Offenbach: Folies symphoniques & Ouvertures / Griffiths, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

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Label
CPO
Release Date
May 3, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      OFFENBACH, JACQUES
    • PERFORMER
      Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Griffiths
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 03, 2019
    • UPC
      761203527526
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555275-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Les bavards: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    2. Les bergers: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    3. Le Roi Carotte, Act IV: Entracte

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    4. M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le … : Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    5. Les brigands: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    6. Ba-ta-clan: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    7. Geneviève de Brabant: Overture - Act III: Entracte

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    8. Monsieur et Madame Denis: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    9. La créole: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    10. La princesse de Trébizonde: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    11. Madame Favart: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    12. L'Île de Tulipatan: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths


As Adolf Tegtmeier, the alter ego of Jürgen von Manger, knew quite well, overtures exercise an important function in the opera: “They begin, you see, right off with the curtain and start by playing all the melodies in a row, everything that happens to come up later. But this is just to give you the chance to familiarize yourself with the music. And of course it’s important … so that later on you don’t get such a big shock.” The orchestral overtures brought together on the present recording make the listener eager to hear each of the particular works following them. Even those who do not recognize the fine details of their design will enjoy the inexhaustible wealth of their melodies, the irresistible rhythms and lyricisms, and the skilled details of their instrumentation. In their entirety the works on this album invite us to approach Jacques Offenbach’s sumptuous oeuvre by way of unknown paths on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of his birth – without having to worry about “later getting such a big shock.”