Name: Trojahn : Orest. Henschel, Castle, Albrecht.
SKU: 0608917260526

Trojahn : Orest. Henschel, Castle, Albrecht.

Manfred Trojahn : Orest

Dietrich Henschel (Oreste), Sarah Castle (Electre), Romy Petrick (Hermione), Rosemary Joshua (Hélène), Finnur Bjarnason (Apollon/Dionysos), Johannes Chum (Ménélas), Choeur de l’Opéra d’Amsterdam, Orchestre philharmonique des Pays-Bas, Marc Albrecht

Reference: CC72605
Barcode: 0608917260526
Label: Challenge Classics

Format: 1 SACD Hybrid

Release date: 1/3/2014

SKU: 0608917260526 Categories: Classical, SACD

31,90€

in Opera Now (Apr, 2014)
Premiered in Amsterdam in 2011, Trojahn’s opera picks up the story of Elektra two weeks after the despatch of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. No prizes for guessing that things aren’t going so well in the House of Atreus. This time it’s Helen of Troy who gets the chop, her daughter Hermione surviving to unite with Orest (lucky her). Trojahn’s work continues Strauss’s intense and at times sulphurous orchestral palate with some startling effects for soloists, vocal ensemble and orchestra, and Marc Albrecht’s conducting is concise and exciting. Dietrich Henschel’s Orest is a model of clarity and Sarah Castle’s beautifully sung and even-toned Elektra captures the character’s resolution and passion. Rosemary Joshua’s gleaming …