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Engelbert Humperdinck: The Miracle

Josette Micheler (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Klußmann (soprano), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Steffen Tast

Engelbert Humperdinck: The Miracle
Though Humperdinck's mastery with miracle music has been usurped by Hollywood, the music feels more familiar than clichéd, partly due to echoes from Hansel and Gretel.

Engelbert Humperdinck: The Miracle

Josette Micheler (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Klußmann (soprano), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Steffen Tast

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Though Humperdinck's mastery with miracle music has been usurped by Hollywood, the music feels more familiar than clichéd, partly due to echoes from Hansel and Gretel.

About

Karl Gustav Vollmoeller’s pantomime Das Mirakel is arguably his most important stage work, and the score Engelbert Humperdinck provided as accompaniment impresses with its rich, romantic sound and large-scale choral scenes. Nonetheless, the work has remained an unjustly neglected part of Humperdinck’s output. Premiered in London in 1911, it was none other than the great Max Reinhardt who adapted Das Mirakel for film in 1912, staging numerous performances with hundreds of actors, singers and dancers before it eventually reached the Salzburg Festival in 1925. This thoroughly Romantic masterpiece can now be enjoyed in its first complete recording.

Contents and tracklist

Act I Opening of the Shrine of the Virgin - Arrival of the Procession
Track length4:03
Act I Departure of the Procession
Track length2:38
Act I May Song with the Minstrel - Dance of Megildis
Track length3:09
Act I Megildis' Longing
Track length4:11
Act I The Knight Is Knocking
Track length2:31
Act I Confusion and Decision
Track length1:38
Act I Rebellion
Track length1:15
Act I Entry and Courtship by the Knight
Track length1:40
Act I The Virgin's Sign
Track length1:09
Act I Prayer and Flight
Track length2:06
Act I Transformation of the Virgin Statue - The Miracle
Track length2:09
Act I Entrance of the Nuns - Ave Maria
Track length3:49
Act I Final Chorus
Track length4:06
Interlude Entrance and Waltz of the Minstrel
Track length2:23
Interlude Megildis' Dance and Death of the Knight
Track length2:07
Interlude Abduction of Megildis - Interlude
Track length2:41
Interlude The Minstrel's Melody of Death
Track length0:29
Interlude Banquet at the Count's and Arrival of the King's Son
Track length2:36
Interlude Masquerade at the Royal Court
Track length2:31
Interlude Megildis' Torch-Dance and Fire
Track length3:07
Interlude Melody of Death and Death of the King
Track length0:31
Interlude The Thieves' Cave
Track length1:27
Interlude Soldier's March and Recollection
Track length2:46
Interlude Procession of Death and Finale
Track length4:41
Act II Christmas Eve in the Convent
Track length2:55
Act II Children Outside the Church
Track length2:40
Act II The Light - Chorale
Track length1:21
Act II Children's Chorus and Departure of the Nuns
Track length1:44
Act II Holy Night
Track length3:12
Act II Re-transformation - Knocking - Storm
Track length2:22
Act II Return of Megildis
Track length1:58
Act II Attempt at Remembrance
Track length2:01
Act II Recognition
Track length1:03
Act II The Dead Child - Fainting
Track length1:48
Act II Transformation of the Child
Track length1:34
Act II The Miracle of the Bells
Track length1:05
Act II Final Chorus - Salve Regina
Track length4:57

Awards and reviews

December 2025

Though Humperdinck's mastery with miracle music has been usurped by Hollywood, the music feels more familiar than clichéd, partly due to echoes from Hansel and Gretel.
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