Edith Mathis & Gundula Janowitz "Le Nozze di Figaro" Canzonetta Sull'aria -Che Soave Zefiretto

[intelectual2010]

So beautifull!!! I love this song and this movie...

[Mak47sud]

1 person is still stuck in shawshank prison

[schuzart]

One of the most beautiful interpretations.......it takes you to another world.

[BlitzMoonlight09]

Such beauty.....

Forgive me, anyone who remembered The Shawshank redemption?

[ikelly71]

To this day, I still dont know what those two ladies were singing about... I'd like to think it was something so beautiful it could not be put into words.... Those voices soared higher than any mountain <3 Gush Love the song , love the movie

[dkril]

My 7 month old godson wouldn't sleep tonight. He is the third child in the family, and I have never heard his parents talk about any of their kids the way they spoke about him tonight. So we've swapped houses for the night, so they can get some sleep.

Watching the Shawshank Redemption with a grumpy baby, and he dropped off in the middle of this scene, only to wake when the music ended. YouTube, search, baby asleep, set to loop.

Good night, and thank you both - YouTube and @fairlytaleofnewyork.

[DIRLADA95]

just wonderful

[udayanchandra]

"I have no idea to this day what those 2 Italian ladies were singing about. But the truth is I don't want to know. Something's are best left unsaid. I'd like to think that they were thinking about something so beautiful that it can't be expressed in words & makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you those voices soared, higher & farther than anybody in the great place dares to dream." Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption

[udayanchandra]

"I have no idea to this day what those 2 Italian ladies were singing about. But the truth is I don't want to know. Something's are best left unsaid. I'd like to think that they were thinking about something so beautiful that it can't be expressed in words & makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you those voices soared, higher & farther than anybody in the great place dares to dream." Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption

[bbbartolo]

True of Cosi especially, the literal content of Mozart's arias rarely rise to the universal appeal and poignancy of his melodies, IMHO, anyway. I follow the libretto, then forget it. "Dove sono" is another one--see what Monserrat Caballé does with it here on YT.

[zoshy2002]

This version is one of the slower ones. Still fits the quote of Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption the best, "I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it."

[GuillemotWatcher]

@zoshy2002 "This version is one of the slower ones" I know, it varies from the standard allegretto but even though this tempo brings a air of sublime melancholy that I'm sure Mozart didn't intend, I like to think Karl Böhm's interpretation suggests that the ladies aren't 100% happy deceiving the countess' husband. Of course that's not true, the ladies just wanted to catch the lecherous sod, but this version worked perfectly for the film, especially, if like Red, you don't understand Italian.

[kapppz]

If you like this, also try Flower Duet from Lakme Opera. One of my fav's

[Sara915414]

@kapppz People usually say the Flower Duet is ''too sweet'', but I love it, too .)

[182838therat]

Has anyone noticed that the film Shawshank Redemption was set in 1947 at the start and went through until 1965. However, this recording - the one used in the film - was made in 1968!

[itskirstybetchx]

@182838therat Haha I noticed that too :P suppose it doesn't matter though, it's still beautiful :')

[BlueFireFly2010]

Sublime.

[bajoma123]

Unbelievably beautiful. Truly golden voices, such faultless singing on the part of both, very few sopranos have caused me to go looking for a song as this did after having watched Shawshank tonight. The sublime genius of Mozart helps of course.

[manrico29]

This opera is a tresure trove of supremely beautiful music !! If you loved this piece, please try also ¨Deh vieni non tardar¨and ¨Porgi amor¨.

[manrico29]

Incredibly bautiful music, very well served by Gundula and Edith. I feel in peace with the world !!!

[MRwagnerism]

The rise of the soul...cry

[bbbartolo]

thank you, fairytale. I have Bohm's Cosi but not this. Maybe it's still available... somewhere. Anyway it's here!

[sfkcbf]

Brava Gundula & Edith. I wish that I had heard Gundula on stage. Such a golden voice. It is interesting that American male soprano Michael Maniaci sang the role of Cherubino in Baltimore. Somewhat of a throwback to Mozart's earlier years when wrote for castrati.

[jongdukpark]

What a sweet little breeze...

...will sigh this evening.

Under the pine grove.

Under the pine grove?

He'll understand the rest.

He'll understand.

[happyreader48]

This is indeed the recording used in The Shawshank Redemption. The singers are uncredited in the movie credits. There are countless recordings of this duet, but surely this is one of the stand outs in terms of pace, phrasing and quality of their voices together.

[giasone85]

Semplicemente il paradiso!!

Simply heavenly!!!

Lorenzo

[darwinism14]

There's one amongst us that had thumped down this wonder.

I heard that Pol Pot was dead years ago, didn't know his spirits stands still on this Earth.

[ShakaPR10]

Awe and wonder is what this bring out in people.How unhuman this duet sounds! Maybe being human is devine.Two things can't never be surpassed or overachieved: genius and simplicity. Both were concepts that went hand in hand with a genius of such epic proportions like Mozart.Thats why still captivates hundreds of years later like the very 1st day it was staged.Janowitz-Mathis version simply is the best recorded version ever: melodic,powerful,unusual tempo,perfect vibrato,etc...one for the ages!

[Folleperte]

Mozart con i tempi rallentati e' sublime. Bohm era un genio nell'interpretarlo cosi'.

[97669]

Simply gorgeous, Satoko!

Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I loved it!

Jeff

[mikeverm]

Angels can't compete with em...

I'm simply amazed

[MastersoftheOpera]

This version of the Canzonetta was used in the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption to great effect. It's the best version of the piece. Mathis and Janowitz sing with broad lyric phrasing and the slow pace of Bohm's conducting makes the duet more meaningful, more poignant, far more moving. It can bring tears to your eyes.

[junebec1]

my 5 month old daughter loves this, thank you

[focuscommander]

Every piece of music or role in a play or movie has a definitive performance...this for me IS that definitive performance....simply sublime

[franckylime]

Janowits /Mathis is still the best version of this duet. It's a classic. So elegant and velvety smooth aided by Bohm's slower tempo. This 1967 recording with Troyanos, Prey, Fischer-Dieskau is still my favorite.

[57babyboomer]

They sound like angels, so beautiful!

[ditogam]

Music and voices from heaven!!! Thank you for divine performance of one of most beautiful duet!!!

[77Opera]

Divinement beau!!!!

[Srxjer]

I really like the sound of this echoing in the film when it's played over the megaphone.

[sinder87]

"Till this day i still don't know what those two women were singing about. But i don't want to know."

[insidethewall]

I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words

[YawnGod]

Aren't references a kick in the nuts?

[zergado]

@sinder87

Two women are writing a letter to the husband of one of them, who wants to sleep with the other, trying to trick him to meet his wife at night in the garden.

[younglemeshevist]

Beautiful!

Thank you for the video

[VivaTenors]

Both ladies are enchanting, thank you for posting!

[Kievest]

The voice of God has spoken!!! Thank

you!!

[Arashi110]

Simply one of the most beautiful pieces of music for 2 female voices ever written. And if I'm not mistaken, this recording was used in one of the most powerful scenes of "The Shawshank's Redemption".

[SicOrezza]

@Arashi110 Sorry, but I do'nt speak the british language. I think tis is THE type (version, en français?" used by movie.

[gary903]

@SicOrezza Yes, this IS the same recording that was used in the movie!

[SatanAteMySocks]

That's not only one of the greatest moments of this opera, in my opinion it can be said that it's one of the most enchanting and simply beautiful moments in all music. And I love this very recording, especially since Gundula Janowitz is a sublime Contessa.