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Giuseppe Verdi MacBeth (Arien Und Szenen) mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: MacBeth (Arien Und Szenen) Country: Germany Released: 1971 MP3 version RAR size: 1786 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1923 mb WMA version RAR size: 1871 mb Rating: 4.3 Votes: 120 Other Formats: VOC AC3 MP2 AA MMF APE MPC Tracklist A1 Nel Di Della Vittoria ... Vieni! T'affreta! Accender Ti Vó A2 Regna Il Sonno Su Tutti... Fatal Mia Donna! Un Murmure A3 La Luce Langue A4 Studia Il Passo, O Mio Figlio... Come Dal Ciel Precipita A5 Che Ti Scosta, O Re Mio Sposo B1 Finchè Appelli, Silenti M'attendete B2 Patria Opressa! B3 O Figli, O Figi Miei!.... Ah La Paterna Mano B4 Vegliamo Invan Due Notti B5 Una Macchia È Qui Tuttora B6 Pietà, Rispetto, Amore B7 Vittoria! Vittoria! Companies, etc. Manufactured By – TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH Credits Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Marsland Bass Vocals – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Raymond Myers Chorus – Ambrosian Opera Chorus* Chorus Master – John McCarthy Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi Conductor – Lamberto Gardelli Liner Notes – Hans Christoph Worbs Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Helen Lawrence Orchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra* Soprano Vocals – Andrew Dance, Elena Suliotis*, John Noble Tenor Vocals – Luciano Pavarotti, Ricardo Cassinelli Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Verdi*, Souliotis*, Fischer- Verdi*, Souliotis*, Dieskau*, Pavarotti*, Fischer-Dieskau*, Ghiaurov*, The Ambrosian Pavarotti*, Ghiaurov*, The SET 539 Opera Chorus, London Decca SET 539 UK 1972 Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra*, London Philharmonic Gardelli* - Macbeth - Orchestra*, Gardelli* Highlights (LP) Verdi*, Fischer-Dieskau*, Verdi*, Fischer-Dieskau*, Souliotis*, Pavarotti*, Souliotis*, Pavarotti*, London Philharmonic 421 889-2 London Philharmonic Decca 421 889-2 UK 1992 Orchestra*, Lamberto Orchestra*, Lamberto Gardelli - Macbeth Gardelli Highlights (CD, Comp) Related Music albums to MacBeth (Arien Und Szenen) by Giuseppe Verdi Verdi / James McCracken, Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli - Othello Highlights Verdi, Vienna Opera Orchestra and Tito Gobbi, Elena Suliotis, Bruno Prevedi, Carlo Cava, Chorus, Lamberto Gardelli - Nabucco Mahler / James King , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein - Das Lied Von Der Erde Verdi , Pilar Lorengar · Giacomo Aragall , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chor Und Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel - La Traviata Various - La Bohème Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti - Nabucco Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Verdi - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Singt Arien Aus Oper von Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Vincenzo Bellini - Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra - La Sonnambula Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos Conducts New Philharmonia Orchestra With New Philharmonia Chorus With Wandsworth School Boys' Choir - Mendelssohn: Elijah Giuseppe Verdi - Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, La Scala Chorus And Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan - Requiem.

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