Label: Naxos
Genre: Orchestral
Period: Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.571093
Barcode: 0747313109371
Distribution Note(s):
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)
1 Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture 04:00
Capella Istropolitana (Orchestra)
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)
4 La forza del destino (The Force Of Destiny): Overture 07:47
Morandi, Pier Giorgio (Conductor)
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wagner, Richard
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
5 Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture 10:57
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
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)
7 La clemenza di Tito, K. 621: Overture 04:34
Wordsworth, Barry (Conductor)
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