Matona mia cara

In slight remembrance of national poetry month ... Orlando di Lasso's "Matona mia cara."

First, as exploration of the underlying poem ... prompted by the comments on the Bucharest performance.

"Matona, mia cara", Orlando Lassus (2:32)
- The Hilliard Ensemble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUSeiOaTnsQ

Orlando di Lasso - Matona mia cara (3:33)
- Madrigal Choir, Bucharest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Beb2uQHo0

King's Singers - Madrigal History Tour - Matona mia cara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPlb2jKCCQI

Matona mia cara. Orlando di Lasso (with English subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OoKx-yV5dY

And then some musical fun ...

Matona mia cara (3:03)
- KammerKorEtviva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSA-o3ER2HY

Matona, mia cara 親愛的小姐 (2:24)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_sIUlY6uf8

Matona Mia Cara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gn3ld8_cY

Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz - Matona mia cara‬ (2:46)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m05aLoYLBzE

Nina Simone

Listening to Nina Simone

Nina Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me‬ (2:49)
- on Ed Sullivan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sAbW0ONRBU

‪Love Me Or Leave Me - Nina Simone‬ )3:25)
- Japanese Ombnibus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QY-H2ekZo

Nina Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me.flv (3:23)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpfidugbB8

Nina Simone "Love Me or Leave Me" (3:22)
- The Essential Nina Simone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTP1OqYqFY

Love or leave me - Nina Simone (4:06)
- Paris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEQpipS_qfc


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Love Me Or Leave Me - Sheke & Bruno ( A Nina Simone Cover) (2:14)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCuiHA8g7LY

Billie Holiday - Love Me Or Leave Me (2:27)
"Love Me Or Leave Me" performed by Billie Holiday written by Walter Donaldson and the lyrics by Gus Kahn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwSssDYMLvs

Love Me Or Leave Me - Frank Sinatra (2:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVoyLV9sSU

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64-Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
- Tribute to Nat King Cole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaSXO9--OA

Nina Simone - In the morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOGn__tq5E

NINA SIMONE - Revolution (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16a3BX-uV4k

Nina Simone - Who am I? (4:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INLBcBGwr0g