Notes
OK - this playlist exists on borrowed time, averaging less than 1 listener per month as of November '15 since it was first published. It is a collection of nine of my favorite arias from operas, oratorios and serenatas. Also includes an instrumental break in the middle from one of Handel's most rousing concertos.
If you love baroque solo and duet arias, I hope you will give it a listen before I am obliged to ax it with the 'delete' button. Even if baroque singing isn't your thing, you might still give it a try - you could get surprised. As a former die-hard opera hater, I never in a million years thought I would ever be able to tolerate that stuff. Until one day...everything changed.
4 comments on Baroque arias (an overlooked playlist)
Aria8311 investor September 27, 2021
please don't get rid of this list. I love it so much. Honestly, 8tracks was out of my music listening rotation but when I visit it's to listen to THIS playlist. I'm so grateful you introduced me to a whole new world of music! Who knows how many others might only click once but be inspired forever on their music journey <3
⃠kez September 29, 2021
@Aria8311, thank you for listening. I am so glad to hear from people who have made some new musical discoveries through the playlists. I will keep this one for people like you. Thanks for letting me know.
⃠caelum-g-111775 March 04, 2019
I absolutely love this! I hadn't really cared for much opera, but I love the duets, and you really don't find many of those in other playlists like this. This has become one of my absolute favorites
⃠kez March 04, 2019
@caelum-g-111775 Thank you so much for your comments! I love to hear from people who, like me, discover to their surprise that they actually do enjoy some opera. I am still amazed how much I used to hate it, and how much I passionately love a lot of it now. I also really, really enjoy duets. Just about my all-time favorite, most gorgeous operatic duets I've yet to come across are included in my earlier mix "Aria!". You might want to check that one out, too, sometime! :-)
⃠apsara8311 April 11, 2016
omg I love this play list!! If you keep it posted they will come. Ive been searching for a playlist like this one for forever! Thank you for making it
⃠kez May 23, 2016
@apsara8311 Thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate your listening.
⃠Waverhouse January 20, 2016
Don't axe it! The Baroque audience is small, which is why we need all the playlists we can get! I appreciate your playlist :)
⃠kez January 20, 2016
@Waverhouse thanks so much for your comment. I will keep the playlist. You are right, the baroque audience is quite small compared to other genres. I keep hoping more will discover how great baroque music really is. I used to dislike baroque, and continue to be amazed at how much I used to dislike it, while today I find it so satisfying and wonderful to listen to. At certain times baroque music can actually give me goose bumps or bring me close to tears just listening to the beauty of it all. Thanks again for listening!
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