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Verdi Nabucco Mp3, Flac, Wma Verdi Nabucco mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: Nabucco Country: Spain Released: 1981 Style: Romantic, Opera MP3 version RAR size: 1407 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1849 mb WMA version RAR size: 1347 mb Rating: 4.1 Votes: 534 Other Formats: WMA MIDI APE DXD MP1 AIFF VOC Tracklist Atto 1. 1-1 Sinfonia 7:04 1-2 Gli Arredi Festivi Giu Cadano Infranti... 5:11 1-3 Sperate, O Figli! 6:10 1-4 Come Notte A Sol Fulgente 3:21 1-5 Fenena!...O Mia Diletta! 2:00 1-6 Prode Guerrier! 4:55 1-7 Lo Vedeste? 1:52 1-8 Viva Nabucco! 3:10 1-9 Trimin Glinsani Del Mio Furore! 3:45 1-10 O Vinti, Il Capo A Terra! 1:00 1-11 Mio Furor, Non Piu Costretto 3:31 Atto 2. 1-12 Ben Io T'invenni, O Fatal Scritto! 3:32 1-13 Anch'io Dischiuso Un Giomo 4:21 1-14 Salgo Gia Del Trono Aurato 3:12 2-1 Vieni, O Levita 4:49 2-2 Che Si Vuol Il Maledetto Non Ha Fratelli 2:40 2-3 Deh, Fratelli, Perdonate! 2:11 2-4 S'appressan Gl'istanti 3:23 2-5 S'oda Or Me 2:35 2-6 Chi Mi Toglie Il Regio Scettro 2:59 2-7 E L Assiria Una Regina 6:11 2-8 Donna, Chi Sei 7:13 2-9 Deh Perdona 3:21 2-10 Va Pensiero Sull'alli Dorate 4:43 2-11 Oh, Chi Piange Del Futuro Nel Buio Discerno 4:12 2-12 Son Pur Queste Mie Membra 5:05 2-13 Dio Di Guida 3:44 2-14 Cadran Cadranno I Perfidi 1:55 2-15 Marcia Funebre 2:52 2-16 Oh Dischiuso E Il Firmamento 1:54 2-17 Viva Nabucco 7:28 Credits Baritone Vocals – Tito Gobbi Bass Vocals – Carlo Cava, Giovanni Foiani Choir – Wiener Staatsopernchor (tracks: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor) Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi Conductor – Lamberto Gardelli Orchestra – Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper (tracks: Wiener Opernorchester) Soprano Vocals – Anna D'Auria, Dora Carral, Elena Souliotis Tenor Vocals – Bruno Prevedi, Walter Kräutler Notes Includes the Spanish booklet. Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Verdi*, Vienna Opera Verdi*, Vienna Opera Orchestra* and Tito Orchestra* and Tito Gobbi, Elena Gobbi, Elena Suliotis*, London OSA 1382 Suliotis*, Bruno Bruno Prevedi, Carlo OSA 1382 US 1966 Records Prevedi, Carlo Cava, Cava, Chorus*, Chorus*, Lamberto Lamberto Gardelli - Gardelli Nabucco (3xLP + Box) Giuseppe Verdi, Tito Giuseppe Verdi, Tito Gobbi, Elena Souliotis, Gobbi, Elena Carlo Cava, Bruno Souliotis, Carlo Cava, Prevedi, Orchester Der London SOL-333 Bruno Prevedi, SOL-333 Chile 1968 Wiener Staatsoper, Records Orchester Der Lamberto Gardelli - Wiener Staatsoper, Nabucco (3xLP, Album Lamberto Gardelli + Box, Album) Verdi* - Tito Gobbi, Verdi* - Tito Gobbi, Vienna Opera Vienna Opera SET Orchestra* & Chorus* SET Orchestra* & Decca Europe 1986 298-300 Conducted By Lamberto 298-300 Chorus* Conducted Gardelli - Nabucco By Lamberto Gardelli (3xLP + Box, RE) London Giuseppe Verdi / Giuseppe Verdi / Records, 417 407-2 , Lamberto Gardelli • 417 407-2 , Lamberto Gardelli • London 417 408-2 , Chorus Of Vienna State 417 408-2 , US 1986 Chorus Of Vienna Records, 417 409-2 Opera* - Nabucco 417 409-2 State Opera* London (2xCD, Album + Box) Records SET SET Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco (Box + 3xLP) Decca UK 1965 298-300 298-300 Related Music albums to Nabucco by Verdi Verdi, Chorus And Orchestra Of L'Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Carlo Franci - Verdi Choruses Antonietta Stella, Elena Nicolai, Mario Filippeschi, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Rome Opera House Orchestra And Chorus, Gabriele Santini - Verdi - Don Carlo (Complete) Verdi - Cornell MacNeil, Leonie Rysanek, Cesare Siepi, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus, Thomas Schippers - Nabucco Cherubini / Gwyneth Jones, Pilar Lorengar, Bruno Prevedi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Justino Diaz - The Orchestra Of The Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Lamberto Gardelli - Medea Verdi | Manuguerra • Scotto • Ghiaurov | Obraztsova • Luchetti | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Philharmonia Orchestra | Muti - Nabucco (Highlights / Extraits / Querschnitt) Caterina Mancini, Paolo Silveri, Antonio Cassinelli, Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco (Großer Querschnitt) Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra And Chorus Arena Di Verona, Anton Guadagno - Nabucco Verdi • La Scala • Abbado - Opera Choruses.
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