The most beautiful song you have ever heard

Originally posted by Joe Fist
May be a weird subject, I admit, but I was just inspired by something I was currently listening to. Makes me think of my little girl everytime when I hear it and considering the source of it may seem weird as well:

Deborah's Theme - A ...[text shortened]...
I'm curious to hear what other people regard as beautiful music.

Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) , Richard Strauss.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/keynotes/story/0,11111,777815,00.html

Four Last Songs
- Richard Strauss

Vier letzte Lieder

Frühling (Hermann Hesse)

In dämmrigen Grüften
träumte ich lang
von deinen Bäumen und blauen Lüften,
von deinem Duft und Vogelsang.


Nun liegst du erschlossen
in Gleiss und Zier
von Licht übergossen
wie ein Wunder vor mir.


Du kennest mich wieder,
du lockest mich zart,
es zittert durch all meine Glieder
deine selige Gegenwart!


September (Hermann Hesse)

Der Garten trauert,
kühl sinkt in die Blumen der Regen.
Der Sommer schauert
still seinem Ende entgegen.


Golden tropft Blatt um Blatt
nieder vom hohen Akazienbaum.
Sommer lächelt erstaunt und matt
in den sterbenden Gartentraum.


Lange noch bei den Rosen
bleibt er stehn, sehnt sich nach Ruh,
langsam tut er
die müdgeword'nen Augen zu.


Beim Schlafengehen (Hermann Hesse)

Nun der Tag mich müd' gemacht,
soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
wie ein müdes Kind empfangen.


Hände, lasst von allem Tun,
Stirn, vergiss du alles Denken,
alle meine Sinne nun
wollen sich in Schlummer senken.


Und die Seele unbewacht
will in freien Flügen schweben,
um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu leben.


Im Abendrot (Joseph von Eichendorff)

Wir sind durch Not und Freude
gegangen Hand in Hand,
vom Wandern ruhen wir
nun überm stillen Land.


Rings sich die Täler neigen,
es dunkelt schon die Luft;
zwei Lerchen nur noch steigen
nachträumend in den Duft.


Tritt her und lass sie schwirren,
bald ist es Schlafenszeit,
dass wir uns nicht verirren
in dieser Einsamkeit.


O weiter, stiller Friede!
So tief im Abendrot.
Wie sind wir wandermüde;
ist dies etwa der Tod?


Four Last Songs

Spring

In dusky hollows
I long dreamed
of your trees and blue skies,
of your fragrance and bird song.


Now you stand revealed
in glitter and glory,
flooded with light,
like a miracle.


You recognize me,
and gently beckon;
my whole body trembles
with your holy presence!


September

The garden is in mourning:
the rain falls cool among the flowers.
Summer shivers quietly
on its way toward its end.


Golden leaf after leaf
falls from the tall acacia.
Summer smiles, astonished, feeble,
in this dying dream of a garden.


For a long while, yet, in the roses
she will linger on, yearning for peace,
and slowly
close her weary eyes.


Going to Sleep

Now that day wearies me,
my yearning desire
will receive more kindly,
like a tired child, the starry night.


Hands, leave off your deeds,
mind, forget all thoughts;
all of my forces
yearn only to sink into sleep.


And my soul, unguarded,
would soar on widespread wings,
to live in night's magical sphere
more profoundly, more variously.


In the Glow of Evening

Through sorrow and joy
we have walked hand in hand;
let us rest now from wandering
in this quiet country.


Mountains slope all around us,
and the sky already darkens;
only two larks climb in the sky,
dreaming in the night.


Come in; let them flutter,
for it is already time to sleep;
let us not lose our way
in this loneliness.


Come nearer, gentle peace,
profound in the glow of evening!
How weary we are of wandering;
is this perhaps death?



http://people.unt.edu/~dmeek/rstrauss-fourlastsongs.html

Originally posted by Joe Fist
May be a weird subject, I admit, but I was just inspired by something I was currently listening to. Makes me think of my little girl everytime when I hear it and considering the source of it may seem weird as well:

Deborah's Theme - A ...[text shortened]...
I'm curious to hear what other people regard as beautiful music.

my favorite is GYPSY KINGS_Un Amor. the first dance with my gilfriend(of corse with first kiss) was with that music.it was really good times🙂

Originally posted by Joe Fist
May be a weird subject, I admit, but I was just inspired by something I was currently listening to. Makes me think of my little girl everytime when I hear it and considering the source of it may seem weird as well:

Deborah's Theme - Amapola

From the movie Once Upon a Time in America

I'm curious to hear what other people regard as beautiful music.

***THE MANSIONS OF THE LORD***

you can hear it here ... http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ItisPeke/VDay.html

To fallen soldiers let us sing
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord

No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the Mansions of the Lord

Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
All through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord