Daniel Auber - Overture 'Le Cheval de Bronze' (1835)

Daniel François Esprit Auber (29 January 1782 – 12/13 May 1871) was a French composer.

Overture "Le Cheval de Bronze" (1835)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier

Le cheval de bronze (The Bronze Horse) is an opéra comique, first performed on 23 March 1835 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse in Paris. The libretto (in three acts) is by Auber's regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and the piece was a great success in its day. In 1857, it was transformed into an opera-ballet, but this did not hold the stage. The overture is one of Auber's most popular. The first-act finale expands on the final phrases from the first-act finale of Mozart's Così fan tutte. The composer tried to reflect the Chinese setting of the story in the music.

[cyprianbeecroft]

This has become one of my favourite overtures that I return to many many times! It has such a distinguished and yet energetic quality to it, truly one of the French overtures of all time.

[notaire]

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Interpretation dieser romantischen und fein komponierten Ouvertüre mit gut phrasierten doch perfekt vereinigten Tönen aller Instrumente. Der talentierte Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im rhythmischen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Echt angenehm!

[MegaCirse]

En baguenaudant dans les prés du présent, on peut cueillir des bouquets de fleurs folles et improbables, revenir avec des extraits somptueux de ce fastueux compositeur et se dire que l'on a gagné parfois du temps à ne pas avoir écouté de la musique vide d’émotions pour gagner enfin en sérénité !

[Mahlerweber]

My first Auber Orchestral score ever I've ever seeing. Thank you.

[johnmarkbrailsford]

"Bustle, merriment and life-enhancing tunes" (Edward Sackville-West, 'The Record Guide' 1955, on Auber overtures)

[yp]

G. Rossini at the end of his "operatic" career in Paris, give some good lessons to the young french composers, with 3 of his masterpieces: "La siège de Corinthe", "Il viaggio a Reims" & 'Guillaume Tell".

[davidrehak]

Daniel Auber:A bronz ló-Nyitány
BBC Filharmonikus Zenekara
Vezényel:Yan Pascal Tortelier

[nicholasfox]

Eulenberg scores are notorious for their blatant errors--in fact, there has always been a "conspiracy theory" that Eulenberg intentionally adds errors to its scores so as to use other houses' editions without paying a fee. For instance, look at the triangle part during the allegretto theme starting at :44. If you didn't know any better, you would think that this was the trumpet playing a series of low D's in bass clef, for some reason.

[att-lq]

molto rossiniano, del resto Aubert era ammiratore ed amico del pesarese,
ma musica estremamente gradevole.

[alexkije]

Starts out sounding like Shimee Shimee Coca Puffs commercial.