100 Best Overtures & Preludes

CD1

1. Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2. Ouvertí¼ren: La scala di seta
3. Ouvertí¼ren: Il Signor Bruschino
4. Ouvertí¼ren: Tancredi
5. Ouvertí¼ren: L'Italiana in Algeri
6. Guillaume Tell (1995 - Remaster): Ouverture
7. Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro K492
8. Cosí¬ fan tutte, K.588
9. Don Giovanni K527
10. L'Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love'
11. I Puritani
12. Il segreto di Susanna: Overture
13. I Quattro Rusteghi: Prelude
14. Ruslan and Lyudmila
15. The Nutcracker Op. 71, Act 1: Overture.
16. Die verkaufte Braut (2007 Remaster): Ouvertí¼re
17. Donna Diana Overture

CD2

1. La forza del destino: Overture
2. Luisa Miller
3. Nabucco: Sinfonia
4. Un ballo in maschera, Act I: Preludio
5. Macbeth: Preludio
6. La Traviata: Preludio
7. Ernani, Act I: Prelude
8. Aida
9. Rigoletto
10. I vespri Siciliani
11. Carmen
12. Ouvertí¼re zu Mignon"
13. Faust (1986 - Remaster): Introduction
14. L' Étoile: Overture
15. La Vie parisienne - Overture
16. Orphée aux enfers, 'Orpheus in the Underworld'
17. Hänsel und Gretel: Ouvertí¼re/Vorspiel/Prélude

CD3

1. Dido and Aeneas: Overture
2. Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34, Act I, Scene 1, Overture: [Largo] - Allegro
3. Messiah, HWV 56 (1992 - Remaster): Sinfony
4. Fidelio: Ouvertí¼re
5. Der Freischí¼tz · Oper in 3 Akten (1985 - Remaster): Ouvertí¼re
6. Euryanthe Overture J291
7. Light Cavalry: Overture
8. Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien: Overture
9. Dichter und Bauer: Overture
10. Ouvertí¼re zu "Die lustigen Weiber"
11. 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)
12. The Gypsy Baron (Operetta in three acts · Libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer after the novel by Mí³r Jí³kai · English version by Geoffrey Dunn)
13. Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture
14. Die Walkí¼re: Ride of the Valkyries
15. Lohengrin: Vorspiel
16. Die Meistersinger von Ní¼rnberg (1989 Digital Remaster): Vorspiel

CD4

1. Rodelinda, Regina dei Longobardi: Overture
2. Serse: Overture
3. Orfeo ed Euridice (Viennese version, 1762)
4. Armide: Ouverture
5. Ezio: Sinfonia
6. Idomeneo K366
7. La finta giardiniera K196
8. Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail K384
9. Der Schauspieldirektor K486
10. Die Zauberflöte K620
11. Der Geschöpfe des Prometheus Op. 43: Overture
12. Coriolan Op. 62
13. Egmont Op. 84: Overture
14. Linda di Chamounix
15. Don Pasquale

CD5

1. L'Inganno felice
2. La Cenerentola, or La bontí  in trionfo
3. La cambiale di matrimonio
4. La Gazza ladra
5. Semiramide
6. Le Comte Ory
7. La Boutique fantasque (version original) (2006 - Remaster): Ouverture
8. Norma
9. I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Sinfonia
10. Romeo and Juliette: Overture
11. Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
12. 1812 Finale Op. 49
13. Sleeping Beauty Op. 66: Introduction
14. Festive Overture in A Op. 96
15. HMS Pinafore (or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor)
16. Patience (or, Bunthorne's Bride)
17. The Yeomen of the Guard - Overture

CD6

1. Iolanthe (or, The Peer and the Peri)
2. The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty)
3. The Sorcerer
4. Cox and Box (or, The Long-Lost Brothers) - Overture
5. Princess Ida (or, Castle Adamant)
6. The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu)
7. Cockaigne (In London Town) - Concert Overture Op. 40
8. The Arcadians (highlights) (A fantastic musical play in three acts · Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, Percy Greenbank and Lionel Monckton) (1969 Digital Remaster): Overture
9. The Desert Song (highlights) (A musical play in two acts · Book & lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II & Frank Mandel) (2005 - Remaster): Overture
10. Show Boat: Overture: Show Boat
11. Girl Crazy: Overture: Girl Crazy
12. Of Thee I Sing: Prelude
13. Annie Get Your Gun: Overture
14. Anything Goes: Overture: Anything Goes
15. Can-Can: Overture: Can-Can
16. Kiss Me, Kate: Overture: Kiss Me, Kate
17. Wonderful Town: Overture
18. Candide: Overture