David Wolf <[log in to unmask]>: >Any fans of Iannis out there? Don't count me in. Xenakis really belongs to the 20th century ruppf that doesn't interesten me much. Too little connection to the tradition. But I guess soon some doctor from a faculty of music comes out and say: "Oh! Look what I found! From Wagner the music develop logically step for step and finally ended up with Xenakis. Blah-Blahaa-Intervalanalysis-Chalaballa-Ruppf. Quod erat demonstrandum". In that case I would say that in Humperdinck one can at least Hear Wagner, and Humperdinck did it damned well. I guess "Haensel und Gretel" is the greatest warhorse, but there is much more. Which is your favourite recording of "Haensel and Gretel" BTW? I have heard interesting things about Cluytens recording, but it should long be OOP. I would be interested in hearing what you have to say about Humperdinck. Mats Norrman [log in to unmask]