Humperdinck: Music for the Stage
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Music for the Stage
Andrea Chudak, Ruxandra Voda van der Plas, Harrie van der Plas, Malmö Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Dario Salvi
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 November 2020
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Engelbert Humperdinck won a worldwide reputation through his application of Wagnerian techniques to folk music in Hänsel und Gretel. But he wrote far more widely for the stage than is acknowledged, and this selection focuses on long overlooked works that reveal Humperdinck's flair for romance, comedy and innovation. These include music for one of the first full-colour silent films, the spectacular Das Wunder (1912); the passionate, ethereal small cantata Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar; the rich antique flavour of Lysistrata; as well as his dance-saturated and serenely beautiful incidental music for Der Kaufmann von Venedig.
Tracks:
Die Heirat wider Willen, Act II: Prelude
Der Kaufmann von Venedig: 7 excerpts
Das Wunder Suite (arr. A. Lotter)
Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, Ballade (original 1878 version)
Lysistrata
