Les Feuilles Mortes

sung by Yves Montand

I developed a mad crush on Montand after I saw him in the film Grand Prix and so I decided to look him up and I found out that he also sang. Here is one of my favorites:

and here we have a younger Montand:

translation of the lyrics:

A song like us, birds of a feather,
You loving me, me loving you,
And we lived happily together,
You loving me, me loving you.
But life tears apart gentle lovers
Who quietly obey their heart,
And the sea invades the sand and covers
The footsteps of those torn apart.

Dead leaves are gathering, dead leaves are piling
Up just like memories and like regrets.
But still my love goes on quietly smiling
Thankful for life and for all that it gets.
I loved you so, you were ever so lovely,
How can I forget? Tell me how!
Life in those times was more sweet and beguiling,
Even the sun shone more brightly than now.
You were my most sweet friend and lover,
But regret just isn't my thing,
And I’ll keep hearing all the time
The old song that you used to sing.

Give Me Love

by George Harrison

a beautiful song by a beautiful man (and my favorite Beatle! ^_^) who died far too soon

George in concert:

He Will Be Restrained

composed by Handel, adapted and arranged for "The Madness of King George" by George Fenton

I watched this film not too long ago and being the huge fan I am of the actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Handel's music I loved it. The following is from one of my favorite scenes and Handel's music from "Zadok the Priest" fits perfectly.

Here is the scene from the film:

Beggar's Prayer

by Emiliana Torrini

My sister recently got me addicted to the TV show Castle and while desperately trying to watch all of seasons 1 & 2 before season 3 starts I came across several musical gems. I was already familiar with some of Torrini's songs but somehow I managed to miss this one, I'm eternally grateful to the person that decide to use this in "Castle"

Here is Torrini singing live:

Tevye's Dream

from the film "Fiddler on the Roof"

"What woman is this by righteous anger shaken?"

Fruma Sarah going nutty over her pearls is classic ^_^

Last Holiday Suite: I. Main Titles

composed by Francis Chagrin

Another film soundtrack from another favorite (Alec Guinness is in it, what's not to love?!). One of the many things I love about old films is how they can get away with deus ex machina endings and not-so-happily-ever-after endings even in "comedies" [I will not reveal what kind of ending Last Holiday has ;-)] we let them slide because we think "Oh well, they didn't know any better, it's an old movie and the industry was in it's infancy" but I beg to differ sometimes the endings are absolutely perfect and most of these films wouldn't be the same without their odd endings. So here's my salute to classic British dramedy and the endings we can see coming but hope to goodness we're wrong about:

Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio

composed by J.S. Bach, performed by Aaron Rosand

As I'm sure everyone has noticed from the small sample of my music library that I've posted so far I have A LOT of classical music. On one occasion I decided that for a month I wouldn't download any new classical music, a few minutes after making this decision I purchased an entire album of music performed by violinist Aaron Rosand, I just couldn't help myself.