Nicholas Spanos - Dido´s Lament

[@tritonusgesang]

Authentisch! - Wunderschön! - Fantastisch! - Bravissimo! Vielen Dank!

[@ThierryCABOT]

Vraiment superbe ! Merci beaucoup. Thierry

[@Sibirjachka1]

I like very much voice Nicholas!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@unagondolaunremo]

great musician, great musicians! thanks for recording this wonderful piece and sharing it on youtube

[@bach197474pandoramusic]

Absolutely amazing voice and music that enrich my soul! I am very appreciate for such beautiful performance. Thanks.

[@Vivaldifriend]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video dear friend Yana.

[@derbeh]

one of the most beautiful renditions of this fantastically haunting, beautiful melody by Purcell. And Spanos' lyric soprano floating heavenly above this ground bass brings depth and intensity of emotion. Kudos!!!

[@fourmy1060]

Nicholas's rich voice fits this aria perfectly. It is full of sorrow and longing. Bravo. (This has been one of my all-time favourite arias for as long as I can remember; and I once had to present it myself in a music exam... on the viola!) Here Nicholas is an excellent match for the famous Victoria de los Angeles 1965 version (which had been my favourite). Thanks so much!

[@fidelis2661]

OMG, he has the most beautiful countertenor voice I've ever heard! I'm speechless.

[@paolitas7]

really beautiful, awesome voice*********

[@EdmundStAustell]

This is not just vocally and stylistically excellent, but its musical sophistication is remarkable. Purcell is not at at all easy to handle musically. To sustain a convincing and listenable musical line at lento markings requires real musical mastery of the techniques and practices of ancient music. Bravo!

[@chriskef1]

My favourite

[@wljmrbill]

Beautifully sad as it should be. Sure princes Diane would have loved for you to have sung this at her last service. Thanks

[@paolitas7]

beautiful voice, wonderful song!

[@Ariadne7710]

Wonderful performance. It captures the real meaning of "lament"

[@PhillipLWilcher]

It's the most perfect work! Wonderful to hear it intoned so movingly and well measured by Nicholas. Heartbreakingly beautiful!

[@Lamprospoeta]

superb

[@LouloubeeBerlin]

Wonderfull as usuel. Thank you 5*

[@sjuli17]

Wonderful, thanks for sharing!

[@rshnrvrrbrt]

beautiful! thank u...

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

Excellent! A fine and sensitive rendition by Spanos and the Pandolgis. Bravissimi tutti !

[@VandadeFreitasBezerra]

Simplesmente lindo!!! Obrigada amiga Yana por gentilmente compartilhar. Grande Abraço. Vanda.

[@serenaluce]

Dear Vardan,I'll translate it too:"Listening to this song in Spanos's rendition any person can overcome his sadness with ease and with elevation. Marvellous song.Thank you very much!!"...I couldn't agree more with you here.We all have our ups and downs and feel sad sometimes but such Spanos's art really gives me strength to overcome many problems in life as it always gives HOPE not just sadness!His many fans mention healing effect of his voice.There are not so many who do it,not just entertain..

[@OldRabit]

Super!

[@autumn24cat]

This is great! This is priceless!

[@baroqueandbeyond]

So many of us wish we could be there. I wish each and every one of you the very best. May this evening of music be one that will be cherished and treasured by all. Greetings from Texas, Daniel

[@fourmy1060]

Dido's Lament is a timeless miracle and Nicholas with the Pandolfisians is just other-wordly beautiful with just the right amount of emotion. Perfect!

[@SylvainGuinet]

wonderfull

[@angelialvares]

amazing vocal

[@petrosbalaskas4753]

just beautiful!!! Απλά τέλειο!!!

[@serenaluce]

My pleasure to make such translations:-). I also wish you and your loved ones all the best, happiness and good luck!:-) And it was continuation of our dialogue on another video where you said that human voice is capable of lifting us high above all the earthly troubles. Oh, this divine heavenly voice definitely takes you to a better world far from all earthly dirt and enriches you....I'm happy you appreciated our one and only Nicholas Spanos and this great music:-)

[@serenaluce]

Fantastic! Bravissimo! Thanks for posting.

[@mariovalencia7167]

Alucino, cada vez que escucho algo de Spanos me encuentro con que supera cualquier versión antes escuchada. El color de su voz es apabullante, limpio, con un sentimiento rara vez escuchado.

[@serenaluce]

Concordo, simplesmente lindo e grande! Obrigada amiga Vanda. Grande Abraco para voce tambe'm:-). Yana.

[@serenaluce]

Ultimately moving and divinely beautiful! Sounds as fresh and stunning as for the first time...Miracle of true art...

[@samamuusa]

Nuova Luce Yes, he is an big artist. he has the voice, which has been fighting "through the world page". It is well broadening, after all, is not cast in the same mold. He is a wealth of music. An artist. Beautiful. You have big heart, have a nice week Yana.

[@serenaluce]

samamuusa Thank you dear Jorma. Have a great week too! Hugs and kisses, Yana.

[@serenaluce]

Thanks. If only all Spanos's fans all over the world could be there...:-) Good luck to all of you! I must be fantastic!

[@serenaluce]

Dear Paul, this Nicholas Spanos's aria is very special. Perhaps his most sophisticated piece ever though I admire all of them and just can't choose... It's not enough just to listen to it once. Come here again, and you'll hear new nuances later...This is just out of this world too....

[@serenaluce]

Dear Marianna, I'll just translate your comment:"Thank you for the wonderful Purcell in the rendition of equally wonderful Spanos. On hearing there's such a pacifying feeling in my soul... It's divine!"

[@serenaluce]

Absoltuly the most perfect work and heartbreakingly beautiful!Exceptional even for Nicholas Spanos,besides the fact that it's such a beautiful and moving piece of music! Listen to this colour of the voice which only Spanos can produce in the very beginning on 0.12.Then his breathtaking low notes on around 0.48-0.55, 0.7, 2.03! Then his fantastic transitions,high notes like on 2.49,perfect praising and cut at the right time in "Remember me"! It's something to listen to many times and savour...

[@serenaluce]

I agree, the best Dido's Lament I've heard so far! But it was to be expected from our one and only Nicholas Spanos, don't you agree?!:-) It's real "lament", and just so, so beautiful! Goosebumps...

[@serenaluce]

Dear friend,thank you very much. I'm happy you enjoyed it. You know, I could type everything here in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS too as what you say is no exaggeration but all truth!:-)Of course,tastes differ and theoretically we can't say what is the most beautiful voice in the world as we can't hear everybody:), but it's ART! Every artist has his own fans and he is lucky if they are so faithful to him and consider his voice the most beautiful voice in the world!:-)Nicholas Spanos deserves all this!:-)

[@PhillipLWilcher]

Heartbreakingly beautiful. It moves me.

[@zlata.toshevska]

THIS IS JUST BEYOND BEAUTIFUL. I. AM. SOBBING.

[@mradaChris]

it was quite nice!

[@serenaluce]

Such a good comparison! I couldn't agree more with you here....It creates a special mood too to match his singing....

[@TheAndrewwenner]

TRULY LOVELY NICHOLAS! what is next ?

[@pandolfis]

Tomorrow in Vienna! Nicholas Spanos with Pandolfis Consort: 7 pm Deutschordenskirche, Singerstraße 7, 1010 Wien Händel, Broschi, Vivaldi, Telemann and Molter.

[@mis20101]

Необычайно красивая и печальная песня! Голос Nicholas Spanos прекрасен и в грусти, и в радости. Он передает самые сильные эмоции и проникает в самые потаенные уголки души. Как это прекрасно и волнующе, а красота голоса завораживает! Спасибо!

[@Var12dan12]

Слушая эту песнью с исполнением Спаноса любой человек может пережить свою грусть с лёгкостью и возвышенностью.Чудесная песня.Спасибо болшое!!

[@serenaluce]

I'll translate this verse too what it is about in general:-). "Yes, it was only a dream. Short-lived vision flashed to me like a bright meteor... What for so many dreams, bliss and suffering this irresistible glance ignited in me?" (Lokhovitskaya, 1890) Thank you!!! I adore music and poems!!! I wish you happiness and love!!!"

[@serenaluce]

Dear Pierre, thank you so much. I couldn't agree more with you here. I think we both just feel it in the same way. Amities, Yana.

[@serenaluce]

Querido amigo Francisco, obrigada. Boa dia e boa sorte para voce:-) Beijos e abrac,os, Yana.

[@rometube]

just amazing.

[@serenaluce]

Listened to it again. Divine!...

[@hugoluna1000]

Grandioso!!

[@gavrosh4169]

Очень прекрасно,но печальная вещь!Спасибо большое за чуточку прикосновения к прекрасному!

[@serenaluce]

The lyrics are: "Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me; On thy bosom let me rest. More I would, but death invades me: Death is now a welcome guest. When I am laid in earth, May my wrongs create No trouble in thy breast. Remember me, but ah! forget my fate."

[@MrSwifts31]

A quite beautiful rendition of this difficult piece. Nicholas voice seems to lay exactly right for it,and he manges to capture the incredible moving sadness of it,and yet to float it as if it Dido were already in Heaven.He also manages to avoid the pitfall of many singers in this piece,namely he doesn't make it TOO overly mournful or heavy,nor sing it all in the lower register. It would be nice to see this on stage,but I don't think we will see a drag Dido just yet! Shame though.

[@pandolfis]

Dear cristineannemarsden I think, You didn´t understand our version... But thank You for the comment and suggestion, of course!! with the best greetings, Pandolfis Consort

[@serenaluce]

Dear Christine, I like YT so much because we can express different opinions:-). My opinion is on the contrary the instruments are FOLLOWING Nicholas Spanos's wonderful speed and ENCHANCING his expresssiveness:-). I think this version is just perfect, and also the beautiful optimistic picture which reduces the feeling of being just a funeral piece:-). I think it's a rare unity of the voice and musicians in the name of art. But, of course, tastes differ:-) To my liking they are all bravissimi!

[@carmeloserafin5101]

Sembra cantare seguendo un sogno ...interiorizzato a forma di preghiera laica.Colma di una malinconia consumata fino alla trasparenza vocale resa come una riflessione di uno Spirito che è già Oltre se stesso.

[@baroqueandbeyond]

I think that Pandolfis Consort effectively used period instruments to delicately spin a web to catch Nicholas Spanos' notes, like morning dew.

[@serenaluce]

Dear friends, I'm sure your concert was fantastic! All "Spanos's fan club" is looking forward to your new uploades on YT to join in this musical appeciation and enjoying the finest art. Maybe you have gifts for us?:- Good luck to you!

[@sotevag]

Well, Purcell is amazing! You are too! hehe

[@serenaluce]

Dear Nina,I'll translate:" Marvellously beautiful and sad song!Nicholas Spanos's voice is great in sadness and in joy.He renders the strongest emotions and penetrates the deepest corners of the soul. It's so beautiful and emotional, and the beauty of the voice is enchanting!Thank you!"..(Eto to, chto ya sama vsegda govoryu, chto ego golos zavorazhivaet, no vy eto eshe luchshe skazali! My khotim eshe, pravda?:-)(It's what I always say myself,but you said it even better! We want more, don't we?:-)

[@stamsospecial]

incredibly moving beautiful despite some mistakes from consort players

[@elzbietasajka-bachler5629]

There are no mistakes by musicians.

[@serenaluce]

Dear Gena, I'll translate:" Very beautiful, but such a sad piece! Thank you very much for the opportunity to touch the beautiful!"...Yes, Gena, it's really sad if somebody sings :"When I am laid in earth". It's not about having fun on a holiday;-)(Da, eto deistvitel'nogrustno, kogda kto-to poet, chto budet, kogda ego pokhoronyat. Eto ne o razvlechenii na prazdnike:-))

[@serenaluce]

I'll just translate your wonderful comment into English for all Spanos's fan club to enjoy reading it too:-): "Such mysteriousness and fascination. The sounds of music envelope you in something fluffy and languid. Lull you, and you are the integral whole with them! Thank you!!!!"

[@Herur22]

Charming rendidtion.

[@serenaluce]

Absolutely!I already expressed it that it's extraordinary even for Nicholas Spanos. Before I'd have some problem with a man singing this,but it's baroque,and can be sung just in concert.Here sex isn't quite identified.It was normal in baroque.If women can sing men's arias,and it's regular practice why can't CTs sing such gems too?:-)Nicholas Spanos is an innovator,but actually some CTs have sung this piece before like Scholl, Vassiliev. It's not Violetta and not O mio babbino caro,so it's OK:-)

[@serenaluce]

Thank you PrimaRagazza too:-)I would just disagree with you on the point of femininity, but please don't be offended.It's just exchange of opinions:-). I would never say that Nicholas Spanos's voice is more feminine than most CTs. Pitch doesn't make anyone sound more masculine or feminine for a trained ear. He sounds as masculine as Scholl but soprano-like. It's different. There are more nuances for it than just like if it's pants it's a man and skirt-woman.Listen to this masculine sound on 0.12

[@serenaluce]

Well,I don't know what book you are reading:),but true baroque is based not only on androgynous effect but on contrasts,on counterpoint. We can discuss it much who is more convincing for what,but in general I agree with you here:-)Well,in a way any CT voice is more androgynous as it's not bass with only masculine qualities:-)but I still hear how rich in ALL nuances Spanos's voice is and how masculine it is,manlier than e.g. Cencic's though he is great too.For me Lemos has more female intonations

[@serenaluce]

I couldn't agree more with you here. I just wonder why it's a norm for women to sing ANYTHING for women and any men's roles in drag, and for men it's practically impossible, with the only exceptions like St'Alessio or Lemos in Niobe. It would be just great:-)...It's even a rare treat to enjoy great modern countertenors with advanced technique in castrati roles where they are more credible than any women... Ah and oh, and hope for the best for my favourites for me to have more choice too:-)...

[@christineannemarsden]

Pity that the instruments are not following his wonderful speed and reducing his expressiveness.

[@serenaluce]

Human voice is really the most superior instrument.For me there's nothing like the best CT voice as you know it:)Only CTs have such colours and nuances,though women have something special too:-)Are you talking about Lemos now with his "big manly chest tones"?Absolutely!I don't want to say who is superior as they are all of the same calibre and so different.Lemos is unique in his own way and sounds very manly making an impression of a woman but I take this piece isolated,just manly sung by Spanos

[@serenaluce]

Oh,sorry, typing mistake. I meant as you mentioned that Mr Spanos isn't a woman:-):"Thank God neither Spanos or Lemos are women, otherwise I wouldn't be so impressed":-) Actually, it's interesting to discuss how different people hear the same stuff. You heard here something as if Spanos tried to sing this woman's aria expressing female intonations. I have a different approach. As I said I take this piece isolated, as a concert piece where sex isn't indicated, and hear only divine male singing..

[@serenaluce]

Ha, you were prepared to be unimpressed!:-)If somebody can work miracles it's Nicholas Spanos!:-)But of course, no artist can please absolutely everybody with his singing. If his voice is still appealing to YOU I advise you to listen to more of him to find new colours,and actually, some say the more they listen to him the more they like him. Thank God neither Spanos or Lemos are women, otherwise I would be so impressed:-)I find them both sound very manly but Lemos with more female intonations...