Overtures in Hi-Fi:
1.01. Camille Saint-Saens - La princesse jaune 'The Yellow Princess', op.30. Overture *
1.02. Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, op.23. Overture *
1.03. Le corsaire, op.21. Overture
1.04. Le roi Lear Overture, op.4
1.05. Le carnaval romain, op.9
1.06. Les francs-juges, op.3
1.07. Adolf Adam - Si j'etais roi. Overture
2.01. Ferdinand Hérold - Zampa. Overture
2.02. Emil von Reznicek - Donna Diana - Act I: Overture
2.03. Franz von Suppé - Pique Dame 'Queen of Spades'. Overture
2.04. Otto Nicolai - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Overture
2.05. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber - Le domino noir, S.30. Overture
2,06. La muette de Portici 'Masaniello', S.16. Overture
2.07. Le cheval de bronze, S.25. Overture
2.08. Fra Diavolo, S.18. Overture
2.09. Les diamants de la couronne 'The Crown Diamonds'. Overture
1.01. Camille Saint-Saens - La princesse jaune 'The Yellow Princess', op.30. Overture *
1.02. Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, op.23. Overture *
1.03. Le corsaire, op.21. Overture
1.04. Le roi Lear Overture, op.4
1.05. Le carnaval romain, op.9
1.06. Les francs-juges, op.3
1.07. Adolf Adam - Si j'etais roi. Overture
2.01. Ferdinand Hérold - Zampa. Overture
2.02. Emil von Reznicek - Donna Diana - Act I: Overture
2.03. Franz von Suppé - Pique Dame 'Queen of Spades'. Overture
2.04. Otto Nicolai - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Overture
2.05. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber - Le domino noir, S.30. Overture
2,06. La muette de Portici 'Masaniello', S.16. Overture
2.07. Le cheval de bronze, S.25. Overture
2.08. Fra Diavolo, S.18. Overture
2.09. Les diamants de la couronne 'The Crown Diamonds'. Overture
Orchestra of the Opera-Comique Paris *; Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Wolff
Decca Eloquence 4802385 [Total time 2 hours 24 minutes; recorded 1951*, 1954, 1955 & 1957; digital download released 2010]
[digital download; flacs, cover scans - no booklet]
Recording venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, James Brown, Roy Wallace & Ken Cress
Producers: John Culshaw, Victor Olof & James Walker
This compilation contains the contents of three LPs - "Berlioz Overtures", "Auber Overtures" and "Overtures in Hi-Fi" plus two makeweights from 1951.