With the exception of three of its tuneful selections, Deutsche Grammophon's Ouvertures Célèbres presents works that are not usually included on budget compilations and merit the attention of classical newcomers. The overture to Georges Bizet's famous opera Carmen and the two popular overtures by Gioachino Rossini, Il barbiere de Siviglia and L'italiana in Algeri are played and recorded so often that they need no introduction, yet their inclusion here at least gives this volume in the Collection du millénaire some instant ...
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With the exception of three of its tuneful selections, Deutsche Grammophon's Ouvertures Célèbres presents works that are not usually included on budget compilations and merit the attention of classical newcomers. The overture to Georges Bizet's famous opera Carmen and the two popular overtures by Gioachino Rossini, Il barbiere de Siviglia and L'italiana in Algeri are played and recorded so often that they need no introduction, yet their inclusion here at least gives this volume in the Collection du millénaire some instant name recognition. But as well known as they are to opera buffs, the selected overtures by Giuseppe Verdi, Vincenzo Bellini, Ambroise Thomas, François Adrien Boieldieu, and Daniel-François-Esprit Auber are perhaps less familiar to casual listeners, though they all enjoyed varying degrees of popularity well into the twentieth century and were frequently programmed on pops concerts. Louis Frémaux and the Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra recorded these tracks between 1964 and 1965,...
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