Download, Humperdinck (composer)
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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…
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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
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New. The Christmas Album
Benjamin Appl (baritone), Regensburger Domspatzen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Helgath
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a genuinely touching, warm-hearted and classy example of the genre – and more imaginative in the choice of repertoire than most. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2023
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My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
2 CDs
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Special offer. Licht der Welt (A Christmas Promenade)
RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)
Karg’s angelic soprano – light and buttery – is perfect for this charming repertoire and she does it full justice in winning performances — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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Urlicht: Songs of Death and Resurrection
Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz
This is lushly upholstered weltschmerz in the high Late Romantic manner and essentially Viennese which is fitting for an artist who launched his career at the city’s Staatsoper...A baritone... — More…
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Engelbert Humperdinck: Der Blaue Vogel (The Blue Bird)
Incidental Music After A Christmas Fairy Tale By Maurice Maeterlinck)
Juri Tetzlaff, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Steffen Tast
The festive fairytale by Maeterlinck for which Humperdinck wrote this incidental music is read here in German, so you may want to find a translation online. Or simply head to Disc 2, where the... — More…
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Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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When Night Falls ...
Elina Garanča (mezzo), Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble, Karel Mark Chichon
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