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Looks rather like the legendary Mark King of Level 42 fame.

Some wonderful harmonies here, all sorts of diminished stuff. Thankfully the vocals share none of the traits of the helium-filled Devas we are inundated with. Just great understated stuff...apart from the Gran' she is an utter star - and in heels too. atta girl!

Ladies! Thank you for response. I was complimenting your playing. I was saying how your playing reminds me of spanish dancers, precisely the desired effect. Any audience would enjoy your playing :)

Infinitely better than Adele's version. You phrase better, your diction is clearer, your breathing is more controlled, you don't go flat at the end of lines nor increase your volume needlessly during sustained notes. Your 'L's' as in last are fabulous!

Ladies, ladies far too fast! Its out of control really! Thats why you have to inject such rubato at key phrase movements.

Delightful, sensitive playing. Unlike many of the crashing elephant on You Tube

What a bravura attempt. Well done! Helpful comments are: Try to listen to each other a little more; develop a sense of ensemble; keep your tempo even; only play as fast as you are able to clearly articulate scale passages etc; your trills evidence wrist tension; relax ands play with your fingers....

Listen to Renne singing Strauss' Four Last Songs. She understands them so well.

Personally I've often found Callas' voice rather reedy and perhaps lacking in depth for this type of aria. Paradoxically, the tragedies in her own life would have well equipped her to sing from a point of considerable reference.

Of all the versions on here yours is quite the most outstanding. Your natural vocal range suits the song and the piano playing is supportive of your singing without being intrusive - even if it is a tad out of tune! Some of the versions heard here are either tool slow, too indulgent or lack colou...