Dvorak - Songs My Mother Taught Me

[capitanzach]

it needs to be in czech!

[missleroy54]

2 persons have a heart of stone...

I love Kirsten Flagstad, her voice is like velvet...

[rkcckr]

Songs my mother taught me,

In the days long vanished;

Seldom from her eyelids

Were the teardrops banished.

Now I teach my children,

Each melodious measure.

Oft the tears are flowing,

Oft they flow from my memory's treasure.

[JUSTINMILL3R]

Wowzers... did you guys here that prominent overtone at 1:05 ? D: So eerie yet beautiful...

[T2Step]

Wonderfully sensitive version of this beautiful song

[valmejia7]

Beautiful<333

[Herur22]

Totally captivating.

[ShiningBlackPrince]

Beautiful. 

[achantus1]

A couple of months ago I did'nt know anything about Flagtad. Shame on me! But thank's to youtube I am released from my ignorance. Flagstad is simply the the greatest - ever!

[erika64F]

A very moving interpretation

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY for posting.

[65attila]

@paulostroff99

Thank you for sharing Flagstad's song recitals reveal her artistry outside the huge vocal demands of Wagner. She was a complete artist.

[paulostroff99]

@65attila -So pleased that you enjoyed this lovely song and singer-my friend John.

[thewatcher1337]

I was first exposed to this piece from an unlikely form of media; a Japanese visual novel; G-Senjou no Maou, in which its original soundtrack is composed mostly remixed classics. After it's portrayal of this song's meaning, I was deeply attracted to and drawn in by this songs charm... words cannot described this subtle feeling of wonderment.

[tarahund]

flagstad is the best!

[celticangel6898]

i sang this for one of my solo's my sr year

[plchv]

Oh Lord,it is an exquisite voice......

[JUZTCHiiLL5624]

English Lyrics (by Natalia Macfarren )

Songs my mother taught me,

In the days long vanished;

Seldom from her eyelids

Were the teardrops banished.

Now I teach my children,

Each melodious measure.

Oft the tears are flowing,

Oft they flow from my memory's treasure

[saltburner2]

In my view the most beautiful recording of this song. It looks simple on the page, but it is very difficult to sing well - and Flagsdtad brings to it her incomparable control of line. Utterly memorable!

[Milan1959]

Beautiful song :-)

[blue45bj]

So very beautiful. The first time I heard this song I was around 10yrs old.

Thanks

[jordyboy321]

anyone know any really powerful dvorak symphonys?

[saxamaphoneguy1]

Yes! His symphonies 8 & 9 are especially powerful! 9 particularly, the "new world symphony"- one of my absolute favorites! I loveeeee Dvorak!

[paulostroff99]

@jordyboy321 -Symphony # 9 (new world symphony) is the most famous as well as the most beautiful.

[maureenderry]

Beautiful....one of the first songs my singing coach taught me.

[Ambassador1000]

How poignant. Sad and fleeting. Beautiful! :(

[MathieuCaWeb]

I want to die listening to this...

[MathieuCaWeb]

I can't stop playing this...

[vstasov]

I think this is one of the most beautiful recordings of anything by anyone. I also play it over and over again......

[65attila]

@vstasov

That is so correct my friend.

Regards-John

[Fuzzthefurr]

@vstasov Greensleeves.

[AfroPoli]

@vstasov I second this. Definitely a desert island recording.

[vstasov]

@AfroPoli Her singing is here is not in character, it's from the heart. She had one daughter, whom she loved. They had a troubled relationship during the child's adolescence (like most mother/daughters) and Flagstad suffered from it. I like to think this song has a special meaning for her, and the sincerity comes through.

[dalferr]

So beautiful!

[jcmud]

Moving.

[MathieuCaWeb]

This is so beautiful ! I want to know the meaning of this song, the lyric !

[annette0815]

Hi, it was composed to a German lyric Adolf Heyduk English Translation Songs my mother taught me, In the days long vanished; Seldom from her eyelids Were the teardrops banished. Now I teach my children, Each melodious measure. Oft the tears are flowing, Oft they flow from my memory's treasure. Do you know the violin/piano version. Its even better, eg from Valery Sokolov on is DVD "Natural born fiddler" I love it! Love Annette Munich

[MathieuCaWeb]

Thanks :)

It's very nice of you

[Drahomischlensky]

Adolf Heyduk wrote the lyrics in Czech. It was published as a poem in 1859.

[mereni]

@annette0815

This is a literal "translation" of the original Czech text:

When old mother taught me to sing, taught me to sing,

It is strange that often, often crying.

And now I also weep, I am tormented my swarthy face,

While learning to play and sing

Gypsy children!

[vstasov]

Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you Kirsten.

[KyokoRan]

I love it.

I play it with the violin, it's great

[Vecchiopassofundo]

my reminds about my mother, makes me cry...'n i'm cryin' now...

[Flitzy64]

Thank you so much!!!

Now I can sing this at the front of the class!!!

Yah really helped!

[DizzyPrincess92]

i have to play this...its so pretty

[redfire20003]

Enchanting!!!

[jkircher314]

Ah, heartbreakingly beautiful.

Thank you so much.

[paulostroff99]

Flagstad is up there in the very august company of Rosa Ponselle and Erna Berger.Lotte Lehmann is probably there too! Brava! TY.

[ubnteb]

just beautiful

[vaxiawval]

a real emotion - the perfect performance for this song - thank you

[wyosyclone]

Does anyone know where to find a copy of this sung by Patricia Clark, the operatic star... released mid-sixties?

[Federicopera]

Love the slow tempo!!! Thanks

[voodoou22]

love this...never heard it sung before....

[cellodude1]

I have long loved Yo Yo Ma's performance of this piece.

[sparsetick]

do you know where i can find a video of that?

[brychar66]

Lovely. And I'm glad to see so many people like this song - as who could not like it! I've posted a rendition by the English soprano Maggie Teyte which you might enjoy. Regards, Charles.

[paulostroff99]

I now have and treasure both performances of this gorgeous song! TY for posting this gem!

[paulostroff99]

Among the best works of a great composer,and sung by one of, if not the greatest soprano of all time.Bravo.

[emmarob1208]

I am learning this song!

[paulostroff99]

A lovely unappreciated song by most You Tube members.Gorious rendition.I'm greatly disappointed.

[emalaithdies]

ahh she was gorgeous

[jurek46pink]

I love this number by Dvorak. What is the year of this recording, please ?

[noappol]

A grand voice, suitably scaled back in power, to perform this gentle, melancholy song. Richard Tauber is yet another great artist who also made a fine recording of the work.

[jkircher314]

How beautiful..... and sad.....

[maldoror26]

Thank's for posting!

[meltzerboy]

Lovely rendition. Artists as diverse as Joan Sutherland, Jeanette MacDonald, and Paul Robeson have also made fine recordings of this beautiful song. My personal favorite are the two recordings of it sung by Nellie Melba.