You got one?
Janáček's operas have some nice ones, like From the House of the Dead.
Wow, very hard to chose just one. ???
Perhaps Wagner's Parsifal - Prelude of Act I.
or Beethoven's Leonore Overture III
or Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture
La forza del destino
also: Lohengrin, Egmont, Coriolan, Hebrides, Romeo and Juliet ...
Handel - Riccardo Primo
Will come up with more.
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
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Quote from: ChamberNut on July 08, 2014, 07:21:18 AM
Faints! :o
I have far greater depth than given credit for... :)
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Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 08, 2014, 07:12:51 AM
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
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Waaaay belowe the green lemon! 8)
Could the preludes count as overtures, although they would be different?
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on July 08, 2014, 11:08:37 AM
Could the preludes count as overtures, although they would be different?
They are far more than entr'acte music, so might as well. To my ear, they are overtures in all but name... :)
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Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 08, 2014, 11:28:50 AM
They are far more than entr'acte music, so might as well. To my ear, they are overtures in all but name... :)
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Same here! :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on July 08, 2014, 11:08:37 AM
Could the preludes count as overtures, although they would be different?
On a practical plane . . . that Prelude to Act III has been programmed on orchestral concerts as "the overture" :)
Some that I am fond of.
-Cuban
-Egmont
-Die Fledermaus
-Manfred (Schumann)
-"Midsummer Night's Dream"
Berlioz: Rob Roy Overture
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
Mozart: Magic Flute
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Strauss: Overture to Le Bourgeois Gentlehomme
And for Preludes..
Wagner: Parsifal
Thank you for answering, gentlemen. :) Too difficult to choose just one; some of my favourites are all Wagner's overture/preludes (at least from Der fliegende Holländer to Parsifal), Strauss' Der Zigeunerbaron and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 08, 2014, 12:01:05 PM
And for Preludes..
Wagner: Parsifal
+1 Georgian Grenouille! :)
Since nobody mandated that an orchestra was required, I'll go with Bach's Overture in the French style.
The brief introduction to Act One of Der Rosenkavalier. What is the meaning of this exciting music?
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Corolian overture
Manfred overture
Parsifal
Herbrides overture
and Orphée aux enfers
I find it hard to believe nobody's mentioned Tristan und Isolde before me! ;D
Quote from: jochanaan on July 11, 2014, 08:06:36 AM
I find it hard to believe nobody's mentioned Tristan und Isolde before me! ;D
Well, I didn't mention the prelude directly, though I chose all Wagner's overtures; that included Tristan too......
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on July 11, 2014, 08:28:25 AM
Well, I didn't mention the prelude directly, though I chose all Wagner's overtures; that included Tristan too......
Point conceded, although Tristan is definitely my favorite of all the Wagner preludes. :)
A Favorite 10
Dvorak Othello Overture
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Reznicek Donna Diana Overture
Wagner Rienzi Overture
Wagner Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Lalo Les Roi D'Ys Overture
Bruckner Overture in G minor
Arnold Tam O'Shanter Overture
John Williams The Cowboys Overture
Sarge
Someday, White Nights will be in there.
Not today, though.
Quote from: karlhenning on July 11, 2014, 09:35:34 AM
Someday, White Nights will be in there.
Not today, though.
I left out several overtures by Havergal Brian too...so don't feel too sad, Karl.
Sarge
Oh, not sad. My own doesn't really belong, until we hear a proper orchestra play it!
Quote from: karlhenning on July 11, 2014, 09:38:05 AM
Oh, not sad. My own doesn't really belong, until we hear a proper orchestra play it!
I was going to say that in my previous comment...that it's not easy to judge your work at the moment. I pray we get a real performance someday.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 11, 2014, 09:34:22 AM
Bruckner Overture in G minor
Sarge
Didn't even know this existed! :o
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 11, 2014, 09:34:22 AM
A Favorite 10
Dvorak Othello Overture
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Reznicek Donna Diana Overture
Wagner Rienzi Overture
Wagner Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Lalo Les Roi D'Ys Overture
Bruckner Overture in G minor
Arnold Tam O'Shanter Overture
John Williams The Cowboys Overture
Sarge
How could I forget the Brahms "Academic Festival Overture"? ??? ??? ??? I love that piece even though the rest of Brahms hasn't clicked yet.
Also, same with Hebrides.
Two of my absolute favourites:
Beethoven: "Die Weihe des Hauses" Overture, op.124
Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, op.27
"The Consecration of the House" is a splendid homage to Händel (a companion piece/homage to Bach was alas never to materialize) and a superb overture in its own right.
The Mendelssohnian treatment of Goethe's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (memorably set by Beethoven as a short cantata) is also superb: alluring, fervent, joyful, uplifting, triumphant. They both deserve to be much better known.
Other favourites:
The Sinfonia that opens Haydn's Orlando Paladino (splendid work!)
Mozart's overtures to Die Zauberflöte and Le nozze di Figaro (who doesn't love those?)
all the Beethoven overtures, with special affinity to Leonore II (again, who doesn't love those)
Mendelssohn's Hebrides and Midsummer Night's Dream
Rossini (William Tell, anyone?)
most Wagner preludes (Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, etc.)
Korngold: Schauspiel Overture and the - stunning! - prelude to Violanta
Schreker: preludes to Die Gezeichneten act I (superbly decadent, chromaticism to its limits) and III
Honorary mention: the R.Strauss sonic blast weapon that is the op.61 Festliches Präludium.
Quote from: Sammy on July 08, 2014, 12:38:28 PM
Since nobody mandated that an orchestra was required, I'll go with Bach's Overture in the French style.
Great idea. I'll go with Alkan's Ouverture, op.39/11. (http://youtu.be/iKDu7HjAzFs)
Bach: Ouvertures (Suites) Nos. 1-4
Mozart: All
Beethoven: All
Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave - Trumpet Ouverture
Berlioz: Roman Carnival
Schumann: Manfred
Herold: Zampa
Weber: Oberon
Brahms: Both Ouvertures
Dvorak: Nature, Life and Love cycle
Smetana: The Batered Bride
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon
Shostakovich: Festive Ouverture
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter
Reznicek: Donna Diana
Strauss: Fledermaus
Suppé: all
Strauss R: Festive Prelude
Bernstein: Candide
Wagner: Meistersinger
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Rossini: Italiana in Algeri - La Gazza Ladra
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Bizet: Carmen
Nielsen: Helios
Cherubini: Medea
Cimarosa: Il Matrimonio Segreto
Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 11, 2014, 09:34:22 AM
A Favorite 10
Dvorak Othello Overture
Sarge
That's a dandy, Sarge! :)
So many have been mentioned.
The Auber and Suppe overturnes are splendid works.
http://www.amazon.com/Supp%C3%A9-Overtures-Auber-Bronze-Horse/dp/B000V6MRRC/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1405557315&sr=1-3&keywords=auber+paray
Now for some off the beaten track.
I have a fondness for J. M. Kraus's Olympie Overture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzEf8nAm4MM
A few years ago, I picked up a CD of overtures by Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), a composer I had never heard of before, which are quite delightful.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=126910
Beethoven Leonore No 3
Beethoven Egmont
Frederic Austin The Sea Venturers
Douglas Lilburn Aotearoa
Moeran Overture to a Masque
Bax Festival Overture
Prokofiev Russian Overture
Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Copland An Outdoor Overture
Rimsky Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
Quote from: vandermolen on July 17, 2014, 12:05:24 PM
Beethoven Leonore No 3
Rimsky Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
Oh yah!!
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Quote from: ChamberNut on July 17, 2014, 01:27:11 PM
Oh yah!!
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Pleased by your restrained approval! 8)
Berwald: The Queen of Golconda
(also a candidate for "The most laid-back composer" thread).
Which leads me to ask: has anyone ever heard/seen the rest of Berwald's Drottningen av Golconda? If it's all as good as the overture, it ought to be recorded. Although, sadly, it probably isn't.
HÉROLD: Zampa
Top 13. Alphabetical.
Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz - Les francs-juges
Berlioz - Le corsaire
Borodin/Glazunov - Prince Igor
Elgar - Cockaigne
Mozart - Die Schauspieldirektor
Reznicek - Donna Diana
Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter
Smetana - The Bartered Bride
Strauss Jr. - Die Fledermaus
Suppe - Pique Dame
Suppe - Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Wagner - Die Meistersinger
Quote from: Brian on July 21, 2014, 07:38:05 PM
Strauss Jr. - Die Fledermaus
Good! J. Strauss Jr. seems to be hated here, from what I can gather. I'm not terribly well acquainted with his output, but I actually like it. Sure, it isn't deep music, but it is fun.
I played the DF overture at my university (as an "ad" for the chamber ensemble's later show of the whole opera). Our conductor told us to make the slow, sad sounding part in the middle of the overture exaggerated "drama queen" crying -- like, not real sadness, but superficial sadness. That always made me laugh.