Luciano Pavarotti Sings "Che Fiero Costume" & "Ingemisco" (Requiem Verdi)

Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti
Modena,1986
Composer: Giovanni Legrenzi

CHE FIERO COSTUME

Che fiero costume
D'aligero nume,
Che a forza di pene si faccia adorar!
E pur nell' ardore
Il dio traditore
Un vago sembiante mi fe' idolatrar.

Che crudo destino
Che un cieco bambino
Con bocca di latte si faccia stimar!
Ma questo tiranno
Con barbaro inganno,
Entrando per gli occhi, mi fe' sospirar!


INGEMISCO (Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi)

Ingemisco tanquam reus;
culpa rubet vultus meus;
supplicanti supplicanti parce, Deus.
Qui Mariam absolvisti,
et latronem exaudisti,
mihi quoque spem dedisti.
mihi quoque spem dedisti.
Preces meae non sunt dignae,
sed tu, bonus, fac benigne,
ne perenni cremer igne.
Inter oves locum praesta,
et ab haedis me sequestra,
statuens in parte dextra

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Requiem Verdi
• Verdi Requiem
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Ingemisco
• Legrenzi
• Che Fiero Costume
• Luciano pavarotti
• Pavarotti

[nxt2yoshi]

did he switch two verses?

[R4UL92]

mmmm yes you are right, but that is not too much important, i think that the importance lies in the interpretation the emotion that the singer can pass to the public, and of course the singing technique, and in my humble opinion this version have those points.

[R4UL92]

2:30 Messa di Requiem Ingemisco by Verdi

[onychea]

@AulicExclusiva The vowels A and E in particular are very toothy in Italian....

[zurriussII]

what a little space for such a big voice. joking of course :)

[BenCMusician]

thank you pavarotti for showing us that making a mistake, such as switching the verses, can be totally unnoticeable, bravissimo!

[kellsxbellsxlyssax]

i dont like this...he switched it..

[videomaking101]

You are right, for me (1/4 Italian) am singing this for a vocal contest. It is a pain to learn how to correctly pronounce this.(Apparently, in Italy R=D)

[AulicExclusiva]

No one but an Italian could sing such open-throated vowels, just as no one who loves the Italian language could fail to be delighted by his enunciation of it.