Overtures in Hi-Fi

These recordings from the 1950s readily demonstrate Auber had the knack of writing catchy tunes and he stuffed the best of them into his superbly crafted overtures...Each of these works is hugely... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Release Date: 13th Dec 2010
Catalogue No: ELQ4802385
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Saint-Saëns: La Princesse Jaune

Work length6:21

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Orchestra Of The Opera Comique Paris
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1951-07
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length6:21

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Excerpt, Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Work length10:33

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Orchestra Of The Opera Comique Paris
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1951-07
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Ouverture

Track length10:33

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Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Work length8:07

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1955-06
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Berlioz: King Lear Overture, Op. 4

Work length16:16

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1955-06
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9

Work length8:40

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1955-06
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Berlioz: Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3

Work length12:51

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1955-06
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Excerpt, Adam: Si j'étais roi

Work length7:27

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1957-11
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length7:27

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Excerpt, Hérold: Zampa

Work length8:22

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1957-11
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length8:22

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Emik Nikolaus Von Reznicek: Donna Diana - Opera in 3 Acts

Work length5:56

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1957-11
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length5:56

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Excerpt, Suppe: Pique Dame

Work length8:22

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1957-11
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length8:22

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Excerpt, Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Work length9:06

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1957-11
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length9:06

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Auber: Le Domino noir - Act 1

Work length8:15

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1957-11
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length8:15

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Auber: Masaniello Overture

Work length8:23

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1954-09-29
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Auber: Le cheval de bronze

Work length7:46

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1954-09-29
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length7:46

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Excerpt, Auber: Fra Diavolo

Work length8:37

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1954-09-29
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length8:37

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Auber: Les diamants de la couronne, S. 34

Work length9:05

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1954-09-29
Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Overture

Track length9:05

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Recording producers: John Culshaw (La Princesse Jaune, Benvenuto Cellini, Si j’étais roi, Zampa, Donna Diana, Pique Dame, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Le Domino noir); Victor Olof (Masaniello, Le cheval de bronze, Fra diavolo, Les diamants de la couronne); James Walker (Le Corsaire, Le roi Lear, Le Carnaval Romain, Les francs-juges)

Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson (La Princesse Jaune, Benvenuto Cellini) James Brown (Masaniello, Le cheval de bronze, Fra diavolo, Les diamants de la couronne); Roy Wallace (Le Corsaire, Le roi Lear, Le Carnaval Romain, Les francs-juges); Ken Cress (Si j’étais roi, Zampa, Donna Diana, Pique Dame, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Le Domino noir)

Recording location: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France, June 1951 (La Princesse Jaune, Benvenuto Cellini), September 1954 (Masaniello, Le cheval de bronze, Fra diavolo, Les diamants de la couronne), June 1955 (Le Corsaire, Le roi Lear, Le Carnaval Romain, Les francs-juges), November 1957 (Si j’étais roi, Zampa, Donna Diana, Pique Dame, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Le Domino noir)

The recorded legacy of Albert Wolff is one of the most sought-after by collectors. Of Dutch parentage, but born in Paris, Wolff was something of a polymath: pianist, organist, conductor, composer, and had a long career in recording studios beginning in 1920. His first recordings for Decca, starting in the summer of 1951, were a complete Carmen (with Suzanne Juyol), a Manon (with Janine Micheau) as well as several French orchestral suites and individual pieces. ‘Overtures in Hi-Fi’ was the title given to a now ‘cult’ LP of Wolff conducting six overtures: Si j’étais roi, Le Domino Noir, Zampa, Donna Diana, Pique Dame and The Merry Wives of Windsor. To these are added a further ten overtures to make up this 2CD anthology.

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2011 edition

These recordings from the 1950s readily demonstrate Auber had the knack of writing catchy tunes and he stuffed the best of them into his superbly crafted overtures...Each of these works is hugely enjoyable and we have - again - to thank Australian Decca for making these performances (last seen on an 'Eclipse' LP in 1970) available again.

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