Albrecht / Berlin Rso Spontini: Olympie CD

Spontini: Olympie Music

List Price	$51.96 (You save $7.47)
Label	Orfeo
Orig Year	5/23/1995
All Time Sales Rank	33725
CD Universe Part number	1482929
Discs	2
Release Date	May 04, 1989
Recording Time	2 17

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Spontini: Olympie Songs

1. Olympia, opera (8:47)
Composer	Gaspare Spontini (1774 - 1851)
Conductor	Gerd Albrecht
Performer	Stefania Toczyska (Voice) Julia Varady (Voice) George Fortune (Voice) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Voice) Josef Becker (Voice)
Genre	Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written	1826
Period	Romantic
Country	Italy
Venue	Jesus Christ Church, Berlin, Germany
Notes	Jesus Christ Church, Berlin, Germany (02/01/1984-02/09/1984)

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