Alessandro Moreschi - Ave Maria (1904)

[RethTaion]

I find his voice hovering when he's high...his vibrato his incredible ans so much the expressivity!!  However I find that soprano women's voice are more "pures".

[paddyjoe1938]

You have to remember that the recording technology was in its infancy at the time of this recording.Therefore the tone of his voice and quality of the recording is not anything like we are used to now,even recordings 10 to 15 years ago were still somewhat lacking compared to today.Plus he was getting on in years and had probably performed more times than he should to pay his way as I am sure the fees were quite low then.

[unpodimusica1]

Beautiful voice, but so sad, somehow. How could they practise such barbarian things? And in the 19th century too!

[MrKipp09]

Man he was castrated, that is horrible... 

[Rolandbv]

Being able to hear this is like seeing through a little window into a different time....I know he had lost a lot of vocal control by this point, but it's still SO cool to hear!

[MrPet99er]

Allessandro Moreschi (The angel from Rome) was 46 years old when this was recorded, and he sounds like a boy, man that's scary!

[robertsasyannick]

he`s crying because he misses his balls

[TheJClams]

I CAN'T FORGET HIS VOICE, IS SO AMAZING!

THIS REC WHEN HE IS 47YEARS OLD.

BUT THE VOICE JUST LIKE A LITTLE BOY.

I CAN'T FORGOT IT AND LISTEN THIS ONCE AGAIN AND AGAIN!!

[Jozzu696]

@TheJClams The voice is because he was the last castrated singer..

[digvoldon]

Fuck! I shouldn't have listened to this, I'm gonna wind up having nightmares.

[Jextxadore]

Listening to this again, I realised just how beautiful that F was on "tui Jesus"

[13neirad]

He made this recording when he was around 54 years old. By this time he had lost most of his pitch and his singing talent.

[jskizz808]

He would've given it all away to feel a vagina.

[Rolandbv]

@jskizz808 You do realize that they could still get busy, right? lol

[jskizz808]

@Rolandbv How?

[DrLeonardBonesMcCoy]

R.I.P His Balls lol

[PresidentBosch]

Not that I've listened to many versions of this song, but this one is the best I've heard so far. Beautiful, but also very creepy.

[farkas419]

I wonder what he must have sounded like in his prime. His voice seems to be just a shadow of what it must have been years previously. He's still lovely though.

[seethedevil]

da como un poco de miedo

[Jextxadore]

Hauntingly beautiful, if a bit wobbly at some points.

[Nefertari155]

There is something hauntingly beautiful about his voice, when I forget the noise... somehow it fills me with sadness. Thank you for putting it on Youtube, EquinoxeIV.

[lahmorga]

i dont like it =/ and i think that his voice is very sad...

[reveprofond]

Bravo T.T

[Juliet0307]

JB0071000,if I am crazy,then,Giacomo Puccini,Pietro Mascagni,Giuseppe Verdi,Enrico Caruso,Giacomo Lauri-Volpi,Teresa Stolz,Giuseppina Pasqua,.......were crazy,too,and they were not capable to recognize a great artist:they adored Moreschi's voice,and were in great admiration of his phenomenal talent.

But I'm sure that you have a much better musical ear than these mediocre artists.

[ludustestudinis]

@Juliet0307 That some modern listeners do not like this might be because they listen differently and totally miss those aspects that were important to Moreschi's contemporaries. Moreschi was concerned about moving by his performance, while modern performers are more concerned about perfection and a constantly beautiful sound. I am not sure what has caused this shift in perception; maybe it is because music is today primarily heard on recordings instead of direct live contact?

[humpbacks62]

OMG... This poor thing went through a mutilation for this???

Sounds ghastly

[MATTMUDORCK]

Sublime interpretazione. La sua vita era venuto a film.

[inasafeplace]

Jonsi & Alex made a wonder out of this :)

[TheEdyneto]

Castratti

[17thSHIT]

Beautiful music, but kind of disgusting and horrible if you think about how he become like this.

[crocodile1374]

Each to their own, Andrea Bocelli does as nice a rendition, even though he's a tenor, this poor mite sounds as if he's been on the helium! Whilst I apreciate that you guys & girls may not like how he sounds, but let me give you an example, Jimmy Somerville, he sounded worse than htis guy, even though he's got all his lower faculty in tact!

[Juliet0307]

He has such a wonderful legato,such a support!The nuances are extraordinary,the style is perfect,the diction so understandable!And what a soul!What a musician!

Thank you,Professore Moreschi!

[JB0071000]

@Juliet0307 you are crazy ,this is terrible ,his voice

me scared and his I'm afraid your eyes and I'm not superficial

[tindarius]

its hear very very baaad like hoy punching a dog y prefiere conternenor

[princesskaitlyn524]

it's neat to hear recordings that are over a hundred years old...but did musicians really think this person's singing was good? If so, ouch.