Vienna Classics: Worlds Greatest Overtures

~ Release by Royal Promenade Orchestra, Alfred Gehardt (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Light Cavalry: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre (Light Cavalry: Overture)
composer:
Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer)
part of:
Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry)
Franz von Suppé6:41
2The Bartered Bride: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Prodaná nevěsta: Overture (The Bartered Bride: Overture)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
part of:
Die verkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride)
part of:
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)
Bedřich Smetana6:21
3Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture (Can Can)
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
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 Offenbach10:12
4The Barber of Seville: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
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 Rossini7:41
5William Tell: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
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 Rossini12:50
6Hansel and Gretel: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
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 Humperdinck8:04
7Poet and Peasant :Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
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 Suppé9:35
8Die Fledermaus: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Die Fledermaus: Ouvertüre (Die Fledermaus: Overture)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Die Fledermaus
part of:
Die Fledermaus (English version, lyrics by Mandel/Sachs)
part of:
Die Fledermaus (English version, lyrics by Dietz)
part of:
Die Fledermaus (english; unknown version)
Johann Strauss8:15