La forza del destino. Overture / Giuseppe Verdi (7:55) -- The bartered bride. Overture / Bedřich Semtana (6:12) -- La traviata. Prelude, Act 1 (3:59) ; Prelude, Act 3 (3:49) / Verdi -- Der Freischütz. Overture (9:31) ; Euryanthe : op. 81. Overture (8:47) / Carl Maria von Weber -- Schwanda the bagpiper. Polka (2:18) ; Fugue (6:01) / Jaromír Weinberger -- Jewels of the madonna. Intermezzo, Act 3 / Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (3:23) -- Hansel and Gretel. Prayer / Engelbert Humperdinck (3:00) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Pietro Mascagni (3:20) -- Mignon. Overture (8:05) ; Gavotte (2:27) / Ambroise Thomas -- Donna Diana. Overture / Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček (4:15).
Event (note)
Recorded at the Manhattan Center, New York City, Mar. 14, 1960 (4th work) and Dec. 19-20, 1960 (1st-3rd, 5th works), and in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1061 (6th work), Jan. 17, 1962 (7th-8th works), Mar. 24, 1965 (10th work), Oct. 18, 1967 (11th work), and Feb. 27, 1968 (9th work).
Title
Opera overtures & incidental music .
Publisher
New York, NY : Sony Classical, ℗1997, ℗1972-1989.
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Series
Essential classics
Essential classics.
Performer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Schippers, conductor (1st-5th works) ; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor (6th-11th works).
Event
Recorded at the Manhattan Center, New York City, Mar. 14, 1960 (4th work) and Dec. 19-20, 1960 (1st-3rd, 5th works), and in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1061 (6th work), Jan. 17, 1962 (7th-8th works), Mar. 24, 1965 (10th work), Oct. 18, 1967 (11th work), and Feb. 27, 1968 (9th work).