Highlights From Famous Operas - CD 10 - Reznicek, Boildieu, Massenet, Nicolai, Leoncavallo, Thomas, Puccini / Brilliant Classics Audio CD 1994 / 280744

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Emil Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Reznicek (4 May 1860, in Vienna – 2 August 1945, in Berlin) was an Austrian composer of Romanian-Czech ancestry.

François-Adrien Boieldieu (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa a.dʁi.(j)ɛ̃ bɔ.jɛl.djø], also [bwa(.ɛ)l.djø]) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".

Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (French pronunciation: ​[ʒyl emil fʁedeʁik masnɛ]; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor as Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments.

Tracklist:

1.  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek - Donna Diana (Overture)   4:07

2.  Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata (Overture to the Act I)   3:43

3.  Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo)   3:13

4.  Francois Adrien Boieldieu - The Caliph From Baghdad (Overture)   7:53

5.  Julles Massenet - Thais (Meditations from the Act II)    5:10

6.  Otto Nicolai - Merry Wives from Windsor (Overture)   8:30

7.  Ruggiero Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci (Intermezzo between the Acts I and II)   3:36

8.  Ambroise Thomas - Mignon (Entre Act Music)   1:46

9.  Pietro Mascagni - L' Amico Fritz (Intermezzo from the Act III)   4:28

10. Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut (Intermezzo from the Act III)   5:26