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VARIOUS ARTISTS

50 Best Overtures

VARIOUS ARTISTS

50 SONGS • 4 HOURS AND 16 MINUTES • MAY 21 2012

18
La forza del destino, Act 1: Sinfonia (Allegro)
Riccardo Muti & Philharmonia Orchestra
07:11
19
Luisa Miller: Sinfonia (Allegro)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
05:39
20
Nabucco: Overture to Act 1
Riccardo Muti
07:12
21
Un ballo in maschera: Preludio. Allegro assai moderato
Riccardo Muti
04:01
22
Macbeth, Act 1: Preludio
Riccardo Muti
03:02
23
La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
Philharmonia Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
03:54
24
Ernani: Preludio (Adagio)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Muti
03:23
25
Aïda: Preludio (Andante mosso)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Tullio Serafin
04:14
26
Rigoletto, Act 1: Prelude
Julius Rudel
02:22
27
I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia (Largo - Allegro agitato - Prestissimo)
Riccardo Muti & Philharmonia Orchestra
08:18
28
Carmen: Prélude
Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Paris/Georges Prêtre
02:15
29
Mignon: Ouverture (Andantino - Molto sostenuto - Andante - Tempo di Polacca
Berislav Klobucar/Berliner Symphoniker
04:42
30
Faust, Act 1: Introduction
Georges Prêtre
05:20
31
L'étoile: Ouverture
John Eliot Gardiner
05:15
32
La Vie parisienne: Introduction (Allegro marziale)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Louis Frémaux
04:56
33
Orphée aux enfers: Ouverture (Allegro con fuoco - Allegretto - Lento - Allegro vivace - Andante - Allegro)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Herbert von Karajan
09:38
34
Hänsel und Gretel, EHWV 93/3: Prelude (Ruhige, nicht zu langsame Bewegung - Munter)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Jeffrey Tate
08:05
35
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Emmanuelle Haïm & Le Concert d'Astrée
02:16
36
Alcina, HWV 34, Act 1, Scene 2: Coro. "Questo è il cielo de' contenti" - Gavotte - Sarabande - Menuet & Gavotte (Chorus)
Richard Hickox feat. Opera Stage Chorus
03:12
37
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & David Willcocks
04:11
38
Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture
Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
06:52
39
Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277: Ouverture (Adagio - Molto vivace)
Elisabeth Grümmer, Berliner Philharmoniker & Joseph Keilberth
09:07
40
Euryanthe, Op. 81, J. 291: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch
03:45
41
Leichte Kavallerie: Overture
Sir Neville Marriner
07:07
42
Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien: Overture
Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
07:58
43
Dichter und Bauer: Overture
Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
05:26
44
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture (Andantino moderato - Allegro vivace)
Robert Heger
04:37
45
Die Fledermaus: Overture (Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Tempo di Valse - Allegro)
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky
08:11
46
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture (Allegro moderato - Lento - Andantino - Allegretto moderato - Più allegro - Tempo di Valse - Allegro moderato)
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky
02:53
47
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
London Classical Players & Sir Roger Norrington
04:18
48
Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries
Mariss Jansons
04:47
49
Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude
Mariss Jansons
02:54
50
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act 1: Prelude (Sehr mässig bewegt)
Sir Adrian Boult
10:07
℗ This compilation 2012 EMI Records Ltd. © 2012 EMI Records Ltd.