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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart Opera Highlights mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: Mozart Opera Highlights Country: UK MP3 version RAR size: 1132 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1128 mb WMA version RAR size: 1856 mb Rating: 4.2 Votes: 671 Other Formats: ASF WAV DMF MP1 MP3 MPC APE Tracklist 1 Don Giovanni - Overture 2 Don Giovanni - La Ci Darem la Mano (Act 1) 3 Don Giovanni - Finch 'han Dal Vino 4 Don Giovanni - Il Mio Tesoro (Act Ii) 5 Don Giovanni - Mi Tradi Quell ' Alma Ingrata (Act Ii) 6 Cosi Fan Tutti - Soave Sia Il Vento (Act 1) 7 Cosi Fan Tutti - Come Scolio Immoto Resta (Act 1) 8 Cosi Fan Tutti - Un' Aura Amorosa (Act 1) 9 Cosi Fan Tutti - Donne Mie Lla Fate Tanti (Act Ii) 10 Le Nozze di Figaro - Non Piu Andrai (Act 1) 11 Le Nozze di Figaro - Porgi, Amor (Act Ii) 12 Le Nozze di Figaro - Voi Che Sapete (Act Ii) 13 Le Nozze di Figaro - Deh Vieni Non Tardar (Act Iv) 14 Die Zauberflote - Overture 15 Die Zauberflote - Der Vogelfänger Bin Icht Ja (Act I) 16 Die Zauberflote - Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schun (Act I) 17 Die Zauberflote - Der Hole Rache (Act Ii) 18 Die Zauberflote - Papagena! Papagena! Papagena! (Act Ii) Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 7 24357 23322 4 Related Music albums to Mozart Opera Highlights by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart - The Ultimate Mozart Album (Mozart's Greatest Love Songs) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, John Pritchard, Mozart - Mozart Opera Arias Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - More Of The Best Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Barbara Frittoli, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras - Mozart W.A.Mozart, Orchestra Della Tonhalle Di Zurigo, Joseph Krips - Ouvertures (Le Nozze Di Figaro - Don Giovanni - L'Impresario - Il Flauto Magico - Il Ratto Dal Serraglio - La Clemenza Di Tito - Così Fan Tutte - La Finta Giardiniera - Idomeneo) Mozart - ELLA 35 Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro W.A. Mozart - Les Noces de Figaro - Don Giovanni Rudolf Kempe Conducting The Phiharmonia Orchestra, Mozart - Serenade : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Overtures : Le Nozze Di Figaro - Cosi Fan Tutte - Die Zauberflöte Mozart / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis - Ouvertures: Don Giovanni - Le Nozze Di Figaro - Die Zauberflöte E.a. Erich Kunz And The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Le Nozze Di Figaro (Act 1) / Die Zauberflote (Act 2).

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