Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel Opera (E.Schwarzkopf & E.Grümmer - Cent.rec.: Herbert Von Karajan)

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) Hänsel und Gretel Opera.
Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-05:10)
00:00 Overture
08:38 Act 1_ Suse, Liebe Suse, Was Raschelt Im Stroh
12:24 Act 1_ So Recht! Und Willst Du Nun Nicht Mehr Klagen
14:23 Act 1_ Bruderchen, Komm, Tanz Mit Mir
18:01 Act 1_ Holla! Himmel!
19:44 Act 1_ Marsch! Fort In Den Wald!
22:14 Act 1_ Ral La La La.. Heissa, Mutter, Ich Bin Da!
24:38 Act 1_ Ho Ho! Wer Spek-Spekta-Kelt Mir
29:18 Act 1_ Doch Halt, Wo Bleiben Die Kinder_
31:01 Act 1_ Wenn Sie Sich Verirrten Im Walde Dort
32:30 Act 1_ Eine Hex', Steinalt
35:05 Act 1_ Hexenritt

39:30 Act 2_ Ein Mannlein Steht Im Walde
41:02 Act 2_ Mein Erbelkorbchen Ist Voll Bis Oben!
45:51 Act 2_ Gretel, Ich Weiss Den Weg Nicht Mehr!
50:35 Act 2_ Der Kleine Sandmann Bin Ich, S-T!
53:57 Act 2_ Abends, Will Ich Schlafen Gehn
57:35 Act 2_ Traum-Pantomime

1:03:23 Act 3_ Vorspiel
1:06:11 Act 3_ Der Kleine Taumann Heiss' Ich
1:07:51 Act 3_ Wo Bin Ich_ Wach' Ich
1:13:44 Act 3_ Bleib Steh'n!
1:14:21 Act 3_ Wie Duftet's Von Dorten
1:18:11 Act 3_ Knusper, Knusper Knäuschen
1:21:44 Act 3_ Ich Bin Rosina Leckermaul
1:26:05 Act 3_ Halt! Hokus Pokus, Hexenschuß!
1:27:29 Act 3_ Nun, Gretel Sei Vernünftig Und Nett!
1:32:46 Act 3_ Hurr Hopp Hopp Hopp
1:34:31 Act 3_ Auf, Wach Auf, Mein Jungelchen
1:38:44 Act 3_ Juchhei! Nun Ist Die Hexe Tot
1:41:30 Act 3_ Erlöst, Befreit, Für Alle Zeit!
1:45:44 Act 3_ Vater! Mutter!

Hänsel : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Gretel : Elisabeth Grümmer
Hexe/Witch : Else Schürhoff
Mutter/Mother : Maria Von Ilosvay
Vater/Father : Josef Metternich
Sandmännchen/Sandman : Anny Felbermayer
Taumännchen/Dew Fairy : Anny Felbermayer

Choirs of Loughton High School for Girls & Bancroft’s School
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor : Herbert Von Karajan
Recorded in 1953 at London
New Mastering in 2020 by AB for CM//RR
🔊Find CMRR's recordings on Spotify : https://spoti.fi/3016eVr
🔊Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio : https://bit.ly/2M1Eop2

*Full comment: see first pinned comment*
The opera had been premiered the year before, on 23rd December 1893, at Weimar. Richard Strauss conducted and success was instantaneous. Strauss had accepted Humperdinck's invitation to direct his work in an enthusiastic letter in which, among other things, he said: "Truly, this is a masterpiece of the first water. It is a long time since I have been so impressed with any work. What heartwarming humour, what charm and simplicity of melodic line, what art and subtlety in your handling of the orchestra, what a triumph of form overall. My dear friend, you are a great master and you have bestowed upon our dear fellow-citizens a work they hardly deserve, though one hopes that very soon they will be worthy of it in the fullest sense." Only weeks after its Weimar premiere, the work had been taken up by a whole string of German houses, and before long it had been translated into no less than eleven other languages for performance in every corner of the world.

Hansel und Gretel has now been in the German repertory for more than eight decades and one can probably assume with a fair degree of certainty that Engelbert Humperdinck's masterpiece will continue to delight many a future generation.

Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz Opera - Overture (Century's recording: Joseph Keilberth) :    • Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz...