Schubert - Ständchen (superbly sung by Peter Schreier, with Rudolf Buchbinder at the piano) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaq-6U7ZJt8

(I must really try to restrain myself now, as if I start posting Schubert's Lieder I won't be able to stop...)

I will only post one more...

Schubert - "Gute Nacht"/"Good Night" from "Winterreise"/"WInter Journey" (sung by Peter Schreier)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZb6a6wr_60

This is long, but wow, so beautiful! Absolutely divine.

Maria Callas - 50 Most Beautiful Opera Arias

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwGIBewHPM

Because many of us love stars and the night sky...

E Lucevan le Stelle (from Puccini's Tosca, sung by Luciano Pavarotti)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuQdEyz6b6w

That same aria… E lucevan le stelle sung by Franco Corelli… It ‘s beyond perfection.

 

https://youtu.be/vw6L0jFseUI

 

 

And by Jonas Kaufmann: https://youtu.be/S-8ulgLFEl4

 

And… Plácido Domingo: https://youtu.be/5-AF1T4OehM

 

 

 

 

 

The glorious Pearl Fishers Duet (Au fond du temple), sung by Jonas Kaufmann and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, in one of the finest performances imaginable.

 

https://youtu.be/p2MwnHpLV48

 

 

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere Mei, Deus (Tenebrae) 

Conducted by Nigel Short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3v9unphfi0

 

Apparently Mozart transcribed it in its entirety after hearing it only once in 1770 (when he was 14).

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Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition

 

https://youtu.be/UBuSJXObgpw

 

This live version is conducted by Solti. You might have to turn up the sound a little, but this performance is outstanding.

 

 

Monteverdi - Ohimé, dov'il mio ben, sung by Claron McFadden and Nora Fischer, with Mike Fentrs on the theorbo.

 

https://youtu.be/GH0PLm6Q8V4

 

For a more Italian approach and pronunciation, the performance below is by Roberta Invernizzi & Gloria Banditelli.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvmyADhtqfk

 

And for the first version I ever heard, which remains radiant even in the sorrow of the words, agile and full of delicious vocal turns... Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb, accompanied by Kirkby's husband, Anthony Rooley on lute (or possibly on theorbo).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4voBLxGxWI

 

 

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (I. Allegro)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy2zDJPIgwc