Montserrat Caballe "Caro mio ben" by Giordani

[lancetop]

I could listen to Montserrat sing forever, and never tire of it.

[stef44ful]

Beautiful!

[maricristinacastel]

esos pianos, tan dulces!!!  me encanta!!

[222100fatima]

Qu 'il est magnifique de voir ces grandes voix interpréter des ouvres qu'ils ont du chanter au départ alors qu'ils étaient étudiants.Si, adorable Caballé.

[DulcineaRZ]

Those aren't the lyrics ¬¬

[stef44ful]

she is beautiful.

[bilstew]

I only wish the composer had included maybe one or two trills in this piece but cest la vie.

[stef44ful]

She sings with grace and feeling...

[stef44ful]

Strong voice.

[stef44ful]

Her voice is so beautiful.

[soni995]

me fascina...!!! muy buena voz

[ilovezuerich]

niceeeee:)

[Jextxadore]

Beautiful singing, but the piano sounded a bit "hard" at times.

[prince2000ful]

Voce di Lei e niente una linea dritta! ma e belissima interpretazione.

[bogusia8888]

piękny głos,-brawo!!!

[dorenaslovinske]

viva diva!

[Manxypop]

Perfection! I prefer it to Bartoli. Every note is placed just right, a lesson to every young singer.

[Manxypop]

Perfection!

[ojosbichos]

creeme amado mio k mejor forma de decirlo señorona

[supersizzina]

favolosa!

[amareloamarelinho]

DIVA.

[WellDressedDiva]

Cecilia Bartoli does it best!

[Twilightcoco3]

@WellDressedDiva ikr?



[cincorn]

@WellDressedDiva I like her version too. I'm partial to this aria being sung by a mezzo soprano.

[stoaportaVII]

Que rayos esta cantando? nisiquiera esta siguiendo la letra y no se le escucha la voz.

[EMYSLAMPROD]

( Merci Nicoletta... )

Interprétation Grandiose !

[cherryburtoncc]

class song performed to perfection :) shame about the wrong words on page 2 3rd system (my copy*)

[InMaist]

LAA MEJOOOR :D

[accensus]

transcedental,it pervades time and fashions and a true interpreter can make music as old as this or older sound as fresh as though it were composed today.For the baritone friend,try the Alfred's edition of the 26 Italian arias of the baroque and classical period, by J.G.Paton.You will find them more challenging than the normal Parisotti version and even more expressive.To sum it up, THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH MME CABALLE FOR BEING A TRUE ARTIST AND A SINGER OF SUCH VERSATILITY AND EXPRESSIVITY.

[accensus]

I really love the piano accompaniment.It supports the voice perfectly.This aria is not simple at all.I recently discussed it with a lyric tenor and he really had a thing for shouting at the top notes destroying what otherwise would have been a perfectly phrased aria.Very few people really study baroque in Greece and if they do they do it for just study.La Caballe and other great singers have proven that it can be a repertoire fit for a big concert even today.Music is at once mercurial and

[maeusepuempsken]

I´ve heard many versions, but this one really touches me.

[tamerlano236]

@maeusepuempsken Have you heard Nicholas Spanos's version? If not you might want to listen to it for comparison. It's very beautiful too. My favourite version.

[HM0880]

Caballe has the most beautiful, controlled pianissimo; I love it! Caballe's and Galli-Curci's renditions are my two favorite versions of this piece. Thank you for posting. :)

[lbredikhin5]

BRAVISSIMO!!! I love her.

[girldetective18]

can barely hear :(

[thegabymarty]

ohhhhh sus pianos son asombrosos!!!

[facundofrias]

TE AMOO MONtSERRAT... sos muyy genia...ojala todos pudieran entender el correcto uso de una buena tecnica... y te tengan a vos como ejemplo a seguir...

[facundofrias]

TE AMOO MONtSERRAT... sos muyy genia...

[imnotlikeothergirls5]

why is it that they sing this so people can barely hear them then they blow everyone's ear drums on the really high parts??

[SkitzoxPicklez]

@imnotlikeothergirls5 cause its easier to be loud on high notes, than low notes.

[flaze3]

Too much rubato in my opinion. Not that she´s bad or anthing. It just isn´t as good as some other renditions of the same song.

[foobarsnow]

translation: not to your liking like some other renditions of the song

[flaze3]

more or less.

[andresmaring]

HERMOSA VOZ

[tiernan87]

oh please. if we took songs away from people simply because they messed up the words, we'd have no one left to sing. screw ups happen. it takes an incredibly gifted performer to give such a stunning performance and remain poised while messing up words, which is exactly what she did. so i say brava.

[chicocucea]

Definitivamente la versión de Cecilia Bartoli es mucho mejor.

Caballé lo hace muy bien, pero no respeta la partitura al 100% como Bartoli.

Definitely Cecilia Bartoli's version is quite better. Caballé does it good, but she isn't as respectful with the score as Bartoli is.

[bonnies1234567]

Montserrat Caballe--one of the great artists, but the best rendition I have heard of "Caro Mio Ben" is Pavarotti. I cannot help it.

[meeshmallow]

wow. in my opinon, i think this performance was like out of the world amazing. u see, she can mess up and make it look/sound like nothings wrong. i didnt rlly notice until i watched the 2nd time bc the first time i was simply to awed at her performance to notice anything else.

[fabrizzzio48]

She's made a BIG mistake! I can't believe it, on such an easy piece! On 1:46, she should sing: cessa crudel, tanto rigor... Instead she thinks she's repeating the main lines, and goes Caro mio ben... at 1:52 you can see her eyes giving an Oops look. and she continues the line (still misplaced) ...cre di mi almen.... She must have been faking the emotion because that's the best part, the intensive peak of the piece. If you're into it, you CAN'T miss it. Not good chubby one!

[LtothatBoogie]

Who CARES if she messed up the words! LISTEN to the woman!

[fabrizzzio48]

She did not mess up the words, she messed up THE song.

[fabrizzzio48]

It's the poorest version of this song I've heard by a professional. She's just not into the song, period.

Giordani, take it away from her, she doesn't deserve your song.

[LtothatBoogie]

Sorry, I beg to differ. I can almost guarantee that if you performed the song "correctly" it still wouldn't be as good as her worst performance.

[walwanpri]

all professional singers make mistakes on the words but what do you expect her to do? stop and tell everyone she made a mistake?

[tyforjesus]

@walwanpri I think she was trying to connect the text to make it more sensitive. (Dear my beloved, believe me at least: so much punishment...) It just dramatizes it a little more. She used other techniques that weren't written also like making notes longer and even changing some of the notation.

[trueLucksmith]

@walwanpri The Show Must Go On, that's right.

[musoph21]

@fabrizzzio48 you are so mean

[lovedeclared]

really beautiful..

[pavelrs17]

WOW

[fromheretoglory]

That was the most beautiful performance of Caro mio ben, I have ever heard in my life,... Just listen to her pianissimo technique at 2.06,... Montserrat Caballe is something that the world has never heard before,...

[denissettantotto]

unica

[fforganista]

MAGNIFICO!!!!!!!!!!!1

[protect1422]

Beautiful

[DimeCrisBag]

Her pianos..... unmatcheable!

[fromheretoglory]

This is the ultimate version,... I cannot immagine better interpretation,...

[TheWisemonkey8]

i agree... it is remarkable. Is there nothing [she] cannot sing. Warm regards my friend in music.

[andreea94a]

her technique is amazing

[nintendoisthebestest]

AMAZINGGG I adore the interpretation and the emotion conveyed that is so often lost by using to much vibrato and ignoring the dynamics of the piece...beautiful

[Lourdesdejesus1]

ah, se me olvidó decir que trabaje mucho esa aria, y la he cantado

[Lourdesdejesus1]

Caro mio ben es una aria antigua italiana, aparentemente facil, pero es todo lo contrario.Y si se interpreta simplemente como esta escrita su musica, sin expresion,el aria nodice nada. Me gusta mucho la interpretacion de Monserrat Caballe, sus pianisimos y legatos.

[neelsdp1]

I love this interpretation, it is slower and allows the singer to play the music with her voice and convey the intense emotions of this beautiful song. I just started voice training and would be happy to sing half this good one day.

[raigekimaru]

great performance. I really don't care much about the text, the singer should be able to convey everything that the words say anyway.

[Straricc]

perfect.... thank you! O.O

[gameofdeath4288]

maybe she was messed up with the words a lil bit, but what a beautiful professional voice though! :D

[protpally223]

i actully like that part, i always thought it was easier

[vivaciousmuse]

2:08 is always so hard to sing for me... mostly mess it up ;(

[reececup98]

I like it when professionals sing song like this too It's great to see them sing it after you have sung it and compare

[preruminator]

A diamonded Dampfnudel producing textual mash - yet her singing is overwhelming.

[jorgepda]

i love it when professional opera singers (who are good) sing italian art songs. this is such a pretty piece.

[liedersanger1]

Can you believe she has to look at the music--and STILL gets some of the words wrong!! Beautiful as it is.... in that self-indulgent late Caballe way.

[KILLERADVICE]

C'est bien long et maniéré tout ça, pour une pièce qui demande sincérité et spontaneïté... Ah ! Ces Divas et leurs tics à répétition...

[tenorisimo1975]

BRAVA.

[mayu09212000]

This music seems to be simple, but, in fact, is profound.　This power of expression is splendid!

[Nadir2711]

que dire....? c'est parfait....tout y est...on se laisse porter par la voix.....

[bizou99]

glorious

[Moritzstober]

top!

[oPeRa1923]

beautiful!

[cabalettaverdi]

la debio cantar cuando era una niña en el conserva.y dijo:para rellenar pongo esta y hago pianisssimoss.Haber si aprende por lo menos mi exprofesor de como se canta el maldito caro mio ben ke todos sus alumnos el primer dia se lo plantaba delante del piano y les decia con vehemencia¡¡¡OYEMELO!!y respiraba en cada silaba pero ke cara dura....

[gimbox70]

pero como puede tener la partitura delante y equivocarse de letra..?

que se ponga las gafas.

[pjdonagh]

".....And as the greatest only are,  In his(Her) simplicity sublime!"

Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

[colibridelapampa]

Como siempre hermosa voz y limpia técnica. Es cómico observar como la simplicidad del texto confunde hasta a los mas grande.

Adorable Caballé!!!

[MusicaParola]

Every voice student has sung this seemingly simple aria (including myself, a thousand years ago). Only when one hears a great artist sing "Caro mio ben," one realizes how difficult it is. I do not know if Leontyne Price recorded the aria. That would be a treat!

[BeauTenor]

How true that is. It seems so simple on the surface, but how many singers (now) can produce a REAL messa di voce, or a real trill. Too many young singers never learn those skills that used to be the staple of EVERY singer's training (not just the coloraturas). Even the phrasing of this little aria has to be just right, or it ruins the whole effect. It's one of my favorites (still after so many years).

[viv3147]

i too agree so much. i like to think of myself as a good developing talent but now trying to sing though this again i realize how little i truly have learned of bel canto

[baritonebynight]

@MusicaParola When I'm in bad voice I go back and sing through the 24 italian art songs...they really show the weak points in the voice and are so very exposed...you can't fake them.

[Wjdia]

@MusicaParola

I have your same curiosity I searched the web but it seems not to have ever sung. Hello

[arpeggio1358]

@MusicaParola It's beauty is in its simplicity (as it is in the aria, "O mio babbino caro"). It's deceptively simple but actually quite difficult to sing. An acquaintance once told me that her teacher told her that O mio babbino caro was "too simple" for her to sing. I think that was probably code for her teacher didn't think she had what it took to sing it.

[ThePavafan]

@MusicaParola What kind of voice are you?