Humperdinck - Hänsel & Gretel
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Special offer. 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…
Awards:
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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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Hänsel und Gretel, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North
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Special offer. Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Heidi Grant Murphy (Gretel), Suzanne Mentzer (Hänsel), Judith Forst (Witch), Janice Taylor (Gertrude), Robert Orth (Peter), Anna Christy (Sandman/Dew Fairy)
Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
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Special offer. Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Ingeborg Springer (Hänsel), Renate Hoff (Gretel), Theo Adam (Peter), Gisela Schröter (Gertrude), Peter Schreier (Witch), Renate Krahmer (Sandman/Dew Fairy)
Members of Dresdner Kreuzchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner
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Special offer. 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: Hänsel & Gretel
Ann Murray (Hänsel), Edita Gruberova (Gretel), Christa Ludwig (Witch), Gwyneth Jones (Gertrud), Barbara Bonney (Sandmännchen), Christiane Oelze (Taumännchen)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Colin Davis
Sir Colin Davis has rarely conducted a more glowing opera performance on record than this. It is his inspired direction, beautifully paced, as though captured live, which above all compels attention...the... — More…
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Special offer. Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Ingeborg Springer (mezzo soprano), Renate Hoff (soprano), Theo Adam (bass), Gisela Schröter (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Renate Krahmer (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner
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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. — More…
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Jennifer Larmore (Hänsel), Ruth Ziesak (Gretel), Bernd Weikl Der Vater (Father), Hildegard Behrens Die Mutter (Mother), Hanna Schwarz Die Knusperhexe (The Nibblewitch), Rosemary Joshua Sandmännchen (Sandman), Christine Schäfer Taumännchen (Dew Fairy) & Tölzer Knabenchor Kuchenkinder (Gingerbread...
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Special offer. Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Else Schürhoff, Josef Metternich, Maria von Ilosvay, Annie Felbermayer
Choirs of Loughton School for Girls, Bancroft's School & Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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