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Great Female Vocal Performances
Following on from the "Celebrating women in rock" and broadening the scope this tread is quite simply for posting Great Female Vocal Performances from any genre and any decade so please use some imagination...
Although I had solo performances in mind in starting the thread I have no objection to the inclusion of all female vocal groups and bands with a female lead singer. As I said diverse I'll kick it off in exactly that mode.. Maria Callas 1958 - Casta Diva http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYl8GRJGnBY Julie Rogers 1964 - The Wedding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySfBbWxo9QU Connie Francis - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbs8EfgE4EI And finally for now this piece of pure showmanship from 2006. I love the way it takes the audience so long to realise what she was doing: Anna Netrebko - Quando me'n vo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgLymJcNxE Stunning dress and necklace too... As a footnote I found out the price of that necklace after seeing it during that concert
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WOW i love all your choices, so good to see Maria Callas on here
Here's my choice as she is my new obsession Azucena La De Jalisco - Rezare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB24KY6Dldo 2009 and also Beth Hart - Am I The One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbaah7Htg0A |
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And finally for now this piece of pure showmanship from 2006. I love the way it takes the audience so long to realise what she was doing:
Anna Netrebko - Quando me'n vo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgLymJcNxE Stunning dress and necklace too... As a footnote I found out the price of that necklace after seeing it during that concert ![]()
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Judy Garland, Old Man River http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4wnWILwSI
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ive been listening to Maria Callas all day and its all your fault. Just ordered The Complete Aria Collection, because even though i have a best of CD this is FOURTEEN !!! CD's and it has everything on there
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I don't speak german but the words on screen don't appear to be what she's singing.......
![]() ![]() She's actually singing in Italian of course Here's an English translation: When I walk When I walk alone in the street People stop and stare at me And everyone looks at my beauty, Looks at me From head to foot. And then I relish the sly yearning Which escapes from their eyes And which is able to perceive My most hidden beauties. Thus the scent of desire is all around me, And it makes me happy! And you who know, who remember and yearn, You shrink from me? I know it very well: You do not want to express your anguish, I know so well that you do not want to express it but you feel as if you are dying! Quote:
ive been listening to Maria Callas all day and its all your fault. Just ordered The Complete Aria Collection, because even though i have a best of CD this is FOURTEEN !!! CD's and it has everything on there
![]() I've posted this elsewhere quite recently but personally I could never tire of it. I think it's very much a case of a class singer being in the zone so to speak. Natalie Dessay - Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt_sKT-nlE0 All I will add is that it is well worth watching through to the very end... |
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Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime
Lorraine Ellison - Stay with me baby Mahalia Jackson - Precious Lord Take My Hand (sung at MLK's funeral) Aretha - I Say a Little Prayer may be the greatest pop song ever? Dusty Springfield - anyone who had a heart Nina Simone - Feeling Good |
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Maria Callas 1958 - Casta Diva http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYl8GRJGnBY
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This will never not amaze me, its just incredible!
And what does Classic FM play? A bloody trumpet arrangement of it! Truly I despair at times... |
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This will never not amaze me, its just incredible!
Joan Sutherland is increasingly regarded as the greatest interpreter of Casta Diva . Arguably Callas is the more passionate. |
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Joan Sutherland is increasingly regarded as the greatest interpreter of Casta Diva . Arguably Callas is the more passionate.
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Judith Durham at her best... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpjf_t5tU9w
... no silly gimmicks, just the voice. I was going to post this elsewhere but thought this thread was probably more appropriate... Dusty - If You Go Away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCVxPEPx5Y And a song that always makes me feel nostalgic... Petula Clark - Sailor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k9BiDRHANg |
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Kristin Chenoweth -Glitter And Be Gay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVsLMxam21I&sns=em
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And after watching Nicole scherzinger attempt And I Am Telling You, here's the ultimate version as sung by Jennifer Holliday. The last 2 mins is the greatest performance I have ever seen by anyone, male or female http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnKI3ztz9w&sns=em
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I liked the duets Keely Smith had with her then husband, Louis Prima.
Not only was a she a great singer, I liked the way she took the micky out of his stage antics. She always makes me smile. The look on her face towards the end of this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-a8kLtJSJ4 |
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I could probably pick so many more from Connie Francis but this is one of my favourites... Hopefully one day someone will put the live recording back on YouTube but for now... Born Free http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGpaVeLG_Lk
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Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime
Lorraine Ellison - Stay with me baby Mahalia Jackson - Precious Lord Take My Hand (sung at MLK's funeral) Aretha - I Say a Little Prayer may be the greatest pop song ever? Dusty Springfield - anyone who had a heart Nina Simone - Feeling Good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRpMc5OVHnc |
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The definitive version of Silent Night by Mahalia Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRpMc5OVHnc ![]() So I'd have to differ on that one, not least because I much prefer the more common arrangement... It was also covered by two of my all time favourite singers so obviously I'm a little biased. Connie Francis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J96KvNjpKro Deanna Durbin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIUcTcVdXH8 |
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whitney at the grammys
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As it's a Christmas another silent night and a connection with the post above this one... Anyone spot it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GghONQ-q65Y
And another quite different silent night this time by Kathleen Ferrier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_4Hie--UM |
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Ella Fitzgerald with a live version of Mack The Knife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPA8QwtxQE In my top ten records of all time September In The Rain - Dinah Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dr9aWUp75g |
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k d lang singing Crying. I had the privilege of seeing her singing this live which was breathtaking.
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we must have some of our Shirl......
Here she is belting one out on Italian telly..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxMXlqCFZw |
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Ella Fitzgerald with a live version of Mack The Knife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPA8QwtxQE In my top ten records of all time September In The Rain - Dinah Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dr9aWUp75g I uploaded it to Youtube as well as the "B side" which is, "What a difference a day makes" another favourite, which curiously has received three times as many hits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISeRK8vCa1M |
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