Veronique Gens Fairest isle all isles excelling Purcell King Arthur

[preruminator]

Fairest Isle

by John Dryden (1631-1700)

Schönstes Eiland, hoch gepriesen,

aller Lust und Liebe Hort,

Venus selbst wird dich erkiesen,

zieht von Zyperns Hainen fort.

Cupido wird dich entheben

aller Sorge, allem Neid,

allen Argwohns bösem Streben,

hoffnungslosem Liebesleid.

[raleighsquare]

Certainly one of my very favorite pieces of music of all time.

[SuperHadassa1]

Simply beautiful!!!!

[wichmannsburg]

Décidément trop lent - dommage pour la merveilleuse Véronique Ges !

[66jjma]

Très bel air chanté par une très belle voix...Si seulement toutes nos chanteuses baroquisantes françaises pouvaient atteindre ce niveau ce serait le bonheur.

[dominiqueclaudia]

Vocalises intéressantes.

[solangemassa]

do you know where i can find free music sheets of this piece??? thanks!

[gibberth]

@ Solangemassa Hi, you have Libretto here:

impresario.ch/libretto/libpurk­in_e.htm

I hope you enjoy.

[MaiseDoat]

Lovely voice, singing far too slow - this is a song of praise

[lichtbroeder]

@MaiseDoat If I were to be praised by someone who loved me, I would be grateful to have it done slowly, lingeringly, and lovingly. This is what we experience here; eternity in 4 minutes, 44 seconds.

[anonymousdivo]

Che noia !!!

[lasalleman]

Fairest Isle by John Dryden Fairest Isle, all isles excelling.

Seat of pleasure and of love, Venus here will choose her dwelling,

And forsake her Cyprian grove. Cupid from his fav'rite nation,

Care and energy will remove; Jealousy that poisnous passion,

And despair that dies for love

[lichtbroeder]

"care and ENVY will remove.." :)

[jmtappenden]

Beautiful music.Veronique Gens excellent.

[2mcuhartitude]

deadly tempo

[clymnestre]

No vocal technic is useful for singing baroque style!!!!!!!!

Every singing beginner use to sing that on the second year voice studying.....

[AlainNaigeon]

Ok, post your video ;-)

[ged424]

The original version is much faster. nevertheless, i like Ms. Gens's interpretation. She sings the piece quite well. Purcell would be proud.

[mutewoman]

Beautiful indeed - you've forgiven her then?

[elias12186]

Nope

[jchembel]

forgiven her for what?

[elias12186]

For none of your business!

[mutewoman]

Sorry Elias!

[jchembel]

I did not mean to be nosy. I thought maybe, you where a bit disappointed in her latest choice of repertoire.

so, I figured Ill chime in Sorry.

[sprygeoffreya17]

I'd like to know what you'd need to forgive Ms Gens for, couldn't be too bad. I'm such a fan, I'm a portrait artist, and did her image, not for sale; she couldn't have done anything morally wrong??

[Merrillmiller99]

@elias12186 If it´s none of our business then you shouldn´t talk about it.

[hillevifan]

pure bliss...