Composer: Daniel François Esprit Auber
Orchestra: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Dario Salvi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2021
Size: 1.25 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Grande ouverture pour l’inauguration de l’exposition à Londres
La barcarolle, ou l’amour et la musique, S. 38 (Excerpts)
02. Overture
03. Act II Entr’acte
04. Air de danse
Les chaperons blancs, S. 27 (Excerpts)
05. Overture
06. Act II Entr’acte
07. Act III Entr’acte
Lestocq, ou l’intrigue et l’amour, S. 24 (Excerpts)
08. Overture
09. Act II Entr’acte
La Muette de Portici
10. Overture
Rêve d’amour, S. 51 (Excerpts)
11. Overture
12. Act III Entr’acte
Le serment, ou les faux monnoyeurs, S. 22
13. Overture
Although Auber was one of the most popular of 19th-century French composers, his music is seldom revived in the opera house. This series is restoring his overtures and orchestral excerpts from operas, a swathe of refined and elegant music showing his importance in operatic history. Featured in this volume are the overture from La Muette de Portici, his revolutionary masterpiece, as well as premiere recordings of music from La Barcarolle and Les Chaperons blancs, exuding both the drama and the charm that permeate all his mature works.