The Surviving Connection
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1956 German film version of Zar und Zimmermann
They are remarkable survivors—famous overtures from operas that have all but vanished from the stage—and by composers who might otherwise be completely forgotten.
In this hour, eight of those well-known overtures, and the stories behind them.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| French Opera Highlights [for Herold’s Zampa] |
Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray |
Mercury Living Presence 432 014-2 |
028943201421 |
| Great Comedy Overtures [for Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmerman] |
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lance Friedel |
Naxos 8.573418 |
747313341870 |
| Russian Overtures [for Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla] |
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev |
Newton Classics 8802037 |
8718247710379 |
| Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor |
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik |
Decca 0289 460 1972 |
028946019726 |
| Flotow: Martha |
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg |
BMG Classics 74321 32231 2 |
74321 32231 24 |
| Light Cavalry: Suppé Overtures [for Poet and Peasant, Light Cavalry & Donna Diana] |
Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti |
London 421 170-2 |
028942117020 |
4:00 p.m.
Donna Diana Overture
"Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti"
4:05 p.m.
Zampa Overture
"Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray "
4:12 p.m.
Albert Lortzing
TSAR AND CARPENTER (ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN): Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Glinka Ruslan & Ludmila - Overture
"Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev"
4:22 p.m.
Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor
"Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik"
4:30 p.m.
Albert Lortzing
TSAR AND CARPENTER (ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN): Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
4:31 p.m.
"Hoch, Die Jagdfanfaren, Ach So Fromm"
"Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg"
4:32 p.m.
Martha - Overture
"Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg"
4:39 p.m.
Poet and Peasant
"Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti"
4:45 p.m.
Light Cavalry Overture
"Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti"
4:52 p.m.
Donna Diana Overture
"Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti"
4:58 p.m.
Albert Lortzing
TSAR AND CARPENTER (ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN): Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
