Sicilienne by Faure - Minako Honda

[mkmhsys]

これこそ日本人が歌うクラシックだよ。

[DoctorDivaMamich]

Omg! She was so sweet and talented, and I feel so sorry that we lost so capable person like Minako!

[mkmhsys]

これだけの日本流の歌い方、これが日本のブランド歌手だ。他の日­本の歌手とは大違いだ。

[RoseBleueDuRosierSec]

Wow... I only knew the classical piece... this song is amazing. I don't know nothing about this woman or what is she singing... but her voices is wonderful.

[MrEjidorie]

この美しい歌声、愛らしい容姿を持ったこの素敵な女性は、もうこ­の世にはいないのですか。

ああ、もっと早く彼女の事を知ればよかった。でも彼女は残された­映像の中で、永遠に生き続けるのですね。ご冥福をお祈りいたしま­す。

[keijitw]

日本人の財産ですね。永遠の。

[tomchan354]

表情很有趣…

[yanpan16]

lol

[LauraB6623]

That is beautiful.

[zhinshi]

...it is so unfortunate she died during her prime...cheers to Honda Minako-shi.

[thebolt220]

This song is so great can anybody show the lyric

[Irix92]

una cosa da brividi...INDESCRIVIBILE

[jgh69]

not sure about the addition of vocals, its a beautiful orchestra however.

[6664818GGG]

Great artists are often liberal in appreciating interpretations of their work. Nabokov, rightly I think, loved Kubrick's movie of Lolita although critics panned it. Minako sings this beautifully and with real feeling. Today is the fourth anniversary of her passing. Perhaps she has discussed her interpretation with Faure in a realm we are not yet ready to understand. There was more to this young woman than was apparent on first glance or hearing. Let the beauty of her feeling touch you. Greg G

[toscanini9]

Thanks to Kaiware77 for sharing this with us. It has been among my favorites for a very long time. I can only echo the comments of our friend, 6664818GGG, elsewhere on this page. Rest In Peace Our Dearest Lady, Minako.

[fatalframe95]

it actually doesn't XD it was added

[Orpehus458]

What do the lyrics say? I thought Faure's was only instrumental.

[heddaedit]

Gyönyörü hang !

[zu0832]

She certainly was wonderful

[ligiat96]

cool bv ei canta supeer

[Fellati0]

あなたから

[chatonne07]

I like this version, minako is beautiful

[penelopeflute]

What is she saying?

[225op]

クラッシックに日本語の詩をつけて歌うという彼女のアイデアのお­陰で、世間から忘れられていた名曲が息を吹き返しました。彼女の­偉業に拍手を送ると共にご冥福をお祈りいたします。

デイトレーダー　石川浩

[6664818GGG]

The Japanese Press had called her "the Japanese Madonna" but Minako was the bodhisattva Kannon. She branched into enka, show tunes, jazz and serious music because she loved music, not to prove something. She had a simple love for music and appreciation of life she shared with us. She had only been taking voice lessons for six or eight years when she succumbed to leukemia a few days after turning 38. It is not the quality of her signing that matters but the quality of her person. Greg G.

[yogurt3000]

It doesn't! It is an instrumental excerpt from Faure's opera "Pelleas et Melisande." The original is better; this version makes Faure spin in his grave. I don't understand people's compulsive need to re-write perfectly beautiful classical pieces and subsequently perform them badly. (It's like the Sparknotes to Macbeth, read with a lisp.)

[billy1983yes]

Why can't you be more "open-minded"?

[liliraindrops]

she died of leukemia, even though she was going through treatment. she died in 2005

[doromamire]

フォーレの魂の名曲だよ。

[SmiertSpionem]

Ohh, pretty good I'd say.

[Ludovic98]

Minako Honda, quelle voix angélique !

Un avant-goût du paradis ?

Elle sert bien la magnifique sensibilité de Gabriel Fauré.

[xemnas112358]

her voice is amazing, its really depressing that such a great singer is dead since she was only 38 :(

[flyalaskaair]

The singer's low register is great - she needs to work on the high (it gets rusty). She also needs to work on her gestures...makes me dizzy!

[bouncingbongo]

can u sing?

[flyalaskaair]

I certainly can.

Can you?

[bouncingbongo]

nope lol but just give her a break...

ur entitled to ur own opinion lets just leave it at that

[flyalaskaair]

Yes I am. And I voiced my opinion. :-)

Have a nice day.