The Concert Overture Connection
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Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra of the National Academy of Saint Cecilia in Rome,
We usually think of an “Overture” as the music played before the opening scene of an opera or musical. And that makes sense--for in French, “overture” means “opening.”
But there’s another kind that has never seen the footlights—the stand-alone concert overture, including Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides and Tchaikovsky’s 1812.
In this hour, we’ll hear both those works, plus music by Schubert, Brahms, Copland and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Copland: Billy the Kid, Rodeo [for Outdoor Overture] |
Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton |
BIS BIS-2164 |
7318599921648 |
| Schubert: Concert Overtures & Symphony No. 5 [for Overture in D major “In the Italian Style”] |
Orpheus Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg |
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697911382 |
886979113824 |
| Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 4 - Italian / Hebrides Overture |
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein |
Sony 61843 |
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| Berlioz: Complete Orchestral Works [for the Waverley Overture] |
London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis |
Philips 456 143-2 |
0028945614328 |
| Tchaikovsky: Overtures & Fantasies [for 1812 Overture] |
Orchestra and Chorus of the National Academy of Saint Cecilia in Rome, Antonio Pappano |
Warner Classics 3 70065 2 |
094637006528 |
| Brahms: The Symphonies[for Academic Festival Overture] |
Chicago Symphony; Solti |
Decca 430 799-2 |
028943079921 |
| Russian Overtures & Orchestral Works [forFestive Overture, by Dimitri Shostakovich] |
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev |
Newton Classics 8802037 |
8718247710379 |
