Jon Vickers - Recondita Armonia

Jon Vickers sings Cavaradossi's first act aria from Puccini's Tosca.
From Vickers' much underrated Italian Opera Arias CD with the Rome Opera Orchestra and Tullio Serafin.

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[sgnmath1234]

Sounds like he sang it exactly as written.

[7mymuse]

Vickers was a force of nature, insurpassable. He performed with every cell and sinew in his body, and what came out of him was more then superhuman, it expanded the human soul. I had the great fortune to sing with him twice. He could terrify you with his temperament, but was only angry or adamant when he was absolutely right about what he was asserting. There will NEVER be a Grimes to beat him, ever. The best.

[Sabininho]

Who's Grimes? I mean, really. I haven't heard about him

[g7tenor]

Fantastic. So sincere with nothing to prove. Great, great artist.

[Rogelio Marin]

queeeeee?????



[Warren Hamlet]

Agree with sgnmath. He sings it with great care- almost tentatively. He was essentially a heldentenor and a great one.

[Riccardo Manenti]

Misericordia! Il mondo è bello perché è vario e ognuno può ritrovarsi in qualche sua divinità ma, siamo sinceri, sono suoni accettabili questi da parte di un cantante lirico che dovrebbe timbro, intensità e altezza musicali?

[Juan David Arbelaez Rendon]

Nada que discutir, Vickers fue uno de los grandes tenores del siglo XX, no era italiano pero eso no significa que no fuera un gran tenor, un auténtico profesional, serio y con un bello estilo. ¿O qué piensan de su soberbia y magistral encarnación de Florestán?, ahí nos dejó uno de los momentos modélicos para a ópera. ¡Bravo Vickers, fuiste un grande!...

[jamesgatward1985]

Like many other people i've only seen him as an angry otello. a dramatic tenor with huge power and presence. Here i see a different side, beautiful, I cannot think of many other drmatic tenors who could sing piano so convincingly !

[gustavklit]

prefer him as tristan :$ sorry :) heavenly in any case.