Gigli sings the beautiful "Berceuse" from Godard's Jocelyn

[wattever333]

bof. le français est pas fameux. et il accentue certaines consonnes sans raison. c'est une expression (plutôt une émotivité, de l'émeuvage!) passe-partout. il larmoie et il stentorise même. non. un grand chanteur qui fait n'importe quoi. pas certain qu'il comprend les mots. 2:13 "sur" (veille sur lui) est trop aigu. Jocelyn rencontre Pagliaccio.

[pasturielle]

I love this...it brings tears to my eyes.

[EdmundStAustell]

@pasturielle Thank you. Yes, probably one of the most beautiful melodies ever written.

[kiwihans]

in the past, we could invite a few friends round and play them our music. In those days, the prelude to Lohengrin was my all time favourite! now we can share with a wider audience our lovely music! ( I notice you have posted cajun songs!, i have an american folk band and do some cajun and woody guthrie songs. So we share a wide appreciation!

[kiwihans]

thanks, i think this is the same recording ( London 1946, album 'jewels of song'. As a theraputic musician devoted to bringing happiness to people through music i am so impressed with all your hard work in sharing your wonderful collection of recordings with the public. You must be a very happy person!

[EdmundStAustell]

@kiwihans I am, actually! And music is indeed a big reason why! Thank you for your interesting and thoughtful comments!

[kiwihans]

thank you. I feel you have made music a big part of your life, as I have. My background has helped. My Father's maiden names was Rubinstein, yes he was jewish and escaped from Dachau just before the war started in 1939, We have discovered since that he is a distant relative of...guess who? Artur Rubistein! Anyway I cant play the piano like him or my father but I work as a theraputic musician at care homes and find that it works on a wonderful level in bringing peace & joy to people.

[kiwihans]

thanks for your comments, i often wonder about such composers, like Leoncavello too. Anyway, this song brings fond memories of my time at 'St Mary of the angels' song school where I was a boarding pupil 1952-53. We would stand around a concert grand and this lovely music teacher, who came from the midlands would coach us in all the harmony parts for sacred and secular songs. We then performed at such churches as st Martins in the field and at many weddings and funerals and concerts.

[EdmundStAustell]

@kiwihans How lovely that you were able, as a child, to attend such a school, and have such a musical education. I envy you!

[kiwihans]

I have a 10 inch LP of Gigli singing this wonderful song from a 1946 recording on an album which i still have called 'Jewels of song' It has always been one of my all time favourite tenor recordings,who can give this beautliful song the lyrical beauty like Gigle...superb. Bye the way Benjamin Goddard wrote so few well known pieces, Why? this song is sublime. Thank you for your trouble in posting it

[EdmundStAustell]

@kiwihans My pleasure. I love it too. It is such a beautiful piece, just made for someone like Gigli. A match made in Heaven:) Although, I must say that Bjorling does a spectacular job with the piece also. I think Godard's problem was that he wrote too much, too young. With 8 operas and 3 symphonies under his belt, and countless songs, he was backward looking, to the era of Mendelssohn, for example. While this gained him much acclaim during his life, it did not endure.

[apiojo]

Perfecto!...

Querias saber quienes eran los pintores, resulta que le mostre el audio de esta bellisima Obra y se enamoro de los cuadros en vez de la musica jajaja...

Queria saber de donde saco las imagenes y como se llaman los o el pintor que las hizo!.....te lo agradeceria Mucho!...

a proposito...Beniamino Gigli es mi favorito y esta obra debo aprenderla para final de año!...:)

saludos!..

[EdmundStAustell]

Se me escapan los nombres de los artistas, pero el sitio del cual yo saque las pinturas le puedo dar, pero no en esta pagina, porque no acepta direcciones electronicas. Si me hace el favor de enviarme una direccion electronica a la cual puedo dirigir dicho sitio, se lo envio muy de buena gana. Edmund

[apiojo]

Hello !....¿ as they are called the paintings that appear on images?

(answe in spanish)

sorry, I dont speak english very well!..

thaaanks! :)

[EdmundStAustell]

@apiojo Si, son pinturas, o sea "paintings,' en ingles. Yo busque obras de arte para ilustrar esta cancion bellisima, porque presta cierta aire clasico y aun sentimental al tema de la maternidad.

Si no entendi bien su pregunta, no mas hagamela en espanol. Un saludo, Edmund

[paulostroff99]

Awesome!

[EdmundStAustell]

Yes, I think that has to be one of the prettier pieces of music ever composed. And Gigli, of course, excels at anything that contains such flowing, legato lines. Thanks for comment.

[EdmundStAustell]

Thank you. Yes, it's so beautifully sung. And you are quite right, of course--Gigli and foreign languages had what might be called a live and let live relationship:) In addition to the renditions you mention, Bjoerling's is also very beautiful. If one is a good lyric tenor, from any country, it's hard to miss with this beauty.

[paulostroff99]

@EdmundStAustell -And let us not forget the John McCormack gem.

[EdmundStAustell]

Absolutely right! One of the very best!

[meltzerboy]

The melting tone allied to a stellar technique and sense of phrasing make Gigli one of the greatest tenors on record. Never mind the French, however! Other great renditions include those of McCormack (in English) and Clement. Thanks for sharing.