Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Humperdinck (composer)
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel RecommendedRebecca Evans (Gretel), Jennifer Larmore (Hansel), Jane Henschel (The Witch), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Robert Hayward (Peter), Sarah Tynan (Dew Fairy), Diana Montague (Sandman), Sarah Coppen (Cuckoo)
Philharmonia Orchestra & New London Children’s Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
What distinguishes this version is primarily the vigorous and large-scale conducting of Sir Charles Mackerras. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Opera Recording
2 CDs
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Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder Olga Kulchynska, Doris Soffel, Daniel Behle (tenor), Josef Wagner, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Christof Loy, Marc Albrecht
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Humperdinck: Dornroschen Brigitte Fassbaender (Dämonia, die böse Fee), Christina Landshamer (Rosa, Königin der Feen), Kristiane Kaiser (Röschen), Tobias Haaks (Reinhold), Stephanie Hampl (Morphina), Anna Borchers (Quecksilber/Eine Winde), Miriam Clark (Die Sonne), Brigitte Bayer (Ein Vergissmeinnicht), Guibee Yang (Eine...
[Fassbaender's] part is purely a spoken one, done with immense sinister relish. There are some lovely orchestral interludes, and no lover of Hansel will want to miss this set. — More…
2 CDs
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Josef Metternich, Maria von Ilosvay, Else Schürhoff, Anny Felbermayer
Loughton High School for Girls Choir, Bancroft’s School Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
The EMI CD transfer has opened up the mono sound, putting air round the voices and instruments, giving presence. Where the earlier transfer of this set sounded disappointingly flat, this one... — More…
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Humperdinck: Königskinder Daniel Behle, Amanda Majeski, Nikolay Borchev, Julia Juon, Magnus Baldvinsson, Martin Mitterrutzner & Chiara Bauml
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra & Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Sebastian Weigle
though none of the Frankfurt performers is a household name, they are obviously a team and Sebastian Weigle, steeped in Wagner, conducts superbly. — More…
3 CDs
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel Gisela Pohl (Gretel), Barbara Scherler (Hansel), Marcel Cordes (Peter), Gertrud Burgstheler-Schuster (Gertrud), Lilian Benningsen (Witch), Gisela Knabba (Sandman), Oda Balsborg (Dew Fairy)
NDR Sinfonieorchester, -Chor, -Kinderchor and -Knabenchor, Carl Schuricht
2 CDs
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Humperdinck: Königskinder Thomas Moser (Der Königssohn), Dagmar Schellenberger (Die Gänsemagd), Dietrich Henschel (Der Spielmann), Marilyn Schmiege (Die Hexe), Andreas Kohn (Der Holzhacker), Heinrich Weber (Der Besenbinder), Gabriele Weinfurter-Zwink (Sein Töchterchen), Gerald Haussler (Der Ratsälteste), Dankwart Siegele...
Fabio Luisi's conducting is sensitive to the opera's characterisation and rises to the score's glorious mix of pathos and heightened lyricism. — More…
3 CDs
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Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder Olga Kulchynska, Doris Soffel, Daniel Behle (tenor), Josef Wagner, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Christof Loy, Marc Albrecht
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Humperdinck: Königskinder Peter Anders (King's son), Käthe Möller-Siepermann (goose girl), Fischer-Dieskau (fiddler), Ilse Ihme-Sabisch (witch), Fritz Ollendorf (woodcutter)
Richard Kraus
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel Sayaka Shigeshima (Hansel), Elisabeth Wimmer (Gretel), Uwe Schenker-Primus (Peter), Rebecca Teem (Gertrud), Alexander Günther (Witch), Catherina Maier (Sand-Man), Hyunjin Park (Dew-Fairy)
Staatskapelle Weimar, Martin Hoff
