Pieces that were once regularly played, which today have fallen out of the repertoire: the Overture to Otto Nicolai’s opera The Merry Wives of Windsor. Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan; recorded 1960.

Oct 10, 2025 | Music That Time Forgot, Videos | 0 comments

Otto Nicolai 1810-49, one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic

My first recording of Otto Nicolai’s wonderful Merry Wives of Windsor Overture. Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Willi Boskovsky for Decca.

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