Enrico Caruso - Musica Proibita. Digitally remastered.

"Forbidden Music" - composed by Stanislao Gastaldon.

Text:

Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone
Underneath my balcony every evening

Sento cantar una canzone d'amore,
I hear a love-song,

Più volte la ripete un bel garzone
Repeated several times by a handsome young man

E battere mi sento forte il core,
And it makes my heart beat faster.

Oh quanto è dolce quella melodia!
O how sweet is that melody!

Oh com' è bella, quanto m' è gradita!
O how pretty, how I love to hear it!

Ch'io la canti non vuol la mamma mia:
My mother will not let me sing it,

Vorrei saper perché me l'ha proibita?
Though why she would forbid me, I don't know.

Ella non c'è ed io la vo' cantare
Now that she is out I am going to sing

La frase che m'ha fatto palpitare:
The song that I found so exciting.

Vorrei baciare i toui capelli neri,
I'd like to kiss your raven hair,

Le labbra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi,
Your lips and your solemn eyes;

Vorrei morir con te, angel di Dio,
I would want to die with you, O heavenly angel,

O bella innamorata tesor mio.
My beautiful beloved, precious jewel.

Qui sotto il vidi ieri a passeggiare,
Yesterday I saw him walking by,

E lo sentiva al solito cantar:
And heard him sing as he always does:

Vorrei baciare i tuoi capelli neri,
I'd like to kiss your raven hair,

Le labbra tue e gli occhi toui severi!
Your lips and your solemn eyes!

Stringimi, o cara, stringimi al tuo core,
Clasp me, darling, clasp me to your heart,

Fammi provar l'ebbrezza dell'amor.
Let me feel the ecstasy of love!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• opera
• caruso
• Stanislao
• Gastaldon

[oceanfields59]

Thank you now I undersatnd

[tomfroekjaer]

@oceanfields59 Great - it's sort of hidden ....

[oceanfields59]

Why was it musica proibita?

[tomfroekjaer]

@oceanfields59 It's in the text:

Underneath my balcony every evening

I hear a love-song,

Repeated several times by a handsome young man

And it makes my heart beat faster.

O how sweet is that melody!

O how pretty, how I love to hear it!

*My mother will not let me sing it,*

Though why she would forbid me, I don't know.

[MsRuthes]

tomfoekjaer: To be honest, everything CARUSO sang he sang with his full heart; I don't think he knew any other way.

[tomfroekjaer]

@MsRuthes I think you are right about that.

"I know that I shall sing only a certain number of times. So I think to myself, "Tonight I will hold back my voice. I will save it a little and that will mean I may be able to sing a few more times."

But when I go before the audience, when I hear the music and begin to sing, I cannot hold back. I give the best there is in me - I give all."

[RodTenor]

This is Caruso with - again - in a beautiful interpretation of this song. To me, his talent lies in being able to reproduce the same line with totally different feelings. Note how he sings «Vorrei bacciar...» at 2:14, like he's lightly flirting with the girl in a garden full of flowers, then at 3:05, he revisits the same line with utter passion and almost darkness in the voice leading to the A and the finish with «l'ebbrezza del amor!» (the intoxication - like drunkenness - of love).

[Kievest]

All those luscious golden tones are sheer sensuous pleasure! But it is the soul-

ful singing, the expression of the emotions behind the words, the heartstopping,

open hearted singing by that uniquely beautiful and flexible voice that makes this

rendition so rapturous and unforgettable! Thank you tomfroekjaer for posing and

AnryK2690 for sharing! A treasure beyond compare!

[31operafan]

Some singers (opera or other genres of music) don't put as much emotion into the songs they sing as much as they used to. Domingo is an exception; in fact, some say he puts more emotion into whatever he sings more than he ever did! Listen to him, at age 70, sing "Niun mi tema" from Othello at the 40th anniversary of his Royal Opera House debut.

[31operafan]

@RodTenor What a great and helpful comment! Caruso puts the proper emotion in every song he sings. :) That helps me at least get a hint of what he's singing about, even though I understand a little Italian.

[31operafan]

Happy belated birthday to Enrico! :) This is one of my favorite versions of Musica Proibita. I think he captures the feeling of this song very well. There's a hint of Gigli-like tenderness in his voice here.

[little5819]

Bravo!! Most of the Caruso remasters I have heard, just did not blend the stereo orchestra well with the acoustic vocal, but this one is superb.

[TheEricprince]

What a beautiful song, and celestially sung by this superb human being. I have always been a Gigli afficianado. I can see where Beniamino is coming from. Beautiful bel-canto singing.

[GravitasEntoForte]

Great Music! In years of music appreciation, I have found myself to be very fortunate in hearing recordings of Enrico Caruso. An addicted fan of all Caruso's work, I have selfishly concluded his vocal abilities could not be rivalled, nor should they be ! His uniqueness was surely a gift from the heavens ''divine vocal lineage'', every vocal sound he ever interpreted was like some new music ,emoted lyrics animated a staged setting and gave more than just humane purpose to any charactor role. =)

[victorio1940]

If I understand properly their meaning, these sad words imply that Caruso undrstood that the magic of his voice, as well as his earthly existence, was coming to an end.They fill my heart with a sadness I cannot explain or express. Thank you, tomfroekjaer, for this priceless insight into the soul of a mortal chosen to create immortal beauty!....

[federic017]

Impressionante per bellezza di canto ed espressione...forze la più bella interpretazione in  assoluto...unico---saluti

[seponvi]

amazing remasterization !!!!! cheers