As steals the morn upon the night

Sandrine Piau, Topi Lehtipuu

George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato

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• steals
• the
• morn
• upon
• night
• Sandrine
• Piau
• Topi
• Lehtipuu
• George
• Frideric
• Handel
• L'Allegro
• il
• Penseroso
• ed
• Moderato

[Ketutar]

Could you add also the picture information?

[thebarroque]

"Aurora triumphans" by Evelyn de Morgan

[TheListener246]

Yummy! They should make a CD together, with tenor-soprano duets from the Baroque repertoire. That would be a delicious feast!

[samsomerville]

I am so glad that my favorite rendition of this duet is back on YouTube. Thanks so much for uploading it!

[stanthology]

@BernardProfitendieu

I stuck it on my facebook. My friends dig it too! My Dear!

[BernardProfitendieu]

@stanthology My pleasure, Sweetie.

[BernardProfitendieu]

@stanthology Any time, Dearie

[stanthology]

@BernardProfitendieu

Thanks for the words

[stanthology]

@BernardProfitendieu

Thanks for the words, Babe.

[JPD060486]

I'm glad you make that comment about Bostridge's diction. I thought that was one of the problems with his disappointing Handel album  - the word 'gales' in 'Where e'er you walk', for example.

[JPD060486]

I disagree - the Bostridge/Royal version makes for uncomfortable listening (and viewing - Proms)

[BernardProfitendieu]

As steals the morn upon the night.

And melts the shades away:

So truth does fancys charm dissolve,

And rising reason put to flight

The fumes that did the mind involve,

Restoring intellectual day.

[g4thz]

They sing it much better on the Great Handel CD than they did at the Proms, and that's what my judgement was based on.

[hannaalmacy]

Although Bostridge has a beautiful voice, somehow he never moves me. I especially cannot stand his precious diction. (Yes, yes, we know he is English, but he does not have to show off in such a tiresome way--talk about "labor"!) Royal's tremulous singing on that video isn't top-notch either.

The only bone I have to pick regarding this rendition is that Piau and Lehtipuu have not articulated clearly the "L" sound in "steals" and "melts," and Piau's "true" gives away her Frenchness.