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50 Best Overtures

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre, Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart...

50 Best Overtures

50 Best Overtures

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre, Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart...

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture
Work length7:29
Rossini: La scala di seta: Sinfonia
Work length5:45
Rossini: Tancredi: Sinfonia (Moderato - Allegro brillante)
Work length4:17
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia (Andante - Allegro)
Work length5:36
Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino Overture
Work length4:17
Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture
Work length6:16
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture
Work length4:20
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588: Overture (Andante - Presto)
Work length4:39
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527: Overture
Work length6:12
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore: Preludio
Work length2:56
  • Orchestra dell'Opera di Roma
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
  • Recorded: 1958-04-28
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 April 1958 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Bellini: I puritani: Sinfonia
Work length3:29
Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna: Overture. Vivacissimo
Work length2:44
Wolf-Ferrari: I quatro rusteghi: Prelude. Tranquillo, semplice
Work length1:42
Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture
Work length5:14
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture
Work length3:06
Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut: Öffnung
Work length6:41
Emil von Reznicek: Donna Diana: Overture (Sehr gehalten - Rasch)
Work length4:03
Verdi: La forza del destino, Act 1: Sinfonia
Work length7:10
Verdi: Luisa Miller: Sinfonia (Allegro)
Work length5:39
Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Work length7:12
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera: Preludio. Allegro assai moderato
Work length4:01
Verdi: Macbeth, Act 1: Preludio
Work length3:01
Verdi: La traviata, Act 1: Prelude
Work length3:54
La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
Track length3:54
Verdi: Ernani: Preludio (Adagio)
Work length3:23
Verdi: Aïda: Preludio (Andante mosso)
Work length4:14
Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 1: Prelude
Work length2:22
Verdi: I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia (Largo - Allegro agitato - Prestissimo)
Work length8:17
Bizet: Carmen: Prélude
Work length2:14
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1972-04-11
  • Recording Venue: 10 & 11 April 1972 Festival Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire
Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon: Ouverture (Andantino - Molto sostenuto - Andante - Tempo di Polacca
Work length4:42
  • Berliner Symphoniker
  • Berislav Klobucar
  • Recorded: 1960-09-23
  • Recording Venue: 23 September 1960. Kingsway Hall, London
Gounod: Faust, Act 1: Introduction
Work length5:20
  • Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
  • Georges Prêtre
  • Recorded: 1989-07-12
  • Recording Venue: 6-12 July 1989, Herkulessaal, Munich
Chabrier: L'étoile: Ouverture
Work length5:14
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 2003-03-16
  • Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
Offenbach: La vie parisienne: Introduction
Work length4:55
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers: Ouverture
Work length9:38
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, EHWV 93 / 3: Prelude (Ruhige, nicht zu langsame Bewegung - Munter)
Work length8:04
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Work length2:15
Handel: Alcina, HWV 34, Act 1, Scene 2: Coro. "Questo è il cielo de' contenti" - Gavotte - Sarabande - Menuet & Gavotte (Chorus)
Work length3:11
  • Opera Stage Chorus, City of London Baroque Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 25 February 1958: Kingsway Hall, London
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia
Work length4:11
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture Op. 72c
Work length6:51
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Work length9:06
Weber: Euryanthe Overture
Work length3:44
Suppe: Leichte Kavallerie Overture
Work length7:06
Suppe: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien Overture
Work length7:57
Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Overture
Work length5:25
Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor overture
Work length4:37
Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus: Overture (Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Tempo di Valse - Allegro)
Work length8:10
  • Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky
  • Recorded: 1991-08-24
  • Recording Venue: 14, 16, 19, 23 & 24th August 1991. Konserthus, Oslo
Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture (Allegro moderato - Lento - Andantino - Allegretto moderato - Più allegro - Tempo di Valse - Allegro moderato)
Work length2:52
  • Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky
  • Recorded: 1971-12-23
  • Recording Venue: 22-23 December 1971. No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Work length4:17
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries
Work length4:47
Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3
Work length2:53
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act 1: Prelude (Sehr mässig bewegt)
Work length10:07
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