berlin in 1902, Strauss determined that this would be the subject for his third opera.

First performed in 1905, Strauss’s Salome has gone on to become much better-known than Wilde’s play, and is regularly performed at opera houses around the world.

This live recording was made at a performance at the Usher Hall, in Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2022. Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra are joined by an outstanding cast of soloists, led by Malin Byström in the title role, Gerhard Siegel as Herod, Katarina Dalayman as Herodias, and Johan Reuter as John the Baptist. Recorded in Surround Sound and available as two Hybrid SACDs and in Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio