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DRAMA DIRECTOR Frédéric Balekdjian CAST Edouard Baer Anton Balekdjian Nassereba Keita Philippe Lefebvre Mariame Gaye Julien Frison Morgan Pierrard Xavier Maly Véronique Gallet Alain Chabat Jean-François Stévenin France
Nicholas Spanos, » Élégie » by Massenet
Oh, doux printemps d’ autrefois….. « Élégie » by Massenet, a wonderful piece of music that has been arranged so many times and for numerous constellations of instruments, presented here through the voice of Nicholas Spanos at a recital in Waidhoffen an der Ybbs, Austria on November 20th, 2009. Piano: Anastassios Strikos. Élégie by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) , « Élégie », 1869/72, published 1875. [voice and piano] a text in French by Louis Gallet (1835-1898) Ô, doux printemps d’autre fois, vertes saisons, Vous avez fui pour toujours! Je ne vois plus le ciel bleu; Je n’entends plus les chants joyeux des oiseaux! En emportant mon bonheur, mon bonheur… Ô bien-amé, tu t’en es allé! Et c’est en vain que [le printemps revient!]1 Oui, sans retour, avec toi, le gai soleil, Les jours riants sont partis! Comme en mon coeur tout est sombre et glacé! Tout est flétri pour toujours! www.nicholas-spanos.com
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Wonderfull! Thanks, plavos! And which is the best: Spanos, Shaliapin or Misha Maisky?
No matter, I think. I had three great experiences today, listening them.
@TelmarP No,I don’t understand. Can you substantiate which fraction of a second the start of which note sounds sharp to you? You said his last note? I’ve listened to it again and it sounds perfectly smooth to me. In any case, if your ear caught the sharp start of this evasive note, then the middle and the end were perfect and the very last impression must be the most favourable for you. I think that this version is just TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!You can’t believe your own ears that it’s THE BEST EVER!
@serenaluce Any sustained note has a start, middle, and end.
@TelmarP Thanks for expressing your opinion, but can I ask you what is « the start of his last note »? It’s a NOTE, not a PASSAGE. I wonder where is its start, middle and its end:-).
A wee bit sharp on the start of his last note. Otherwise, wonderful interpretation!
Quelle magnifique voix ! que d’émotion dans l’interprétation !
Je suis sous le charme… merci à Nicolas pour sa prestation..Michèle
Magical, Fine Art of singing!
Amazing!!! I have’t heard better performance!!
Extremely beautiful.
@fourmi1060 Absolutely agree with you here! Fantastic is the right word! Fantastic artist with fantastic musicality! It’s definitely the best version I’ve ever heard! Before I liked this piece, of course, but I couldn’t even imagine that it can sound THAT beautiful! From a better world! I wonder who can not agree with us:-)
For me, this is the best version of this song I have ever heard.
Point, comme on dit en français.
What is so wonderful is that everything is taken care of as an organic whole; it’s not « just » a succession of beautiful phrases, it is a coherent, beautiful music sculpture.
Fantastic.
this is lyrics by Louis Gallet
marvelous voice!
The more I listen to it , the more I like it! It’s just incredible! SUCH beauty! The best possible gift for the past International Women’s Day!:-) I don’t know about one particular note ( I also like e.g. 1.34 and many others!), but I agree with Fourmi that « it would be enough to reduce a stone to tears… » Thank you very much!
Dear L, I agree with you. Chaliapin’s version is great! Very emotional and expressive! It’s classics! Also his « Ouf, tyazhelo! »(Clock scene) from Boris Godunov has made a very strong impression on me (one of the strongest opera has ever made on me)! I wouldn’t like bass’s roles like Godunov’s and Ivan Susanin’s to be arranged for a countertenor:-), but I think that a countertenor’s voice is the best match for this great music, and I’ve never heard it more beautifully sung than this! Bravissimo!
Dear SL, I have just listened to Chalyapin again singing this; and although I concur that Chalyapin’s version is gut wrenching, the sheer SOUND of Nicholas Spanos is so extremely wonderful, I have to join you in voting this the best of all versions. 1:40 alone would be enough to reduce a stone to tears….
Not just beautiful, stunningly beautiful! Now I know how moving and emotional this piece can really sound when this unique artist is singing it! I’m speechless. It made me cry… And a real countertenor’s voice (not a fake one) is the best match to this great music! With all my respect to great Chaliapin or Gigli, THIS is the best version!
This is beautiful!
chris
Beautiful!
I have the honour of posting the first comment on this video! I am somewhat alarmed to see my hero has been reduced to half his normal size…
Luckily though, his voice remains undiminished and so I am easily able to award five stars. Grace, elegance and emotion all characterise Níkos’s performance, and, as usual, not a single misjudged note. Wonderful. Thanks so much 