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Hi Res Download, 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
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Special offer. The Christmas Album
RecommendedBenjamin Appl (baritone), Regensburger Domspatzen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Helgath
It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2024
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New. Engelbert Humperdinck: The Miracle
Rundfunkchor Berlin and Steffen Tast featuring Josette Micheler, Josette Micheler (soloist), Steffen Tast and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin featuring Kinderchor des Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasiums Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Steffen Tast featuring Josette...
Though Humperdinck's mastery with miracle music has been usurped by Hollywood, the music feels more familiar than clichéd, partly due to echoes from Hansel and Gretel. — More…
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Special offer. Licht der Welt (A Christmas Promenade)
RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)
Karg’s angelic soprano – light and buttery – is perfect for this charming repertoire and she does it full justice in winning performances — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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a genuinely touching, warm-hearted and classy example of the genre – and more imaginative in the choice of repertoire than most. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2023
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Special offer. When Night Falls ...
Elina Garanča (mezzo), Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble, Karel Mark Chichon
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My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Special offer. Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Urlicht: Songs of Death and Resurrection
Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz
This is lushly upholstered weltschmerz in the high Late Romantic manner and essentially Viennese which is fitting for an artist who launched his career at the city’s Staatsoper...A baritone... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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