Essential Overtures

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  • Release Date: 6/5/2012
  • Label: Emi Classics
  • EAN: 5099932786620
  • Catalog Number: 27866
  • Sales rank: 266,375

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Disc 1
  1. 1 Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) - Gioachino Rossini & Gioachino Rossini (7:31)
    Composed byGioachino Rossini, Gioachino Rossini
    Conducted byCarlo Maria Giulini
    Performed byCarlo Maria Giulini, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  2. 2 Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) - Gioachino Rossini & Gioachino Rossini (5:45)
    Composed byGioachino Rossini, Gioachino Rossini
    Conducted byGianluigi Gelmetti
    Performed byGianluigi Gelmetti, SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
  3. 3 Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell): [Excerpt] - Gioachino Rossini & Lamberto Gardelli (6:16)
    Composed byGioachino Rossini
    Conducted byLamberto Gardelli
    Performed byLamberto Gardelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  4. 4 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Overture - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Colin Davis (4:20)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byColin Davis
    Performed byColin Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  5. 5 Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Overture - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Colin Davis (6:12)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byColin Davis
    Performed byColin Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  6. 6 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Overture - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Colin Davis (7:05)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byColin Davis
    Performed byColin Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  7. 7 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Overture - David Willcocks & George Frideric Handel (4:11)
    Composed byGeorge Frideric Handel
    Conducted byDavid Willcocks
    Performed byDavid Willcocks, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  8. 8 Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Overture - Christoph Willibald Gluck & Riccardo Muti (3:08)
    Composed byChristoph Willibald Gluck
    Conducted byRiccardo Muti
    Performed byRiccardo Muti, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  9. 9 Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla, G. xivov - Mikhail Glinka & Mikhail Glinka (5:14)
    Composed byMikhail Glinka, Mikhail Glinka
    Conducted byArtur Rodzinsky
    Performed byArtur Rodzinsky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  10. 10 Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), overture to the opera - Bedrich Smetana & Bedrich Smetana (6:41)
    Composed byBedrich Smetana, Bedrich Smetana
    Conducted byRudolf Kempe
    Performed byBamberg Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
  11. 11 Die Fledermaus (The Bat), overture to the operetta (RV 503-1) - Johann Strauss II & Johann Strauss II (8:10)
    Composed byJohann Strauss II, Johann Strauss II
    Conducted byVilem Tausky
    Performed byVilem Tausky, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
  12. 12 Orphée aux enfers, operetta: Overture - Herbert von Karajan & New Philharmonia Orchestra (9:38)
    Composed byOffenbach
    Conducted byHerbert von Karajan
    Performed byHerbert von Karajan, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Disc 2
  1. 1 Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84: Overture - Ludwig van Beethoven & London Classical Players (6:48)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven
    Conducted byRoger Norrington
    Performed byLondon Classical Players, Roger Norrington
  2. 2 Der Freischütz, overture to the opera - Carl Maria von Weber & Carl Maria von Weber (9:06)
    Composed byCarl Maria von Weber, Carl Maria von Weber
    Conducted byJoseph Keilberth
    Performed byBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth
  3. 3 Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta: Overture - Franz von Suppe & Neville Marriner (7:06)
    Composed byFranz von Suppe
    Conducted byNeville Marriner
    Performed byNeville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  4. 4 Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor": [Excerpt] - Otto Nicolai & Bavarian State Orchestra, Munich (4:37)
    Composed byOtto Nicolai
    Conducted byRobert Heger
    Performed byBavarian State Orchestra, Munich, Robert Heger
  5. 5 La forza del destino, opera: Overture - Giuseppe Verdi & Riccardo Muti (7:11)
    Composed byGiuseppe Verdi
    Conducted byRiccardo Muti
    Performed byRiccardo Muti, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  6. 6 Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Act 3. Overture - Richard Wagner & Mariss Jansons (2:53)
    Composed byRichard Wagner
    Conducted byMariss Jansons
    Performed byMariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  7. 7 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Overture - Richard Wagner & Adrian Boult (10:05)
    Composed byRichard Wagner
    Conducted byAdrian Boult
    Performed byAdrian Boult, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  8. 8 Hänsel und Gretel, opera: Overture - Engelbert Humperdinck & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (8:04)
    Composed byEngelbert Humperdinck
    Conducted byJeffrey Tate
    Performed byBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
  9. 9 Festive Overture, for orchestra in A major, Op. 96 - Dmitry Shostakovich & Dmitry Shostakovich (5:51)
    Composed byDmitry Shostakovich, Dmitry Shostakovich
    Conducted byAndrew Litton
    Performed byAndrew Litton, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  10. 10 Carmen, opera: Overture - Georges Bizet & Paris National Opera Orchestra (2:15)
    Composed byGeorges Bizet
    Conducted byGeorges Prêtre
    Performed byParis National Opera Orchestra, Georges Prêtre
  11. 11 Overture to Candide, for orchestra - Leonard Bernstein & André Previn (4:14)
    Composed byLeonard Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein
    Conducted byAndré Previn
    Performed byAndré Previn, London Symphony Orchestra
  12. 12 The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Overture - Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky & John Lanchbery (2:26)
    Composed byPeter Ilich Tchaikovsky
    Conducted byJohn Lanchbery
    Performed byJohn Lanchbery, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  13. 13 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49: [Conclusion] - Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky & Mariss Jansons (6:03)
    Composed byPeter Ilich Tchaikovsky
    Conducted byMariss Jansons
    Performed byMariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
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