Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Ileana Cotrubas, Soprano (Gretel), Frederica Von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano (Hänsel), Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano (Gertrud, Their Mother), Siegmund Nimsgern, Baritone (Peter, Their Father), Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano (Sandman), Ruth Welting, Soprano (Dew Fairy) & Elisabeth Söderstrom, Soprano (Witch)
Gürzenich...
A set with merits, chiefly von Stade's Hansel and Te Kanawa's Sandman. The rest of the cast is disappointing and Pritchard's conducting is heavy handed.
Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Ileana Cotrubas, Soprano (Gretel), Frederica Von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano (Hänsel), Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano (Gertrud, Their Mother), Siegmund Nimsgern, Baritone (Peter, Their Father), Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano (Sandman), Ruth Welting, Soprano (Dew Fairy) & Elisabeth Söderstrom, Soprano (Witch)
Gürzenich...
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A set with merits, chiefly von Stade's Hansel and Te Kanawa's Sandman. The rest of the cast is disappointing and Pritchard's conducting is heavy handed.
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- Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Ruth Welting (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Siegmund Nimsgren (bass), Children's Chorus of the Cologne Opera, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Sir John Pritchard
Awards and reviews
February 2006
A set with merits, chiefly von Stade's Hansel and Te Kanawa's Sandman. The rest of the cast is disappointing and Pritchard's conducting is heavy handed.
2011 edition
[Cotrubas and von Stade] both give charming characterizations, and the supporting cast is exceptionally strong, with Soderstrom an unexpected but refreshing and illuminating choice as the Witch. Pritchard draws idiomatic playing from the Gurzenich orchestra
