Captivating rhythms, profoundly moving melodies and winning hits with all-time-great potential distinguish the music of John Rutter. No great effort is required: he wrote his opera The Piper of Hamelin on the basis of the rat-catcher legend, and it was originally intended for a school performance.

Hard to believe, but it now appears for the first time on CD with the Echo award-winning children and young people from Bobbys Klassik and the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn.

Despite its popularity, Rutter’s music is absolutely demanding and avails itself of means in keeping with its times. The piper’s iridescent leitmotif is based on a whole-tone scale and thus lends his appearance a touch of the mysterious and magical. The scenes featuring corrupt rat society are absolutely grotesque in their exaggeration; they are situated somewhere between march music and the hits of the 1920s.

A thoroughly engaging release, recorded to MDG’s customary high standards.

Track Listing:
1. In Hannahs Kinderzimmer
2. Es war einmal... - Ouvertüre
3. Song and Chorus Hamlin was a happy town
4. Geld, Geld, Geld!
5. Song and Chorus As I understand it
6. Nein, es ist ganz einfach
7. Egal was man sagt
8. Stell‘ dir das bloß vor
9. Wie willst Du sie alle alleine loswerden?
10. Song Put your middel fi nger here
11. Peter, da bist du ja!
12. Wie soll ich es mir leisten können
13. Und dann wird er sie in die Weser hineinfl öten
14. Und dann hat mir eine aus der Hand gefressen
15. Duet God, who made war
16. Nun sehen Sie, wie einfach der Plan ist!
17. Procession
18. Proclamation Scene Oyez, Oyez
19. Dance of Piper and Rats
20. Celebration Scene Children can play again
21. Procession and Song I‘ve come for my money
22. So, die ganze Aktion muss erst einmal begossen warden
23. Scene Link and Chorus Yank this tail
24. Song and Chorus I can show you
25. Lame Boy‘s Song It‘s dull in our town
26. Karaoke 1: Yank this tail
27. Karaoke 2: Second hand rat traps
28. Präsentaion Die Querflöte