HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel - CHAN3143-44 | Discover more releases from Chandos

Discover the Naxos Music Group

The World of Classical Music

Translate

Start Google Translate
FREE Music Download

Subscribe Now

Advanced Search

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel

Composer(s):

Lyricist(s): ;

Conductor(s):

Orchestra(s):

Choir(s):

Artist(s): ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Label: Chandos

Series: Opera in English

Genre: Opera

Period: Romantic

Catalogue No: CHAN3143-44

Barcode: 095115314326

Release Date: 06/2007

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel

Tracklist

Artist details

Disc 1

Humperdinck, Engelbert
Wette, Adelheid - Lyricist
Pountney, David - Lyricist

Hansel and Gretel

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Hayward, Robert (baritone)
Coopen, Sarah (soprano)
Montague, Diana (mezzo-soprano)
Tynan, Sarah (soprano)
Henschel, Jane (mezzo-soprano)
New London Children's Choir (Choir)

1

Overture

07:39

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Act I: Goosey goosey gander, the mouse in the straw (Gretel, Hansel)

02:57

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

3

Act I: Down with the dumps, out with the grumps (Gretel, Hansel)

02:40

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

4

Act I: Little brother dance with me (Gretel, Hansel)

03:39

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act I: Hansel! (Mother, Gretel, Hansel)

02:15

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

6

Act I: My Jug all in bits (Mother)

01:40

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act I: Ral-la-la-la, ral-la-la-la, light the fire (Father, Mother)

06:27

Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Hayward, Robert (baritone)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act I: But wait, say where are the children? (Father, Mother)

03:01

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Hayward, Robert (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

9

Act I: But there's one, a crone, who lives alone (Father, Mother)

02:35

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Hayward, Robert (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act I: Prelude to Act II: the Witches' Ride

04:17

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

11

Act II: A dwarf stood in the forest (Gretel, Hansel)

02:53

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act II: Cuckoo, cuckoo (Cuckoo, Gretel, Hansel)

03:16

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Coopen, Sarah (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

13

Act II: Gretel, I think we've lost the way (Gretel, Hansel, voices)

04:18

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

14

Act II: I am the little sandman (Sandman, Gretel, Hansel)

02:39

Montague, Diana (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

15

Act II: Where each child lays down its head (Gretel, Hansel)

03:24

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

16

Act II: Pantomime

05:01

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

Disc 2

1

Act III: Introduction

02:43

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

2

Act III: When dew drops on the daisy (Dew fairy, Gretel)

01:40

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Tynan, Sarah (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

3

Act III: I slept here? On a pine-tree bed! (Gretel, Hansel)

05:22

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

4

Act III: Keep still! No sound! (Gretel, Hansel)

04:11

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act III: Greedy little mousy, who's nibbling at my housey? (Witch, Gretel, Hansel)

02:00

Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Henschel, Jane (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Act III: Hansel, don't be so greedy (Witch, Gretel, Hansel)

05:11

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Henschel, Jane (mezzo-soprano)

7

Act III: Stop! Hocus pocus, witch's ground (Witch)

01:17

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Henschel, Jane (mezzo-soprano)

8

Act III: Now Gretel, you're the sensible one (Witch, Gretel, Hansel)

05:23

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

9

Act III: So hopp hopp hopp, galopp lopp lopp (Witch)

01:32

Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

10

Act III: Now wake up, it's time to eat (Witch, Gretel, Hansel)

03:51

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Henschel, Jane (mezzo-soprano)

11

Act III: Horrah! Now that the witch is dead (Gretel, Hansel)

04:05

Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act III: The dead arise, but cannot see (Gingerbread Children, Gretel, Hansel, Father)

04:05

New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hayward, Robert (baritone)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

13

Act III: Father! Mother! (Gretel, Hansel, Mother, Father, Gingerbread Children)

02:16

New London Children's Choir (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (mezzo-soprano)
Evans, Rebecca (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Larmore, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)

Total Playing Time: 01:42:17