Listening Extra – Valentine’s Day

“Someday he’ll come along, the man I love” – Gershwin’s wonderful song sung by the equally wonderful Ella Fitzgerald!

Are you trying to convince Phyllis of your worth, to the point of death? Morley knows your woes…

Be you thankful for love – Habe Dank! with Strauss! Performed by Joyce DiDonato

Does your Love have eyes of blue? Then Brahms is your man… Performed by Bernarda Fink

Emotional rollercoaster alert from Sibelius #itwasnttheraspberries Performed by Karita Mattila.

Has your husband lost his love for you? You need Rosina’s first aria from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro – Performed by Renee Fleming

Have you fallen for a man who ignores your letters? Does he flirt with your sister at a ball and shoot her fiancé, only to profess his love for you IN A LETTER years later but you’ve already married a Prince?

Is your love life like that of a butterfly flitting around a flame? Then look no further than Handel’s Partenope – performed by Carlotta Colombo.

Is your love light, gentle, enchanting, sacred, infinite, eternal? Fauré’s Notre amour is for you – Performed by Diana Damrau

Joyous Love, found here in Schumann’s Widmung – “You are my soul, you are my heart!” Performed by Jessye Norman

When you love someone, and let them go to their love because you love them so deeply: the final trio from Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Performed by Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, and Barbara Bonney

Calm, peaceful love from Schubert – “You are repose and gentle peace.”