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Amilcare Ponchielli Highlights From La Gioconda mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: Highlights From La Gioconda Country: US Style: Opera MP3 version RAR size: 1527 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1159 mb WMA version RAR size: 1591 mb Rating: 4.9 Votes: 519 Other Formats: MIDI AC3 RA AA VOX DMF MOD Tracklist A1 Fest E Pane! 2:57 A2 Figlia, Che Reggi Il Tremulo Pie 3:45 A3 Voce Di Donna 3:40 A4 O Monumento!...ballet. 7:07 A5 Tradita?...Ahime! Soccombo 3:14 A6 Ah! Pescator A7 Cielo E Mar! 4:34 A8 Deh! Non Tremar!..Laggiu Nelle Nebbie Remote (Duet) 3:57 A9 Stella Del Marinar! 2:14 B1 E Un Anatema! (Duet) 3:50 B2 Vedi La, Nel Canal Morto 3:36 B3 Si! Morir Ella De'!...Ombre di Mia Propaspia 5:05 B4 Dance Of The Hours 10:00 B5 Suicido!... 4:37 B6 Si, Il Patto Mantengo 4:30 Credits Baritone Vocals – Paolo Silveri Bass Vocals – Giulio Neri, Piero Poldi Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Fedora Barbieri, Maria Amadini Soprano Vocals – Maria Callas Tenor Vocals – Armando Benzi, Gianni Poggi Related Music albums to Highlights From La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli Giuseppe Verdi, Maria Curtis Verna, Miriam Pirazzini, Franco Corelli, Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Giulio Neri, Athos Cesarini, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI, Ruggero Maghini - Aïda Maria Callas / Carlo Bergonzi / Tito Gobbi / Georges Prêtre Conducting Puccini - Puccini Tosca Highlights Verdi, Maria Callas • Fedora Barbieri • Richard Tucker • Tito Gobbi, Choeurs Et Orchestre Du Théâtre de la Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin - Aïda • Extraits Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Maria Meneghini Callas, Adriana Lazzarini, Plinio Clabassi, William Dickie, Renato Ercolani, Carlo Forti, Tullio Serafin, Norberto Mola - Rigoletto Highlights From The Complete Recording Verdi • Maria Callas • Tito Gobbi • Giuseppe di Stefano • Nicola Zaccaria • Orchestra And Chorus Of La Scala, Milan Conducted By Tullio Serafin - Rigoletto Giocomo Puccini, Rosanna Carteri, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei, Cesare Siepi, Pier Luigi Latinucci, Elvira Ramella, Armando Benzi, Mario Zorgniotti, Piero Poldi, Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Of Torino Della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Gabriele Sant Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda Amilcare Ponchielli / Arrigo Boito / Alfredo Catalani - La Gioconda / Mefistofele / La Wally The Boston Opera Company - 1909 - 1914. An Historic Recording From Columbia's Archives Беньямино Джильи - Тенор.

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