Canzonetta sull’aria
[This is a guest post from Philip. Read it quick before Lanier sees it!]
Lanier’s friend Rachel stopped by the other day for a little visit. After a few cups of tea, they moved to the piano and sang a few tunes. I got out my laptop and tried capture a little bit of the captivating music they were making. Listen to this track I just mixed down and see if it captivates you:
Sull’aria, from the third act from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
(roughly translated – a little song on the air)
Very beautiful.
You’re sweet, Marla…I guess that I shouldn’t allow my browser to cache my passwords if I can’t trust my husband. 🙂
Very lovely as ever you two….Norah Lanier thought it was bootaful.
*curtsey to my little namesake*
You can tell her it’s a birthday present. 🙂
Oh! That is so beautiful! And it sounds like you’re in a concert hall, not a living room. 🙂
This recording has amazed me (and aroused my curiosity). I prefer this version of Duettino Sull’aria to any opera company version that I’ve ever heard! I love the slightly faster tempo. Are either Lanier or Rachel professional singers? Was Rachel playing the piano as well as singing the responses? I hope you will do more . . . like this one? Best wishes, Tim (England – UK)
How kind of you, Tim. Thank you! Neither of us are professionals by any means…just good friends who love to sing together. 🙂 I think I was actually playing the piano on that one, if memory serves me.
Thanks, again for the encouragement! 🙂
Twelve years later, still blessed by the purity and the beauty.