The World's Greatest Overtures

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Overture to "The Barber of Seville" recording of: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia composer: Gioachino Rossini (composer) librettist: Cesare Sterbini part of: Der Barbier von Sevilla (german lyrics) part of: Il barbiere di Siviglia part of: Le Barbier de Séville (french lyrics) part of: The Barber of Seville (english lyrics)	Gioachino Rossini		7:46
2	Overture to "William Tell" 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		12:52
3	Overture to "Hansel and Gretel" recording of: Hänsel und Gretel: Vorspiel (Overture) composer: Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892) part of: Hansel and Gretel (english version) part of: Hänsel und Gretel (original german lyrics)	Engelbert Humperdinck		8:07
4	Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor" 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		8:51
5	Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" 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)	Mikhail Glinka		5:35
6	"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		9:34