Soloists, Staatskapelle Weimar, Martin Hoff, Conductor
Release Date: 24 March 2014
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 0760623183763
Composer/Series: HANSEL & GRETEL
Description
A gigantic success story – Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera Hänsel und Gretel has been delighting young and old alike for exactly 120 years. To celebrate this special anniversary, the opera now for the first time is being released on a brand-new double
SACD featuring an especially authentic production. Since the Weimar Theater was the site of the work’s acclaimed premiere, and it has enjoyed an unbroken performance tradition there, the conductor Martin Hoff and his highly motivated team were able to draw on
the historical performance material.
The performance tradition has continued in Weimar ever since the celebrated premiere in 1893 with Richard Strauss as the conductor. The original orchestral parts of the premiere are still extant and carefully guarded. The German National Theater and the Weimar State Orchestra thus may rightly claim a special authenticity.
Tracklisting
Steffen Schleiermacher
Ma'alot Quintett, Trio Roseau
Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Stephen Marchionda
Christian Euler, Paul Rivinius
Caterva Musica, Erdal Akkaya
Leipzig String Quartet
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
Piotr Beczala; Keri Alkema; Carlos Alvarez; Dolora Zajick; Katerina Tretyakova; Chorus of the Gran
Olga Kulchynska; Andrei Zhilikhovsky; Arsen Soghomonyan; Violeta Urmana; Olga Guryakova; Mischa Sch
Andreas Homoki; Philharmonia Zurich; Tomasz Konieczny; Camilly Nylund; Klaus Florian Vogt; Wolfgang
Juan Francisco Gatell; Anna Prohaska; Sara Blanch; Arno Schuitemaker's Ballet Company; Orchestra e
Lisette Oropesa; Vito Priante; Levy Sekgapane; Matteo Macchioni; Davide Giangregorio; Coro del Teat
Yeree Suh; Markus Schafer; Daniel Ochoa; Niklas Mallmann; Anna Feith; Anna-Doris Capitelli; Philipp
Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Kurt Rydl; Marian Talaba; Angela Desnoke; Misha Didyk; Do
Charlie Drummond; Yvonne Howard; William Morgan; Richard Suart; Mark Nathan; Ben McAteer; Catriona
