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Opera Preludes II - Licata

Membran  222899

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Verdi, Giordano, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrea Licata (conductor)

All

Recording

PCM recording

Works (11)

• Umberto Giordano: Fedora (1898) Intermezzo
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (1892) Intermezzo
• Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (1890) Intermezzo
• Giacomo Puccini: Il trittico (1918) Suor Angelica: Intermezzo
• Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (1893) Intermezzo
• Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (1871) Prelude
• Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Overture
• Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani (1855) Overture
• Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (1862) Overture
• Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller (1849) Overture
• Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (1859) Prelude