Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Bailero" - "Chants d'Auvergne"

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Bailero" (Chant De Bergers De Haute-auvergne) from "Chants d'Auvergne" by Joseph Marie Canteloube (1879-1957). With Royal Philharmonic, Carl Davis / conductor. Recorded at Barbican Center, London, UK, 1989.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• France
• Auvergne
• soprano
• aria
• diva
• Oper
• gala
• royal
• opera
• Konzert
• Barbican
• Carl
• Davis
• Canteloube
• folksong
• french
• chanson

[gorilius]

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is so lovely! What fabulous vocal technique coupled with splendid focus and artistic expression. Hearing this makes me glad to be alive.

[paulotomaso]

OH! This is my new favorite. I just love it! This piece is wonderful, so beautiful. And she is just perfect, the very best soprano.

[tiffitsify]

I have loved this piece sung by KTK since 1987 when I first heard it at 15.

[herringsinthewood]

I hear this song as treading the line between happiness and melancholy. It's a beautiful feeling.

[bourdassou]

if you can't understand the French and I'm not much mistaken, that's because she's not singing in French! These songs were collected in the original Occitan. Adichatz!

[ggmauro]

Sheer glory! I'm going to ask my wife if I could put her on the free pass list along with Angelina. Don't care how old she is... singing like that is just plain hot!

[MuseToYourEars]

First heard this in "In my father's den"

....it truly is beautiful.

[zappasea1]

oh man this woman's voice is like from heaven

[jafalad]

My wife and I have been very moved by this piece of music which we discovered by chance on a compilation cd. We played this at our wedding day along with Vaughan Williams, "The Lark Ascending." Perfect, perfect, perfect.

[synchronicity72]

We played this at my father's funeral this weekend. I had never heard it before.magical. i have never been so overcome with emotion with such a piece of music and memories of my wonderful dad. so sad he's gone xx

[vanderroos]

@stookiebhoy Mariaske is 3 now and I have had a son since. I played this on the day of his birth as well, but not until much later. Our other three kids were all on our bed with me and new little Joost - it was snowing like hell outside - and I was watching my wife nurse him. For many reasons he was a very special birth and seeing her nurse him and hearing that music again was both sweet and painful.

Regards, Nina.

[stookiebhoy]

@vanderroos What an absolutely wonderful picture you have just painted for me. You not only gave birth to your daughter, you have just given a brand new lease of life to a middle aged man by your story. I am eternally grateful. I am sure you will be a wonderful mother, and I wish you and your family the very best of health. Much love, Mark X