MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Why awaken me from Werther by Jules Massenet

performed by Rolando Villazon

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The Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

performed by Renaud Capuçon

Just sublime...

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Nessun Dorma - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

performed by Luciano Pavarotti

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E lucevan le stelle - Tosca by Puccini

performed by Luciano Pavarotti

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Casta Diva - Norma by Vicenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

performed by Anna Netrebko

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Et incarnatus est - Mass in C minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

performed by Natalie Dessay (in rehearsal)

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Softly awakes my heart - Samson and Delilah

by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

performed by the mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca

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English translation (source : Wikipedia):

My heart opens to your voice
Like the flowers open
To the kisses of the dawn !
But, oh my beloved,
To better dry my tears,
Let your voice speak again !
Tell me that you are returning
To Delilah forever !
Repeat to my tenderness
The promises of old times,
Those promises that I loved !
Ah ! respond to my tenderness !
Fill me with ecstasy !
Samson ! Samson ! I love you !

Like one sees the blades
Of wheat that wave
In the light wind,
So trembles my heart,
Ready to be consoled,
By your voice that is so dear to me !
The arrow is less rapid
In bringing death,
Than your love is
By flying into your arms !
Ah ! Respond to my tenderness !
Fill me with ecstasy !
Samson ! Samson ! I love you !

Piano concerto number 1 in F-sharp minor op.1,

first movement (vivace) by Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

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FILM MUSIC

Brave Heart by James Horner directing the London Symphony Orchestra

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A summer of 42 by Michel Legrand

performed by Catherine Michel-Legrand (harp)

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Once upon a time in the West by Ennio Morricone

performed by Claudia Couwenbergh

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POP MUSIC

Somewhere performed by Barbra Streisand

Video : Dailymotion

Goodbye Marylou by Michel Polnareff

and his unreal voice

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Corcovado performed by Astrud and Joao Gilberto

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Song for the Countryman (Chanson pour l'Auvergnat) by Georges Brassens

Video : Youtube

Translation : here

The Prayer performed by Georges Brassens

according to the poem of Francis Jammes "I salute you, Mary"

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Translation by Janine Canan :

By the little boy who dies at his mother’s side
while children are playing in the garden,
by the wounded bird who doesn’t understand
why his wing starts bleeding and drops;
by the thirst and the hunger and the burning frenzy:
I salute you, Mary.

By the kids beaten when the drunk comes home,
by the donkey kicked in the belly,
by the humiliation of the innocent who are punished,
by the virgin sold and stripped,
by the son whose mother was insulted:
I salute you, Mary.

By the old woman stumbling beneath her burden
who cries,“Oh God!” By the poor wretch
whose arms had no human love to lean on
like the Son’s Cross on Simon of Cyrene;
by the horse crushed under his wagon:
     I salute you, Mary.

By the four directions that crucify this World,
by all whose flesh is broken or succumbs,
by those with no feet and those with no hands,
by the sick man groaning in surgery,
by the just man convicted of murder:
I salute you, Mary.

By the mother learning that her son is cured,
by the bird calling to the bird that fell from the nest,
by the thirsty grass drinking in the rain,
by the kiss that is lost and the love found again,
and the beggar rediscovering his lost change:
     I salute you, Mary.

Happy performed by Pharrel Williams

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Get lucky performed by Pharrel Williams

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Sous le vent (under the wind) performed by Céline Dion and Garou

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Literal translation :

And if you think I got scared, it's not true
I'm giving a vacation to my heart, a bit of rest
And if you think I was wrong, just wait
Breathe some of the golden wind pushing me ahead

And, do as if I'd gone out to sea
I got the large sail out and I slid under the wind
Do as if I were leaving the Earth
I found my star, I followed it for a while

Under the wind

And if you think it is over, never
It's just a break, a bit of rest following the dangers
And if you think I forget you, listen
Open your body to the winds of the night, close your eyes

And, do as if I'd gone out to sea
I got the large sail out and I slid under the wind
Do as if I were leaving the Earth
I found my star, I followed it for a while

Under the wind

And if you think it is over, never
(Under the wind)
It's just a break, a bit of rest following the dangers

Do as if I'd gone out to sea
I got the large sail out and I slid under the wind
Do as if I were leaving the Earth
I found my star, I followed it for a while

Do as if I'd gone out to sea
I got the large sail out and I slid under the wind
Do as if I were leaving the Earth
I found my star, I followed it for a while

Under the wind
Under the wind