50 Best Overtures

1. 1
   Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2004 Remastered Version): Overture
   7:29
2. 2
   La scala di seta: Sinfonia (Allegro - Andantino - Allegro)
   5:45
3. 3
   Tancredi: Sinfonia (Moderato - Allegro brillante)
   4:17
4. 4
   L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia (Andante - Allegro)
   5:36
5. 5
   Il signor Bruschino: Overture
   4:17
6. 6
   Guillaume Tell: Overture (Andante - Allegro)
   6:16
7. 7
   Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro K492 (1990 Remastered Version)
   4:20
8. 8
   Così fan tutte, K.588 (1990 Remastered Version): Overture
   4:39
9. 9
   Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture (Andante - Molto allegro)
   6:12
10. 10
    L'Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love' (1988 Remastered Version): Prelude
    2:56
11. 11
    I Puritani (1988 Remastered Version): Sinfonia
    3:29
12. 12
    Il segreto di Susanna: Overture. Vivacissimo
    2:44
13. 13
    I quatro rusteghi: Prelude. Tranquillo, semplice
    1:42
14. 14
    Ruslan and Lyudmila (1995 Remastered Version): Overture
    5:14
15. 15
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Miniature Overture
    3:06
16. 16
    Die verkaufte Braut: Öffnung
    6:41
17. 17
    Donna Diana Overture (2002 Remastered Version)
    4:03
18. 18
    La forza del destino, Act 1: Sinfonia
    7:10
19. 19
    Luisa Miller (1986 Remastered Version): Overture
    5:39
20. 20
    Nabucco: Overture to Act 1
    7:12
21. 21
    Un ballo in maschera: Preludio. Allegro assai moderato
    4:01
22. 22
    Macbeth, Act 1: Preludio
    3:01
23. 23
    Verdi: La Traviata: Preludio
    3:54
24. 24
    Ernani: Preludio (Adagio)
    3:23
25. 25
    Aida (1989 Remastered Version): Prelude
    4:14
26. 26
    Rigoletto (1996 Remastered Version), Act 1: Prelude
    2:22
27. 27
    I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia (Largo - Allegro agitato - Prestissimo)
    8:17
28. 28
    Carmen (1997 Remastered Version): Ouverture
    2:14
29. 29
    Mignon: Ouverture (Andantino - Molto sostenuto - Andante - Tempo di Polacca
    4:42
30. 30
    Faust (1986 Remastered Version): Introduction (Orchestre)
    5:20
31. 31
    L'étoile: Ouverture
    5:14
32. 32
    La Vie parisienne - Overture (1990 Remastered Version)
    4:55
33. 33
    Orphée aux enfers: Ouverture (Allegro con fuoco - Allegretto - Lento - Allegro vivace - Andante - Allegro)
    9:38
34. 34
    Hänsel und Gretel, EHWV 93/3: Prelude (Ruhige, nicht zu langsame Bewegung - Munter)
    8:04
35. 35
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
    2:15
36. 36
    Alcina, HWV 34, Act 1, Scene 2: Coro. "Questo è il cielo de' contenti" - Gavotte - Sarabande - Menuet & Gavotte (Chorus)
    3:11
37. 37
    Messiah, HWV 56 (1992 Remastered Version): Sinfony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
    4:11
38. 38
    Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture
    6:51
39. 39
    Der Freischütz · Oper in 3 Akten (1985 Remastered Version): Ouvertüre (Orchester)
    9:06
40. 40
    Euryanthe Overture J291 (1988 Remastered Version)
    3:44
41. 41
    Leichte Kavallerie: Overture
    7:06
42. 42
    Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien: Overture
    7:57
43. 43
    Dichter und Bauer: Overture
    5:25
44. 44
    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture (Andantino moderato - Allegro vivace)
    4:37
45. 45
    Die Fledermaus (Operetta in three acts · Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée after 'Le Réveillon' by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy · English version by Christopher Hassall) (1959 Remastered
    8:10
46. 46
    The Gypsy Baron (Operetta in three acts · Libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer after the novel by Mór Jókai · English version by Geoffrey Dunn) (2003 Remastered Version): Overture
    2:52
47. 47
    Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
    4:17
48. 48
    Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries (Concert Version)
    4:47
49. 49
    Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude
    2:53
50. 50
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1989 Remastered Version): Vorspiel (Prelude), 1.Aufzug
    10:07

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