Hindemith / Kumberger / Rundfunkkinderchor Berlin Tuttifaentchen CD

The woodcarver Master Tuttifant has a fast order to fill for Master Punoni, who would like to present a Christmas show with a full cast of new wooden puppets. While working, Master Tuttifant, lost in thought, converses with the wooden Kasper puppet, on whom he is putting the finishing touches. Suddenly, the puppet replies to him. A miracle has occurred, and Kasper has become a living being. Full of joy, Master Tuttifant calls his new little son Tuttifaentchen. So the fairy tale begins, and the avid puppeteer Paul Hindemith set it to delightful music in 1921. He wrote this work for a small chamber orchestra and designed the vocal parts so that good actors would also be able to sing them. Although the action does not treat the Christmas story itself, Hindemith linked it to elements of this Christian feast by framing the plot with two Christmas songs of folk character. Sampling a modern genre, he also has the puppets dance a foxtrot. Until now only the orchestral suite has been known; now you can get to know the complete work on cpo!

1. Prelude to Scene 1 2. Dialogue 3. Im Wald Steht Ein Baumlein 4. Dialogue 5. Teufel, Teufel, Bist Du Da? 6. Dialogue 7. Widibum, Hurra! 8. Dialogue 9. Eins, Zwei, Drei 10. Dialogue 11. Hab Hier Drinnen Ein Ding 12. Dialogue 13. Eins Zwei, Eins Zwei! 14. Dialogue 15. Ballett Der Holzpuppen 16. Dialogue 17. Es War Einmal Ein Meister 18. Prelude to Scene 2 19. Dialogue 20. Immer Ran, Was Springen Und Lachen Kann 21. Dialogue 22. Immer Ran, Was Arme Und Beine Hat 23. Dialogue 24. Immer Ran, Jetzt Geht Die Geschichte los 25. Dialogue 26. Ergebenster Diener 27. Jetzt Sind Wir Frei 28. Dialogue 29. March 30. Dialogue 31. Immer Ran, Jetzt Fang Ich Von Vorne An 32. Dialogue 33. March 34. Prelude to Scene 3 35. Dialogue 36. Lied Herbei, All Ihr Tierlein 37. Dialogue 38. Eins, Zwei, Drei, Immer Vorbei 39. Dialogue 40. Schlafe Ruhig, Mein Kind 41. Dialogue 42. Nun Singet Und Preiset