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Louis Spohr, Der Alchemyst - Bernd Weikl, Moran Abouloff, Susanne Pütters, Jörg Dürmüller, Jan Zinkler, Mike Garling. Orchestra and Chorus of the Staatstheater Braunschweig. Conductor: Christian Fröhlich. Oehms Classics OC 923 (3 CD) - Engelbert Humperdinck, Königskinder Klaus-Florian Vogt, Juliane Banse, Christian Gerhaher, Gabriele Schnaut et al. Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Rundfunkchor Berlin. Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher. Chrystall Classics N 67 044 (3 CD)
Engelbert Humperdinck, Koenigskinder
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 May 2012
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- Nineteenth-Century Music Review , Volume 9 , Issue 1: Theoretical and Critical Contexts in Nineteenth-Century Performance Practice , June 2012 , pp. 150 - 153
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