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

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

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

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

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Willem Mengelberg, conductor

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

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