#ClassicalDiscoveries: The Podcast. Episode 022 - Engelbert Humperdinck: Miraculous and Ecclesiastic Adventures

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Now here’s Episode 022, on "Mr. Hansel & Gretel", Engelbert Humperdinck, but in works you might not ever have heard of. (Arnold George Dorsey-jokes included!)

When you hear 'Engelbert Humperdinck', you'll invariably either think of the King of Romance's hit ballad "Release Me" (in which case you've got the wrong Humperdinck, as far as we are concerned) or of the King of Romantic Children's Opera's greatest hit "Hansel & Gretel". Well, in their latest podcast, Jens and Joe will try to re-wire your brain so that you will associate the name with mystical blue birds and nuns on the run. Romance, however, remains the name of the (musical) game all the same.

Humperdinck Primer beyond Hansel & Gretel...

Engelbert Humperdinck Das Mirakel Steffen Tast, RSO Berlin Capriccio, 2025 US | UK | DE

Sounds from afar...

Engelbert Humperdinck Der Blaue Vogel Steffen Tast, RSO Berlin Capriccio, 2022 US | UK | DE