Offenbach - Famous Overtures
Review by Rayssa Leite
The album Famous Overtures by Offenbach is a delightful collection of classical music that showcases the composer's mastery of the genre. The album features some of Offenbach's most famous works including Orpheus in the Underworld, La Belle Hélène, and La Vie parisienne.
The opening track, Orpheus in the Underworld, is a lively and energetic overture that sets the tone for the rest of the album. The music is filled with playful melodies, intricate harmonies, and dynamic rhythms that keep the listener engaged throughout.
La Belle Hélène, another standout track, is a beautiful and romantic composition that highlights Offenbach's skill in creating lush orchestral arrangements. The music is full of sweeping strings, soaring horns, and delicate woodwinds that create a sense of grandeur and elegance.
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Download
Filename: offenbach-famous-overtures.zip- MP3 size: 21.6 mb
- FLAC size: 217.8 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Orphée Aux Enfers (Orpheus In The Underworld) | ||
| Barbe-Bleu | ||
| Monsieur Et Madame Denis | ||
| La Belle Hélène | ||
| La Vie Parisienne | ||
| La Grande Duchesse De Gérolstein |
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Catalog Numbers
- TT 385
- T 385, T. 385
- PWS 780
- ST. 385, T 385
Labels
- World Record Club
- Westminster
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Formats
- Reel-To-Reel
- 3 ¾ ips
- ¼"
- 4-Track Mono
- 5" Cine Reel
- Album
- Club Edition
- Vinyl
- LP
- Mono
- Stereo
Companies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Record Company | Artone Gramofoonplaten |
| Manufactured By | Artone Holland |
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Composed By | Jacques Offenbach |
| Conductor | Hermann Scherchen |
| Orchestra | The Vienna State Opera Orchestra |
| Sleeve Notes | Peter Gammond |
Notes
- A Westminster Recording.
- WRC reel-to-reel - issued only as a 3¾" mono reel.
- A Westminster Recording
- Mono and stereo versions have identical sleeves with the same catalogue number - "T 385". The mono version has "T. 385" on its labels, while the stereo has "ST. 385". The stereo was issued with a "stereo" sticker on the sleeve.
- Manufactured by Artone Holland
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (A side runout, stamped): W 8056-3S GD 1
- Matrix / Runout (B side runout, stamped): W 8057-1S M 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SW.8056
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SW.8057
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Stamped): SW 8056 - 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Stamped): SW 8057 - 2
About Offenbach
Born: 1819-06-20 (Cologne, Germany)
Died: 1889-10-05 (Paris, France)
Jacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer and cellist of the Romantic era and one of the originators of the operetta form. Of German-Jewish ancestry, he was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory.
Offenbach's numerous operettas, such as «Orphée aux enfers» (Orpheus in the Underworld) and «La belle Hélène», were extremely popular in both France and the English-speaking world during the 1850s and 1860s. They combined political and cultural satire with witty grand opera parodies. His popularity in France went down during the 1870s after the Second Empire, and he fled France, but during the last years of his life, his popularity rebounded, and several of his operettas are still performed. While his name remains associated most closely with the French operetta and the Second Empire, it is Offenbach's one fully operatic masterpiece, «Les contes d'Hoffmann» (The Tales of Hoffmann), composed at the end of his career, that has become the most familiar of Offenbach's works in major opera houses.
Offenbach was music director of the for 7 years.
Real Name
- Jacob Offenbach
Name Vars
- Hofenbach
- Hoffenbach
- I. Offenbach
- J Offenbach
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- Jacques Auguste Igna Offenbach
- Jacques Auguste Offenbach
- Jacques L. Offenbach
- Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
- Jacques S. Offenbach
- Jakub Offenbach
- Jaques Offenbach
- Jules Offenbach
- M. J. Offenbach
- M.J. Offenbach
- Ofeenbach
- Ofenbach
- Ofenbah
- Offembacch
- Offembach
- Offen Bach
- Offenbach
- Offenbach J.
- Offenbach Jacques
- Offenbach's
- Offenbach, Jacques
- Offenbach-
- Offenbach-Rosenthal
- Offenback
- Offenberg
- Offerbach
- Offnbach
- Ophenbach
- Pffembacj
- offenbach
- Ž. Ofenbachas
- Ž. Ofenbah
- Ž. Ofenbahs
- Ž.Ofenbahs
- Ζακ Όφενμπαχ
- Ж. Оффенбах
- Жак Офенбах
- Жак Оффенбах
- Офенбах
- Оффенбах
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Aliases
- Jacob