Best Overtures & Preludes 100
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2012
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Il barbiere di Siviglia: OvertureGioachino Rossini7:32
- 2La scala di seta: OvertureGioachino Rossini5:47
- 3Il signor Bruschino: OvertureGioachino Rossini4:18
- 4Tancredi: OvertureGioachino Rossini5:37
- 5L'italiana in Algeri: OvertureGioachino Rossini2:57
- 6Guillaume Tell: Overture (extract)Gioachino Rossini6:17
- 7Le nozze di Figaro: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:21
- 8Così fan tutte: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:40
- 9Don Giovanni: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:13
- 10L'elisir d'amore: PreludeGaetano Donizetti2:56
- 11I puritani: IntroductionVincenzo Bellini3:30
- 12Il segreto di Susanna: OvertureErmanno Wolf‐Ferrari2:47
- 13I quattro rusteghi: PreludeErmanno Wolf‐Ferrari1:43
- 14Ruslan and Ludmila: OvertureMikhail Glinka5:15
- 15The Nutcracker: Miniature OverturePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:05
- 16The Bartered Bride: OvertureBedřich Smetana6:43
- 17Donna Diana: OvertureEmil Nikolaus von Reznicek4:01
- CD 2
- 1La forza del destino: OvertureGiuseppe Verdi7:13
- 2Luisa Miller: OvertureGiuseppe Verdi5:39
- 3Nabucco: OvertureGiuseppe Verdi7:11
- 4Un ballo in maschera: PreludeGiuseppe Verdi4:01
- 5Macbeth: PreludeGiuseppe Verdi3:03
- 6La traviata: PreludeGiuseppe Verdi3:54
- 7Ernani: PreludeGiuseppe Verdi3:23
- 8Aida: PreludeGiuseppe Verdi4:13
- 9Rigoletto: PreludeGiuseppe Verdi2:22
- 10I vespri siciliani: Overture (extract)Giuseppe Verdi4:49
- 11Carmen: PreludeGeorges Bizet2:18
- 12Mignon: Overture (extract)Ambroise Thomas4:42
- 13Faust: IntroductionCharles‐François Gounod5:20
- 14L'Étoile: OvertureEmmanuel Chabrier5:14
- 15La Vie parisienne: OvertureJacques Offenbach4:56
- 16Orphée aux enfers: Overture (extract)Jacques Offenbach2:07
- 17Hänsel und Gretel: PreludeEngelbert Humperdinck8:05
- CD 3
- 1Dido and Aeneas: OvertureHenry Purcell2:17
- 2Alcina: OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel3:12
- 3Messiah: OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel4:11
- 4Fidelio: OvertureLudwig van Beethoven6:51
- 5Der Freischütz: OvertureCarl Maria von Weber4:53
- 6Euryanthe: Overture (extract)Carl Maria von Weber3:44
- 7Leichte Kavallerie: OvertureFranz von Suppé7:09
- 8Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien: OvertureFranz von Suppé7:58
- 9Dichter und Bauer: Overture (extract)Franz von Suppé5:25
- 104:39
- 11Die Fledermaus: Overture (extract)Johann Strauss3:20
- 12Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture (extract)Johann Strauss2:53
- 13Der fliegende Holländer: Overture (extract)Richard Wagner4:18
- 144:51
- 15Lohengrin: Prelude to Act IIIRichard Wagner2:55
- 16Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act IRichard Wagner10:05
- CD 4
- 1Rodelinda: OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel2:54
- 2Serse: OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel4:48
- 3Orfeo ed Euridice: OvertureChristoph Willibald Gluck3:08
- 4Armide: OvertureChristoph Willibald Gluck4:03
- 5Ezio: OvertureChristoph Willibald Gluck6:40
- 6Idomeneo: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:58
- 7La finta giardinera: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:13
- 8Die Entführung aus dem Serail: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:39
- 9Der Schauspieldirektor: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:12
- 10Die Zauberflöte: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:09
- 11Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43: OvertureLudwig van Beethoven4:55
- 12Coriolan, op. 62: OvertureLudwig van Beethoven7:21
- 13Egmont, op. 84: OvertureLudwig van Beethoven6:48
- 14Linda di Chamounix: OvertureGaetano Donizetti7:14
- 15Don Pasquale: OvertureGaetano Donizetti6:44
- CD 5
- 1L'ingano felice: OvertureGioachino Rossini5:14
- 2La Cenerentola: Overture (extract)Gioachino Rossini3:13
- 3La cambiale di matrimonio: OvertureGioachino Rossini5:25
- 4La gazza ladra: Overture (extract)Gioachino Rossini5:06
- 5Semiramide: Overture (extract)Gioachino Rossini3:53
- 6Le Comte Ory: OvertureGioachino Rossini3:36
- 7La Boutique fantasque: OvertureGioachino Rossini / Ottorino Respighi2:34
- 8Norma: OvertureVincenzo Bellini5:36
- 9I Capuleti e i Montecchi: OvertureVincenzo Bellini4:58
- 10Roméo et Juliette: Overture (extract)Charles‐François Gounod2:22
- 11Romeo and Juliet: Overture (extract)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky5:38
- 121812 Overture (conclusion)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:05
- 13Sleeping Beauty: IntroductionPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:27
- 14Festive OvertureDmitri Shostakovich5:54
- 15H.M.S. Pinafore: OvertureSir Arthur Sullivan4:29
- 16Patience: OvertureSir Arthur Sullivan5:39
- 17The Yeomen of the Guard: OvertureSir Arthur Sullivan5:11
- CD 6
- 1Iolante: Overture (extract)Sir Arthur Sullivan4:40
- 2The Pirates of Penzance: Overture (extract)Sir Arthur Sullivan3:18
- 3The Sorcerer: Overture (extract)Sir Arthur Sullivan2:59
- 4Cox and Box: OvertureSir Arthur Sullivan2:41
- 5Pricess Ida: OvertureSir Arthur Sullivan4:11
- 6The Mikado: Overture (extract)Sir Arthur Sullivan5:34
- 7Cockaigne (in London Town): Overture (extract)Edward Elgar2:30
- 8The Arcadians: OvertureLionel Monckton & Howard Talbot / Arthur Wood4:56
- 9The Desert Song: Overture (extract)Sigmund Romberg2:09
- 10Show Boat: OvertureJerome Kern5:35
- 11Girl Crazy: OvertureGeorge Gershwin5:20
- 12Of Thee I Sing: OvertureGeorge Gershwin4:56
- 13Annie Get Your Gun: OvertureIrving Berlin3:54
- 14Anything Goes: OvertureCole Porter4:59
- 15Can-Can: OvertureCole Porter4:19
- 16Kiss Me, Kate: OvertureCole Porter6:14
- 17Wonderful Town: OvertureLeonard Bernstein5:17
- 18Candide: OvertureLeonard Bernstein4:14
Release credits
- performing orchestra [1.12-13, 3.3, 3.7-9]
- assistant [2]
- conductor [5]
- choir vocals [3]
- conductor [14]
- conductor [18]
- conductor [14]
- performing orchestra [16]
- performing orchestra [10]
- conductor [12]
- performing orchestra [4-5]
- performing orchestra [12]
- performing orchestra [17]
- conductor [1]
- producer [2.13, 6.18]
- engineer [15]
- performing orchestra [15]
- performing orchestra [3.2, 4.4]
- producer [2]
- producer [11-13]
- assistant [2]
- conductor [1]
- producer [14]
- balance [16]
- conductor [7]
- conductor [10]
- producer [16]
- conductor [11, 13]
- conductor [2-5]
- conductor [8]
- performing orchestra [8]
- balance [2]
- performing orchestra [6]
- producer [13]
- orchestrator [14]
- conductor [16]
- balance [16]
- instrument [5]
- conductor [17]
- conductor [1]
- conductor [14]
- producer [1.15, 3.7-8, 3.14, 6.16-17, 2.9]
- balance [14-16]
- conductor [1.15, 5.13]
- chorus master [3]
- conductor [10-16]
- producer [3]
- conductor [5]
- conductor [9]
- conductor [17]
- conductor [6]
- performing orchestra [1]
- performing orchestra [2]
- performing orchestra [3.13, 4.11-13]
- performing orchestra [14]
- performing orchestra [10, 13-16]
- performing orchestra [18]
- conductor [15]
- conductor [3.14-15, 5.11-12]
- balance [8, 14]
- editor [14-16]
- conductor [9]
- performing orchestra [9]
- producer [11]
- conductor [10]
- balance [4.11-13, 3.4]
- balance [17]
- performing orchestra [11-12]
- conductor [1]
- performing orchestra [7]
- performing orchestra [10]
- performing orchestra [9]
- performing orchestra [14]
- performing orchestra [11, 13]
- performing orchestra [10]
- performing orchestra [5.11-12, 3.14-15]
- balance [11]
- conductor [10], performing orchestra [1.1, 1.11, 1.15, 2.1-6, 2.8-9, 2.16, 6.7, 4.3, 4.14-15, 3.6, 3.16, 5.2, 5.8, 5.13]
- orchestrator [15]
- performing orchestra [1]
- performing orchestra [5.15-16, 6.1-6]
- performing orchestra [2-5]
- instrument [1]
- conductor [4.3, 2.1-7, 2.10, 1.11, 5.9]
- conductor [4.4, 3.2]
- balance [18], engineer [13], recording [9], sound [18]
- conductor [10]
- orchestrator [16]
- balance [14]
- performing orchestra [4.6-10, 5.3-5, 5.7, 5.17, 1.6-9, 1.14]
- conductor [16-17]
- performing orchestra [11-12]
- conductor [3.4, 6.17]
- producer [14-15]
- conductor [16]
- conductor [1.7-9, 4.6-10]
- conductor [3]
- conductor [7]
- conductor [6.1-6, 5.15-16]
- conductor [1.12-13, 3.7-9]
- conductor [4.11-13, 3.13]
- conductor [3-5]
- producer [4]
- balance [2.3, 3.7]
- performing orchestra [17]
- conductor [5.2, 5.8, 2.8, 4.14-15]
- conductor [11-12]
- conductor [6]
- performing orchestra [17]
- conductor [2]
- conductor [6]
Issues
B- B2012