Various Artists

Best Overtures & Preludes 100

Release date 2012

Tracklist

1
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
7:32
7:32
2
La scala di seta: Sinfonia
5:47
5:47
3
Il Signor Bruschino: Obertura
4:18
4:18
4
Tancredi: Sinfonia
5:37
5:37
5
L'italiana in Algeri: Overture
2:57
2:57
6
Guillaume Tell: Overture (extract)
6:17
6:17
7
Le nozze di Figaro (Overture)
4:21
4:21
8
Così fan tutte, K. 588: Overture
4:40
4:40
9
Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture
6:13
6:13
10
L'elisir d'amore: Prelude
2:56
2:56
11
I puritani: Introduction
3:30
3:30
12
Il segreto di Susanna: Overture
2:47
2:47
13
I quattro rusteghi: Prelude
1:43
1:43
14
Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
5:15
5:15
15
The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture
3:05
3:05
16
Die verkaufte Braut: Ouvertüre
6:43
6:43
17
Donna Diana: Overture
4:01
4:01
18
La forza del destino: Overture
7:13
7:13
19
Luisa Miller: Overture
5:39
5:39
20
Nabucco: Sinfonia
7:11
7:11
21
Un ballo in maschera: Preludio
4:01
4:01
22
Macbeth: Preludio
3:03
3:03
23
La Traviata (Vorspiel zum 1. Akt)
3:54
3:54
24
Ernani: Prelude
3:23
3:23
25
Aida: Preludio
4:13
4:13
26
Rigoletto: Atto I. Preludio
2:22
2:22
27
I vespri siciliani: Overture (extract)
4:49
4:49
28
Carmen : Prélude
2:18
2:18
29
Mignon: Overture (extract)
4:42
4:42
30
Faust: Ouverture
5:20
5:20
31
L’Étoile: Ouverture (Moderato - Andante dolcissimo - Allegro - Presto)
5:14
5:14
32
La Vie parisienne: Overture
4:56
4:56
33
Orphée aux enfers: Overture (extract)
2:07
2:07
34
Hänsel und Gretel: Prelude
8:05
8:05
35
Dido and Aeneas: Overture
2:17
2:17
36
Alcina: Overture
3:12
3:12
37
Messiah: Overture
4:11
4:11
38
Fidelio: Ouvertüre
6:51
6:51
39
Der Freischütz: Overture
4:53
4:53
40
Euryanthe: Overture (extract)
3:44
3:44
41
Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): Overture
7:09
7:09
42
Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna): Overture
7:58
7:58
43
Dichter und Bauer: Overture (extract)
5:25
5:25
44
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture (extract)
4:39
4:39
45
Die Fledermaus: Overture (extract)
3:20
3:20
46
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture (extract)
2:53
2:53
47
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture (extract)
4:18
4:18
48
Die Walküre: Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries
4:51
4:51
49
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
2:55
2:55
50
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Ouvertüre
10:05
10:05
51
Rodelinda: Overture
2:54
2:54
52
Serse: Overture
4:48
4:48
53
Orfeo ed Euridice: Overtura
3:08
3:08
54
Armide: Overture
4:03
4:03
55
Ezio: Overture
6:40
6:40
56
Idomeneo, K. 366: Overture
4:58
4:58
57
La finta Giardiniera, K. 196: Overture
2:13
2:13
58
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Overture
5:39
5:39
59
Der Schauspieldirektor, K. 486: Overture
4:12
4:12
60
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Overture
7:09
7:09
61
Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43
4:55
4:55
62
Coriolan Overture, op. 62
7:21
7:21
63
Egmont Overture, op. 84
6:48
6:48
64
Linda di Chamounix: Overture
7:14
7:14
65
Don Pasquale: Sinfonia
6:44
6:44
66
L'inganno felice: Overture
5:14
5:14
67
La Cenerentola: Overture (extract)
3:13
3:13
68
La cambiale di matrimonio: Sinfonia
5:25
5:25
69
La gazza ladra: Overture (extract)
5:06
5:06
70
Semiramide: Overture (extract)
3:53
3:53
71
Le Comte Ory: Overture
3:36
3:36
72
La Boutique fantasque: Overture
2:34
2:34
73
Norma: Overture
5:36
5:36
74
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Overture
4:58
4:58
75
Roméo et Juliette: Overture (extract)
2:22
2:22
76
Romeo and Juliet: Overture (extract)
5:38
5:38
77
1812 Overture (conclusion)
6:05
6:05
78
Sleeping Beauty: Introduction
2:27
2:27
79
Festive Overture in A major, op. 96
5:54
5:54
80
HMS Pinafore: Overture
4:29
4:29
81
Patience: Overture
5:39
5:39
82
The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
5:11
5:11
83
Iolante: Overture (extract)
4:40
4:40
84
The Pirates of Penzance: Overture (extract)
3:18
3:18
85
The Sorcerer: Overture (extract)
2:59
2:59
86
Overture from “Cox and Box”
2:41
2:41
87
Overture from “Princess Ida”
4:11
4:11
88
The Mikado: Overture (extract)
5:34
5:34
89
Cockaigne (in London Town): Overture (extract)
2:30
2:30
90
The Arcadians: Overture
4:56
4:56
91
The Desert Song: Overture (extract)
2:09
2:09
92
Overture
5:35
5:35
93
Girl Crazy: Overture
5:20
5:20
94
Of Thee I Sing: Overture
4:56
4:56
95
Annie Get Your Gun: Overture
3:54
3:54
96
Anything Goes Overture: Anything Goes / All Through the Night / You’re the Top / Blow, Gabriel, Blow
4:59
4:59
97
Can-Can Overture: Can-Can / Allez‐vous‐en / If You Loved Me Truly / I Love Paris / Montmartre
4:19
4:19
98
Kiss Me Kate Overture: Too Darn Hot / Why Can’t You Behave? / Wunderbar / So in Love / Bianca
6:14
6:14
99
Wonderful Town: Act I. Overture
5:17
5:17
100
Candide: Overture
4:14
4:14

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