Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (highlights)
Sir Georg Solti
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4674352
Barcode
00028946743522
Format
1-CD
About
This is one of the most sought-after and highly-praised recordings of ‘Hänsel und Gretel’, Engelbert Humperdinck’s everlasting fairy-tale opera. What’s more, the sonics are thrilling and the stellar cast is a veritable Who’s Who of the great opera stars of the 1970s.
TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINK
Hansel und Gretel (highlights)
Brigitte Fassbaender
Lucia Popp
Walter Berry
Julia Hamari
Anny Schlemm
Norma Burrowes
Edita Gruberova
Vienna Boys’ Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
Recording information
Producer: Christopher Raeburn
Assistant Producer: Richard Beswick
Engineers: James Lock, Colin Moorfoot, Nigel Gayler
Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Date: February, March & June 1978