Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava; Dario Salvi - Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber: Overtures, Vol. 7 - Le Cheval de bronze; Le Lac des fees; Marco Spada; Jenny Bell; Das eherne Pferd

This seventh volume of Auber's overtures features the 'fairy opera' Le Cheval de bronze (1835). The overture expresses the magical and mystical dynamism of the story, while the 1857 opera-ballet version presents an interpolated dance sequence, exemplifying some exotic chinoiserie. Poetic and graceful, Le Lac des fees was highly regarded in Germany, and proved influential on Wagner who saw it in Paris. Marco Spada evinces some of Auber's most accomplished and sustained mood setting. The overture to Le Cheval de bronze is also heard here in the arrangement by Engelbert Humperdinck (Das eherne Pferd, 1889).