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 story behind overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Offenbach, Wagner,Strauss, and Bernstein.
RECORDINGS USED
CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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J. Strauss, II: Die Fledermaus
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Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
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Deutsche Grammophon 457 765-2
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028945776521
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
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Deutsche Grammophon 431 619-2
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028943161923
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville (highlights)
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Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Will Humburg
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Naxos 8.553436
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730099443623
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Beethoven: Overtures (for Fidelio)
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Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
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Sony SBK 63062
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074646306222
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Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder / Siegfried Idyll / Overtures and Preludes (for The Flying Dutchman): Overture)
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Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard
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BIS Records BIS-2022
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7318599920221
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Offenbach: La Belle Helene & Orpheus in the Underworld
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Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Alexander Faris
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Classics for Pleasure 5 75999 2 4
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724357599924
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Nielsen: Symphony no. 3, Overture to Maskarade
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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
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BIS Records BIS-CD-321
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7318590003213
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Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc. [for Candide Overture]
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Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
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Deutsche Grammophon 413 324-2
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028941332424
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