Oh I adore that one from Gladiator too, Solo! Love it love it! Not watched the film yet, can you believe.
There used to be a terrific channel on Sky that played music videos, like that one, of good classics, operas and pops. From that channel I discovered artistes like Blake, Sarah Brightman and a fabulous track from Andrea Bocelli which makes the hairs stand up on my neck.
Canto della Terra, Andrea Bocelli. Please Youtube it. Just listened again and it got me all goosebumpy. The duet with Sarah Brightman is also good. It’s the bit later on where the choir joins in that gets me most.
This is the link to the official video, the one that I first saw on the Sky channel mentioned above. At 3.13 in, the choir starts. I play it loud in my car!!
Worse than goosebumps, this piece of music always brings tears to my eyes. It the saddest, most poignant piece of music ever written.
Of course it is Dove sono i bei momenti from The Marriage of Figaro and you get two for the price of one! If you are not moved by this then you have no soul.
I’m listening to PP Arnold at present,especially her version of “God Only Knows” by the great Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame and co written by Tony Asher.
Brilliant version of this by Arnold,better than the Beach Boys original,in my opinion!