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Warm, sentimental, and infectiously tuneful, Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel is one of the most popular of late Romantic German operas, and it has been a perennial favorite since Richard Strauss conducted its premiere in 1893. Based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, this opera in three acts is regularly presented at Christmastime, and an excerpt from Act 2, the Evening Prayer, has become a children's classic. Marek Janowski leads the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in this 2017 release on Pentatone, and the lively performance meets the high standards of the audiophile recording, especially in the richness and depth of the playing and the clarity of the singing. The cast is led by mezzo-soprano Katrin Wundsam as Hänsel and soprano Alexandra Steiner as Gretel, and their acting is appropriately innocent and joyful, while soprano Ricarda Merbeth as the Mother and bass-baritone Albert Dohmen as the Father convey their worries and fears of the dark woods. The plum role of the Witch is sung with gleeful menace by tenor Christian Elsner, though the part is treated with campy humor and is unlikely to frighten anyone. Pentatone's multichannel sound gives a good sense of the singers' placement and the orchestral sections, and the details of the score are clear and fully audible. Highly recommended.
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Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annika Gerhards, MainArtist - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
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Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Elsner, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Elsner, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Elsner, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Elsner, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Elsner, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist - Kinderchor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Choir, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Dohmen, MainArtist - Ricarda Merbeth, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Alexandra Steiner, MainArtist - Katrin Wundsam, MainArtist
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
Album review
Warm, sentimental, and infectiously tuneful, Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel is one of the most popular of late Romantic German operas, and it has been a perennial favorite since Richard Strauss conducted its premiere in 1893. Based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, this opera in three acts is regularly presented at Christmastime, and an excerpt from Act 2, the Evening Prayer, has become a children's classic. Marek Janowski leads the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in this 2017 release on Pentatone, and the lively performance meets the high standards of the audiophile recording, especially in the richness and depth of the playing and the clarity of the singing. The cast is led by mezzo-soprano Katrin Wundsam as Hänsel and soprano Alexandra Steiner as Gretel, and their acting is appropriately innocent and joyful, while soprano Ricarda Merbeth as the Mother and bass-baritone Albert Dohmen as the Father convey their worries and fears of the dark woods. The plum role of the Witch is sung with gleeful menace by tenor Christian Elsner, though the part is treated with campy humor and is unlikely to frighten anyone. Pentatone's multichannel sound gives a good sense of the singers' placement and the orchestral sections, and the details of the score are clear and fully audible. Highly recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 01:34:53
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin Marek Janowski Katrin Wundsam Alexandra Steiner Ricarda Merbeth Albert Dohmen
- Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical Opera
2017 Pentatone Music B.V. 2017 Deutschlandradio/ROC/Pentatone Music B.V.
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