Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was a German composer, best known for his fairy-tale opera Hänsel und Gretel. Born in Siegburg, he studied in Cologne and Munich and worked for a time as an assistant to Wagner at Bayreuth.
Hänsel und Gretel, first performed in 1893, became one of the most beloved German operas after Wagner. Humperdinck also wrote other stage works, orchestral music, songs and incidental music.
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
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
BACH Two Chorales
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes
Broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 37:46
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
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
VARIOUS ARTISTS A Christmas Collection
Total duration: 67:50
Recorded between 1926 and 1957
Restoration and remastering by John Duffy, Peter Harrison, Ward Marston, Mark Obert-Thorn and Andrew Rose
VARIOUS COMPOSERS A selection of shorter works
Studio recordings, 1928-1930
Total duration: 72:54
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Willem Mengelberg, conductor
ALBÉNIZ Ibéria - El Corpus en Sevilla
BACH Toccata & Fugue in D minor
BACH Two Chorales
BARBER Symphony in One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SCHREKER Der Geburtstag der Infantin
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
STAROKADOMSKY Concerto for Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus - Overture
J. STRAUSS II Tales from the Vienna Woods
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture
Broadcast recordings, 1938
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
