Humperdinck - Music for the Stage | Naxos 8574177

Humperdinck - Music for the Stage

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574177

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 27th November 2020

Contents

Artists

Andrea Chudak (soprano)
Ruxandra Voda van der Plas (contralto)
Harrie van der Plas (tenor)
Malmo Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Dario Salvi

Works

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Das Wunder (music for the silent film)
Der Kaufmann von Venedig - incidental music
Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar
Lysistrata

Artists

Andrea Chudak (soprano)
Ruxandra Voda van der Plas (contralto)
Harrie van der Plas (tenor)
Malmo Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Dario Salvi

About

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.

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