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Donizetti Don Pasquale (Excerpts) mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: Don Pasquale (Excerpts) Country: Germany Released: 1957 Style: Opera MP3 version RAR size: 1179 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1753 mb WMA version RAR size: 1566 mb Rating: 4.4 Votes: 375 Other Formats: DTS MPC AHX DMF MIDI AA FLAC Tracklist Hide Credits Aus "Don Pasquale" (Donizetti) - Fassung Bierbaum - Kleefeld A1 Ouverture Schön Wie Ein Holder Engel / Ah, Ein Feuer, Es Brennt Mich (Romanze Des Malatesta Und Kavatine Des Don Pasquale) A2 Baritone Vocals [Dr. Malatesta] – Karl Schmitt-WalterBass Vocals [Don Pasquale] – Josef Greindl Welch' Unaufhörliches Hinum Und Herum A3 Chorus [Dienerchor] – Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks Ach, Unter Allen Blicken / Auch Ich Versteh' Die Feine Kunst (Cavatine Der B1 Norina] Soprano Vocals [Norina] – Rita Streich O Süsse Nacht (Serenade Des Ernesto) B2 Tenor Vocals [Ernesto] – Kurt Wehofschitz Les' Ich In Deinen Blicken (Duett Norina - Ernesto] B3 Soprano Vocals [Norina] – Rita StreichTenor Vocals [Ernesto] – Kurt Wehofschitz Credits Composed By – Gaetano Donizetti Conductor – Fritz Lehmann Cover – wdz Orchestra – Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks Notes [Back cover] Printed in Germany 11/57 Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: BIEM Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Donizetti* - Rita Donizetti* - Rita Streich, Kurt Streich, Kurt Wehofschitz, Karl 17 053 Wehofschitz, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Josef Deutsche 17 053 Germany 1963 LPE Schmitt-Walter, Greindl - Fritz Grammophon LPE Josef Greindl - Fritz Lehmann - Don Lehmann Pasquale (Excerpts) (10", Album, Mono) Related Music albums to Don Pasquale (Excerpts) by Donizetti Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay - Die Zauberflöte Salvatore Baccaloni / Charles Anthony / Dolores Wilson / Frank Guarrera / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / Tibor Kozma - Donizetti: Don Pasquale (Opera Buffa Abridged) Richard Wagner, Leonie Rysanek, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Waechter, Josef Greindl, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferdinand Leitner, Württembergisches Staatsorchester Stuttgart - Tannhäuser (Extraits) Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sari Barabas, Kurt Wehofschitz, Bernd Hansen Chor - Goldene Operettensterne - Beautiful World Of Operetta Donizetti - Don Pasquale Rita Streich - Rita Streich Singt Arien Der Grossen Oper Tito Schipa Jr. - Er DomPasquale Donizetti / Tito Schipa - Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti, Popp, Araiza, Nesterenko, Weikl, Heinz Wallberg - Don Pasquale Various - Das Goldene Johann Strauss Album.

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