Purple Classics Presents: Favorite Overtures

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 24, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 24, 2016
    • UPC
      747313833078
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578330-31
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    2. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Zagreb Festival Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    3. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    4. Semiramide: Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Zagreb Festival Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    5. La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny): Overture

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi

    6. La clemenza di Tito, K. 621: Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    7. La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Zagreb Festival Orchestra

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    8. Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfred Walter

    9. Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    10. The Hebrides in D Major, Op. 26, MWV P7, "Fingal's Cave"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver von Dohnányi

    11. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser

    12. Light Cavalry: Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfred Walter

    13. Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80: Overture

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    14. Cosi fan tutte, K. 588

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    15. 1812 Overture, Op. 49

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar


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