Luciano Pavarotti: Ave Maria

[MsAddiction101]

A voice like one that Pavarotti had will never again come around if the world keeps supporting singers like Justin Bieber. This is music, pure and beautiful.

[miseriamia]

you will never die Big Luciano..

[elena25gheorghe]

Not a loss, a gain for humanity, to have had him...

[ShmizzyMcGriddles]

I think whether or not he's using falsetto is irrelevant.

Call it whatever you'd like, head voice, chest voice, falsetto or mixed; this a beautiful, passionate and totally musical rendition of a really magical piece of music.

Any tenor can yell, it takes a real musician to take a step back and really sing the music.

[toniasizemore1970]

Go Luciano!!!!!

[fvrp]

Very good you video!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big Luciano, great tenor!!!!!

See also, the tenor Felipe Peletta singing this song and many others!

[310dute]

GOD PAVAROTTI

[welshnum1mum]

i still love his work, r.i.p.

[37kot]

the voice of god RIP

[rikatoxicOo]

the best.

[vivaverdi1]

I loved you and pray for your soul. But I wish I did not have to pray,but having you with us.

[chawnyce]

mauriciomille, this is not falsetto. He is clearly singing in his upper register. Falsetto sounds quite different from this. A wonderful artist with a gift that will last for all time.

[Msdamore7]

How rare to hear Pavarotti accompanied by a solo piano - what a treat!

[mauriciomille]

from 2.31 to 3.15 is using falsetto isnt?

[mauriciomille]

@mauriciomille i mean from 2.31 until the end

[chipncharge94]

@mauriciomille no... falsetto sounds like this /watch?v=om174gvVXHU&playnext=­1&list=PLF91BFEC12C29CCB8

[mauriciomille]

@chipncharge94 sounds nicely... He is castrato i think isnt?.... and, that made me wonder in the vid from bocelli occhi di fata, he is using falsetto at the end isnt? (min. 2.47 to 3.06)

watch?v=fDcFXM6jjIY

[chipncharge94]

@mauriciomille no today there doesnt exist any castratos (fortunately) ^^ . that was 200 years ago. in a interview of Terry Wey you can hear that he has a deep voice...

by bocelli doesnt use the falsetto either. pavarotti and bocelli both use the simple "head-voice" which is something compleately different to the falsetto. but a lot of people mistake falsetto for head voice... (even in wikipedia its wrong!) sorry for my english

[ProRachStravinsKiev]

@chipncharge94 It's weird... He uses head voice all the time, and this is one of the first times that it almost sounds like falsetto instead; somewhere around 4:05-4:15 that long drawn-out note seems airy.

[chipncharge94]

@ProRachStravinsKiev are you also a professional singer and have you also sang in one of the best boy-choirs as in world as a child and taken 1000s of singing lessons?

[ProRachStravinsKiev]

@chipncharge94 Yep, which is why I brought it up. I've never heard Pavarotti use falsetto, and that note sounds eerily like falsetto.

[chipncharge94]

@ProRachStravinsKiev i didnt say something else ^^ i want to show the falsetto on an exemple with terry wey....

[HillbillyJ]

@ProRachStravinsKiev I think he actually sings in head voice, which is completly different, but can sound similar. True falsetto has a very airy sound because the vocal chords aren't really doing anything, your just blowing air through them and it creates a pitch. Head voice on the other hand is when the chords come vey close together and "zip up," causing them to vibrate quicker. Singers like Robert Plant sang almost entirely in head voice, esp. in the early Led Zeppelin albums.

[colino72]

@mauriciomille Nope, just singing at a very low dynamic level for the purpose of artistry. I have heard clips where he does use falsetto or or mezza voce - marking in rehearsals. The terms head and falsetto are infinitely confusing anyway (and some argue that they are essentially the same functionally), but I hear only head voice here - pianissimo, beautiful head voice.

[colino72]

@mauriciomille Before I get killed for saying falsetto and head are possibly functionally the same, I'll also clarify that when classical singers sing a high dynamic level in the upper range, they are not using pure head voice. Search for M1 vocal mechanisms. (Castellengo, Michèle Lamesch, Sylvain, Henrich, Nathalie

IRDA-LAM, Université Paris 6, CNRS, Minist. Culture. Paris, France).

Not a light read, but it gets away from chest, head and falsetto and talks mechanisms and mixed voice....

[starmanbridges]

Pavarotti!



[smiranda77]

best in the history of music....so touching......gift from god.......god bless his soul......

[MrNohab]

A Gift from God for Us!

[LizMihalov]

I actually like this version better than the 1978 version with the full orchestra.

[grinvaldsjanis]

@LizMihalov Piano is closed... it's more quiet then orchestra... he is more free in amplitude. Orchestra version is very loud... singer must almost scream.

[magyarstat]

Nagyon szép!!!

[Thesuziebear]

This beautiful song moves me to the core of my soul....i'ts heaven on earth. If you don't RIP what chance have we got?

[jesusdavidtheone]

que hermosa voz la de pavarotti sin dudas el mejor tenor de todos los tiempos.

[Insanexfury]

SWEET my 6th grade Latin class is showing its purpose I can understand

[strongbreed401]

i love this song this favorite singer of mines must have....

[marci2332]

Para sempre em meu coração! Eterno para nós! Márcia!Brasil



[octoberwhale]

涙が出そうですね



[ss3cleric]

Hail Holy Queen Mother of mercy.

[profitnprogress]

My mother likes to listen to Pavarotti and mom passed away march 2007...Now she can hear Mr Pavarotti sing more often...he must be singing a lot for God! The Blessed Virgin Mary must be so pleased with your Ave Maria! Bravo!

[wivvix]

A perfectionist with truly astonishing command over his instrument. A testament to the wonders of human ability. I personally believe we'll never hear another tenor quite like him, but I would only be too happy to be proven wrong. Thanks for uploading this by the way!

[phil8219]

One of my favourite. Reminds me of my father x

[larry6987]

speechless

[ILBARONE45]

What everyone should understand there are many versions Ave Maria. This is Schubert's Usually done solemn mass IE: Funerals etc. The Guonod Version is a Happy Occassion birthdays especially Weddings. Now we have a third version Guonod plus Pavarotti's whom actually wrote same. Check it out it is on you tube' Ave Maria Guonod/Pavarotti. Rest of you naysayers Get a Life.

[RoOodOoOloOmeg]

@ILBARONE45 actually there're like fourteen or fifteen, caccini's, Gounod's, Schubert's, and some others like verdi's, which is inside of its Otello, and like four or five of spanish musicians, which are most chorals.

[delpha3110]

what your not to be fucked with well without russia or the yanks your nothing tpo anyone just puppets with grudges of old history aginst the russians and you let the west use you to dp these evil deeds ,this aint a conspiracy witch.see the dolar talks to you but to we westerners loyalty is everything .your countries are like germany after the ww2 ful of chil sacreficing niggers.sp talk hard i`ll hit you harder you know where i am a few metres from your operators.traitors to thier coiuntry 1 fing

[john2000young]

What about the second part of the lyric? Why repeat the first half of the text only?

[nicktabus1000]

The best there ever was. Its that simple.

[Ghostgal11]

@nicktabus1000 I agree 100% percent

[MrBleachlikespenis]

IEKUKATAKA ignore these guys, they're the same people that think yo yo ma is the best cellist in the world. Idiots... Pavarotti was a fine tenor and the world misses him. This is a 1987 performance, he improved with time. chills out grumm. though at 2:38 he's not singing from his stomach because the note is too delicate for him. Its not as full sounding as it was 4 years ago when he was still alive. At 4:00 he makes up for it and gives it more body. Grumm you needs to chill out. Chillss outttttt

[MrBleachlikespenis]

I put the times in so you can compare the two sounds. they're off by a couple seconds but they'll give you the idea. also....grummm chillsssy outyyyyy no one cares....its alll ok man....its all ok....you can relax...shhhhhh its okkkkkk chillsssy outttyyyyyy chillsyyyy outtyyyyy

[hemoOza]

lo amo es el señor mas coool del mundo

[grumm70]

you can see his disapointed around 220

from his performance from 2.00 upto 215

[grumm70]

guy was overrated

he misses and strugles to hit the note at times. not by much but there are errors

[tagliavini]

Lol

[IEKUKATAKA]

Yeah, right!! One of the finest tenors in history and you have the gonads to criticize him. Sure! What a dim wit. And your stage name is???? What? What was the name of your last opera? Huh??

[grumm70]

get ya ass to the docs you have wax in em

[IEKUKATAKA]

All the same to you, I will get my ass to the nearest digital audio equipment to listen to Pavarotti. You may get your ass to wherever and listen to whatever swill a shit for brains listens to. Stronger response on demand. BTW, you answered this in a flash, listening to the master are we?? Tuned right in, huh?

[grumm70]

dood why do you care anyways,

the guys dead and rotting away who gives a fuck if he was or wasnt anygood anyways,

makes me laugh how people glorify dead people

[leftfootlouie]

Doodoo 'd don't worry I'll piss on your grave doo doo to the fact that your life was waste anyway ,unlike the great but,  dead PAVAROTTI

[nhilius1]

im 11 and can sing just like him i been singing since i was 4 so fla for my glo goucho meno for my beloved uncle

[MrBleachlikespenis]

I don't think you can sing like him with 7 years of vocals....My wife has been singing since she was a little girl and even at eleven her singing was intermediate. And I mean little like age 3.

[nhilius1]

so fo sa fla glo fva nouncho on loving memory brother

[KochaneZycie]

One of a kind, Great performance...

[wlb5555]

Simplesmente fantástico, perda lamentavál de uma voz divina, acredito que ele está junto a Deus cantando com os anjos para o deleite do Pai.

[CrAzYGiRl163]

nagyon szép :)

[opidacul]

this is the one. the great performance of Pavarotti at his old school.

[macdij]

emocionante!!!!!!!!!!!

[ajjtdancinggirls]

pavarotti is almost as good as andrea bocelli. not quite as good.

[semitar6]

Andrea is good..but his voice does not compare to Pavs..however his performance of oocha di fata is sublime.

[aguacun]

There´s no hope for this world. Please ajjtdancinggirls: Stop your DNA... do not reproduce yourself.

[cherryburtoncc]

i hope i can sing like this one day

[joeluvsshan]

The people who worshiped him will go to hell, not the one being worshiped. Pavoratti knew who to worship, he had talent on loan from God. Big Pav is in Heaven right now leading the angels in song!

[MrBleachlikespenis]

.....dude thats kinda random....and Im pretty sure he would slap you for calling him "big pav"......

[joeluvsshan]

I'm not sure why I'm getting the negatives for, I was commenting on some dude stating that Pavarotti would go to Hell cause people worshipped him, its not his fault people seen him as imortal, thats all I was pointing out people..., DAMN!!!! And I had the pleasure of meeting him and that is exactly what he told us to call him!!!! So there!!!!

[ReTeodoro]

Perfeito!!

[tombomb50]

he is now entertaining the heavens with his immaculate gift.

[BlueCrystalGem]

technically he's going to hell because some people worship him as an idol.

[piccola95patitofeo]

Luciano Pavarotti il miglior cantante di tutti i tempi! Luciano the best!

[lucianopavarotti777]

Greatest singer

[SpaceDude3600]

beutiful.

[bbutera]

You won't get any american idol with this type of voice that's for sure....

Pure Magic....

[yippierb]

Nobody sings this better than Pav.

[eddieandbev]

Who can deny the existence of God? Where else could such a beutiful voice have come from?

[altairzq]

from Pavarotti's brain and vocal cords?

[wainscottbl]

And where do those come from? Ah, his mother, you say? Well, and her...and hers...I think you get the point...

[pitcel]

i miss you so much luciano, i miss you so much... DA CAPO...!!

[CakesNshit]

What a great voice, gracingly yet powerful. I would give my left arm to see him perform only once.

[wabe04]

fantastico

bello

[delise54]

Fabulous! Thank you for this.

[Aizenborg]

ho ancora i bridivi...grazie di averci deliziato con la tua voce,Big Luciano!

[axekat]

What a talent. What a loss to us all.

[jannajannajanna3]

RIP pavarotti

[josparkes]

What a voice, such beauty of sound, to hear and luxuriate in, what a fabulous treat to hear Pavarotti. What a loss to us all to lose him, still at least we can hear his magnificent voice like this, thank goodness.

Jo Sparkes

25/4/2008 Norfolk

[chriskutscher]

observe pavarottis forehead between 1:17 to 1:21! it looks so funny...

[marutarg]

! GRANDE PAVAROTTI ! M A R A V I LL O SO

[OperaSounds]

Estupendo!

[sliskigt]

Fantastic!