Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

~ Recording by London Promenade Orchestra, Eric Hammerstein

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer3:35Engelbert HumperdinckWorld's Most Beautiful Melodies (Sentimentale)Various ArtistsAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)

Relationships

orchestra:London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir) (instrumental)

Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir)

composer:Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
librettist:Adelheid Wette (German lyricist)
later translated versions:Hansel and Gretel: Act II. "Where each child lays down its head" (Gretel, Hansel) (children's prayer)
part of:Hänsel und Gretel (original german lyrics) (number)
is the basis for:Evening Prayer (english setting of "Abends, will ich schlafen gehn" (Abendsegen) from "Hänsel und Gretel")
arrangements:Abendsegen (Hansel & Gretel) (arr 2 Trebles and String Quartet)
Angel Scene from Hänsel und Gretel (for organ, Lemare)
Hänsel und Gretel: “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet) (catch-all for arrangements)
夕べの祈り〜オペラ「ヘンゼルとグレーテル」より