That orchestra is beautiful, relentless and overwhelming

Bohm never rushes the orchestra. Masterful conducting.

This magnificent and massive score has never been heard with greater clarity or intensity... Thanks to Karl Bohm's insistence on not pushing or rushing it!

capolavoro!!! grandissimo immenso Bohm

I have always loved these Unitel films of this period. The behind the scenes extras are really wonderful. This opera, like so many others, once you get the orchestra going, often they take the reins, and the conductor is really just there to try and keep them in sync.

Wow!😁

MAGNIFIQUE

The only time she sang the title role of Elektra!

And who is this handsome man?!

Give Bohm a break. He was at death's door.

Who is that really good-looking sub-conductor/assistant of Karl Bohm?

What dirge. Give me Solti any day over this!

What a voice killing speed, especially for something this heavy. Stodgy pudding conducting. A shame because his Gotterdammerung with Nilsson from Bayreuth is so fleeting and alive.

Now I know why singers love Strauss---you can flat or sharp all you want and no one cares!

Too slow, Strauss would be mad.

Notice how little Böhm has to do

Böhm was too feeble to take his accustomed brisk tempi. There is no tension or excitement here.

All the good tempos for this were taken by Solti already. Bohm looks like he's past it here, unfortuately, and this is slow and sludgy. I dearly love his contributions in general, but this is unconvincing. I'm amazed at how casually people move around the room during a take, even if there's a huge amount of noise going on. I think there was possibly way too much money sloshing around classical music at the time, and this is relevant to how work-a-day such a huge endeavour seems to be to the assembled company.

Preferisco Solti