SKU: HL.49032825
ISBN 9790001123389. 9.0x12.0x0.208 inches.
It is not well-known that the eminent pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) also composed. Apart from music for the piano and chamber pieces, he wrote this song cycle for his daughters Jutta and Freya. The songs have been recorded on CD by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
SKU: AP.6-438260
ISBN 9780486438269. English.
An instant and overwhelming success upon its first performance in 1893, Hänsel and Gretel has captivated audiences of all ages ever since. Engelbert Humperdinck combined the simplicity of German folk tunes with the sophistication of Wagnerian technique in a fairy-tale opera, based on the story by the Brothers Grimm. Richard Strauss, who conducted the premiere, proclaimed it a masterpiece of the highest quality. Broadcast from Covent Garden in 1923, it was the first complete opera ever aired on radio, and eight years later it was the first to be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera.
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