Favorite French Spectaculars

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Danse Macabre, Op. 40
"Bacchanale" from Samson and Delilah

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Espana (Spanish Rhapsody)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour Une Infante Defunte

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orpheus in the Underworld: Ouverture

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

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Famous Overtures

CD 01
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: Prélude
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio: Ouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Latraviata: Preludio
Bayerisches Staatorchester
Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orphée aux enfers: Ouverture
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflote: Ouvertüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz: Ouvertüre
Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Emil von Reznicek (1860-1945)
Donna Diana: Ouvertüre
Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor

Christoph Willibard Gluck (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice: Overtura
The English Baroque Sololists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Die Fledermaus: Ouvertüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Akademische Festouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

CD2

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Candide: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor

Franz von Suppè (1819-1895)
Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La forza del destino: Sinfonia
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Vorspiel zum 1. Aufzug
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le nozze di Figaro: Sinfonia
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Egmont: Ouvertüre
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Khovanschina: Prelude "Dawn over the River Moscow"
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Claudio Abbado, conductor

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Cuban Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine, conductor

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Offenbach in America

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
La belle Hélène: Overture
The Tales of Hoffman: Intermezzo
Genevìeve de Brabant: Galop
La Périchole: Medley
The Grand Duches of Gérolstein: Overture
Les belles américaines, Waltz
Musette, Air de ballet
Samuel Mayes, cello
Orpheus in Hades: Overture

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Divertissement

Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor

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In a Pesian Market, Sabre Dance, etc.

Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959)
In a Persian Market

Aram Khachaturian (1903-0978)
Sabre Dance

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Ritual Fire Dance

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for Orchestra in C minor

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Ride of the Valkyries

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
The Flight of the Bumblebee

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Ion Ivanovici (1845-1902)
Danube Waves

Émile Waldteufel (1837-1915)
The Skaters Waltz

Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Glod and Silver Waltz
The Merry Widow Waltz

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Liebestraum (Liszt-Herbert)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

Jacob Gade (1879-1963)
Jalousie

Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor

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