Famous Overtures

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Album Summary

Conductors

• Boskovsky, Willi
• Forster, Horst
• Hanell, Robert
• Janowski, Marek
• Kegel, Herbert
• Kempe, Rudolf
• Klee, Bernhard
• Konwitschny, Franz
• Kurz, Siegfried
• Masur, Kurt
• Rogner, Heinz
• Straka, Zeljko
• Suitner, Otmar
• Vonk, Hans
• Wakasugi, Hiroshi

Ensemble

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Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849)
• Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895)
• Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
• Otto Nicolai (1810 - 1849)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze die Figaro :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Overture

• Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Schubert, Franz : Die Zauberharfe :: Overture

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Notes: Composition written: Circa 1820.
• Running Time: 9 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1820

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b

• Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
• Running Time: 14 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1805-1806

Mendelssohn, Felix : Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusina"), Op. 32

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Running Time: 11 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 11/14/1833

Weber, Carl Maria von : Euryanthe :: Overture

• Conductor: Marek Janowski
• Running Time: 9 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1822-1823

Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895) : Sie schöne Galathée :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Notes: Composition written: 1865.
• Running Time: 6 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1865

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Rossini, Gioachino : Die seidene Leiter :: Overture

• Conductor: Heinz Rögner
• Running Time: 6 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1812

Kreutzer, Conradin : Das Nachtlager von Granada :: Overture

• Conductor: Zeljko Straka
• Running Time: 10 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Cherubini, Luigi : Medea :: Overture

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Running Time: 7 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: circa 1797

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871) : Fra Diavolo :: Overture

• Conductor: Hans Vonk
• Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830

Cornelius, Peter : Der Barbier von Bagdad :: Overture

• Conductor: Hans Vonk
• Notes: Composition written: 1858.
• Running Time: 7 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1858

Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895) : Flotte Bursche :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Notes: Composition written: 1863.
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895) : Leichte Kavallerie :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Notes: Composition written: 1866.
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Nicolai, Otto : Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor :: Overture

• Conductor: Bernhard Klee
• Notes: Composition written: 1849.
• Running Time: 8 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Der Schauspieldirektor :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Notes: Composition written: 1786.
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1786

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo ed Euridice :: Overture

• Conductor: Horst Forster
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Offenbach, Jacques : Orpheus in der Unterwelt :: Overture

• Conductor: Robert Hanell
• Running Time: 8 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1858

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus :: Overture

• Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1874

Smetana, Bedrich : Die verkaufte Braut :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863-1870

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Overture

• Conductor: Herbert Kegel
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Overture

• Conductor: Siegfried Kurz
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Wagner, Richard : Rienzi :: Overture

• Conductor: Hiroshi Wakasugi
• Running Time: 12 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1838-1840