Soloists Of The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Richard Strauss: Elektra [CD] Vocal East of the Sun (And

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Soloists Of The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Richard Strauss: Elektra [CD] Vocal East of the Sun (AndFirst performed in Dresden in 1909, Elektra was Strauss's first collaboration (of many) with the librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and is the most modernist of all of his operas. Based on the (heavily reworked) play by Sophocles, Hofmannsthal's version concentrates on the inner thoughts and feelings of Elektra as she holds individual conversations with other members of her family. Strauss's score is exceptionally adventurous harmonically, and famously