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I know this aria has already been posted here (by @elephas, a year or so ago), but this is such an utterly exquisite version that I hope I am forgiven

Handel - 'Lascia ch'io pianga' (from Rinaldo) - Patricia Petibon, Venice Baroque Orchestra


I often go looking for the 'best' version' of the things I post here. I really can't decide whether I like the utter purity of the studio recording above, or the warmth of her live rendition (including such a sweet smile as the audience burst into applause at the end (around about 5:51). (Also, the hat !)

 
Migoz2 said:
I know this aria has already been posted here (by @elephas, a year or so ago), but this is such an utterly exquisite version that I hope I am forgiven
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You should know that you never need to apologize to me about posting a beautiful redhead performing a beautiful piece of music with a beautiful voice!
 
Great song!! One of the greatest guitar solos and vocals of the rock era!!
 
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Whatever the weather,
Whatever your mood,
Face the New Day full,
Look it Right in the Face.
Go outside and feel the World,
Feel the smells and sounds and colors of the New Day.
Be a joyful part of your World.
And the rest of your day will be a blessing
For both you and those you love.

“When he came to grene wode,
In a mery mornynge,
There he herde the notes small
Of byrdes mery syngynge."
- A Gest of Robyn Hode​
 
Wildflowers and pleasing poetry can be very uplifting

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"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils."​
 
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra) in Málaga by composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega. I have actually been to Málaga to tour the Picasso Museum and of course to the magical Alhambra. Here it is played by the unequaled Andres Segovia
 
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Another Monday
Many (perhaps most) of our Mondays are not special
We do not discover new vistas in Darian
We do not utilize a planetary model to understand the structure of atoms.
We do not stand for our Fathers and Gods, alone on the hopeless bridge.
But we rise every Monday; We rise and face the world
We do the tasks and labor that fall to us
We accept the burdens and responsibilities of this life.
We toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow.
Along with thousands at His bidding, we move the needle ever so slightly
to improve the lot of mankind.
That is something to be proud of.
Happy Monday!​
 
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Another Monday
Many (perhaps most) of our Mondays are not special
We do not discover new vistas in Darian
We do not utilize a planetary model to understand the structure of atoms.
We do not stand for our Fathers and Gods, alone on the hopeless bridge.
But we rise every Monday; We rise and face the world
We do the tasks and labor that fall to us
We accept the burdens and responsibilities of this life.
We toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow.
Along with thousands at His bidding, we move the needle ever so slightly
to improve the lot of mankind.
That is something to be proud of.
Happy Monday!​
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You're twistin' my melon, man!

 
Salieri
Enough! what is this childish terror?
Dispel the empty fancies. Beaumarchais
Used to instruct me: "Listen, old Salieri,
Whenever black thoughts come into your head,
Uncork yourself another Champagne bottle
Or reread 'Le mariage de Figaro.'"
Alexander Pushkin, "Mozart and Salieri", 1830​

Beaumarchais's play "La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro" (1784) was banned in France under Louis XVI for irony of the aristocracy. Then Mozart's opera "Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata" (1786) on the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte displeased the Emperor Leopold II, who saw in it something undesirable for the monarchy and wished after the premiere not to stage the opera in its entirety, only in fragments. Perhaps, in addition to ridiculing Count Almaviva, something revolutionary was seen in the fact that the instrumental parts in the opera were given no less attention than the arias. Now we can say that this effervescent and full of humor piece is an universal musical antidepressant. Like all Mozart's music, this is overcoming sadness and death through joy and joke.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
 
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Another Monday
Many (perhaps most) of our Mondays are not special
We do not discover new vistas in Darian
We do not utilize a planetary model to understand the structure of atoms.
We do not stand for our Fathers and Gods, alone on the hopeless bridge.
But we rise every Monday; We rise and face the world
We do the tasks and labor that fall to us
We accept the burdens and responsibilities of this life.
We toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow.
Along with thousands at His bidding, we move the needle ever so slightly
to improve the lot of mankind.
That is something to be proud of.
Happy Monday!​
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The Mamas and The Papas,

 
Migoz2 said:
I know this aria has already been posted here (by @elephas, a year or so ago), but this is such an utterly exquisite version that I hope I am forgiven

Handel - 'Lascia ch'io pianga' (from Rinaldo) - Patricia Petibon, Venice Baroque Orchestra


I often go looking for the 'best' version' of the things I post here. I really can't decide whether I like the utter purity of the studio recording above, or the warmth of her live rendition (including such a sweet smile as the audience burst into applause at the end (around about 5:51). (Also, the hat !)

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Both lovely - but the utter purity of sound in the studio recording is present in the instruments as well as PP's singing - and in the interpretation too - there's a slight 'indulgence' in the stage performance, a bit of (I feel) unnecessary vibrato and rubato, especially towards the end - Handel doesn't need that. But I'm a puritanical purist when it comes to baroque music!
 
Unexpectedly, I found a verse of Edgar Allan Poe for myself. I haven't seen it before:

I dwelt alone
In a world of moan,
And my soul was a stagnant tide,
Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride-
Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

Ah, less- less bright
The stars of the night
Than the eyes of the radiant girl!
That the vapor can make

With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,
Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl-
Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless
curl.

Now Doubt- now Pain
Come never again,
For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,
And all day long
Shines, bright and strong,
Astarte within the sky,
While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye-
While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.
 
NewUser said:
Unexpectedly, I found a verse of Edgar Allan Poe for myself. I haven't seen it before:

I dwelt alone
In a world of moan,
And my soul was a stagnant tide,
Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride-
Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

Ah, less- less bright
The stars of the night
Than the eyes of the radiant girl!
That the vapor can make

With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,
Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl-
Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless
curl.

Now Doubt- now Pain
Come never again,
For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,
And all day long
Shines, bright and strong,
Astarte within the sky,
While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye-
While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.
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Wow! I've not come across that before - thanks! flower2
 
As Summer winds down and we enjoy that last few days before Autumn, An uplifting, but totally non-intellectual tribute to the joy of Summer and the time when:
"You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find"
 
I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole last night, as you do, and I found this extremely uplifting video of a 68 year old woman being reduced to tears.

First Aid Kit sing a song that they wrote as a tribute to Emmylou Harris. The grey-haired and balding guy bopping along next to Emmylou is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.



And if you want more of First Aid Kit (I certainly did), look for the one of them having a profound effect on Paul Simon, too.
 
Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers singing Unchained Melody. This was live on the Andy Williams show in 1965. Apparently Bobby was very nervous before going on to sing this as his parents were in the audience that night. He was also suffering from a slight head cold. But IMHO he nails it, absolutely kills it.


And my favorite reaction video:

 
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Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers singing Unchained Melody. This was live on the Andy Williams show in 1965. Apparently Bobby was very nervous before going on to sing this as his parents were in the audience that night. He was also suffering from a slight head cold. But IMHO he nails it, absolutely kills it.


And my favorite reaction video:

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That man could SING!:applaudit::applaudit::applaudit:
 
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