Liszt 'Sonetto del Petrarca'

[pirrucha]

Scusate, Pavarotti e' semplicemente grande.

[laurabellisoprano]

meraviglioso...

[lfelgueta]

Buenisimo !!!

[principessadolce22]

This is so amazing! He even sang with a tishue in his hand! :D

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

I probably saved this as "favorite" 150 times! lol

[ShawDAMAN]

I've heard versions by Gedda, Kraus, Quasthoff, and others. I like them all but this easily tops them all by a mile. And I'm not a huge Pavarotti fan.

[yonkoff]

There you have a reason to be now! ;)

[doddsalfa]

I'm a huge Pavarotti fan but nobody tops Gedda in this type of music:)

[ShawDAMAN]

Normally I'd agree but I stand by my opinion :P I heard Gedda's recording of this and it didn't do much for me ;p

[FATowlie]

@ShawDAMAN Nobody tops Michael Schade. His B is one of the most incredible sounds I've ever heard. And the interpretation throughout is just gorgeous.

[londonpianoschool]

Simply stunning.

[tomwestbrook]

Liszt's 3 Petrarch Sonnets are among my all time favorites in the literature. I'm so glad Pavarotti recorded this 2nd one. Wish he'd done all three, really (my fave is the 3rd of the sonnets he set). I'm a bit surprised he didn't take the optional high D-flat in the penultimate phrase.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@tomwestbrook all 3 sonnets are here on yt

[dee1153]

Ginotti, do you know of somewhere this video can be purchased? Thanks!

He's wonderful...

[fernandobicudo]

Wonderful phrasing, perfect !!! Goes straight to my heart and soul...

[eyestrained07]

i was told that Pavarotti couldn't do the soft voice style of singing. Guess this video proves that wrong. Nice.

[appeace1]

@eyestrained07 Just as he proved the "experts' wrong when they said Neapolitan songs MUST be sung at full voice throughout by singing a verse of O' Sole Mio in pianissimo. In the same song, again he proved the "experts" wrong who said male singers could not trill! I have the feeling that most "experts", and everyone else quickly learned never to tell Pava he couldn't do things--lol

[castorp278]

Amazing !

[jeffro887]

Do you know where I can see Pavarotti singing the other two pieces?

[badocan78]

noone in the earth could/can sing this as he sings here!Just the game of the air he shows with a perfectly built body! After that just enjoy the freedom!!! RIP Maestro..

[loveluciano1]

he is so beautiful here, i just want to eat him all.

[cornificius22vain]

Excellent. Where's Villazón?

[radiologist301]

EXACTLY!!....LOL.....Villazon couldn't sing this if his life depended on it....thank GOD he hasn't tried....hopefully he'll stir clear....he better stay in the shallow end....this is getting really deep.......way out of his league....etc..

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Thank God indeed. He (Kermit: Villazon) already decimated pretty much every role in the Italian repertoire. As if he's on a mission of destruction! lol

[dee1153]

The thought of Villazon attempting this is SCARY!!! No one can touch Pav. Period, end of story. Villazon slaughtered "Pourquoi me Reveiller," so can you visualize him singing this? God, that's painful to even think about.

[vietkey]

The transition from falsetto to full voice is so incredible! One couldn't imagine the possibility of this unless he heard it with his own ears.

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

***Monserrat Caballe once said, "he has a glorious voice which is continuous through its entire range"

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

The reason why Pava can sing this challenging aria with great excellence is because he's got a continuous passaggio unlike any other tenor. Monserrat Caballe once said, "he has a glorious with which had continuity through its entire range" Even the "second or next best" tenors have a noticeable discontinuity in their passaggio. Some have a huge gap LoL

[dee1153]

When Pav squints his eyes, you know it's going to be something spectacular... and this is!

[GEVORK6]

I have never heard a tenor except for th egrand maestro Pavarotti sing this piece well....all the rest make a terrible hash out of it.....tenors should be baned from singing this unless they are established legends....please don't try this one at home....maybe sopranos but never tenors...

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[GEVORK6]

...you cannot imagine just how difficult this piece is until you try to sing it yourself....written right on the passagio....a real back breaker....of course it is typical of much of Liszt's works...always shoots for the most difficult paths to get his musical ideas across...of course Pavarotti makes it seem effortless....listen to any other tenor try this piece...they always make a hash out of it...

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[loveluciano1]

very difficult song to sing, and luciano pavarotti sung it in the way that it's looks effortless. he had a very good memory to music. just amazing and beautiful.

[marcherst]

This surely is a treasure, thank you for posting.

He is a treasure! I dont know how he can sing like that.

[chrissy1095]

He's unbelievable.

[dee1153]

There is no way I could love this man any more than I do right now. He IS the God of tenors.

[leoncioquin2007]

El Pavarotti con toda su vitalidad en la década de los setentas. Merece toda nuestra admiración y asombro! Que voz!

[GEVORK6]

....incredible!! what a difficult song for a tenor and Pavarotti has mastered all the dynamics and nuances....Bravo!!!!

[cyfieithydd]

This is the kind of Pavarotti video I've been longing for on YouTube - just the voice without any histrionics. Just the musicality without any nonsense. Just the singer at his most exposed. I saw him in recital in the early eighties and thought it was sublime. This confirms the memories I treasure.

[prunier]

Semplicemente il più grande tenore del dopoguerra

[bohemio79]

Ex cathedra

[teresa59]

impresionante, Luciano!!!