Humperdinck

HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel
MOZART, R. STRAUSS Arias

Studio recordings, 1953 & 1955
Total duration: 2hr 20:24

Hänsel - Elisabeth Grümmer
Gretel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mother - Maria Von Ilosvay
Father - Josef Metternich
Witch - Else Schürhoff

Philharmonia Orchestra
Choirs of Loughton High School For Girls and Bancroft’s School
Conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Erika Köth, soprano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  
conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter

VARIOUS COMPOSERS A selection of shorter works
Studio recordings, 1928-1930
Total duration: 72:54

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Willem Mengelberg, conductor

VARIOUS ARTISTS A Christmas Collection

Total duration: 67:49

Recorded between 1926 and 1957
Restoration and remastering by John Duffy, Peter Harrison, Ward Marston, Mark Obert-Thorn and Andrew Rose

BORODIN Prince Igor – Polovtsian March
BRAHMS Tragic Overture, 3 Hungarian Dances
HUMPERDINCK Hansel und Gretel - Overture & Dream Pantomime
SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Dalila - Bacchanale
SIBELIUS The Oceanides, Night Ride & Sunrise
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, Eugene Onegin - Polonaise
WAGNER Die Meistersinger, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal excerpts

Studio recordings, 1932-1937
Total duration: 2hr 4:45

BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult