MrAnthony78666 (Whatever). If you appreciate KC "easy listening" ditties then you're not a "hard case" like you pretend to be...so... get some baby oil and rub it over generously over your fathers dick you shitbowling zanker!...your harse words really hurt me (boo hoohoo)
@MrWhiteisright69 there are alot of tactful people leaving notes here...but i'm not one of them. u r a MORON. anyone who listens to a singer like karen carpenter, whatever she's singing, & leaves a comment like urs, is obviously inept, probably going deaf, & stupid. MrWhiteiswrong! lol
the anniversary of Karen's untimely death approaches I know because everything my birthday comes about I always think of Karen carpenter has she died 2 days before my 20th birthday from the 1st time I heard her unique voice I think I was about 9yrs old I was hooked love you Karen and when the 4th of February comes I will say apray for you and on my birthday 6th February I will listen and sing along to one of my fav CDs thinkin you are there in spirit singing along with me.x
@MrWhiteisright69 You poor sad person, I really feel sorry for you, to not be able to appreciate or be affected by this performance means you definitely are lacking something. However, you are entitled to your opinion which seems very much in the minority.
What a very very sad state of health thinking all the journalist who called her :" John and his fat little sister". They are the ones who destroyed her life by making such a negative comment and Karen never ever forgot that headline and quickly became an anorexic and it brought about her untimely death in the prime of her life. Watch what you say journalists!!!! This Ave Maria is just an example of her great talent.
Vi prego di ascoltare questa voce che abbiamo perso. Avevo 30 anni quando morì, e ora sono 58, e vorrei che potrebbe ancora ascoltare questa voce dal vivo e in concerto e così non tutti chi ha mai sentito parlare di lei se avete qualsiasi cuore in voi a tutti.
I've heard many versions of this song over my 51 years on this earth. This is by far my favorite rendition. Karen sounds like an angel singing this song. God bless her.
There will never be another Karen Carpenter.........Her Beautiful voice is so mesmerizing.....spine tingling, unbelievably beautiful..........one of a kind definitely.......We Love you Karen........Thank You for the Legacy of your beautiful music..........
@saxmanchiro "Extreme dieting", is Anorexia Nervosa, or you might say they go together. You have have been well programmed against the inner knowing. May you find your way out. You make me wonder where hope is for Mankind.
"well programmed against the inner knowing"- I think you have that reversed. Programming is clergy's job. They feed you shit, keep you in the dark(like mushrooms) and then throw in some fear of damnation, torment, pain and voila, brainwashed indoctrinated neurons that dare question the bullshit. I escaped the herd almost 50 yrs ago and learned some facts. Once you learn facts, religion goes away. You should try it some day.
@H8778 Knock yourselves out. Before you go and pray, wouldn't it be courteous to ask which god should be targeted? You assume I love/worship/fear the same god as yourself. If you could, please send your prayers to His Noodliness, the FSM. That way I will feel much better and your fake caring for my soul will be much better served.
Also, a pair of burnt, deformed, arthritic, broken hands will accomplish much more than billions clasped in prayer. Just saying.
@saxmanchiro It depends how you define "extreme dieting". (Personally I probably wouldn't exactly call it that either, since it's *worse* than that, but apparently in some people the two things do sort of go together or the one tends to lead to the other or something, which maybe is what the other poster meant?) (Oh, and as to "programming"...a person can be "programmed" in either direction. Nobody ever succeeded in "programming" me to believe, OR not to...I think for myself, thanks. ^_^)
@KittyStarlight I was not the person to bring up programming. It was AOZXRAY. I think for myself as well. That's why we call it 'freewill'. When folks worship an overlord, they give up that freewill and think they are destined or their future is predetermined by that overlord(god).
As to the extreme dieting thing, I was trying to point out that dieting is a choice, where a mental disease such as Anorexia is not a choice. That was the jist of my post.
I heard all versions of Ave Maria but hers is the best. Once I hear hers I don't like to listen to other versions anymore. Karen is already among the angels in Heaven singing praises for the Lord. Thanks for the High Tech that we still see her, hear her and feel her, We love you Karen.
@NakedAlena It's interesting. I've never heard it sung this low before, but I think everyone can sing best in their own range, and trying to sing it as a soprano may have been disastrous. It is an interesting version, though, since this song was really designed to show off the high notes, not the low notes.
No one will ever come close to the Brilliance of Karen Carpenter..she is so very greatly missed with each and every year that passes...will always love her.
WOW!!!!!....This has got to rank equal first amidst the top versions of Ave Maria. The voice is Absolute pure gold. Perfect, excellent, superb.....there just aren't the words to describe the brilliance of this artists voice.
@TheHitDetector Part of the reason may be that this is the only alto of quality to sing the song. For some reason, there is this huge preference for sopranos. The lower tone makes the melody so much more gentle. That's why I think this is the best recording of the piece. Pity there's nothing more than 240 p..
THE CARPENTERS.. were and STILL ARE.. SPECIAL TO ME! THEY GIVE ME CALM.. when I AM FEELING BLUE! KAREN and RICHARD.. were among GODS BLESSINGS.. to Music.
Absolutely brilliant. Have heard this sung by so many artists. Karen had so much passion in her voice when she sang it, It made me weep because her death was so needless.
I have yet to find a better rendition of this famous song. Effortless breathing yet heartfelt delivery. And Richard's arrangement helps make the recording a classic for all time.
@stevecowdry Some people just have to run other people down for the thrill of it. I would like to hear YOU sing this hymn better than this. You have a cloth heart if you have one at all.
@PrincessPi314159 And you have a cloth brain - just wondered if you ever listen/take notice before you sound off' 'Princess' (never was there a more undeserved name)? I was referring to the five 'dislikes' of this wonderful rendition, you thicko - seeing your video you reminds me of Sarah Palin.....need I say more?
I first discovered this version of the Ave Maria on the Christmas Special of the Carpenters and it is one of the most moving and heartfelt nusical moment I have ever listened to.
Her voice is as pure as a crystal and she sings with so much faith.
Yes God bless you dear Karen for these magical musical moments you shared with us !
Thank you for posting this...I learned to sing the Ave Maria to Karen's recording and to this day I sing it with her interpretation. Peace, love and kindness...:)
I was a huge Karen Carpenter fan - I moved on because I just couldn't bear to be reminded of her terrible, tragic death. I came across this video (which I had not seen before) quite by "random accident" this morning, and I am now fighting back the tears.
A beautiful song that transends all languages. I had a soloist sing this song at our wedding. It was beautiful and still brings a tear to my eye when I watch our wedding video.
I did shed a tear...I remember I was standing at my desk at work in 1983 when her passing was announced. Her voice is stunning, absolutely perfect, but what always strikes me the most to this day is that the very breath she takes is an integral part of the music. Haunting. Exquisite. Sublime. Thank you still.
Absolutely Beautiful! No other words can describe this! Please excuse me while I "Favorite" this and wear out the "Replay" button. Beautiful Karen thank you for recording this! And thank you wilbyhilbly for sharing with us.
I did shed a tear...I remember I was standing at my desk at work in 1983 when her passing was announced. Her voice is stunning, absolutely perfect, but what always strikes me the most to this day is that the very breath she takes is an integral part of the music. Haunting. Exquisite. Sublime. Thank you still.
There are and have been many great voices out there,technique,range and tones,interpretation and feeling..but she's the BEST female voice I've ever heard all combined,and I have heard a lot in my many decades of music.She must be back with the Angels that missed her up in their choirs.Thanks Lord for lending her to us for a while to take a glance of what must be.
Such a beautiful, superb, sublime interpretation by the great Karen Carpenter! This keeps on being my favorite version of "Ave Maria" since 1978, when it was released on "Christmas Portrait". Thank you for posting it.
that voice is always heaven to mine ears! my first time to hear this rendition of 'ave maria' from karen. always magical beyond words to hear her voice! thank you!
This rendition of Ava Maria just melts my heart. I play the Christmas Portait through out the year just beacause I want to hear her lovely voice; that now is stilled. I am sure she had one of the most beautiful voices that we have had the good fortune to know and love.
After listening to so many opera singers sing this piece, I stumble upon this version, and I thought to myself, surely it can't be as good, what with Karen Carpenter being a popular singer and all.
@thequantumcollapse Karen Carpenter sang in Latin, Spanish, Japanese, and of course English. She may have sung in more languages. She would have been a great Carmen or Delilah, had she gone the opera route. She certainly had what it takes to sing operatic roles very well. But she song her own creative repertoire, and she will forever be remembered for that. You're right that Karen sings this on par with any opera singer.
I remember when I bought A Christmas Portrait. I had heard one of the songs playing on the radio and was immediately captivated and had to have the album. To this day it remains one of those albums that makes up the fabric of my Christmas experience. The poignancy in hearing "Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow," is matched by the hope and love of the Ave Maria that Karen sings/prays. We WILL all be together and are the better by being touched by Karen Carpenter.
I remember when I bought A Christmas Portrait. I had heard one of the songs playing on the AM radio and was immediately captivated and had to have the album. To this day it remains one of those albums that makes up the fabric of my Christmas experience. The poignancy in hearing "Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow," is matched by the hope and love of the Ave Maria that Karen sings/prays. We WILL all be together and are the better by being touched by Karen Carpenter.
I am just so filled with tears of love right now. Just listening to Karen is so over whelming isn't it? Surely she is singing with the angels in Heaven! So, I am thankful I have Jesus in my heart, knowing that someday I will be in Heaven, and listen to Karen singing in person again. I miss her sooo much! "You sing like Karen " I often heard many years ago. My friends used to be so amazed when I'd sing. A God given gift eh? I sing from high to really low. I'll sing harmaony with Karen someday.
I am just so filled with tears of love right now. Just listening to Karen is so over whelming isn't it? Surely she is singing with the angels in Heaven as the bible says that we will be serving the Lord when in Heaven how we did on earth. So, I am thankful I have Jesus in my heart, knowing that someday I will be in Heaven, and listen to Karen singing in person again. I miss her sooo much!
@doromamire hi there. l noticed your post. and l my self can sing like karen. but l believe that noone as ever beaten her voice. but you say your wife is better. well lm interested to hear her. so would it be ok if you uploaded her singing.. thank you
Hum? I'm so glad that you love and honour your wife. However, it isn't who sings better but understatning that we are to be humble in the God given talents we have. I do not perform but sing form the heart to the point full grown men have cried. If your wife has done this too, well then, it truly is not performance to be praised but an annointed voice to glorify the Lord that the hearts of peole be opened and healed.
This song that she sings is from one of the Christmas albums.....last song. I have it on cassette, which I still have a player to listen to....Thank God, because I think this is the most beautiful rendition of this song.
I sure do agree with you! So sad, she had to go back to heaven so young eh? I'll never forget the day I heard it on the news. I cried so hard. I'm sure most f the peole that heard her throughout the world, hearing of such agreat loss cried.
The thing that makes her version so beautiful, is she is singing in a contralto range...and yet, she can still soar upon octaves to hit those high notes. She had a 4 octave range. Her voice is unforgettable. She did a live version of this in the CSLBC Christmas Performance in 1978, and it almost sounds identical to this studio recorded version of pure crystalline magic!
@TeeneyBop1976 NO QUESTION! she had a magic that is once in a lifetime! Karen is even better than Celine Dion! Karen is timeless and I am sure people 100 years from now will be enjoying her as we all are now, that is the sign of a TRUE artist, who lives on forever. :)
I have heard sopranos sing this..in fact I have a good friend of mine, Denise Culham of Regina, Sk, who sang this song at a friend's wedding...well she blew everyone away with her voice. She hit those unbelievable high notes at the Holy Rosary Cathedral...and she is like 5 ft 2...she always reminds me of Karen Carpenter...in how beautiful of a voice she has!!
this is perfection on top of perfection, multiplied into infinity, spread across the universe. this is the music they play in Heaven. It is exquisitely beautifully Divine.
@rmc2663 You WILL make it to heaven- you believe in Jesus, and He is the way, the truth, and the life- He is our way to heaven- not by our works, but His finished work on the cross for us, dying for our sins. God bless you! See you in heaven!
@nakedBison69 Yes....nakedBison 69...you have a wonderful way with words, I couldn't have said that any better! I believe that this would qualify for the "Heaven Playlist"....and, jumping to a totally different experience, I enjoy Los Lonely Boys, "How Far is Heaven" for the time being, until I get there, hopefully :)
Happy Birthday. I love you as always forever and still miss that incredible voice. RIP
RON69METS 2 hours ago
I heard she died in her 30's because of anorexia is it true?
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MrAnthony78666 (Whatever). If you appreciate KC "easy listening" ditties then you're not a "hard case" like you pretend to be...so... get some baby oil and rub it over generously over your fathers dick you shitbowling zanker!...your harse words really hurt me (boo hoohoo)
MrWhiteisright69 1 week ago
@MrWhiteisright69 - Look at the videos on his channel. It explains a lot.
FridayTN 1 week ago
@FridayTN You're right,says it all!
wilbyhilbly 1 week ago
Karen's version is the BEST! Brings tears to my eyes, miss you Karen
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@MrWhiteisright69 Okay, you can go listen to your "dubstep" now.
2012IsTheEnd21 2 weeks ago
@MrWhiteisright69 there are alot of tactful people leaving notes here...but i'm not one of them. u r a MORON. anyone who listens to a singer like karen carpenter, whatever she's singing, & leaves a comment like urs, is obviously inept, probably going deaf, & stupid. MrWhiteiswrong! lol
MrAnthony78666 3 weeks ago
@MrWhiteisright69 WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER BY KAREN'S AWESOME VOICE!
vandamme514 3 weeks ago
I have yet not heard anyone who sounds like her. Her voice is so soothing. Thank you for posting.
ceekay0802 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
the anniversary of Karen's untimely death approaches I know because everything my birthday comes about I always think of Karen carpenter has she died 2 days before my 20th birthday from the 1st time I heard her unique voice I think I was about 9yrs old I was hooked love you Karen and when the 4th of February comes I will say apray for you and on my birthday 6th February I will listen and sing along to one of my fav CDs thinkin you are there in spirit singing along with me.x
wendynaylorful 1 month ago
Karen carpenter what avoice beautiful just like an angel singing. Godbless you Karen carpenter. Gone but will never be forgotten.xxx
wendynaylorful 1 month ago
@MrWhiteisright69 You poor sad person, I really feel sorry for you, to not be able to appreciate or be affected by this performance means you definitely are lacking something. However, you are entitled to your opinion which seems very much in the minority.
wilbyhilbly 1 month ago 6
Sang like an angel, now she is one.
ZZSPIRAL 3 weeks ago
Are there two different Ave Maria's? Because the one I'm familiar with, by Schubert, has an entirely different melody.
7beers 1 month ago
this is the first time i have loved listening to this song. wow karen :)
Bunnycatlikes 1 month ago
Perfection.
Christlovesanimals 1 month ago
What a very very sad state of health thinking all the journalist who called her :" John and his fat little sister". They are the ones who destroyed her life by making such a negative comment and Karen never ever forgot that headline and quickly became an anorexic and it brought about her untimely death in the prime of her life. Watch what you say journalists!!!! This Ave Maria is just an example of her great talent.
Suzanne8642 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Vi prego di ascoltare questa voce che abbiamo perso. Avevo 30 anni quando morì, e ora sono 58, e vorrei che potrebbe ancora ascoltare questa voce dal vivo e in concerto e così non tutti chi ha mai sentito parlare di lei se avete qualsiasi cuore in voi a tutti.
kratz53 1 month ago
Phrasing at its best! What a wonderful talent all around. So sad to have lost her...
I hope she sings one for my wife up there. She loved her voice...God Bless.
boogerwhopper 1 month ago 3
so effortless...so brilliant..Karen thru´your music you will always be remembered!!
filipinurse1 1 month ago
i have goosebumps wow
screenshotdesign 1 month ago
Ave Maria, Karen sings so beautifully,I wish she was alive to see how loved she is!
AdoreTheApes 2 months ago
Karen Carpenter um presente de Deus!!!!!!!!!
paspires68 2 months ago
karem sing like angel, nao ,,tomorrow ,, forever always,, ...
aronolavarria 2 months ago
meu deus que coisa linda
souzfelipe 2 months ago
gotta see ABI/ AVE MARIA sooooo cute
BONGOMAN3003 2 months ago
Don't know why but didn't expect it to be as good?
mayhorse66 2 months ago
Angelical, atemporal.
andreaassis46 2 months ago
Wow!! This is amazing!
RussX5Z 2 months ago
Sweetest voice ever..................
H8778 2 months ago 2
I've heard many versions of this song over my 51 years on this earth. This is by far my favorite rendition. Karen sounds like an angel singing this song. God bless her.
Venom101002 2 months ago 7
There will never be another Karen Carpenter.........Her Beautiful voice is so mesmerizing.....spine tingling, unbelievably beautiful..........one of a kind definitely.......We Love you Karen........Thank You for the Legacy of your beautiful music..........
XxUltrAMegAxX 2 months ago
@saxmanchiro "Extreme dieting", is Anorexia Nervosa, or you might say they go together. You have have been well programmed against the inner knowing. May you find your way out. You make me wonder where hope is for Mankind.
Mary Christ Mass universal and triumphant
AOZXRAY 2 months ago
@AOZXRAY Anorexia Nervosa is NOT extreme dieting.
"well programmed against the inner knowing"- I think you have that reversed. Programming is clergy's job. They feed you shit, keep you in the dark(like mushrooms) and then throw in some fear of damnation, torment, pain and voila, brainwashed indoctrinated neurons that dare question the bullshit. I escaped the herd almost 50 yrs ago and learned some facts. Once you learn facts, religion goes away. You should try it some day.
saxmanchiro 2 months ago
@saxmanchiro We will pray for you my brother...............
H8778 2 months ago
@H8778 Knock yourselves out. Before you go and pray, wouldn't it be courteous to ask which god should be targeted? You assume I love/worship/fear the same god as yourself. If you could, please send your prayers to His Noodliness, the FSM. That way I will feel much better and your fake caring for my soul will be much better served.
Also, a pair of burnt, deformed, arthritic, broken hands will accomplish much more than billions clasped in prayer. Just saying.
saxmanchiro 2 months ago
@saxmanchiro It depends how you define "extreme dieting". (Personally I probably wouldn't exactly call it that either, since it's *worse* than that, but apparently in some people the two things do sort of go together or the one tends to lead to the other or something, which maybe is what the other poster meant?) (Oh, and as to "programming"...a person can be "programmed" in either direction. Nobody ever succeeded in "programming" me to believe, OR not to...I think for myself, thanks. ^_^)
KittyStarlight 2 months ago
@KittyStarlight I was not the person to bring up programming. It was AOZXRAY. I think for myself as well. That's why we call it 'freewill'. When folks worship an overlord, they give up that freewill and think they are destined or their future is predetermined by that overlord(god).
As to the extreme dieting thing, I was trying to point out that dieting is a choice, where a mental disease such as Anorexia is not a choice. That was the jist of my post.
saxmanchiro 2 months ago
Ah 240p, alas we meet again.
Very beautiful song.
flamerose69 2 months ago
such an gelic voice
LorraineNYYcfl 2 months ago
Karen was perfect. what a voice
LorraineNYYcfl 2 months ago
she has a beautiful voice, gone too soon but the rendition just isn't as good as others.
garycalgary 2 months ago
I heard all versions of Ave Maria but hers is the best. Once I hear hers I don't like to listen to other versions anymore. Karen is already among the angels in Heaven singing praises for the Lord. Thanks for the High Tech that we still see her, hear her and feel her, We love you Karen.
alfonsozita 2 months ago 5
UNA HERMOSA VOZ, UNA GRAN PÉRDIDA PARA LA MÚSICA.
nuzzarea 2 months ago
rip karen your voice brings me a lots of joy and love, thank you for all the beautiful songs you produced.
mikelazar1 2 months ago
@NakedAlena It's interesting. I've never heard it sung this low before, but I think everyone can sing best in their own range, and trying to sing it as a soprano may have been disastrous. It is an interesting version, though, since this song was really designed to show off the high notes, not the low notes.
pfifltrigg 2 months ago
There will never be another Karen Carpenter. She was the best!
greg4161 2 months ago
At 1:35 looks a bit like Celine Dion.
tacprc 2 months ago
Nice and welcome feeling.
Hanolite 2 months ago
No one will ever come close to the Brilliance of Karen Carpenter..she is so very greatly missed with each and every year that passes...will always love her.
Italiabeefy 2 months ago
Her clarity of voice only adds to the impact of the song!
tyhunter1960 3 months ago
She sings with so much life within her . Love hearing her songs with her brother
fortinrose1 3 months ago
WOW!!!!!....This has got to rank equal first amidst the top versions of Ave Maria. The voice is Absolute pure gold. Perfect, excellent, superb.....there just aren't the words to describe the brilliance of this artists voice.
TheHitDetector 3 months ago
@TheHitDetector Part of the reason may be that this is the only alto of quality to sing the song. For some reason, there is this huge preference for sopranos. The lower tone makes the melody so much more gentle. That's why I think this is the best recording of the piece. Pity there's nothing more than 240 p..
P1B1U1H1 3 months ago
Karen left us way to early her voice and style will never be seen again she was one of a kind God bless you karen may you forever R.I.P
kbfhaunt 3 months ago
THE CARPENTERS.. were and STILL ARE.. SPECIAL TO ME! THEY GIVE ME CALM.. when I AM FEELING BLUE! KAREN and RICHARD.. were among GODS BLESSINGS.. to Music.
eireman 3 months ago
The most beautiful alto voice God ever created.
sherrygilbert7 3 months ago
@sherrygilbert7 you're so right!
MrTaurus81 3 months ago
Beautifully sung by a beautiful, strong lady. Her legacy lives on.
er2975 3 months ago
karen an richard carpenter love ya fab fab fab xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
joolsdecember 3 months ago
Such purity in her vocals and my favourite version.I much prefer Gounaud's Ave Maria over Schubert's.
popazz1 3 months ago
How can perfection be so flawlessly easy?
Hailstormand 3 months ago
AMAZING
morry2768 3 months ago
Best version I've heard so far.
Andreterragt 4 months ago
Thats the traditional music score ...nothing new from Big Brother who wasn't Karen's best friend.. She was all
She was the carpenters ...see what happened when she died ...Oblivion for him.
He was a looser
gacj2010 4 months ago
gacj2010 is a loser
nakedBison69 4 months ago
Absolutely brilliant. Have heard this sung by so many artists. Karen had so much passion in her voice when she sang it, It made me weep because her death was so needless.
andyslrw 4 months ago 2
Absolutely! This is divine!
mtklin 4 months ago
I have yet to find a better rendition of this famous song. Effortless breathing yet heartfelt delivery. And Richard's arrangement helps make the recording a classic for all time.
ekojunor 4 months ago
Wonderful - 5 losers with cloth ears!
stevecowdry 4 months ago
@stevecowdry Some people just have to run other people down for the thrill of it. I would like to hear YOU sing this hymn better than this. You have a cloth heart if you have one at all.
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@PrincessPi314159 And you have a cloth brain - just wondered if you ever listen/take notice before you sound off' 'Princess' (never was there a more undeserved name)? I was referring to the five 'dislikes' of this wonderful rendition, you thicko - seeing your video you reminds me of Sarah Palin.....need I say more?
stevecowdry 4 months ago
WOW ! ! Never heard his before. Fantastic !
KAF128 5 months ago
I first discovered this version of the Ave Maria on the Christmas Special of the Carpenters and it is one of the most moving and heartfelt nusical moment I have ever listened to.
Her voice is as pure as a crystal and she sings with so much faith.
Yes God bless you dear Karen for these magical musical moments you shared with us !
playmovictorian 5 months ago
She was my fav, I was devastated when she passed away, God bless you Karen.
natmike 5 months ago
Karen, I never knew you but I miss your presence on Earth. If there is truly a Heaven, you must be singing solos with the choir.
crazyflamingoc 5 months ago
Why so talented people die so early...Karen..Freddie Mercury...
boiragirules 5 months ago
Thank you for posting this...I learned to sing the Ave Maria to Karen's recording and to this day I sing it with her interpretation. Peace, love and kindness...:)
JuanLorenZerimar 6 months ago
Thanks for the upload! This is beyond beautiful!!!
ermusngi1 6 months ago
Karen : I wanna go to heaven to see you for eternity .
Luisveram 6 months ago
@Luisveram
imagine the crowds haha
DasGrausam 3 months ago
Una cancion celestial solo podia ser interpretada por una voz angelical y ninguna mas apropiada que Karen Carpenter.
Luisveram 6 months ago
Karen was so special...she was much loved...she died far to early xxx
silverstartrucker 6 months ago 28
@silverstartrucker I know.
KittyStarlight 2 months ago
lovely rendition. deanna durbin still the best for me.
portglasgoejuniors 7 months ago
This is the music they play in Heaven. Perfectly said MattS1224. I hope I get there to hear her live.
sebastianpellegrene 7 months ago
It certainly is a spine tingling rendition, I love it and still get goosebumps every time I listen to it.
wilbyhilbly 7 months ago 11
What a heavenly voice. Mother of God...... Please bring back Karen and Michael Carpenter.
Many thanks for uploading. May God Bless You.
Lovencheers 6 months ago 2
I was a huge Karen Carpenter fan - I moved on because I just couldn't bear to be reminded of her terrible, tragic death. I came across this video (which I had not seen before) quite by "random accident" this morning, and I am now fighting back the tears.
fischerman46 7 months ago
Karen's voice sends me out of this galaxy.I will always love you Karen.
kidkosh 7 months ago
A beautiful song that transends all languages. I had a soloist sing this song at our wedding. It was beautiful and still brings a tear to my eye when I watch our wedding video.
0815scarlett 7 months ago
The best version of this song hands down!!!!! Karen i sooo miss you!
wizzo194 7 months ago
goose bumps.
1454LOU 8 months ago
I did shed a tear...I remember I was standing at my desk at work in 1983 when her passing was announced. Her voice is stunning, absolutely perfect, but what always strikes me the most to this day is that the very breath she takes is an integral part of the music. Haunting. Exquisite. Sublime. Thank you still.
donsmith755 8 months ago 2
Absolutely Beautiful! No other words can describe this! Please excuse me while I "Favorite" this and wear out the "Replay" button. Beautiful Karen thank you for recording this! And thank you wilbyhilbly for sharing with us.
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I did shed a tear...I remember I was standing at my desk at work in 1983 when her passing was announced. Her voice is stunning, absolutely perfect, but what always strikes me the most to this day is that the very breath she takes is an integral part of the music. Haunting. Exquisite. Sublime. Thank you still.
donsmith755 8 months ago
for my mum I share this, she will understand ...beautiful video, btw>>
FinallyunderstandU 9 months ago
Chills tha's all I can say...
shepk10 9 months ago
So beautiful, even on May 16th.
Starlifter88 9 months ago
nNce voice ! nice singer ! just a piece of paradize in this crazy world ! merci - superbe
TheJLD1965 9 months ago
THE GOOD LORD MUST HAVE NEEDED HER TO SING IN A QUIRE OF ANGELS
THIS IS REALLY GREAT THE LATIN IS PERFECT. MUST HAVE GONE TO GREAT SCHOOL. SHE LOOKED LIKE A NUN, OR QUAKER
johnarnetsr 9 months ago
What a great loss to us all that we never got to hear her for so much longer. Just beautiful and such warm tones!
erskellock 9 months ago
Oh wow, the Carpenters did Ave Maria too? Pretty nice.
som3AZN 10 months ago
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Heartbreakingly beautiful....God rest her beautiful soul.
NannyStatePark 10 months ago
Heartbreakingly beautiful....God rest her beautiful soul.
NannyStatePark 10 months ago
There are and have been many great voices out there,technique,range and tones,interpretation and feeling..but she's the BEST female voice I've ever heard all combined,and I have heard a lot in my many decades of music.She must be back with the Angels that missed her up in their choirs.Thanks Lord for lending her to us for a while to take a glance of what must be.
pendragonU 10 months ago
i feel lyk im in heaven..
geraldinenarciso 10 months ago
BELISSIMO!
TalmaLennon 10 months ago
endlessly loving it
snajka1 10 months ago
Karen unforgettable, simply.
thyranusrex 11 months ago
I've never hear KC singing this before, absolutely beautiful.
piaffreak1 11 months ago
Such a beautiful, superb, sublime interpretation by the great Karen Carpenter! This keeps on being my favorite version of "Ave Maria" since 1978, when it was released on "Christmas Portrait". Thank you for posting it.
rpsnet 1 year ago
The angel's version of Ave Maria, Only karen can sang it so pure, so touched our hearts.
trinitycat9 1 year ago
It is so sad to think that such a wonderful talented young lady with the voice of an angle is gone.
Tyranus9 1 year ago
that voice is always heaven to mine ears! my first time to hear this rendition of 'ave maria' from karen. always magical beyond words to hear her voice! thank you!
aklanpinoy1l 1 year ago
This song is on their Christmas Portrait album. A great album by her brother(mostly) that wil surprise you!
blackhawkwxfan 1 year ago
Wow, what a beautiful version of Ave Maria. But anything she sang was beautiful.
SgtBooker44 1 year ago
This rendition of Ava Maria just melts my heart. I play the Christmas Portait through out the year just beacause I want to hear her lovely voice; that now is stilled. I am sure she had one of the most beautiful voices that we have had the good fortune to know and love.
spiderlady1049goat 1 year ago
After listening to so many opera singers sing this piece, I stumble upon this version, and I thought to myself, surely it can't be as good, what with Karen Carpenter being a popular singer and all.
But boy was I wrong. She's amazing as always.
thequantumcollapse 1 year ago 2
@thequantumcollapse Karen Carpenter sang in Latin, Spanish, Japanese, and of course English. She may have sung in more languages. She would have been a great Carmen or Delilah, had she gone the opera route. She certainly had what it takes to sing operatic roles very well. But she song her own creative repertoire, and she will forever be remembered for that. You're right that Karen sings this on par with any opera singer.
dougbalt 1 year ago
Every note she sings, every breath she takes, is PURE gold.
FlyingMondongo 1 year ago 13
i could not have said it better
nakedBison69 4 months ago
I remember when I bought A Christmas Portrait. I had heard one of the songs playing on the radio and was immediately captivated and had to have the album. To this day it remains one of those albums that makes up the fabric of my Christmas experience. The poignancy in hearing "Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow," is matched by the hope and love of the Ave Maria that Karen sings/prays. We WILL all be together and are the better by being touched by Karen Carpenter.
mmoyer59 1 year ago 2
I remember when I bought A Christmas Portrait. I had heard one of the songs playing on the AM radio and was immediately captivated and had to have the album. To this day it remains one of those albums that makes up the fabric of my Christmas experience. The poignancy in hearing "Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow," is matched by the hope and love of the Ave Maria that Karen sings/prays. We WILL all be together and are the better by being touched by Karen Carpenter.
mmoyer59 1 year ago
Karen had the voice of an angel! Beautiful beyond description.
wynn904 1 year ago 2
I am just so filled with tears of love right now. Just listening to Karen is so over whelming isn't it? Surely she is singing with the angels in Heaven! So, I am thankful I have Jesus in my heart, knowing that someday I will be in Heaven, and listen to Karen singing in person again. I miss her sooo much! "You sing like Karen " I often heard many years ago. My friends used to be so amazed when I'd sing. A God given gift eh? I sing from high to really low. I'll sing harmaony with Karen someday.
MsLindaKaren 1 year ago
I am just so filled with tears of love right now. Just listening to Karen is so over whelming isn't it? Surely she is singing with the angels in Heaven as the bible says that we will be serving the Lord when in Heaven how we did on earth. So, I am thankful I have Jesus in my heart, knowing that someday I will be in Heaven, and listen to Karen singing in person again. I miss her sooo much!
MsLindaKaren 1 year ago
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barsoumshady 1 year ago
my wife sings much better.
doromamire 1 year ago
@doromamire And she's still married to you?! How sad.
infinera06 1 year ago
@doromamire hi there. l noticed your post. and l my self can sing like karen. but l believe that noone as ever beaten her voice. but you say your wife is better. well lm interested to hear her. so would it be ok if you uploaded her singing.. thank you
tinaange 1 year ago
@doromamire
Hum? I'm so glad that you love and honour your wife. However, it isn't who sings better but understatning that we are to be humble in the God given talents we have. I do not perform but sing form the heart to the point full grown men have cried. If your wife has done this too, well then, it truly is not performance to be praised but an annointed voice to glorify the Lord that the hearts of peole be opened and healed.
MsLindaKaren 1 year ago
NO ONE sings better than karen, never mind MUCH BETTER than her, imo.
No1KCfan6 1 year ago
This song that she sings is from one of the Christmas albums.....last song. I have it on cassette, which I still have a player to listen to....Thank God, because I think this is the most beautiful rendition of this song.
bozinthebeach 1 year ago
tears began to fall...
alberthammond18 1 year ago
This is so beautiful...Karen Carpenter came from heaven to sing with a voice like an angel, I will never forget her!
Mickeyzzzz 1 year ago
@Mickeyzzzz
I sure do agree with you! So sad, she had to go back to heaven so young eh? I'll never forget the day I heard it on the news. I cried so hard. I'm sure most f the peole that heard her throughout the world, hearing of such agreat loss cried.
MsLindaKaren 1 year ago
The thing that makes her version so beautiful, is she is singing in a contralto range...and yet, she can still soar upon octaves to hit those high notes. She had a 4 octave range. Her voice is unforgettable. She did a live version of this in the CSLBC Christmas Performance in 1978, and it almost sounds identical to this studio recorded version of pure crystalline magic!
cd72 1 year ago 2
no where near as good as the epic version on youtube - the german version. YSF
ysfaljanabi 1 year ago
A true angel :) Karen's voice is really magical :)
mnlght0snt 1 year ago
Like honey driping down a chocolate gangplank...silky smooth
BigMrMitch 1 year ago 2
SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
clarrisina 1 year ago
karen carpenter was the best singer ever
TeeneyBop1976 1 year ago 9
@TeeneyBop1976 NO QUESTION! she had a magic that is once in a lifetime! Karen is even better than Celine Dion! Karen is timeless and I am sure people 100 years from now will be enjoying her as we all are now, that is the sign of a TRUE artist, who lives on forever. :)
maleficentdiva 1 year ago
@maleficentdiva better than celine dion? well, duh! karen is better than *everyone* imho.
No1KCfan6 1 year ago 2
@No1KCfan6
I am Canadian so I love Celine of course but not all of her songs as she loses some breath control and her voice wavers in some songs.
Karen sang to perfection no matter what type of song it was. Truly a voice annointed by God to sing on earth and surely in Heaven as I type this.
MsLindaKaren 1 year ago 3
Thanks for posting this, she is with our lady now.
jocon307 1 year ago
que linda es karen beatifull girl
juancitobaila 1 year ago
Bach
dobot84 1 year ago
This is different version than the Schubert one.. Does anyone know who wrote this version? I've been looking for this sung by a soprano..
peep773 1 year ago
@peep773 It's the Bach/Gounod setting. Lots of examples on YouTube.
Vericacious 1 year ago
I don't believe in the Christian thing, but Karen has a great voice.
billyboylb 2 years ago
I agree, this is a sound of heaven. A sweet song talkin bout our sweet Holly Mother!!!
AdemarSantiago 2 years ago
What voice control Karen has on this song !!!!!! WOW!!!!!!
Karenfan09 2 years ago 3
I have heard sopranos sing this..in fact I have a good friend of mine, Denise Culham of Regina, Sk, who sang this song at a friend's wedding...well she blew everyone away with her voice. She hit those unbelievable high notes at the Holy Rosary Cathedral...and she is like 5 ft 2...she always reminds me of Karen Carpenter...in how beautiful of a voice she has!!
cd72 2 years ago
if not the most moving beautiful version of ave maria
ebdl2009 2 years ago 3
this is perfection on top of perfection, multiplied into infinity, spread across the universe. this is the music they play in Heaven. It is exquisitely beautifully Divine.
nakedBison69 2 years ago 21
I love that you said that this is the music they play in heaven! it makes me happy!
MattS1224 2 years ago 17
thanks :-)
nakedBison69 2 years ago
@MattS1224
I couldn't agree more , if i make to Heaven i expect to see and hear Karen singing this song over and over again.
It has been my favorite song for about 30 years now.
I never grow sick of it ..
rmc2663 2 years ago
@rmc2663 You WILL make it to heaven- you believe in Jesus, and He is the way, the truth, and the life- He is our way to heaven- not by our works, but His finished work on the cross for us, dying for our sins. God bless you! See you in heaven!
iamintoyou 1 year ago
@nakedBison69
I agree this is my favorite song of all time.
rmc2663 2 years ago
@nakedBison69 You put it so perfectly!! Just like Karen's voice. what a gift from God!!
MegaJewels1 1 year ago
thank you :-)
nakedBison69 1 year ago
@nakedBison69 Love your comments! The angels cry to hear her sing.
tradersquarter 1 year ago
@nakedBison69 Yes....nakedBison 69...you have a wonderful way with words, I couldn't have said that any better! I believe that this would qualify for the "Heaven Playlist"....and, jumping to a totally different experience, I enjoy Los Lonely Boys, "How Far is Heaven" for the time being, until I get there, hopefully :)
lightening16 11 months ago
absolute beauty
deserticus18 2 years ago 6