Artist: Various Artists
Album: More Than a Myth: Chamber Music & Songs by Engelbert Humperdinck
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:03:25
Total Tracks: 17
Total Size: 637 MB

Tracklist:

01. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Menuett in E-Flat Major, EHWV 18 (06:54)
02. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Das zerbrochene Ringlein, EHWV 43 (02:39)
03. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Salonstück in A Minor, EHWV 65 (01:24)
04. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Die Wasserrose, EHWV 58 (01:49)
05. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Vorspiel zu “Tristan und Isolde“, EHWV 192 (After Wagner’s WWV 90) (06:33)
06. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Ballade in A Major, EHWV 36 (Arr. T. Probst for Chamber Ensemble) (02:45)
07. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Quartettsatz in E Minor, EHWV 22 (11:48)
08. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Violin Sonata in A Major, EHWV 29: I. Andante con moto (03:23)
09. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Violin Sonata in A Major, EHWV 29: II. Allegro (07:00)
10. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Das Lied vom Glück, EHWV 51 (02:02)
11. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Wiegenlied, EHWV 115 (02:43)
12. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Albumblatt in F Major, EHWV 147 (01:38)
13. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Die wunderschöne Zeit, EHWV 27 (Arr. T. Probst for Chamber Ensemble) (03:28)
14. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Albumblatt in C Major, EHWV 99 (Arr. F. Hermann for Violin & Piano) (02:15)
15. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Notturno in G Major, EHWV 63 (04:23)
16. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: An die NachtigallI, EHWV 163 (01:41)
17. Various Artist – Engelbert Humperdinck – Humperdinck: Altdeutsches Minnelied, EHWV 161 (00:51)

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Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was a student at the Conservatory in Cologne from the spring of 1872; it was at this time that he got to know the Siegburg district judge and arbitrator Johannes Degen (1826-1902), an excellent singer and violinist, who gave regular chamber concerts in Siegburg at which he played in his own string quartet. Humperdinck, whose talent he had astutely spotted, was the pianist and composer he had been looking for. For his part, the young music student saw his admission to Degen’s chamber-music circle as an opportunity for regular performance; in return, he wrote whatever Degen requested.Humperdinck’s tally of 13 chamber compositions represents a relatively small part of his oeuvre (beside his six operas and about 80 Lieder, along with stage music and choral works). Brief album-leaves for violin or cello and piano contrast with works for the major Classical genres of string quartet, piano quintet, piano trio, sonata and sonatina – most of which were never finished and sometimes survive only in the form of short sketches. His finished pieces include two major works, an early piano quintet (1875) and a late string quartet (1920); the other completed movements include some tailored to Degen’s domestic music-making.