Enrico Caruso - Una Furtiva Lagrima (Remastered)

[ELLHNASG]

Υπήρξε ο Μέγιστος των Μεγάλων τενόρος όλων των εποχών!!!

[dkgkmd4ever]

@ELLHNASG Σίγουρα!

[19fer19]

.. sublime, it knocked me down to my feet.Thank you for posting it. Caruso sure put things into perspective and makes everyone else seems marginal.

[jimvez00]

very nice job remastering this song and by far the best version: Enrico

[pontias1]

tout simplement magnifique ,il ne faut pas oublier que Caruso lorsqu'il montait tres haut faisait sauter les lampes du lustre

[niketmik]

simply magnificient!!!

[kuivam]

удивительная чистота горного ручья!

[alludaangel]

Exquisite! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[fredlamprecht]

what a beautifully matched remastering. a true masterpiece. imagine trying ti play along with such a voice and make it match!!!! kudos to the vienna radio symphony. and of course no less to the master caruso himself. now we can enjoy him as it probably all sounded live at the time. thanks and more. i invite comments.

[ywn3]

Absolutely beautiful ! 정말 아름답습니다. 한국 분들도 많이 들어 보세요.

[jfs78]

I went to all the existing buildings were Caruso recorded. I went to building #15 in Camden near the time it was to be destroyed. That is where the bulk of Caruso's recordings were done. I also went to building #2 where the Lucia Sextette and Rigoletto Quartet were recorded in 1916. I just wonder if perhaps someday either Building #2 in Camden or what is left of 826 in Carnegie Hall could be preserved, so future generations who will not see what we have, can appreciate that special history.

[jfs78]

This recording by Caruso was done of course in room 826 at Carnegie Hall. It was surrounded by noisy vocal studios and the Victor Company was not happy with that. The studio had opened in 1903 and was finished by the end of 1904. But what amazing recordings were made in that studio by the greats of Opera in that day. He was at that studio only 2 times. Once to record all the pieces and one more time to redo a faulty one if I recall correctly. I have to go there sometime and see what is left.

[jfs78]

There was a plaque put into room 826 at Carnegie Hall in Feb 1954. Martinelli was there and sang a few notes into what was called a recording machine of the time (circa 1904) This was all to honor the 50th anniversary of Caruso's first recordings in the USA. Jump 57 years later and the rooms that once were called 826 and so forth have been utterly changed. Is the plaque still there? Who knows? But I thought that was a musical crime. Specially in a hall dedicated to music. Sad.....

[1986Giga]

Hell, love it! Only Caruso is enough for me to love Italians till the death!

GeorgianListener

[scruttles]

Thank you, his voice will live forever.

[GiovanniMariaTommaso]

However it's done it is absolutely fantastic and when I hear Enrico sing I feel as if I rise above myself, yet in myself, as the body emotes. I respond mentally and the body physically and the two join together undergoing deep felt emotions and become one spiritually.

[luizmanaia]

cheio de amor

[dlagrua]

Caruso was outstanding. Even on the primitive equipment of the early 1900's he was still absolutely great.

[iHondeux]

Caruso does something with this aria that I've heard no other do...

It's inexplicable, but I think it's best if it stays as such.

[wiseroldfart]

@iHondeux You could simply say this is 'bel canto' singing a dimension or two beyond what it was when Donizetti wrote this aria. I can't believe Donizetti ever heard his masterpiece performed anywhere near as well as this. This is the single best performance I've ever heard by a tenor including Caruso himself.

[niketmik]

merci beaucoup!

[Linchetto68]

Interpretazione magistrale,da far venire la pelle d'oca.

Come Caruso non ci sarà mai più nessuno.

[davidmurphy1974]

Wow what a great performance! Thank you thank you thank you!

[hoibie]

what a masterpiece! incredible.

[gillwilkinsongw]

I have now listened to all the versions of this aria on Youtube, and as I suspected Caruso's takes the biscuit. It makes me cry when I hear it, and THAT is what swings it for me. It makes me want to listen to it for ever. Thank you a million times for uploading this BEAUTIFUL piece of heaven, my grandmother's favourite!

[tsmlink]

@gillwilkinsongw  My sentiments, precisely. Listening to the later tenors' performances leave you cold compared to Caruso. There is simply no comparison, IMHO. Just wonderful.

[tomfroekjaer]

What's going on here??? I can't understand that you are not getting more hits on this beauty. I uploaded it much later than you and I have more than 120.000 hits. Why don't you copy some of my text under "more info" ? I think that's why I have more hits (more words included when someone searches). It could also be because I put in Match Point in the keywords.

I don't care WHO gets the visitors - just collectively the more the better !

[GreekCallas]

The reason is I was suspended for nearly 3 years. I was one of the very first to post opera recordings with a picture this way and wish I had the account reinstated sooner.

[francotenelli]

That means in those days conductors were real accomponists and singers were not afraid to interprete. Singer could almost sing if he'd accompony himself. Toscanini and other followers brought it to end, end of singers domination.

Today, if one is not a "come scritto" singer he can hardly make a big career. It's symply not a singer's world anymore.Pavarotti cannot read the score, but he still learns it like it's written, due to his coach

[allinvideo]

This "andamento" should put the maestros fully crazy! How to make dozens of musicians to follow this? There's nothing even close to this at the music score. Well, things of the age. Anyway, the voice is perfect, the feeling too. Bravo Caruso!

[GreekCallas]

It's from a newer album from around 2004 called "Amor Ti Vieta" and is the third part of Caruso's remastered series.

[Manos2s]

I agree it´s the best. Which I like most he so in the music: every phrase different, love it.

[edmoran73]

I agree. The greatest.

[alainwilliam]

for my point of vu the 1904 UNA FURTIVA LACRIMA -IS A MIRACLE-THE VOICE IS SO PRESENT -WHEN TOSCANINI HEARD THIS RECORDED HE SAID IF THIS TENOR GOES ON LIKE THAT HE WILL GO ARROUND THE WORLD

[tomfroekjaer]

Hear, hear !!! My all time favorite of this wonderful aria - maybe along with Schipa's (but still second to Caruso for me). 5 stars - or 10 if possible !. The way that voice soars is almost superhuman. Thanks GreekCallas for uploading it (I did too, but the more the better !).