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Famous Overtures
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StudioDecca
Release DateNovember 9, 1999
UPC Code028946098226
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Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Light Cavalry - Suppe
  2. Ruslan and Lyudmila - Glinka
  3. La Traviata - Prelude, Act I - Verdi
  4. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude, ACt I - Wagner
  5. Les Francs-Juges - Berlioz
  6. Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart
  7. Egmont - Beethoven
  8. Oberon - Weber
  9. Academic Festival Overture - Brahms
  10. Pique Dame - Suppe
Disc 2
  1. Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna - Suppe
  2. Il barbiere di Siviglia - Rossini
  3. Prince Igor - Borodin
  4. Carmen - Prelude, Act I - Bizet
  5. Der fliegende Hollander - Wagner
  6. Leonore No 3 - Beethoven
  7. Hansel und Gretel - Humperdinck
  8. Khovanshchina - Mussorgsky
  9. Poet and Peasant - Suppe

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (5 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteFantasticQuote
First of all anything with Sir Solti's name on is worth purchasing. Solti has such a way with interpreting music! If you like overtures this CD is for you. It has the best overtures here in one collection. With orchestras like chicago, london, and the vienna you cannot argue with the performances. There are a few "weaker" ensembles, but when compared with the other ensembles there are few that will not sound weak. Again any work Solti has done is worth purchasing! June 30, 2006

rating: 2 QuoteFamous OverturesQuote
Did not like the way these musical pieces were "interpretted".
Did not like the tempo and in one piece one of the instruments played a portion which I would say they played a flat instead of a natural note. This is based on hearing the same pieces played by someone else, it's just my opinion. August 15, 2005

rating: 5 QuoteSpectacularQuote
Not only does it include some of the most famous overtures, but they are played in such an exciting style, full of life and passion. The Suppe overtures are superior and the Wagner overtures are wonderful as well. There is not a bad point to this recording - highly recommended! September 25, 2003

rating: 5 QuoteExcellentQuote
This is an excellent collection of overtures, especially of Von Suppe's overtures. Solti truly brings out life in these pieces. June 11, 2002

rating: 5 QuoteThe best Overture Album !Quote
If you like overtures, here is the album. Never have these been performed so musically and with such excitement. The orchestras involved vary in their abilities, yet the Chicago, Vienna, and London Symphony perfom with style. Solti loves this music and it shows. February 28, 2000

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