Brothers Grimm’s Fairy Tales in Operas

Release Date: 23rd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: 600100
Label: Documents

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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel

Elisabeth Grümmer (Hänsel), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Gretel), Else Schürnoff (Die Knusperhexe), Josef Metternich (Peter), Maria von Ilosvay (Gertrud), Anny Felbermayer (Sandmännchen/Taumännchen)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Loughton High School Choir, Bancroft's School Choir
Herbert von Karajan

Rossini: La Cenerentola

Marina de Gabarain (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Don Ramiro), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico), Alda Noni (Clorinda), Fernanda Cadoni (Tisbe), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Hervey Alan (Alidoro)
Glyndebourne
Vittorio Gui

Orff: Der Mond

Rudolf Christ (Story-Teller), Hans Hotter (Petrus)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11

Hertha Topper (Judith), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bluebeard)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay

Orff: Die Kluge

Marcel Cordes (The King), Gottlob Frick (The Peasant), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Wise Woman)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Humperdinck: Königskinder

Peter Anders (Der Königssohn), Käthe Möller-Siepermann (Die Gänsemagd), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Der Spielmann), Ilse Ihme-Säbich (Die Hexe), Fritz Ollendorf (Der Holzhacker)
Kolner Rundfunksinfonieorchester, Kolner Rundfunkchor
Richard Kraus

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Several major composers have turned to the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm for their inspiration, and this 10-CD set includes six complete opera recordings made during the period 1952-1958 by four of them. The operas are Humperdinck’s ever-popular Hansel and Gretel, as well as his Königskinder (The King’s Children), Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella), two stage works by Carl Orff - Die Monde (The Moon) and Die Kluge (The Wise Woman) - and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle.

Appearing in the set are giants of the conductor’s rostrum such as Herbert von Karajan, Ernest Ansermet, and Ferenc Fricsay as well as leading singers of the time, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Anders, Hermann Prey, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sesto Bruscantini and Hans Hotter.

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Elisabeth Grümmer (Hänsel), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Gretel), Else Schürnoff (Die Knusperhexe), Josef Metternich (Peter), Maria von Ilosvay (Gertrud), Anny Felbermayer (Sandmännchen/Taumännchen), Marina de Gabarain (Cenerentola), Juan Oncina (Don Ramiro), Ian Wallace (Don Magnifico), Alda Noni (Clorinda), Fernanda Cadoni (Tisbe), Sesto Bruscantini (Dandini), Hervey Alan (Alidoro), Rudolf Christ (Story-Teller), Hans Hotter (Petrus), Hertha Topper (Judith), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Bluebeard), Marcel Cordes (The King), Gottlob Frick (The Peasant), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Wise Woman), Peter Anders (Der Königssohn), Käthe Möller-Siepermann (Die Gänsemagd), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Der Spielmann), Ilse Ihme-Säbich (Die Hexe), Fritz Ollendorf (Der Holzhacker)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Loughton High School Choir, Bancroft's School Choir, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kolner Rundfunksinfonieorchester, Kolner Rundfunkchor, Herbert von Karajan, Vittorio Gui, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Ferenc Fricsay, Richard Kraus

Brothers Grimm’s Fairy Tales in Operas

10 CDs

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