A Furtive Tear Falls

Gaetano Donizetti, Italian opera composer
(29 November, 1797 - 8 April, 1848)

The Romanza from Act II, Scene 2 of the Donizetti's opera, L'Elisir d'Amore

This MP3 Selection Expired on 12-03-2006:
Leopold Simoneau, Tenor
Una Furtiva Lagrima (Donizetti)

...Un solo instante i palpiti (2:10-2:17)
If only for a moment I could feel her heart beating against mine

Del suo bel cor sentir (2:18-2:25)
I miei sospir, confondere (2:26-2:37)
Per poco a' suoi sospir (2:38-2:47)
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir (2:48-2:58)
Confondere i miei coi suoi sospir (2:59-3:08)
I drink in her sighs as she mine
Our breaths entwine and we breath as one

Cielo, si puo morir... (3:09-3:16)
Oh, God in heaven, I am content to die from such happiness...

Une Femme Amoureuse

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-29-2006:
Mireille Mathieu - Une femme amoureuse

King of Ragtime

Scott Joplin, King of Ragtime
24 November, 1868 - 1 April, 1917)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-27-2006:
Marcus Roberts, piano (1998) - Bethena's Waltz (Joplin)

We Thank Thee

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-24-2006:
Jim Reeves (1962) - We Thank Thee

We Thank Thee
Jim Reeves
(1962)

We thank Thee each morning for a newborn day
Where we may work the fields of new mown hay
We thank Thee for the sunshine
And the air that we breathe
Oh Lord we thank Thee

Thank Thee for the rivers that run all day
Thank Thee for the little birds
That sing along the away
Thank Thee for the trees
And the deep blue sea
Oh Lord we thank Thee

Oh yes we thank Thee Lord
For every flower that blooms
Birds that sing, fish that swim
And the light of the moon

We thank Thee every day
As we kneel and pray
That we were born with eyes
To see these things

Thank Thee for the fields
Where the clovers grow
Thank Thee for the pastures
Where the cattle may roam
Thank Thee for Thy love so pure and free
Oh Lord we thank Thee

Oh yes we thank Thee Lord
For every flower that blooms
Birds that sing, fish that swim
And the light of the moon

We thank Thee every day
As we kneel and pray
That we were born with eyes
To see these things

We thank Thee for the fields
Where the clovers grow
Thank Thee for the pastures
Where cattle may roam
Thank Thee for Thy love so pure and so free
Oh Lord we thank Thee

En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor

Joaquín Rodrigo
Spanish neo-classical composer
(22 November 1901 - 6 July 1999)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-23-2006:
Il Divo (2005) - En aranjuez con tu amor (Rodrigo)

Hoy las hojas secas sin color que barre el viento son recuerdos del romance...
And now the wind sweeps away the sere leaves as it does the memories of our love...

Mercer, Mercer, Me

Johnny Mercer, American lyricist-vocalist
(18 November, 1909 - 25 June, 1976)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-21-2006:
Nancy LaMott (1992)
Autumn Leaves & When October Goes

When October Goes
Music: Barry Manilow
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (posthumous)
Vocal: Nancy LaMott

And when October goes
The snow begins to fly
Above the smokey roofs
I watch the planes go by

The children running home
Beneath a twilight sky
Oh for the fun of them
When I was one of them

And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And I am in your arms
To share the happy years

I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh how I hate to see October go

[Piano and Cello Interlude]

And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And I am in your arms
To share the happy years

I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh how I hate to see October go

I should be over it now I know
It doesn't matter much
How old I grow
I hate to see October go

Kiss Me Goodbye (auf Deutsch)

Petula Clark, British vocalist
15 November, 1932 -

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-17-2006:
Petula Clark (1966)
Kiss Me Goodbye (sung in German)

Borodin's String Quartet in D

Some Fall Veggies

Alexander Borodin, Russian composer
(12 November, 1833 - 27 February, 1887)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-15-2006:
The Emerson String Quartet - String Quartet in D (Borodin)

The Way We Were

Marilyn Bergman, American lyricist
(10 November, 1929 - )

This MP3 Selection Expired on 11-12-2006:
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were

The Way We Were

Best Movie Music: Oscar 1974
Music: Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics: Alan & Marilyn Bergman
Vocals: Barbra Streisand

Mem'ries
Like the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? could we?

Mem'ries
May be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were
The way we were