Caruso sings Neapolitan Song "Canta pe´me"

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Recorded on Sunday, 26th of November 1911; composer: Ernesto De Curtis

English Translation of the text:

Sing a song for me tonight,
You so beautiful with the golden voice
Sing it to me tonight, so if I die
I die listening to a beautiful song...
Sing a sailor's serenade...
That hasn't been sung for a long time...
The sea! So many ships at sea tonight...
But why aren't you singing? What are you thinking?

Sing: that I may accompany you on the guitar, who knows that tonight one doesn't awaken love,
unlucky love and a singer
who wants nothing: one heart and a guitar...
Sing, what a beautiful sleeping Neaples,
cradle of gold for one who wants to dream
But what are you thinking -- so solitary and silent?
But what are you waiting for if you don't want to sing?

P.S.
I'm in the process of uploading ALL of Caruso's recordings to my website and came across this Neapolitan song, which I liked.
Originally I intended to upload all Caruso's recordings to YouTube, but since many recordings are being blocked, I gave up.
I don't understand how YT handles copyrights. For example my uploads of Caruso's performances of "Una furtiva lagrima" are blocked in many countries including my own. But, e.g., the Pavarotti recordings of the same aria - which are FOR SURE copyrighted (unlike Carus's recordings) - are NOT blocked. Doesn't make sense to me ....

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[lewashcliffe]

I think one of the amazing things about Caruso's singing was that he literally got his ego out of the way so that only the purest essence of artistic divinity poured from his soul through his voice. When I hear the voice of Caruso in such a beautiful piece such as this, I feel that I can hear God. Such was the greatness of this wonderful man.

[tomfroekjaer]

@lewashcliffe You're a screaming empathetic genious, Lewis! In few words you describe what several people have written books in an attempt to define.

[tomfroekjaer]

@lewashcliffe As a confirmation of the validity of your comment Caruso was often asked what he thought about his performance and he would reply "I didn't hear it."

[tomfroekjaer]

@lewashcliffe I have to modify the "I didn't hear it" a bit. I was paraphrasing him, don't recall his exact words, but the essence was, what I said: he didn't hear or paid any attention to himself while singing. In his performance he WAS what he sang.

[lewashcliffe]

@tomfroekjaer Many years ago my voice teacher taught me that one of the hardest parts of learning to sing was to stop listening to what you think is the sound of your voice. Instead, focus on the sound of the music itself and the feeling of the words from the heart. When a student was listening to their own voice, he said "you are giving yourself a voice lesson, which is only listening to your own ego." Caruso truly understood this, which is why he was so loved. Again, thank you Tom.

[lodiopera]

la piu bella incisione  di questa romanza , caruso illumina ogni parola , certo grazie anche perche era napoletano e poteva interpretarla con gli giusti accenti, con la sua voce ha lasciato un gioiello da ascoltare, grazie enrico sei grande

[tomfroekjaer]

@mozartibnkhajjam Rosa Ponselle was another of rare singers "touched by God" ...

[mozartibnkhajjam]

@tomfroekjaer

It was good to hear it about Rosa...:-)

thanks.

[racheleleeba]

Love it. Thanks.

[tomfroekjaer]

@mozartibnkhajjam .. and this is also true for Rosa Ponselle....