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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