Popular Operatic Overtures

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
July 8, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GLINKA SMETANA STRAUSS VERD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonia Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Boughton
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 08, 2016
    • UPC
      710357709722
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NI7097
    • LABEL
      Nimbus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Die Fledermaus: Overture

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    2. Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    3. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride): Overture

      Composer: Bedřich Smetana

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    4. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), Act I: Polka - Act II: Furiant

      Composer: Bedřich Smetana

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    5. Der Freischutz, J. 277: Overture

      Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    6. Zampa: Overture

      Composer: Ferdinand Hérold

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    7. La forza del destino, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton

    8. Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture

      Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: William Boughton


The operatic overture is the composers “hook” to enthrall the audience immediately as the house lights dim and the first notes sound from the orchestra pit. Some of the most popular overtures are featured here, and come from powerhouse composers like Strauss, Smetana, and Verdi. William Boughton conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra for this recording. He has been with the ESO since he founded the ensemble in 1980. Since its inception, the ensemble has built an extensive discography with Nimbus Records.