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50 Best Overtures

50 Best Overtures

Various Artists
2012 HIGH

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini

La scala di seta: Sinfonia (Allegro - Andantino - Allegro)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Tancredi: Sinfonia (Moderato - Allegro brillante)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia (Andante - Allegro)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Il signor Bruschino: Overture

Gianluigi Gelmetti

Gianluigi Gelmetti

Guillaume Tell: Overture (Andante - Allegro)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Ouvertüre

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Colin Davis

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Colin Davis

Così fan tutte, K. 588: Overture (Andante - Presto)

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Colin Davis

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Colin Davis

Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture (Andante - Molto allegro)

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Colin Davis

Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir Colin Davis

L'elisir d'amore: Preludio

Francesco Molinari Pradelli

Francesco Molinari Pradelli

I puritani: Sinfonia

Riccardo MutiPhilharmonia Orchestra

Riccardo MutiPhilharmonia Orchestra

Il segreto di Susanna: Overture. Vivacissimo

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

I quatro rusteghi: Prelude. Tranquillo, semplice

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture (Presto)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Artur Rodzinski

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Artur Rodzinski

The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture

Philharmonia OrchestraJohn Lanchbery

Philharmonia OrchestraJohn Lanchbery

Die verkaufte Braut: Öffnung

Rudolf Kempe

Rudolf Kempe

Donna Diana: Overture (Sehr gehalten - Rasch)

Rudolf Kempe/Wiener Philharmoniker

Rudolf Kempe/Wiener Philharmoniker

La forza del destino, Act 1: Sinfonia

New Philharmonia OrchestraRiccardo Muti

New Philharmonia OrchestraRiccardo Muti

Luisa Miller: Sinfonia (Allegro)

Riccardo MutiNew Philharmonia Orchestra

Riccardo MutiNew Philharmonia Orchestra

Nabucco: Overture to Act 1

Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti

Un ballo in maschera: Preludio. Allegro assai moderato

Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti

Macbeth, Act 1: Preludio

Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti

La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1

Philharmonia OrchestraRiccardo Muti

Philharmonia OrchestraRiccardo Muti

Ernani: Preludio (Adagio)

Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di MilanoRiccardo Muti

Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di MilanoRiccardo Muti

Aïda: Preludio (Andante mosso)

Philharmonia OrchestraTullio Serafin

Philharmonia OrchestraTullio Serafin

Rigoletto, Act 1: Prelude

Julius Rudel

Julius Rudel

I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia (Largo - Allegro agitato - Prestissimo)

New Philharmonia OrchestraRiccardo Muti

New Philharmonia OrchestraRiccardo Muti

Carmen: Prélude

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre

Mignon: Ouverture (Andantino - Molto sostenuto - Andante - Tempo di Polacca

Berislav Klobucar/Berliner Symphoniker

Berislav Klobucar/Berliner Symphoniker

Faust, Act 1: Introduction

Georges Prêtre

Georges Prêtre

L'étoile: Ouverture

John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner

La Vie parisienne: Introduction (Allegro marziale)

City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraLouis Frémaux

City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraLouis Frémaux

Orphée aux enfers: Ouverture (Allegro con fuoco - Allegretto - Lento - Allegro vivace - Andante - Allegro)

Philharmonia OrchestraHerbert von Karajan

Philharmonia OrchestraHerbert von Karajan

Hänsel und Gretel, EHWV 93/3: Prelude (Ruhige, nicht zu langsame Bewegung - Munter)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Jeffrey Tate

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Jeffrey Tate

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture

Emmanuelle HaïmLe Concert d'Astrée

Emmanuelle HaïmLe Concert d'Astrée

Alcina, HWV 34, Act 1, Scene 2: Coro. "Questo è il cielo de' contenti" - Gavotte - Sarabande - Menuet & Gavotte (Chorus)

Richard HickoxOpera Stage Chorus

Richard HickoxOpera Stage Chorus

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia

Choir of King's College, CambridgeAcademy of St Martin in the FieldsDavid Willcocks

Choir of King's College, CambridgeAcademy of St Martin in the FieldsDavid Willcocks

Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture

Sir Simon RattleBerliner Philharmoniker

Sir Simon RattleBerliner Philharmoniker

Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277: Ouverture (Adagio - Molto vivace)

Elisabeth GrümmerBerliner PhilharmonikerJoseph Keilberth

Elisabeth GrümmerBerliner PhilharmonikerJoseph Keilberth

Euryanthe, Op. 81, J. 291: Overture

Philharmonia OrchestraWolfgang Sawallisch

Philharmonia OrchestraWolfgang Sawallisch

Leichte Kavallerie: Overture

Sir Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner

Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien: Overture

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

Dichter und Bauer: Overture

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture (Andantino moderato - Allegro vivace)

Robert Heger

Robert Heger

Die Fledermaus: Overture (Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Tempo di Valse - Allegro)

Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky

Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky

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

Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky

Der fliegende Holländer: Overture

London Classical PlayersSir Roger Norrington

London Classical PlayersSir Roger Norrington

Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries

Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons

Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude

Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act 1: Prelude (Sehr mässig bewegt)

Sir Adrian Boult

Sir Adrian Boult

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