Karl Böhm Reahearsals Richard Strauss's Elektra .1981

Leonie Rysanek as Elektra

Part of the Documentary"Ob ich die Musik nicht Höre? Sie Kommt doch aus mir"

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Music

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• Leonie
• Rysanek
• Karl
• Böhm
• Reahearsals
• Richard
• Strauss
• Elektra

[TheTiptoeingkiss]

The thing is: if you don't play Strauss exactly as it should be, it just sounds like a great big noise. but if you play it correctly the music shows all its brilliance

[dgg32]

As an 87 year old man still at podium, can everyone of us do that?

[71lupenzo710]

taaa papapiiiii papapaaaaaaaaaaaaaa great!

[callmeBe]

@chrish12345 I'm not sure what you're getting at, but especially here the parts require the players to subdivide va. 16ths, and with his conducting I see only ictus--no takt, so I hear the music wanting to bog/slow down--especially because the density is so thick in the lower voicings. Anyway, great clip and very fun to watch. Nice post!

[bonumfatum457]

@pointreyes6 Nope. Age.

[chrish12345]

1.22 still amazes me that so often professional orchestra members don't know how to read music (let alone choirs)

[callasnuts]

@pointreyes6 Not at all,only old age - he died shortly after this clip due to the enormous strain and efford of conducting Elektra still once more in his late life - fantastic tribute!

[TheTiptoeingkiss]

The thing is: if you don't play Strauss exactly as it should be, it just sounds like a great big noise. but if you play it correctly the music shows all its brilliance

[pointreyes6]

Looks an ill man here. Cancer?

[SPTN58]

I was fortunate to experience Strauss, Wagner and Mozart with Böhm in Europe. He was a great conductor.