Joan Sutherland - Spargi d'amaro Pianto - 1959 Studio

[francesca7564]

Magnifiquement chanté, merci pour le post ...

[bellini7verdi]

esta voz no tiene control humano .....es simplemente abrumadora......que clase....vocal abbbbbbbbsoluta...............­imensamente gratificante......lo llena todo hasta dejarte o tirado por los suelos o elevado a las mas altas esferas..........incomprensibl­e.........un sonido fantastico...............incom­parable

[vocalissimo1]

Singing of the most limpid, expansive and spectacular kind. And what a finish - the mother of all high E flats!!!

[00193900]

She had a TERRIBLE sinus condition and her sinuses were literally OPENED UP surgically!

[bellini7verdi]

MUSICA DEL OLIMPO........................­..........DE FARAONES............CALIFAS...­.....Y EMPERADORES................COM­O SUS JARDINES Y PALACIOS..........COMO LO SPODERES Y MISTICISMOS CHINOS.........TODA UNA ORGIA DE COLOR VOCAL...............IMPRESIONA­NTE.Y GRATIFICANTE PARA EL ALMA..............VIVA EL ARTE....Y LAS CUALIDADES HUMANAS...COMO ESTA DE CANTAR......TODO UN UNIVERSO DE BELLEZA.....COMO DEMUESTRA ESTA VOZ DE JOAN SUTHERLAND

[DazFromOz]

no wonder she blew Covent Garden apart!!  I just listened to this and then followed it by watching the YouTube video of her doing it at the Met in 1982 - nearly a quarter of a century later and the technique is still rock solid. What an artist...

[luvxl]

Astonishing!

[Hako2004]

The whole thing is stunning, but the fluid run up to a dazzling high C ( 2:22 to 2:25 ) is supernatural. Thanks very much for the post.

[CanadaPisces]

A wonderful recording of Sutherland at her very best! Bravo!

[ChrisStockslager]

Fantastic recording. She sounds sooooo different here from her 1961 recording, and her diction's so much better too. Does anyone know where I can download this song without having to buy the whole album?

[CaptFitzbattleaxe]

@ChrisStockslager Oh, buy the whole album. Everything on it is this divine. Decca's Sutherland "Grandi voci" CD shouldn't cost more than a couple dollars; it includes the 1959 LP, two Art of the Prima donna excerpts and the 1963 Santo di patria.

[thomastmwc]

AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL

[tneprescintr]

who's conducting?

[tneprescintr]

by the way... she sounds SO soft on the low notes, i was only sure it was her when she got to the high ones... that surgery really changed her voice...

[leoperarm]

Nello Santi^^ andyes, she was very fresh when she recorded this!

[gustopheles]

@tneprescintr surgery? she had an operation to change her voice?

[tneprescintr]

@gustopheles she had a sinus operation to remove some sort of excess mucus, I believe. After that her voice began to sound darker and darker, which some people link to the procedure, as, I admit, I did.

[gustopheles]

@tneprescintr Thanks for the info, I had no idea

[tneprescintr]

@gustopheles no problem

[thebarroque]

The best Lucia!!!!!