Offenbach: Overtures Limited 180gram Vinyl LP

Orphée aux Enfers, Barbe-Bleue, La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, La belle Hélène, Vert-Vert; 
Offenbach: Overtures Limited 180gram Vinyl LP

Overview:

Jacques Offenbach: Overtures to Orphée aux Enfers, Barbe-Bleue, La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, La belle Hélène, Vert-Vert; Barcarolle from Les contes d‘Hoffmann: Marking the 200th birthday of Jacques Offenbach, Deutsche Grammophon makes available again on vinyl Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker’s recording of the composer’s most famous operetta overtures and the “Barcarolle”. “[…] as further evidence of the humanity suspected to be lurking behind that parched-leather face, imperiously eyeing us from countless record jackets, try the Offenbach overtures supermaestro did, ever so lithely and insinuatingly, with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1981.” -- LA Times on Karajan’s Offenbach Overtures // 180g pressings by Optimal, mastered from original sources // Sleeves present artwork adapted from the original artwork

Featured Tracks:

1. Offenbach: Orpheus In The Underworld (Orphée aux enfers) - Overture

2. Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue - Overture

3. Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein - Overture

4. Offenbach: La belle Hélène - Overture

5. Offenbach: Vert-Vert - Overture

6. Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne - Barcarolle