Disc
1 |
| 1 | Leichte Kavallerie (Light |
| 2 | Overture: Ruslan and Ludm |
| 3 | La Traviata, opera: Prelu |
| 4 | Die Meistersinger von Nür |
| 5 | Grande Ouverture des Fran |
| 6 | Le nozze di Figaro (The M |
| 7 | Egmont, incidental music, |
| 8 | Oberon, overture to the o |
| 9 | Academic Festival Overtur |
| 10 | Pique Dame (The Queen of |
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Disc
2 |
| 1 | Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, e |
| 2 | Overture to Il barbiere d |
| 3 | Prince Igor, opera (compl |
| 4 | Carmen, opera: Prelude, A |
| 5 | Der fliegende Holländer ( |
| 6 | Leonore Overture No. 3 in |
| 7 | Hänsel und Gretel, opera: |
| 8 | Dawn on the Moscow River, |
| 9 | Dichter und Bauer (Poet a |
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Famous Overtures |
| 1.
| Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta: Overture 5:57
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| Composed by Franz von Suppe |
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 2.
| Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla, G. xivov 4:58
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| Composed by Mikhail Glinka |
| Performed by London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 3.
| La Traviata, opera: Prelude, Act 1 3:36
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| Composed by Giuseppe Verdi |
| Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 4.
| Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Prelude, Act 1 9:43
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| Composed by Richard Wagner |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 5.
| Grande Ouverture des Francs-Juges, for orchestra, H. 23d 11:39
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| Composed by Hector Berlioz |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 6.
| Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Overture 3:57
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| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 7.
| Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84: Overture 8:50
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| Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 8.
| Oberon, overture to the opera 9:36
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| Composed by Carl Maria von Weber |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 9.
| Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ("Akademische Festouvertüre"), Op. 80 10:35
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| Composed by Johannes Brahms |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 10.
| Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), operetta: Overture 7:06
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| Composed by Franz von Suppe |
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 11.
| Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien (Morning Noon and Night in Vienna), overture from the incidental music 7:41
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| Composed by Franz von Suppe |
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Emanuel Brabec |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 12.
| Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) 7:06
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| Composed by Gioachino Rossini |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 13.
| Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Overture 10:48
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| Composed by Alexander Borodin |
| Performed by London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| Additional Notes: orchestrated by Glazunov |
| 14.
| Carmen, opera: Prelude, Act 01 2:17
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| Composed by Georges Bizet |
| Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 15.
| Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Overture 11:05
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| Composed by Richard Wagner |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 16.
| Leonore Overture No. 3 in C major, Op. 72b 13:59
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| Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 17.
| Hänsel und Gretel, opera: Overture 8:28
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| Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck |
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| 18.
| Dawn on the Moscow River, prelude for orchestra (from Khovanshchina), edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: Prelude 5:04
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| Composed by Modest Mussorgsky |
| Performed by London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |
| Additional Notes: orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov |
| 19.
| Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture for orchestra 9:04
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| Composed by Franz von Suppe |
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Emanuel Brabec |
| Conducted by Georg Solti |