Dearest Henry, the greatest composer England ever had.

When I heard this rendition, I started to cry like a baby remembering my late mother who was a great Coloratura Soprano and performed this very piece at several funerals when I was young. It brought instant memories of her to me. This is by far the most tender and lamenting version I have ever heard.

@ChelimYrneh

Жыл бұрын

Try Xenia Meijer - and of course Emma Kirkby

@lisanagomiero8142

3 ай бұрын

Condoglianze: mi dispiace

@user-jn1rf4yd2n

2 ай бұрын

Please, don't cry, though, I'm more than sure your dearest mother's worth of crying 🌷

The best version I heard. No heroic vibrato, no hysteric ff, all is simple and very natural, tempo is also very pleasant. The choir part is also perfect, good balanced accents and dynamics.

@GabrielLopes-yp7pj

2 жыл бұрын

I'm quite fond of Andreas Scholl's version, as all.

@stephenbutterfield5986

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, especially the ff

@michaelboucher7645

2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard the Jeff Buckley version? I can't find a really good recording but the bad recordings fit the song so well!

@michaelkingsbury4305

Жыл бұрын

Pure to the period, and more powerful for it.

@Ludwig1954

Жыл бұрын

Excellent Interpretation. Just listen to the horrible version of J. Norman! Reminds you of a dying drama queen, pompous and exagerrated

Dido's lament is about the entire western world anno 2021. Very beautiful version, Purcell's music is incomparable, unique.

@MichealBurnett5

3 ай бұрын

The west is not dying That is ridiculous! They said the same about the Dark and Middle ages!! Here we are... Rejoice. Remember Me, is the lament. Beauty is with us, as is modern civilisation! 😂🇮🇪🎉🎊❤️🎁🎂🙏😂 To this version of Dido's Lament... I say, Sublime!! Thank You to the up loader!! Much work I know.

This is by far the greatest version of this beautiful lament.

@malcolmdale

3 жыл бұрын

You can't have heard Jessye Norman then.

@Wilantonjakov

2 жыл бұрын

​​@@malcolmdale I have, and it doesn't compare in the slightest. No subtlety whatsoever... A Baroque opera should not be sung in a Romantic style, and to say Norman sings in a 'Romantic style' is being charitable.

I used to love the more bombastic versions of this and Tristes Aprets, but now that I'm old enough to have felt real sorrow, these subdued versions speak to me. They're more real, because when you're utterly broken, you can't muster bombast. You can hear the resignation in her voice.

There is only one word you need to describe this, exquisite. Pain and beauty conjoined.

Incomparably delicate version, a real lament that goes deep in the heart. By far the best version I have ever heard.

@iakovosarvanitis8812

2 жыл бұрын

Επιτέλους και μία Ελληνίς !!!

C'est juste grandiose, magique, plus qu'émouvant la voix de cette chanteuse...saisissant...j'écoute en boucle...c'est beau !!

The dynamics here are perfect. The composer would have loved the very careful breathing between strings and singer. Now to get the CD.

In the fog of the countryside today. I could not listen to something else❤

I love this version as it is not only beautiful but minimal which makes it even more emotional. Thank you

Why must this be so beautiful? It hurts and touches me with its beautiful melancholy.

Simone's voice is exquisite. So clear, and flows effortlessly. I envy her. I wish I could sing.

This song is a surrender, “Death is now a welcome guest” I love the sweet, decay as the accompanying melody descends... As ego, and body fall away. All that’s left is that high clear “Remember meeee”

@vonMohl

Жыл бұрын

Pride dies around 15 min after the body is dead.

I am speechless about the beauty of this song and version. There is deep stillnes within me listening this. That says it all. It is so unbelievably BEAUTIFUL. So well done by Simone Kermes!

"When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create No trouble, no trouble in thy breast; Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate. Remember me, but ah! forget my fate."

@paineite

Жыл бұрын

thank you

PERFECTION....................no words......

This is exquisitely beautiful.

Keep coming back to this version, for me the best rendition

@psycholoog-denhaag

3 жыл бұрын

Drie uur geleden je reactie 🙂. Wat een schoonheid hè.

@jaap8232

3 жыл бұрын

Frans van den Berg Heel mooi!

A WONDERFUL VERSION . BOTH TEODOR CURRENTZIS AS WELL AS SIMONE KERMES ARE WONDERFUL, CREATING A SUPERB CLARITY .

sheer brilliance! Genius performance

Бесподобно! Так передать в песне: тоску, грусть, печаль и неизбежность разлуки!!! Просто рвет душу!

@robdevries2878

Жыл бұрын

Precies !

Very interesting version of this masterpiece! Simone's voice is so beautiful and the choir is perfection; they are so in sync it's almost unreal!?! 😍

Heartbreaking beautiful

This is the first version that really gave me chills, in the good way. Wonderful rendition!

@m5st5gr5s

8 жыл бұрын

+jcsv12345 yes i agree

@lydiaschildwacht

3 жыл бұрын

To me as well.

Jehudi Menuhin once called this the most beautiful aria ever written. Nobility obliges and thus presses a heavy burden on the shoulders of the performers. This performance with Simone Kermes is one of the two I know that masters this challenge with braviour and a not to surpassing drama. As a crowning, even and tremendous conclusion follows the final chorus "with drooping wings ye cupids come".

using P or even PP to sing high G just bring the sadness and desperation to the max level! This is definitely the best version. Not a common tiresome show off vibrato on high notes version, this one bring you a true Dido, you can feel everything with her. Absolutely stunning!

Superb performance! Tottaly not frozen or not passionate! It's beauty is actually in this manner of performance! Tottaly out of the corrupted pseudo-romantic manner of super-expression, combined with large vibrato amplitude... I'm in love with this performance! As I am with many of the performances of the so called "scandalous" Simone Kermes!!

Αυτή η εκπληκτική μουσική ανοίγει μέσα μου την σκουριασμένη πύλη της καρδιάς για να περάσει το θαύμα της τέχνης φορτωμενο με τις θειες έννοιες.

Only the barque music can produce this this sweet refined, delicate sadness

Live in Madrid (concert version of the opera) the 18th of november at the Teatro Real with the Kermès and Currentzis. Just superb! Discreet, poignant. The choir was astonishing. So far the best interpretation I've ever heard. Thank you for sharing.

Ah, finally . This is the most relaxing and beautiful version I ever heard

Simone kermes ist eine wunderbare Sängerin und ich bin so stolz das ich als Kind mit ihr auf der Bühne stehen durfte :-)

What a wonderful Version.......

Beautiful piece with beautiful voice.. Bravo 👏

Wonderful rendition.

Of course we will remember you, Henry Purcell.

So wonderfully interpreted. This calmness and tenderness really touches me. And the choir fits in so well. The best interpretation I know. I can't get enough of that sound and triggering feeling

Brings my mortality to mind. Reminds me of all the ones i've loved but lost. I miss so much

yes, this interpretation is so far the very best I ever heard ! You don't realise it is ' philological' , as it is so fluent, natural, intense.. and does not need any horrible vibrato.. thanks a lot to ' gardenofmusician'

Exquisite conducting, voice 💎 & ensemble. Thoughtful generous slow tempo. Very very rare all at once.

Одно из моих любимейших музыкальных произведений.. Спасибо!

Exceptional beautiful interpretation by currentzis and amazing performance , choir and orchestra, with on top of it all this beautyfull performing simone kermes so calm and dedicated......

Na vele jaren nog steeds de meest aangrijpende uitvoering.

Wonderful !

Hauntingly beautiful.....💔

After this performance there is no point listening of other performances...I am sorry for other great performers of this masterpeace, but it is simply so...

I love your voice, Simone, thank you!

merveilleux .On percoit qu' elle est" "déjà" avec les anges avec ce "no troube no trouble in my breast" parfaitement phrasé par cette magnifique soprano qu'est Simone Kermès Merci

Beautiful

superbe interprétation ! force et douceur ...magnifique.

Wunderschöne Stimme! Ich bewundere Simone Kermes seit vielen Jahren💖

Henry Purcell ( Londres 1659-1695 Londres ) DIDO'S LAMENT;SIMONE KERMÈS,SOPRANO;DIRECTION TEODORA Quelle voix grandiose et musique Eternel merci.

Wonderful ...I love Simone Kermes..

A hauntingly beautiful rendition by a wonderful ensemble.

Une douceur exquise... Vraiment, quelle voix !

Perfection.

The west is not dying That is ridiculous! They said the same about the Dark and Middle ages!! Here we are... Rejoice. Remember Me, is the lament. Beauty is with us, as is modern civilisation! 😂🇮🇪🎉🎊❤️🎁🎂🙏😂 To this version of Dido's Lament... I say, Sublime!! Thank You to the up loader!! Much work I know.

Merci pour cette video qui est magnifique et cette soprano Simone Kermès et la musique de Teodor vous emportes au paradis une pure merveille merci.

prachtig en gevoelig gezongen door een fantastische zangeres I love it song with great expression thanks

I am speechless.

Great artistry.

quelle douceur, quelle délicatesse, quelles émotions...merci pour ce très beau partage, belle découverte...

@lauracompagnoni1239

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, there's a great intimacy and deepness of grief.

@elzbietaswiatek7393

2 жыл бұрын

LEPIEJ NIE MOGLABYM TEGO UJAC..........JESTEM URZECZONA..........

Amazing, restful piece of music with a fantastic soprano

meravigliosa inerpretazione

A wonderful discovery, both her and the conductor. Now my favourite version of a favourite piece.

Superbe et profondément émouvant...

Sublime.

maravillosa Simone

Bravísima Simone, no solo cantas...envuelves con tu aterciopelado timbre.

Qué preciosidad. Maravillosa Simone, como siempre, demostrando la calidad áurea y versatilidad de su voz. Bravissima!

Beautiful, no comment otherwise!

berührend, ergreifend Etwas Traurigeres findet man sonst in keiner Oper.

La voz languidece: amante, dulce, bellísima

je ne peux m'en lasser même si j'en suis retourné à chaque fois

such a performance. such a gentle brilliance. i loved Von Otter's, but this touches my all...

remarquable interprétation.

quite pure this, gently understated but sweet and true

Meraviglioso. Straziante.

so different than the other performances I have heard. beautiful!

this was so absolutely sweet!

Simone Kermes canta casta diva con una voce bella, calma, suadente e coinvolgente che accarezza il cuore. Però, fra gli ascoltatori vi sono molti melomani che non sanno apprezzare altri che il proprio cantante preferito e anziché apprezzare e godere del bello che vi è in ogni diversa interpretazione, si tappano le orecchie, disprezzano il cantante e rifiutano l'interpretazione dell'intero brano . Paolo M

@MiChi-ef7bc

6 жыл бұрын

Questa monumentale dolcezza ti eleva l'anima. Grazie!

La meilleure version !

Hermosísima interpretación!

Κύριε Κουρεντζή ,ευχαριστούμε που μας κάνετε να μετέχουμε στην σφαίρα των αγγέλων όπου ψάλλουν κάθε λύπη και ευτυχία σχεδόν χωρίς μουσική και στίχους .

So far the best version

How do not more people know about this version??

Onvoorstelbaar goed en haarzuiver. Mooiste uitvoering ooit!!

I love this version. I feel the voice is appropriately "weak" and simple, as in she is about to die so it seems off to me when singers use more powerful florid voices for this.

@MrAfronaut

7 жыл бұрын

yes, the piece does not require power

@verbminx

6 жыл бұрын

I know this is usually considered a piece for dramatic soprano, but I sang it as a lyric, and I think it has more power when sung by a lyric soprano. I'm not even sure why it became traditionally associated with dramatic sopranos -- baroque orchestras don't require them (it's not Wagner!) and nothing about the role seems to, to me, either. Someone else in these comments talks about getting chills listening to this particular recording (and no other), and I just... never get them when I listen to a heavier and more florid voice singing this.

@onbe804

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly !

@Mick_Holland

5 жыл бұрын

@@verbminx Perfectly put.

@francineghiglia9071

5 жыл бұрын

verb included

Love this version. Thanks!

höre ich gerade zum ersten Mal. Wie innig und schön! Und auch ungewöhnlich.

Sublimissime !

It clears my mind.

Maravilloso !!! GRacias!!

Simone Kermes a une voix magnifique! L'œuvre de Henry Purcell est d'une beauté intemporelle!

Such an amazingly gentle voice and absolutely great composition. Unbelievable beautiful and very very sad. This should run in my head by the hour of my death please which hopefully is still some time away - but the imagination that everything just becomes dark (or bright xD ) while playing this music would be a pretty cool end.

@beuming1

9 жыл бұрын

When after death, the Soul is in the overwhelming plenitude and light of the spirituel world again, there is fulfillment and no more ego and loneliness, without losing consciousness in harmony/congegation with countless other Beings........... This music is melancholic but also hopeful, apart from sad (for me)...Listen also Jessey Normans performance, different but both very beatiful (Jessey is more earth connected)..

Dido`s Lament (aria: When I am Laid in Earth) and chorus: With Drooping Wings. Lovely.

Perfection! Many thanks.

Tout simplement magnifique, belle découverte