ENRICO CARUSO - AVE MARIA

[brindow1]

best tenor ever.

[corradoerdas]

x fnesbet:Buffadì un brodu!!!Traduzione:Beviti un brodo!!!!!

[mariop561]

Caruso's voice belongs to heavens, too bad that he was born before high fidelity recording techniques.

[fnesbet]

I preferer Pavarotti's Ave Maria

[AddieisTheBest]

A beautiful prayer sang with deep emotion...thank you!

[SatchmoSings]

Very well done; Caruso is beautifully captured; thank you.

Oh, and by the way, he was a great tenor, too!

[paulostroff99]

Superb.TY for posting.

[ywn3]

Yes, incomparable!

[pioanafly]

DL. TOM,CEL CE A POSTAT VOCE A REGELUI TENORILOR, ENRICO CARUSO, ESTE LA FEL DE NOBIL SI NEMURITOR CA EL.II MULTUMIM DIN SUFLET1

[tomfroekjaer]

Genious. Incomparable empathy.

[watertreesable]

what a voice, remember they didnt  have all the recording then like they do now , lovely , th e 4 that dont like it , well guess all they ever heard was screeching

[watertreesable]

what a voice, remember they didnt have all the recording then like they do now , lovely

[TheZico53]

Un dono di Dio, questo è stato l'immortale Enrico Caruso; ringrazio la tecnologia che ci permette di sentire la sua voce.

[harryholmirdenwagen]

Einfch klasse , Musik Von Caruso,,

[sbd650]

Fantastic ! ! !

[tomfroekjaer]

The King of Tenors. Nothing to add.

[mareckbamf]

Great voice, but don't care for the arrangement.

[iwasfloyd]

Oh Wow!!! The Best!!!

[cassandraxe]

How could someone hear this and not be moved? My friend's parents had old Edison one-siders of Caruso. Thanks for sharing!

[SatchmoSings]

@cassandraxe Caruso never recorded for Edison.

[graysondrummer]

to record for edison was a phrase used by many that simply meant recording.had you any knowledge of history you would have known that,At the time there was no other way of recording and when the roll was cut it was called an edison recording. Read your history before making a complete ass of yourself .

[SatchmoSings]

@graysondrummer That was not the comment the original poster made; try learning how to read before making a complete ass of yourself.

[pcx34]

@graysondrummer too funny! "ok class,today we're going to learn about the civil war...and don't forget, recording for edison means cutting a record!" a lot of people with a great deal of knowledge of history haven't heard of that term.

[puppiefaces]

When I was a little kid back in the 50's, my father, who was born in Italy, played albums of Caruso a lot. I am SOOO happy for these downloads ..thank you thank you. There are places in his singing that just grab you by the spine, like the ending part of "Una Furtiva Lagrima"....And we all know the recording capacity in 1904 was not great enough to really capture his amazing voice. How sad.

[macococo1]

Napsinak küldi, Gábor!

[31operafan]

Wow. This is possibly the most beautiful recording of Caruso I have ever heard.

[kaiserman9]

i wish i was born in the early 20th century so i could have listened to Caruso 's voice live!

[vocal589]

@kaiserman9 I'm with you on that one, my friend, and no other singer has prompted that thought. 

[Anna27051962]

WHAT is THE TRUTH about JESUS & HIS MOTHER MARY? Simply A JEW JESUS didn't DIE on THE CROSS &so HIS PUPILS STOLE "so called HIS BODY" from THE TOMB as ROMAN SOLDIERS TOLD &so ROMAN SOLDIERS were LOOKING for ALIVE JESUS & HIS MOTHER &HIS PUPILS as SWINDLERS! So JESUS &HIS MOTHER had to ESCAPE from THE TERRITORY where THEY were KNOWN VERY WELL. So JEWS PROPAGATED A SWINDLE that JESIUS & HIS MOTHER MARY CAME to THE SKY! So ROMAN EMPERORS DECIDED to CRUCIFY "so called FIRST CHRISTIANS" as SWINDLERS!

[dollylw]

@Anna27051962 Jesus is the Savior of the world and He died on the cross and rose the 3rd day the glorified Christ :)

[Anna27051962]

@dollylw Was YOU A WITNESS? JEWS CREATED& PROPAGATED "THE CHRISTIANITY" toINVADE THE GLOBE!"THE CULT of SAINTE DEVOTE"="THE CULT of THE HOLY GHOST"!READ underFILMS "Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco" by"tirjibic" &"Romy hommage" by"1982Romy" &"Princesse Stephanie / Princesse Grace 2008" by"Lilly071012" &"Stephanie de Monaco - I'm Waiting For You" &"Stephanie de Monaco - Dance With Me" by"crabwalk" &"Princess Eleonore" &"Princess Eleonore of Belgium" &"Princess Elisabeth of Belgium" by"Daysforever".

[SuperMarciaS]

@Anna27051962 you're so poor, my dear

[magisquam]

Il pezzo musicalmente non è granché, ma la voce di Caruso dà i brividi!

[RoadOfBorrox]

God Bless you Enrico Caruso - we listen on 78's you recorded on wax - life moves on - your voice is always the same

[chaiter1]

Beautiful. And what a good sound! Was the sound reproduced by the methods of Nimbus? Other? Really wonderful results.

[aida2004]

Por Siempre !!!

[tiradojj]

No hay mucho que decir, simplemente Enrico Caruso. Para siempre y ... por siempre.

Not to much to say. Just Enrico Caruso for ever and ... ever.

Bravo Maestro !

[theninjaman123]

I've never heard Ave Maria sung like this. Why?

[KosteckiAdam]

Caruso is immortal...

[sdvuhlap]

The composer is the English composer Percy Kahn.

[santihp11]

Does someone know who is the composer of this Ave Maria?

[tomfroekjaer]

@santihp11: Percival (Percy) Benedict Kahn (9 December 1880 1966), English composer and pianist.

[OmaggioaSanFrancesco]

Maybe is the Mascagni

[pianopaws5]

wow, shivers.

[jillbert40]

There is such a richness in his tone that I've never heard in any of the other great singers. This is only the second time I've heard a recording of his. Will be looking for more. Can't imagine how much better it was in person than an old recording.

[tomfroekjaer]

@jillbert40: yes, we are left with recordings of Caruso very much wanting in quality. Amazing that his genious/heart still shines through (at least for perceptive souls like yourself). I like him very much for his involvement - his willingness to communicate/reveal his own feelings - quite an exceptional person, IMO. He was certainly not very educated (two years of formal schooling), and yet he was able to make people weep when he sang - at the MET or when people heard his recordings.

[MattytheDem]

recording technology was quite crude back in those dayys

[lpvcrcd]

@tomfroekjaer I enjoy your channel Tom but why do you always refer to Caruso as "simple" or uneducated? 95% of the singers of that era coming from Europe were the same-:unsophisticated and highly unpolished -They were a product of their environment and the times --They never intended to be scholars or scientists --Their voice was their ticket out of their environment -What does IQ, education or worldliness have to do with a voice- With all respect Tom

[tomfroekjaer]

@lpvcrcd: Sorry, sorry ! I have not really made clear or defined what I mean by "simple" or "uneducated."

For me Caruso was "simple" because he sang his heart. - No complexity - just pure heart.

"Uneducated": well, this is a fact; he had just two years of formal schooling and could hardly read a newspaper. Nevertheless he spoke some 7 languages. AND DESPITE these odds this empathetic genious moved the whole world with his singing and soul.

[pastsounds]

one of my favourite recordings of caruso thanks for posting it its a gem pastsounds.

[pietro305]

Viva il signore,tenore Enrico Caruso.Immortale.

[25LOU09]

La inmortalidad del arte hace posible esta maravilla. The immortality of art makes this miracle possible. L'immortalità di arte rende possibile questo miracolo

[rupepill]

Sorry. I hadn't noticed before posting that sherom already had answered the question about the name of the violinist.

[ninano555]

Thanks!

[filiodecallas]

Cuando uno oye a Caruso se imagina cómo será vivir en un mundo sin guerras, sin destrucción. Lo dice un Tenor joven que se hace y que lidia con la realidad que todos vivimos. Es una reflexión.

[GekkoKamen]

Amigo, cuando Caruso cantó muchas de sus arias, sucedía la guerra de los Boers, luego la de los Boxers, la guerra Ruso-Japonesa, y luego una de las dos tragedias más grandes que ha visto la humanidad: la Primera Guerra Mundial. Incluso él cantó temas y marchas bélicos. Un saludo.

[ocramizz]

Y hoy, un siglo después, hay todavía otras guerras, que lastima... Pero el arte es inmortal y es un dono poder escuchar musica como esta casi en directo desde hace un siglo!

[johnclones]

What is that a picture of? does anybody know?

[Way2Valhalla]

an atntique phonograph.... aka a maunual record player

[822iam]

Looks like a cross between a meat grinder and a phonograph player.

[saltburner2]

It is an Emil Berliner hand-cranked prototype gramophone from 1888. After various models and modifications, a spring motor was added by Eldridge Johnson in 1896, which for the first time gave a constant playing speed.

[tinroofbusted]

this is such a bone cranker of a divice, I must have one NOW AND SOON, I wonder could I build one? do you know of the plans? listening to Caruso on this was wonderful!!!.

[saltburner2]

The Smithonian has an original Berliner hand-cranked Gramphophone and plans.

But you would not be able to play Caruso on such an early machine, because it played only 5" and 7" discs. Caruso's were all 10" or 12". And anything played on a hand-cranked machine would sound terrible - the pitch would be all over the place. Best stick with an early Victrola!

[saltburner2]

I should add that I actually met Percy Benedict Kahn [1880-1966] on a number of occasions, and I have both Victor and HMV s/s pressings of this Ave Maria, and an autographed copy of the music, personally dedicated to me in 1959!

[CasaErwin]

Fascinating.  I bought this sheet music an 1952 after hearing this recording. I had no idea at the time that Kahn was still living.

[tinroofbusted]

Ah, Well no Caruso. Still I think I will lookup the plans with your wonderful information ( I thankyou ) This still looks to be a wonderful project !!

I'll build it While Listening to Caruso at least.

[insolito03]

alguien puede decirme que version del ave maria es esta? no es ni la de shubert ni la de gounod, gracias

[lmrs2]

Impresionante.......!!y muy hermoso....!!!

[trex100100100100]

Fue escrito por Percy Kahn en 1913.

[progje]

beautiful

[dorotheafayne]

What a great tenor! Thanks. Dorothea :)

[876234ABC]

This is fascinating...whose music is this? I am more familiar with the Schubert version.

[SnowWing151]

the Record actually says Ave Maria(Kahn). Percy B. Kahn, the pianist of this recording is the composer.

[876234ABC]

Thanks! I had no idea!

[SnowWing151]

I just bought this disk and tried to make it into an MP3, although i didnt get this perfect type of result. How did you do this?

[palmmate]

He was great... But this song here is too quiet...

[buttsyrc8]

turn it louder!!

[sherom]

Yes that is Elman playing the violin.

[saltburner2]

Percy Kahn [1880-1966] was the accompanist of Mischa Elman [b.1891] in his days as a young prodigy. He told me they had toured the royal courts of Europe together, and Percy had a gold snuff-box that had been presented to him by the Czar of Russia after one such recital.

[protect1422]

My dear Aunty left me a copy of this 78 when she died, but I sadley her sister got there before I did and sold it amongst many other treasures of hers. This has brought back many memories for me.

[RomeroSensei]

Caruso is the standard by which all tenors are measured, and this recording demonstrates that fact.

[buttsyrc8]

He is very impressive!

[alber6161]

caruso is my preferite..but i dont like this rendition ..at 00.45 he is out of tune

[gt001g]

is it mischa elman on the violin?

[rupepill]

Yes, the violinist is Mischa Elman, and the pianist is the composer of this setting of the prayer, Percy Kahn.

[closedcircle1]

What a beautiful piece of music. Thanks for posting.