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Old 13-05-2009, 09:12
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There have been an awful lot of less than "Stunning Duets" over the years. Simply putting two great singers together doesn't always work and the results can be dreadful

However, every now and then you get one that just clicks and something very special is produced, such as in this amazing clip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZoru1C9ZqA

The only criteria for this thread is that the duet just has to work...

There are hundreds to choose from, so lets hear them!
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Old 13-05-2009, 09:19
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUyB...eature=related
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Old 14-05-2009, 10:04
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Only one?

Ok, one most people will instantly recognise from 1.20 on even if they didn't know what it was called http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpT7pK9A61A
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Old 14-05-2009, 11:05
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Old 14-05-2009, 12:13
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you gotta be kidding me right ? ? ?
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Old 14-05-2009, 12:25
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Old 14-05-2009, 12:52
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Barcelona by Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe.
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Old 14-05-2009, 21:39
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La ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEDnmGnYb6I
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Old 14-05-2009, 21:53
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I love this one, not an opera though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMK4NNgs1Aw

and this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YJIJlGkUJw
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Old 14-05-2009, 22:55
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This is by far my favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQzRFwVFIKU

Both my favourites performing together and with proper mental bitch power, too.

Skunk Anansie also done duets with Pavarotti. They worked surprisingly well.
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Old 14-05-2009, 23:57
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not an opera though
It doesn't have to be...

It just happens that many of my personal favourites are. Such as O soave fanciulla - Anna Netrebko - Rolando Villazon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UtIy5VEz0
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Old 15-05-2009, 00:43
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Barcelona by Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe.
Just in case there is anyone who hasn't seen it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d54-KkihpU
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Old 15-05-2009, 00:48
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Almost any from the Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong series.
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Old 15-05-2009, 09:28
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Almost any from the Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong series.
For example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeisCvjwBMo
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Old 15-05-2009, 16:32
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Georg-Friedr...dp/B000EQ5Q9A/

Probably some of that is on youtube if you look. Two great singers, their voices work well together and the duets are good too.
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Old 15-05-2009, 16:36
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAJy8zjaMrs

Same two singers, this will fit on here as well
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Old 15-05-2009, 16:38
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Here you go Gneiss, I know you love our Kate really:

'Don't Give Up' - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

...fairlight-tastic!
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Old 15-05-2009, 19:38
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Here you go Gneiss, I know you love our Kate really:

'Don't Give Up' - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

...fairlight-tastic!
Well I've always liked Peter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAJy8zjaMrs

Same two singers, this will fit on here as well
Yes, I enjoyed that clip....
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Old 15-05-2009, 19:41
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Here you go Gneiss, I know you love our Kate really:

'Don't Give Up' - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

...fairlight-tastic!
classic
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Old 15-05-2009, 23:50
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Here you go Gneiss, I know you love our Kate really:

'Don't Give Up' - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

...fairlight-tastic!
Favourite duet of all time.
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Old 16-05-2009, 11:40
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Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald made around eight films together in which they produced some 'stunning duets'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_m7unArv8g
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Old 16-05-2009, 17:29
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While searching for "something" from Lucia Popp for the other thread I came across this duet, Canzonetta sull'aria with Popp and Janowitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd5nFd3utLg
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Old 16-05-2009, 19:24
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While searching for "something" from Lucia Popp for the other thread I came across this duet, Canzonetta sull'aria with Popp and Janowitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd5nFd3utLg
A little song on the breeze..... I love that piece. A lot of people will probably know it from The Shawshank Redemption.
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Old 16-05-2009, 19:51
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The only criteria for this thread is that the duet just has to work...

There are hundreds to choose from, so lets hear them!
I think this duet works well:

3 Doors Down & Sara Evans - Here Without You
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Old 16-05-2009, 20:21
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Working my way through Mozart

"Se viver non degg'io" from Mitridate re di Ponto. The role of Sifare was written for soprano castrato

Yvonne Kenny and Ann Murray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CVGkYeRCxo

Dessay and Bartoli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AxyhtkMLlA


From Cosi fan tutte, Ah,guarda,sorella

Amanda Roocroft and Rosa Mannion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmwtIh6UNHA


And from Bellini's Norma, Mira o Norma, this one is with Caballe and Verrett. There's a CD with the two of them, Great Operatic Duets, very well worth listening to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LbaCEe8UM
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