@voicemad: no, I didn't know that ! Just listened to Stanley Holloway singing it in English/American. Same tune, but quite different lyrics. Nothing to do with Napoli or the Mediterranean Sea.
I heard it first in a pub in London and when I started buying some old 78rmps I heard the Caruso "Vieni sul Mar". I just couldn´t accept that such a lovely "classical" piece of music could be the same as "Two Lovely Black Eyes". Then I grew up and realised that music is music and if you are a snob about music then you better try something else. There is no room for snobbery where beauty is concerned.
Tom - I agree with Danyel Hawkes, the sound quality is very good. I am a new accordion player. I am 56 years old and have been learning to play the accordion for a year and a half. I am currently learning this piece ( a much simpler version of course) from my Palmer-Hughes lesson book. Thanks for the music and English lyrics. Grazie mille, Michael
@mrcappetto: you are very welcome, Michael, and I wish you much pleasure in your endevours with accordion. Great doing something new at the age of 56 !
@DanyelHawkes: Caruso recorded arias/songs under technical circumstances/conditions that no current singer can even imagine. He sang into a funnel that captured at best 50% of what his voice really sounded like.
This is one of countless efforts to capture his true voice - using modern digital techniques and combining it with new orchestration. But why try to reconstruct his voice - the guy died in 1921 !
Well, that's up to you to decide. You like him or not.
Even though this was re-mastered with a modern orchestra, Caruso's voice still sounds clear, especially when listening to this with headphones. Caruso would've been amazed to hear this, if he were alive today.
@jtanzar1 : if you search YouTube for "Enrico Caruso digitally remastered" there are several songs/arais. More information can be found if you search the internet for Enrico Caruso The Digital Comeback.
Thank you so much for that information. I've waited many years for the digital age to come and rescue the great singers of the past, not least our beloved Caruso. A sound engineer told me 40 years ago that this would happen. In the next 40 years there will be astonishing delelopments
@voicemad: fortunately, we still have the old 78's of Caruso, Jussi, Gigli, etc. and technology is improving all the time. I really hope that all the apparently lost overtones in the recordings of these past masters of singing some day can be captured for us to hear their beautiful voices and unparalleled empathy.
The great tenor!! i happened to listen to Carreras [on youtube] sing this in a tribute to Lanza and he sang it in a half tone [or lower] key. Bocelli sings it in same key as maestro Caruso!. These recordings of yours sound very crisp -yet they have that nice textured open sound that many early digital processes didn't have. And some flutter often heard in the voice is basically non existent Whatever equipment they used is state of the art indeed! Bravo Tom!
I happen to like the Digitally remastered because being a tenor I can hear Maestro Caruso's technique to help me. In the Digital version his voice can be amazingly clear. It's been over 100 years and he is still the best TENOR ever, in my book.
Yes, superk9ner, I think some of the digitally remastered versions are excellent. On some of them, though, his voice is distorted. Glad someone finally said they like the digitally remastered versions, thanks :-)
Well, we all have our opinions. This finishes my comments on this as I have been through this too often. Why don't you listen to some the other ones with Caruso I've uploaded or even better some of the old shellacs.
I'm getting a bit tired of the discussions I've had about the digitally remastered versions. I've also upload about 80 Caruso arias/song that were NOT remastered. - I definately prefer those myself, but for someone who never heard his voice before (younger generation) the digitally remasted version can and has been be the entrance to the real stuff. So that's why !
absolutely incredibly beautiful..like virtually everything he did..the best by far ever
canpete1 3 weeks ago
Wow just like Jonas Kaufman! ROFLMAO! NOT! Caruso was the master.
MrCafiero 1 month ago
Denne sang vi faktisk i min hjemby Ålesund, den var meget populær. Takk for mange fine stunder med Caruso, Tom!
56Yeya 4 months ago
@56Yeya Ja, synes at have været meget populær i både i Norge og Danmark. Vidste jeg ikke !
Du er meget velkommen ang. mange fine stunder med Caruso!
tomfroekjaer 4 months ago
Åh Amagerland ... Tak for sangen!
hanschr71 5 months ago
@hanschr71 Det var jeg faktisk ikke engang klar over - at der var sat dansk tekst til ....
tomfroekjaer 5 months ago
Enrico Caruso(1873-1921)
was an Italian operatic tenor with has beautiful and tender voice.
Prestazioni meraviglioso!!! Thank you tomfroekjaer for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 5 months ago 2
He really had Sun in his voice. Mr Caruso, you'll be always loved. Always!
zurriussII 7 months ago
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what a wonderful singer
TheGinoconti 8 months ago
in dutch we know this song as : twee ogen zo blauw' (two blue eyes)
ozmamusicware 1 year ago
@ozmamusicware mijn moeder zong het altijd bij de afwas.
gyslangsdeweg 1 year ago
What a glorious voice!
jheuvel3 1 year ago
I'm looking for this song so long time. ( I fogot the title ,acturally)
Thank you for uploading!
rukou81scarlet 1 year ago
Vieni Sul Mar is another great Caruso "war-horse". Did anyone know that the English version is called "Two Lovely Black Eyes"
voicemad 1 year ago
@voicemad: no, I didn't know that ! Just listened to Stanley Holloway singing it in English/American. Same tune, but quite different lyrics. Nothing to do with Napoli or the Mediterranean Sea.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
@tomfroekjaer
I heard it first in a pub in London and when I started buying some old 78rmps I heard the Caruso "Vieni sul Mar". I just couldn´t accept that such a lovely "classical" piece of music could be the same as "Two Lovely Black Eyes". Then I grew up and realised that music is music and if you are a snob about music then you better try something else. There is no room for snobbery where beauty is concerned.
voicemad 1 year ago
Tom - I agree with Danyel Hawkes, the sound quality is very good. I am a new accordion player. I am 56 years old and have been learning to play the accordion for a year and a half. I am currently learning this piece ( a much simpler version of course) from my Palmer-Hughes lesson book. Thanks for the music and English lyrics. Grazie mille, Michael
mrcappetto 1 year ago
@mrcappetto: you are very welcome, Michael, and I wish you much pleasure in your endevours with accordion. Great doing something new at the age of 56 !
All the best, Tom
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
Mais uma excelente interpretação do grande tenor Enrico Caruso.
MrProfessor2010 1 year ago
BEATIFUL!
dalisize 1 year ago
he sounds amazing here!!!! none of the light-voiced nazel stuff some of his recordings have.
DanyelHawkes 1 year ago 2
@DanyelHawkes: Caruso recorded arias/songs under technical circumstances/conditions that no current singer can even imagine. He sang into a funnel that captured at best 50% of what his voice really sounded like.
This is one of countless efforts to capture his true voice - using modern digital techniques and combining it with new orchestration. But why try to reconstruct his voice - the guy died in 1921 !
Well, that's up to you to decide. You like him or not.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
Beautiful song, beautifully sung, thanks for the site.
cyriljohnston 1 year ago
Even though this was re-mastered with a modern orchestra, Caruso's voice still sounds clear, especially when listening to this with headphones. Caruso would've been amazed to hear this, if he were alive today.
31operafan 1 year ago
It's so good to hear this great voice so clearly!
Thanks indeed.
Aetion 1 year ago 2
Do you have any info on more recordings from this re-mastering?
jtanzar1 1 year ago
@jtanzar1 : if you search YouTube for "Enrico Caruso digitally remastered" there are several songs/arais. More information can be found if you search the internet for Enrico Caruso The Digital Comeback.
Best, Tom
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
@tomfroekjaer
Thank you so much for that information. I've waited many years for the digital age to come and rescue the great singers of the past, not least our beloved Caruso. A sound engineer told me 40 years ago that this would happen. In the next 40 years there will be astonishing delelopments
voicemad 1 year ago
@voicemad: fortunately, we still have the old 78's of Caruso, Jussi, Gigli, etc. and technology is improving all the time. I really hope that all the apparently lost overtones in the recordings of these past masters of singing some day can be captured for us to hear their beautiful voices and unparalleled empathy.
tomfroekjaer 1 year ago
This is the clearest I've ever heard his voice...thanks for this one Tom.
jtanzar1 1 year ago
formidavle merci!
Plugore 1 year ago
Hino do Estafdo de Minas Gerais (Brasil)
Oh, Minas Gerais!
Oh, Minas Gerais!
Quem te conhece
Não esquece jamais!
Oh, Minas Gerais!
É isso aí, Carusão véi!!!
Mandou muito bem!...
MarceloHabibBahia 1 year ago
Caruso é simplesmente fantástico!
MrProfessor2010 1 year ago
You got it right on this one. He is plenty loud here! Good job!
kjpportland 2 years ago
The great tenor!! i happened to listen to Carreras [on youtube] sing this in a tribute to Lanza and he sang it in a half tone [or lower] key. Bocelli sings it in same key as maestro Caruso!. These recordings of yours sound very crisp -yet they have that nice textured open sound that many early digital processes didn't have. And some flutter often heard in the voice is basically non existent Whatever equipment they used is state of the art indeed! Bravo Tom!
lpvcrcd 2 years ago
Great clip. Thanks for the English translation. Could you or someone else also post the original Neapolitan lyrics too? Thanks.
rmm413d 2 years ago
A marvellous voice!
Dilhan777 2 years ago
I just visited your website. Incredibly interesting! You put a lot of work into it for our benefit. Thanks!
dennis4001956 2 years ago
Thanks for the nice comments, and you are very welcome, dennis4001956 !
Tom
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
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But there is no God.
shaindlinsson 2 years ago
there's just no faith in you
libetta 2 years ago
This is not remasterd orchestra,it is a new orchestra.
arone64 2 years ago
Yes, you are right. Caruso's voice was extracted digitally and set to new orchestration.
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
I happen to like the Digitally remastered because being a tenor I can hear Maestro Caruso's technique to help me. In the Digital version his voice can be amazingly clear. It's been over 100 years and he is still the best TENOR ever, in my book.
superk9ner 2 years ago
Yes, superk9ner, I think some of the digitally remastered versions are excellent. On some of them, though, his voice is distorted. Glad someone finally said they like the digitally remastered versions, thanks :-)
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
I can but agree with you. Enrico Caruso was the birth of all modern tenors. IMO, till now not surpassed.
tomfroekjaer 2 years ago
Well, we all have our opinions. This finishes my comments on this as I have been through this too often. Why don't you listen to some the other ones with Caruso I've uploaded or even better some of the old shellacs.
tomfroekjaer 3 years ago
I'm getting a bit tired of the discussions I've had about the digitally remastered versions. I've also upload about 80 Caruso arias/song that were NOT remastered. - I definately prefer those myself, but for someone who never heard his voice before (younger generation) the digitally remasted version can and has been be the entrance to the real stuff. So that's why !
tomfroekjaer 3 years ago
nur das ale andere singer hört man wie interpreter von 2 klasse. egal wie gut sie sind für sie.Carusos level ist nicht von diser welt!
cantatore11 3 years ago
I liked that one +1
LordMgls 3 years ago
wonderful song! great Caruso ....
extralux 3 years ago 8
che bella canzone
hmldjr 3 years ago 2
... another great one ...
toronstganymede 3 years ago 6