Canteloube - Chants' d'Auvergne - Baïlèro - Kiri te Kanawa

[@mrdunns3338]

If I had any hairs left on the back of my neck, they'd be standing. The finest opera singer, bar none, ever put on this planet for us to appreciate. At the end of a long, hot and stressful day, is there any better way to unwind? Haven't found one yet.

[@pierrelasperge1074]

Une merveilleuse artiste pour chanter mes montagnes.

[@DanielWinter-mv8ir]

Notre Auvergne profonde et tellement merveilleuse...Merci Madame.

[@theblueangel28]

this is perhaps my favorite piece she has ever recorded it is Divine

[@callasladivina]

This is a 2008 Belgrade (Serbia) concert... her performance that night was magnificent! I always loved Ms Kanawa's recordings, but hearing her live... that just made my love and appreciation of her, timeless!

[@mj6749]

Song's of the Auvergne .... Just beautiful

[@Slartifartblast-s6n]

No need for the aberrant apostrophe. It's a plural, not a possessive or an elision.

[@madelynmiller1566]

Just discovered this gorgeous composition sung so beautifully by Kiri te Kanawa! ♥️

[@elizabethferidobohlin9943]

Consider myself lucky to have attended four live concerts of Kiri including the 1991 Nobel Gala Concert in Stockholm, summer concert at the Ulriksdal Castle where my husband and I sat just behind the Swedish King, Queen, & Crown Princess plus 2 other concerts. I just love her rich timbre soprano.

[@laureenroberts775]

Sublime...love you Kiri x

[@malikjanusz477]

The very very best version ! Et pourtant, Dame Kiri n'est pas d'Occitanie mais de bien plus loin ! Quelle interprétation ! I love you Madame, thank you !

[@geoffreyforster1544]

This just touches my heart

[@kastrafior1487]

Sublime voix ! Sublime ligne de chant ! Sublime artiste ! R e s p e c t !!!!!

[@johnfeehan3898]

I think Kiri’s is my favorite performance of this ethereal piece. ❤

[@katesmate1]

Few people mention the composer who produced this really beautiful music. It is magnificent. Add to it the singing of a beautiful female voice and you have my all time favourite Katesmate

[@jean-pierrevenembre8458]

Merci Madame, pour ce voyage au Paradis !

[@homethoughts1]

Thank you for posting my favorite song of all time. I'm not into opra but from the age of 12 this song has haunted me and will forever be the song that says to me..."Everything is all righ in the world".

[@devonmoon5016]

@Pretty Paul Roma 💜🌎💚🌈xxx

[@terryjordan11]

Turns my dark to light every time, without fail or effort.

[@homethoughts1]

@@anthonycollins7946Thank you so much Anthony. I meant every word. 😊😊

[@caritaraymond4658]

Joyeux et melancholique!!!😁😃🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful

[@judithcarrcave4434]

Just heavenly 😊

[@eirarodriguez6035]

Por fin la encontre, he buscado muchisimo tiempo sin resultado, me gusta mucho.

[@mariosanchez-mq1qu]

...sera por esta bella música, con la Artista y orquesta que mis paisano Latinos emigran a los prados de Europa !?!?!?!?. Lo cual les hace recordar, de los prados y montañas Andinas de Zumbagua-Ecuador. Donde si se puede labrar la tierra y pastar ovejitas.

[@si-vis-pacem]

C'était un soir de 1903, à la nuit tombante, dans la montagne qui domine Vic-sur-Cère, dans le Cantal. Il contemplait le majestueux paysage qui s'offrait à ses yeux, quand tout à coup s'éleva le chant d'une bergère qui lançait ses phrases à toute volée. Se gardant bien de se montrer, il commença à noter la mélodie, lorsque de très loin, comme portée par la brise qui se lève le soir sur la montagne, il perçut à peine perceptible, la voix lointaine d'un autre berger qui répétait le thème, à six kilomètres de là. »

[@karlsmith8212]

This is a magnificent performance oboes are so hard to play

[@bluedutch01]

Anna Moffo and Kiri really have this one down.... sublimely beautiful isn't it?

[@adriaanpruyssers1459]

Yes well, Anna had this one down

[@mirandaemery8566]

Che grandezza artistica🤍Grazie per così tanto meraviglia ( Diva di voce; di cuore )

[@KathleenHudd]

Stunning

[@jessicarc7368]

Pueden pasar años y sigo amando esta pieza musical 😍😍😍 It’s amazing

[@akhatutu3238]

Lost for words!!!Beautiful!!!

[@winstonellis1857]

Haunting. We are transported to a leafy paradise of light and dark.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

We saw Dame Tekanawa in her prime & she was very excellent. Thank you for posting. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@geopoetika123]

What a beautiful voice! Wonderful!

[@andremad75]

Kiri is simply the best. Perfect.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The voice sung ardently quivers a heart and becomes peaceful. Standing ovationaly. Great！ Greetings from Japan . Sayonara ！ So long ！

[@albertchips]

You should visit the Auvergne. Especially the region north of Aurillac to appreciate it

[@braulioelprinci]

Wooooou hermosa pieza hermosa voz, esta si es música! Relaja y hecha la mente a volar 💕 Especial en mis noches de estudio 📚

[@sarabower1]

just perfectly beautiful

[@karlsmith8212]

Brilliant she was saying at the start, I’ve no time to take my coat off,

[@davidallen508]

I love Dame Kiri’s outfit ; really classic.

[@bloodlore00]

Beautiful!

[@edwardcaulfield67]

everything in music in my view is subjective, so now my view their are only two recordings you need of Chants' d'Auvergne one being Dame Kiri the other being Victoria de los Angeles. I came to these chants through the later mentioned sublime and then from Dame Kiri. You could argue that thir are many other fine recordings and you would be correct, but for mine these are the two I constantly go back to. cheers.

[@HA-hi9fk]

So beautiful

[@deathbyproxy2]

Exquisite!

[@crstnbuenca]

Gorgeous!

[@calvinlewis8924]

The defining performance of Bailero by Kirk te Takanawa. Thanks

[@Butter615s]

I wept... Brava!

[@ЭлеонораЦаликова-ъ4я]

❤❤❤

[@ralphoperaphile]

I love her, too, but there is no getting away from the fact that, as some comments below observe, her voice here in her mid-sixties was not what it was when she recorded these lovely songs in 1983/84 and a lot of the velvet had gone. Here is how she is best remembered in this music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6nYc6hnfrqakMU

[@fran-wk2pq]

I still enjoyed it and watching the performance is part of the enjoyment. But thanks for the recording link, I bought that CD way back in the early 1990s, I was living by myself, unemployed in Wales, quite lonely, and I heard this piece on the radio. It was so beautiful, peaceful and charming I simply had to get it...So simple and light but uplifting...

[@ralphoperaphile]

@@fran-wk2pq Sometimes there is no beating the associations with, or context of, when we first heard a beautiful piece of music; it's a kind of "first love".

[@sirwu6041]

的确，你所提供的链接，是卡娜娃“牧羊女之歌”最好的录音。这张唱片，是我的珍藏。

[@ritchiereech]

I didn’t want to write it but you did. I mean the voice changes with time even when you have a great technique. But every soprano has those amazing years that no one can take away from them. 🥰

[@Rasscasse]

I very much enjoyed this performance on which we are commenting , but thank you for drawing attention to and sharing the link to her other performance. I understand the point you are making. The performance in the link from 83 I think it is, it’s different again, her tone is so much warmer and more full. It’s superb I hope the other people here read your comment and go listen. Thanks again

[@alanoneill3065]

Her name is Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron

[@ivi7017]

How to pronounce Bailero?

[@080894angel]

50 shades

[@nevillelongbottom1628]

080894angel Please stop.

[@johnwormley4401]

Netania for me sorry...

[@joanhart7187]

Too much vibrato - hear Natania Davrath's version that is the benchmark for this song. Such a pure and simple voice with magnificent control. This version does not come close...

[@alger3041]

Joan Hart I will take Victoria de los Angeles for any of the Chants d'Auvergne that she performed.

[@baritonebynight]

I'll take Dame Kiri's version...."too much vibrato" tells me you are a non singer without understanding of how the voice works.

[@alger3041]

To each his own - we all hear a given piece of music differently and have different necessities as far as what we wish to hear. For me, Victoria de los Angeles is the final word on these songs - she has so absorbed the genus of them that one could almost say that she is the music herself. Kiri's readings are far too efficient and too slick for my taste, but again, to each his own.

[@joanhart7187]

Baritonebynight ...or day. Quite the opposite - I am a singer of 35+ years experience.

[@beldengi]

I found a recording of the Chants in an opportunity shop The singer was Victoria De Los Angeles. It is my favourite record among hundreds.

[@matthewburden9403]

It is obvious Kiri is having difficulty through every bit of this piece. Her voice is strained and shallow thus lacking the haunting resonance Bailero is suppose to have. Perhaps a bit of voice therapy at AVA may help Kiri regain control of her delivery and not her audience. The orchestration was good as the conductor kept the proper tempo rarely heard when hearing a performance of Bailero.

[@normanzwane1985]

Not so obvious to me and I enjoyed it too - I don’t have much of a musical ear anyway.

[@PeterPaul175]

A much better version is the one by Netania Davrath.

[@anthonycoyle68]

❤😂🎉😢😮😅

[@grahamwilliams8926]

If you think this is good,you haven't heard Netania Davrath then!

[@Tommyfazz]

...ahh; a splendid notification.

[@MadMusicologist]

I prefer Kiri's voice though. So heavenly light, bright, sweet. Absolutely fitting to the blissful music.

[@kiamanawatini9512]

❤❤❤❤❤❤