1969 The Nightingale (Solovei) by Alabiev - Joan Sutherland video free download

John Ruggeri

Stunningly beautiful singing and wonderful interpretation. BRAVA JOAN

Charles Henry

Typical Joan Sutherland...I was beginning to nod off halfway through. Mechanical, wooden. Much prefer the rendition of Albina Shagimuratova. This gal puts some Life and Joy into it. Sounds like a different piece altogether. And what language is Joan singing in? I can never tell, Sounds a bit French to me, a mushy French at that.

Homoclassicus

At least she sings in Russian (btw, do you speak Russian to know if she speaks it correctly or not?), while the vast majority of non-Slavic singers record this song in other languages, like French. Besides, come on, at least half of this song is pure vocalise, there are no words in it. ;-)

magicmonkichi

This concert is available on DVD, "The Art of Joan Sutherland", from the CBC archives. You can find it on Amazon. It's a wonderful concert and great dvd.

piolinve

Sutherland is magnificent always, beautiful sound, but where are the words ? never mind, it is the same in whatever language she sings

LaBartoliLover

Gorgeous performance and Joan looked really really beautiful in pink.

Kocia13

but much better and natural is Bogna Sokorska's performance.

CaptFitzbattleaxe

Alas, no.

Elise Curran

So glad to hear this...didn't know she sang it. Is it available on a recording anywhere? Joan looks wonderful in that pink dress, too. :-)

CaptFitzbattleaxe

@Sutherland2 So true! She always said her goal was to make us listeners happy. I think she succeeded.

Peter Anastos

This is new to me. Wonderful song! Beautifully sung. Joan's standards were so high, she always gave the best performance she could, 100% always. There is no one who so enjoyed singing to us, who loved us as much as we loved her.

emma41093

I love this song!

vocalissimo1

A wonderful performance from Joan who makes some ravishing sounds across her impressive range. I love the way Richard looks like he is paddling the keyboard!