Ombra mai fu – just lovely

Ah, I love this, one of my favorites from Bryn Terfel’s Handel Arias CD, which is a swell recording, all around, and which I first wrote about here – and which is no longer allowed in my car when my husband is driving.

Yes, yes, I know you purists (like my disapproving classical composer Elder Son) it’s transposed into a lower key for the baritone, originally meant for a castrato. I say a carefree, “bite me, I like this; it sounds good.”

And this is an old favorite, too.