The 50 Greatest Overtures

1. 1
   Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture
   5:20
2. 2
   Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act I: Overture
   7:20
3. 3
   Rossini: The Barber of Seville: Overture
   7:42
4. 4
   The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Overture
   6:41
5. 5
   Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude to Act I
   9:50
6. 6
   Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Overture
   7:52
7. 7
   Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
   9:36
8. 8
   Leonore Overture No. 3 in C Major, Op. 72b
   13:34
9. 9
   Brahms: Tragic Festival Overture in D Minor, Op. 81
   13:53
10. 10
    Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Overture
    10:31
11. 11
    Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude to Act I
    10:28
12. 12
    Libusa: Overture
    8:39
13. 13
    Wagner: Faust-Overture
    13:52
14. 14
    Rossini: Cinderella "La Cenerentola": Overture
    8:15
15. 15
    Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, WWV 38: Overture
    10:20
16. 16
    Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Op. 26
    9:08
17. 17
    Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
    8:48
18. 18
    Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366: Overture
    5:14
19. 19
    Verdi: Sicilian Vespers: Overture
    9:03
20. 20
    Verdi: La forza del destino: Overture
    7:53
21. 21
    Berlioz: King Lear Overture, H 53
    14:28
22. 22
    Rodelinda, regina de' Langobardi, opera, HWV 19: Overture
    6:06
23. 23
    Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27
    12:41
24. 24
    Manfred, Op. 115: Overture
    12:01
25. 25
    Mozart: Lucio Silla, K. 135: Overture
    8:11
26. 26
    Mozart: Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Overture
    5:48
27. 27
    Mozart: Bastien and Bastienne, K. 50: Overture
    1:41
28. 28
    Mozart: Il re pastore, K. 208: Overture
    3:04
29. 29
    Mozart: Mitridate, K. 87: Overture
    5:45
30. 30
    Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, K. 111: Overture
    3:23
31. 31
    Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
    7:45
32. 32
    Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84: Overture
    8:06
33. 33
    Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act I
    8:33
34. 34
    Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain: Overture
    8:37
35. 35
    Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42
    18:04
36. 36
    Light Cavalry: Overture
    6:32
37. 37
    Suppé: Boccaccio: Overture
    7:52
38. 38
    J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus: Overture
    8:15
39. 39
    The Thieving Magpie: Overture
    10:36
40. 40
    Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act III
    3:02
41. 41
    Wagner: Rienzi, WWV 49: Overture
    11:32
42. 42
    J. Strauss II: The Queen's Lace Handkerchief ("Das Spitzentuch der Königin"): Overture
    6:37
43. 43
    Suppé: Poet and Peasant: Overture
    9:52
44. 44
    Donna Diana: Overture
    3:54
45. 45
    Cagliostro in Wien: I. Overture
    7:11
46. 46
    Rossini: William Tell: Overture
    12:06
47. 47
    The Italian in Algiers: Overture
    7:53
48. 48
    Wagner: The Fairies, WWV 32: Overture
    13:22
49. 49
    Der Freischütz, Op. 77: Overture
    9:14
50. 50
    Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act I: Overture
    14:39

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