Deej, David, Noel: THANK YOU.

Deej: I fixed the gaps, I think, in my second version (posted separately). Thank goodness you noticed - I'd misread Verdi's original score! Argh! smile Thanks!

David Snyder: as regards the slowing it down, I remember that there WAS a reason, but I forget what it was! Sorry - at my age (!), things like this tend to happen, it seems ... it probably wasn't that important, anyway, if I forgot it! Thanks for your kind comments!

Noel: that is probably the very best compliment I ever received, as regards my voice, saying that its timbre reminds you a little of Andy Williams. I'm, of course, nowhere near his level, but to have people thinking that I have even a touch of that kind of magic is something which is going to have me smiling all day smile Thanks for making my day with your kind comment!!!