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Composer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Offenbach, Jacques; Rossini, Gioachino; Verdi, Giuseppe; Wagner, Richard
Conductor(s): Halász, Michael; Morandi, Pier Giorgio; Steinberg, Pinchas; Walter, Alfred; Wordsworth, Barry
Orchestra(s): Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Zagreb Festival Orchestra
Label: Naxos
Genre: Orchestral
Period: Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.571093
Barcode: 0747313109371
Distribution Note(s):
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May not be available in all territories, please check with your distributor.
Release Date: 01/2007
FAMOUS OPERA OVERTURES
The most beautiful overtures on one compact disc. You will be inspired by Mozart’s charm, Rossini’s passion and Offenbach’s magic. Favourites such as the overtures to ‘La gazza ladra’ or ‘La forza del destino’ are among the orchestral highlights of operatic history.
Tracklist
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
|  | 1 | Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture | 04:00 |
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
Rossini, Gioachino
Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 2 | Semiramide: Overture | 12:51 |
Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 3 | La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture | 10:07 |
Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Verdi, Giuseppe
Morandi, Pier Giorgio (Conductor)
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 4 | La forza del destino (The Force Of Destiny): Overture | 07:47 |
Morandi, Pier Giorgio (Conductor)
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wagner, Richard
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 5 | Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture | 10:57 |
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Rossini, Gioachino
Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 6 | Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture | 07:39 |
Zagreb Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
| | 7 | La clemenza di Tito, K. 621: Overture | 04:34 |
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
Offenbach, Jacques
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
| | 8 | Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Overture | 10:11 |
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Total Playing Time: 01:08:06