Famous Overtures (1xCD)

Works

1 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
    1. Overture. Presto
2 Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84
Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
    2. Overture. Sostenuto, ma non troppo - Allegro
3 The Hebrides, overture for orchestra in B minor ("Fingal's Cave"), Op. 26
Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix
    3. The Hebrides, overture for orchestra in B minor ("Fingal's Cave"), Op. 26
4 Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ("Akademische Festouvertüre"), Op. 80
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
    4. Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ("Akademische Festouvertüre"), Op. 80
5 Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63
Composer: Wagner, Richard
    5. Overture
6 Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta
Composer: Suppe, Franz von
    6. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta
7 Orphée aux enfers, operetta
Composer: Offenbach, Jacques
    7. Ouverture
8 La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), opera
Composer: Rossini, Gioachino
    8. Overture
9 La forza del destino, opera
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
    9. Overture

Artists
Barry Wordsworth - -
Stephen Gunzenhauser - -
Oliver von Dohnanyi - -
Alexander Rahbari - -
Pinchas Steinberg - -
Alfred Walter - -
Michael Halasz - -
Pier Giorgio Morandi - -

Conductor/Ensemble
Capella Istropolitana
Barry Wordsworth
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Oliver von Dohnanyi
BRT Philharmonic Orchestra
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice
Zagreb Festival Orchestra
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Genre/Venue
Stage works
Orchestral