Even more irresistible than the Italian football team and their ace national anthem is Verdi’s overture to Nabucco. It’s rousing and joyous and simply one of my favourite things.
Listening time: 13 mins (Intro podcast, 6′; music 7′)
Music here, super-stylishly played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado:
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