The Joys of Light Music

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Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Immortal Melodies
2▶12" Vinyl: The Magic of the Ballet (1)
3▶12" Vinyl: The Magic of the Ballet (2)
4▶12" Vinyl: Romantic Stories and Legends
5▶12" Vinyl: Piano Favourites
6▶12" Vinyl: Operatic Highlights
7▶12" Vinyl: Symphonic Dances and Rhapsodies
8▼12" Vinyl: Celebrated Overtures
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68The Barber of Seville: Overture
orchestra:
Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Genève
conductor:
Gianfranco Rivoli (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 Rossini7:01
69The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
orchestra:
Südwestfunk Symphonieorchester Baden-Baden (SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Carl Schuricht
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 Nicolai7:56
70Light Cavalry: Overture
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Walter Goehr (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre (Light Cavalry: Overture)
composer:
Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer)
part of:
Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry)
Franz von Suppé7:14
71Carmen: Overture
orchestra:
Orchestre des Concerts de Paris
conductor:
Pierre-Michel Le Conte (conductor)
recording of:
Carmen : Prélude
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen (Italian lyrics)
part of:
Carmen (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen (english lyrics, David Parry)
part of:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet2:09
72The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
orchestra:
Tonhalle‐Orchester Zürich
conductor:
Josef Krips (conductor/violinist)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (The Marriage of Figaro, K 492)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:17
73Roman Carnival: Overture
orchestra:
Amsterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, do not use for recordings after 1985)
conductor:
Walter Goehr (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Le Carnaval romain, ouverture pour orchestre, op. 9 (The Roman Carnival Overture for Orchestra, op. 9)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1843)
part of:
Catalogue of the Works of Hector Berlioz (number: H. 95)
Hector Berlioz8:37
74Fingal's Cave: Overture
orchestra:
SDR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Carl Schuricht
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (The Hebrides, op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”, Fingal's Cave)
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn10:20
9▶12" Vinyl: A Strauss Evening in Vienna
10▶12" Vinyl: Music Around the World