Classic Overtures

~ Release by Royal Promenade Orchestra, Alfred Gehardt (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Ruslan & Ludmilla: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Михаил Иванович Глинка5:35
2William 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 Rossini12:10
3The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), New Philharmonic Orchestra London (bogus name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic or the New Philharmonia), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Philharmonia Orchestra of London (Alfred Scholz related, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia) and Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor), Vladimir Petroschoff (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre
composer:
Otto Nicolai (composer and conductor)
librettist:
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
part of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Otto Nicolai8:52
4Die 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 Strauss II8:19
5The Flying Dutchman: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouvertüre (The Flying Dutchman: Overture)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1840 until 1841)
part of:
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (The Flying Dutchman)
Richard Wagner10:32