Offenbach: Masterly Entertainment (The Classic Composers – Late Romantic 15)

~ Release by Jacques Offenbach (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1La Vie parisienne : Overture
choir vocals:
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
La Vie parisienne : Ouverture
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
translator:
Karl Treumann (german librettist)
part of:
La Vie parisienne
part of:
Pariser Leben
5:10
2Les Contes d’Hoffmann : « Elle a fui, la tourterelle »
choir vocals:
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
mezzo-soprano vocals [Antonia]:
Julia Migenes (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Curt Cremer (conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte IV. “Elle a fui, la tourterelle” (Antonia, Crespel, Frantz)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV (Antonia) (alternate order)
5:02
3Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Barcarolle
orchestra:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
János Sándor
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
3:31
4Le Papillon : March
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
partial recording of:
Le Papillon
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) (in 1860)
premiered at:
Salle Le Peletier (1821-1873) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1860-11-26)
3:48
5Le Papillon : Allegretto delicato
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
partial recording of:
Le Papillon
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) (in 1860)
premiered at:
Salle Le Peletier (1821-1873) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1860-11-26)
2:00
6Le Papillon : Waltz
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
partial recording of:
Le Papillon
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) (in 1860)
premiered at:
Salle Le Peletier (1821-1873) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1860-11-26)
6:08
7Geneviève de Brabant : Overture
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
Geneviève de Brabant : Ouverture
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Geneviève de Brabant
4:15
8Overture for Large Orchestra
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Jan Stulen
recording of:
Ouverture à grand orchestre
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) (in 1843)
10:12
9Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht: Overture
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht : Overture
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht
5:40
10Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht: “Hör ich unser Bächlein rauschen”
vocals:
Wilhelm Hartmann (tenor)
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht : Hör ich unser Bächlein rauschen
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht
2:06
11Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht: “So liebst du mich”
soprano vocals:
Maria Leyer (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Wilhelm Hartmann (tenor)
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht : So liebst du mich
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht
3:04
12Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht: “Warum soll ich es denn verschweigen”
soprano vocals:
Maria Leyer (soprano)
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht : Warum soll ich es denn verschweigen
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht
2:59
13Rêverie au bord de la mer
cello:
Armin Fromm (cellist)
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Heinz Geese
recording of:
Rêverie au bord de la mer (for cello and piano)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) (in 1849)
5:03
14La Grande‐Duchesse de Gérolstein : Overture
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: Ouverture
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
translator:
Julius Hopp
part of:
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
4:05
15Orphée aux enfers : Overture
orchestra:
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
Orphée aux enfers : Ouverture (Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture)
additional composer:
Carl Binder (in 1860)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra féerie in four acts, 1874)
part of:
Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra bouffe in two acts, 1858)
part of:
Orpheus in der Unterwelt (opéra-féerie in 4 Akten, 1871)
part of:
Orpheus in the Underworld
9:29

Credits

Release

part of:The Classic Composers (International Masters Publishers, UK/Europe edition, Cat# GBP…) (number: Late Romantic 15) (order: 40)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/25827499 [info]

Release group

part of:The Classic Composers (order: 58)