For all you Overture Enthusiasts: Gypsy and Candide

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 8:00pm

Found a few of these on YouTube:

Candide, conducted by Leonard Bernstein (brilliant)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422-yb8TXj8

Gypsy, conducted by John Williams (at over 5 minutes, it's a little slow, but it sure milks the damn thing for all it's worth and more!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrcQdT8uf8k

and my favorite piece, not an overture, but the Sacrifical Dance from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSyoi0EGYBw

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 9:10pm

Thanks, Yank. I could watch Lenny conduct forever--his own music, Beethoven, Mahler, Wagner...anything.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 9:13pm

BTW- Candide is on TDF this weekends - for those interested......

J*

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 9:56pm

I LOVE Gypsy's overture, thanks so much!

Diane

[EugLoven]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:00am

Nail me on the cross, but given a choice between the two, I'll take CANDIDE's overture over GYPSY any day.

It's thanks to my former college director (multiple Tony nominee, Barbara Damashek) that I really came to appreciate CANDIDE for what it was. One of the most perfectly-composed musical/opera pieces of the 20th century.

In a different vein GGAARGH! if only I was a member of TDF! Dammit! Someday I'll qualify... until then, I need to pass as a senior-citizen! I must see it at the NYCO now, please? It was on a papering-service last week but I doubt it'll be again (given the word-of-mouth).
Updated On: 4/16/08 at 12:00 AM

[Someday]

Posted: 4/17/08 at 1:39am

EugLoven, FYI, I sent you a PM. Just wanted to make sure you saw it.

[dave1606]

Posted: 4/17/08 at 2:12am

seeing candide tommorrow night! soo excited to hear that overture live!

[balto]

Posted: 4/17/08 at 8:32am

Anyone else love the South Pacific Overture? This link isn't the full overture, having trouble finding it - anyone have the full overture somewhere?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jm6IFnU-Fw

[balto]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:42pm

Still trying to find the full South Pacific Overture somewhere...

Anyone?

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 1:21pm

I couldn't get through the Candide overture. The video and the audio are not in sync! Pretty disappointing.

~Steven

[elmore3003]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 2:35pm

The only full recordings of the Overture to SOUTH PACIFIC that I know of are the complete score on JAY Records and the R&H overtures with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

[logan0215]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 3:19pm

The Gypsy overture restores my faith in Musical Theater... and humanity.

[BNN]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 3:19pm

This reminds me, does anyone know of a certain track that begins with the Gypsy overture and then combines other famous overtures/openings (Carousel and Sweeney Todd are the only ones I can recall). I figured overture enthusiasts could guide me!

[allofmylife]

Posted: 4/21/08 at 6:26pm

That South Pacific overture on youtube is lethargic and they have made some curious cuts....