The Opening Connection
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Conductor Solielson Goethe
The French, as they say, have a word for it, and it means “opening.” And just as an open door ushers you into a home or business, this particular opening ushers you into an on-stage world of comedy or drama—and sometimes both.
In this hour, the stories behind overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Offenbach, Strauss, and Bernstein.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| J. Strauss, II: Die Fledermaus |
Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber |
Deutsche Grammophon 457 765-2 |
028945776521 |
| Mozart: Overtures [for The Marriage of Figaro] |
Staatskapelle Dresden, Colin Davis |
RCA Red Seal 82876762352 |
828767623528 |
| Rossini: The Barber of Seville (highlights) |
Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Will Humburg |
Naxos 8.553436 |
730099443623 |
| Beethoven: Overtures (for Fidelio) |
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell |
Sony SBK 63062 |
074646306222 |
| Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder / Siegfried Idyll / Overtures and Preludes (for The Flying Dutchman): Overture) |
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard |
BIS Records BIS-2022 |
7318599920221 |
| Offenbach: La Belle Helene & Orpheus in the Underworld |
Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Alexander Faris |
Classics for Pleasure 5 75999 2 4 |
724357599924 |
| Nielsen: Symphony no. 3, Overture to Maskarade |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung |
BIS Records BIS-CD-321 |
7318590003213 |
| Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc. [for Candide Overture] |
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein |
Deutsche Grammophon 413 324-2 |
028941332424 |
