Elektra (2000)

"This 1989-performance of still one of the most sensational scores of the last century is enjoyable, if that is the right word for Elektras gruesome drama. Fassbaenders study of guilt and inner disintegration as Klytemnestra is of intriguing complexity. She alone makes this essential viewing. In the pit, Abbado conducts with a single-minded intensity, constantly aware of the scores brutal and tragic aspects, and he procures playing of tremendous concentration from the Vienna Philharmonic." (Gramophone)