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French Art Critic. Huge fan of opera and classical music. You can follow me on twitter: OperaDivaLover You can also follow my husband 's blog' Historical singers

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A daily dose of Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 - 2. Adagio

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Your Sunday Bach Cantata for Rogate

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Work: In der Welt habt ihr Angst from Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (1725)

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester; conducted by Karl Richter

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Bass arioso from BWV 87

In the world you have fear; however be comforted, I have conquered the world.

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Ei tarda ancor! … L’orror del tradimento from Verdi’s Oberto, sung by Simon Estes.

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Tamino, halt, ich muss dich seh’n! … Tamino mein, o welch ein Glück from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, sung by Evelyn Lear and Fritz Wunderlich.

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Joseph Haydn, Armida (1784), Overture Concentus Musicus Wien • Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2000) Armida Gazes on the Enchanted Rinaldo, Giuseppe Cades

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Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D, ‘The Clock’ - II. Andante (07:32)

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Beethoven 12 Schottische Lieder, WoO 156 11. “Auld Lang Syne”

Michael Clark et al.

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Happy New Year  from me and Ludwig.

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“My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less—but in the end, doesn’t each person give his life for his calling?”

— Clara Schumann (Pianist, Composer)

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Beverly Sills, Roberto Devereux. 

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Tenor Lawrence Brownlee singing Donizetti’s “Mes amis” from La Fille du Régiment.

Test and translation here.

GORGEOUS. I had never heard him before and I just randomly clicked on this video. His timbre (tone quality) is BEAUTIFUL.

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Joan Sutherland/Met Debut/Lucia

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Joan Sutherland sings Lucia di Lammermoor (1973)

Even people suffering from an unfortunate allergy to fabulous singing should watch this for the Muppets’ sake. “Joan, why didn’t you call me!”

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Spirto gentil from Donizetti’s La favorita, sung by Nicolai Gedda.

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Maria Callas, Lucia.

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Il segreto per esser felici from Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, sung by Alice Coote. Don’t be bothered by the slightly depressive setting and also the fact that they are drinking poison.

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Anna Bolena, 1957.

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Cheti, cheti immantinente from Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, sung by absolute buttheads Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni.