Guillaume Tell : Ouverture

~ Overture

Annotation

The entire overture, in four parts each following the next without pause, lasts for approximately 12 minutes. Probably its most famous segment is the Finale ("March of the Swiss Soldiers") for its use as the theme of The Lone Ranger.

Annotation last modified on 2017-06-13 07:31 UTC.

Relationships

composer:Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist)
Étienne de Jouy
Wikidata:Q6046246 [info]
referred to in medleys:William Tell Overture / Oklahoma Medley
“Unbegun” Symphony: Andante—Allegro (order: 4)
Quodlibet for Small Orchestra: Allegro (3rd movement) (order: 16)
part of:Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi) (order: 1)
Guillaume Tell (order: 1)
parts:1. William Tell Overture: Prelude, Dawn (andante)
2. William Tell Overture: Storm (allegro)
3. William Tell Overture: Ranz des vaches (andantino)
4. William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace) (Lone Ranger theme)
is the basis for:Game Over ～Guillaume Tell Overture～ (Thunder Force)
Main Theme ～Guillaume Tell Overture～ (Thunder Force)
Tell
William Tell Overture (Spike Jones version)
William Tell Overture (excerpt) (Stan LePard adaptation)
arrangements:Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (for two pianos, Rummel)
Guillaume Tell: Overture (catch-all for arrangements)
Overture de l’opera “Guillaume Tell”, S. 552, R. 237 (for piano solo, Liszt)
Overture from Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell”, op. 202 (for guitar; arr. Legnani)
William Tell Overture (for band, Leidzén)
William Tell: Overture (for organ, Lemare)
music quoted on:Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141: I. Allegretto

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1934-10-20William Tell: OvertureLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham11:54
1939Guillaume Tell: OuvertureNBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini11:41
1947 – 1948Guillaume Tell: OvertureOrchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Victor de Sabata13:15
1955-09William Tell: OvertureLondon Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba11:07
1956-11-26William Tell OvertureBoston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler11:54
1957-05-04Guillaume Tell: OvertureHallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli11:27
1958-11-22Guillaume Tell: OvertureChicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner11:58
1959-01-16William Tell OvertureDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray11:12
1960-03-26 – 1960-03-30Guillaume Tell: OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan12:06
1960-11William Tell: OvertureLondon Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba11:35
1962-12-13 – 1962-12-14Guillaume Tell (William Tell): OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini12:20
1963-12-02Guillaume Tell: OvertureEngelbert Brenner, John Wummer, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein11:30
1971-01-02 – 1971-01-06William Tell: OvertureBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan11:56
1976-12-06 – 1976-12-08Guillaume Tell: OvertureAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner11:15
1978-07-08William Tell: OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti11:29
1978-09 – 1979-08Guglielmo Tell: OvertureNational Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly12:21
1978William Tell: OvertureLondon Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado11:29
1979 – 1980William Tell (extract)partialPhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti6:01
1980-07William Tell: OvertureIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta12:00
1983-12-28 – 1984-02-24"William Tell" OvertureBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan11:39
1985William Tell OverturepartialThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti3:13
1987-11Guillaume Tell: OvertureAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner11:23
1987Guillaume Tell: OvertureBamberger Symphoniker, Giuseppe Patané11:21
1989-01-09 – 1989-01-11William Tell: OvertureZagreb Festival Orchestra, Michael Halász12:07
1989-10-08William Tell OvertureliveRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Reed11:48
1989-12Guillaume Tell: OvertureChamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado10:59
1990-01Guillaume Tell: Sinfonia. Andante – Allegro – Andantino – Allegro vivaceThe London Classical Players, Roger Norrington11:53
1990-10-03 – 1990-10-04Guillaume Tell (William Tell): OvertureOrchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit11:30
1991-07Guillaume Tell: OvertureRadio‐Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Gianluigi Gelmetti11:08
1991Guillaume Tell: OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera12:07
1993-01-23 – 1993-01-26Guillaume Tell: OvertureliveSergiu Celibidache, Münchner Philharmoniker14:20
1995-01-11Wilhelm Tell: OuvertürePhilharmonie der Nationen, Justus Frantz11:24
1995-02-23 – 1995-02-27Guglielmo Tell: OvertureOrchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly11:41
1998-10-24Guillaume Tell : OuvertureliveOrchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi12:00
1998Wilhelm Tell: OverturePhilharmonia of the Nations, Justus Frantz11:34
2000-11-25Guillaume Tell: OuvertürelivePhilharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Ulm, James Allen Gähres11:56
2004Overture to Wilhem Telllive and partialBudapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra3:38
2005-07William Tell OvertureMelbourne Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Inglis11:48
2010-10-16 – 2010-12-21Guillaume Tell : OuvertureOrchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano11:48
2011-09-05 – 2011-09-06Guillaume Tell: OuverturePrague Sinfonia, Christian Benda11:35
2013-07Guillaume Tell : OuvertureliveVirtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani11:26
2018-05Guillaume Tell - OvertureOrchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti12:11
‘William Tell’ OvertureThe National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt11:40
《威廉·泰爾》序曲 William Tell OvertureHong Kong Sinfonietta, Yip Wing‐sie11:14
「ウィリアム・テル」序曲The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman11:10
Foxy vegetables, "The Lone Ranger" (Overture to William Tell)partialBamberger Symphoniker, Jonel Perlea4:42
Guglielmo Tell (Overture)Pfälzische Philharmonie, Kurt Redel11:56
Guglielmo Tell: Ouverturepartial[unknown]5:28
Guglielmo Tell: OvertureLondon Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado11:31
Guglielmo Tell: OvertureNational Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly12:21
Guglielmo Tell: Overturepartial[unknown]3:14
Guglielmo Tell: OvertureNational Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly11:58
Guglielmo Tell: OvertureInternational Belcanto Orchestra, Gabriele Bellini11:58
Guglielmo Tell: Overture (Allegro vivace)partialOrchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti3:30
Guglielmo Tell: Sinfoniahr‐Sinfonieorchester, Carl Schuricht11:54
Gugliemo Tell «Overture»partial[unknown]3:16
Guilherme Tell: AberturaBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan11:55
Guillaume TellAntonio Pappano11:34
Guillaume TellThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy11:53
Guillaume Tell - OuverturepartialPhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti3:16
Guillaume Tell : OuverturepartialOrchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Tullio Serafin3:26
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture[unknown]10:57
Guillaume Tell : Ouverturepartial[unknown]3:08
Guillaume Tell : OuvertureBamberger Symphoniker, Giuseppe Patanè11:16
Guillaume Tell : OuverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti11:31
Guillaume Tell : OuverturepartialMario Rossi1:10
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (Reebok)partial[unknown]5:55
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture. Andante - allegro - andantino - allegro vivaceVirtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani11:28
Guillaume Tell : Overture[unknown]12:54
Guillaume Tell : OvertureRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli12:17
Guillaume Tell (Wilhelm Tell): OuvertürePlovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Rouslan Raychev12:53
Guillaume Tell (William Tell)Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi11:17
Guillaume Tell (William Tell): OvertureTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Vakhtang Kakhidze12:52
Guillaume Tell (William Tell): OvertureUppsala Kammarorkester, Paul Mägi11:30
Guillaume Tell / Wilhelm Tell: OuvertüreOrchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit11:29
Guillaume Tell, op. 202: SinfoniaNew Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Scholz12:23
Guillaume Tell: OberturaGianluigi Gelmetti10:59
Guillaume Tell: Ouverture[unknown]12:09
Guillaume Tell: OuvertureOrchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung11:10
Guillaume Tell: OuvertureOrchestre symphonique de Bamberg, Giuseppe Patanè11:12
Guillaume Tell: OuvertüreBoston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler3:04
Guillaume Tell: Ouverture (extr.)partialPhilharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini3:17
Guillaume Tell: OvertureNBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini12:01
Guillaume Tell: OvertureChamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado11:01
Guillaume Tell: Overture[unknown]12:10
Guillaume Tell: OverturepartialRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra3:29
Guillaume Tell: Overturepartial[unknown]3:10
Guillaume Tell: OvertureEuropa Symphony, Wolfgang Gröhs12:16
Guillaume Tell: OvertureBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan12:04
Guillaume Tell: OvertureThe State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Bátiz11:44
Guillaume Tell: OvertureLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham11:41
Guillaume Tell: OvertureRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli12:16
Guillaume Tell: OvertureEuropa Symphony, Wolfgang Gröhs12:18
Guillaume Tell: OverturePhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti?:??
Guillaume Tell: OvertureRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Païta12:12
Guillaume Tell: OvertureNBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini11:44
Guillaume Tell: OvertureLondon Festival Orchestra12:59
Guillaume Tell: Overture (excerpt)partialAntonio Pappano?:??
Guillaume Tell: Overture (excerpt)partialTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze3:06
Guillaume Tell: Overture (Excerpt) “Fanfares”partial[unknown]3:43
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