Famous Overtures

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Poet and Peasant: Overture recording of: Dichter und Bauer: Ouvertüre (Poet and Peasant: Overture) composer: Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer) part of: Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant)	Franz von Suppé		9:58
2	William Tell: Overture recording of: Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture) composer: Gioachino Rossini (composer) librettist: Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy part of: Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi) part of: Guillaume Tell	Gioachino Rossini		12:51
3	Orfeo in the Underworld: Overture recording of: Orphée aux enfers : Ouverture (Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture) additional composer: Carl Binder (in 1860) composer: Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) part of: Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra féerie in four acts, 1874) part of: Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra bouffe in two acts, 1858) part of: Orpheus in der Unterwelt (opéra-féerie in 4 Akten, 1871) part of: Orpheus in the Underworld	Jacques Offenbach		10:15
4	Jolly Robbers: Overture recording of: Banditenstreiche: Ouvertüre (Jolly Robbers: Overture) composer: Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer) (in 1867) part of: Banditenstreiche (Jolly robbers)	Franz von Suppé		6:30
5	The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture orchestra: London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), New Philharmonic Orchestra London (bogus name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic or the New Philharmonia), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Philharmonia Orchestra of London (Alfred Scholz related, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia) and Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt) conductor: Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor), Vladimir Petroschoff (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Alfred Scholz recording of: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre composer: Otto Nicolai (composer and conductor) librettist: Salomon Hermann Mosenthal part of: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor	Otto Nicolai		8:50
6	Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra London (Alfred Scholz related, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia), New Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related orchestra used on budget recordings) and Philharmonisches Festspielorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) conductor: Vladimir Petroschoff (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz and Thomas Waldham phonographic copyright (℗) by: GMS (in 1986) recording of: Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture) composer: Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842) part of: Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)	Михаил Иванович Глинка		5:34
7	The Beautiful Galatea: Overture recording of: Die Schöne Galathée: Ouvertüre (The Beautiful Galatea: Overture) composer: Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer) (in 1865) part of: Die Schöne Galathée (The Beautiful Galatea)	Franz von Suppé		7:45