Famous French Overtures
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
La vie parisienne (Parisian Life)>
Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
Si j'etais roi (If I were king)
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) (Like the
Breeze)
Ainsi que la brise (Faust)
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)
Fête polonaise (Le roi malgre lui)
(Polish Festival)
Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871)
Les diamants de la couronne
(The Crown Diamonds)
Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871)
Le cheval de bronze (The Bronze Horse)
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)
Danse slave (Le roi malgre lui) (Slavonic
Dance)
Jacques Offenbach (1819 -1880)
La belle Helene (Fair Helen)
Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871)
Masaniello (La muette de Portici)
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