Uploaded by sfkcbf on Aug 6, 2008
Soprano castrato Alessandro Moreschi, last Vatican castrato, in a 100-year-old recording of the Bach/Gounod "Ave Maria." I waited 2 years before producing this video because the quality of the voice does not meet good standards. I presented it only for historical purposes. For a complete analysis of his voice and the recordings, see http://www.malesopranos.com Click on Articles, then click on Moreschi.
Hail Mary
full of grace
Mary full of grace
Mary full of grace
Hail, Hail Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed be the
Blessed is the fruit of thy womb
Thy Jesus
Hail Mary
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It's beautiful
BelieveInImagination 3 weeks ago
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Very Haunting
gcastro44 1 month ago
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Hail Mary
full of grace
Mary full of grace
Mary full of grace
Hail, Hail Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed be the
Blessed is the fruit of thy womb
Thy Jesus
Hail Mary
twohseven 2 months ago
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@olivleonardo As of October 2011, the website MaleSopranos is changing servers; however, when it is back in full operation, I will continue to refer people to that site for a much fuller explanation of Moreschi's voice and his recordings.
sfkcbf 3 months ago
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No me gusta como maneja la voz.
boy0macaroni 1 week ago
@boy0macaroni Treinamento de voz, no século 18 foi muito superior à formação no século 19.
sfkcbf 1 week ago
As a first time listener, Moreschi's voice actually creeps me out a bit. It sounds painful, though that's his natural pitch. I'm so glad women are allowed to sing these days.
This song does sounds better than Preghiera though.
SerpentStomper 1 month ago
@SerpentStomper I had to listen several times before I could detect vocal elements that hinted at the reportedly more attractive sinigng of his prime. He was never known as an opera-quality castrato. Opera castrati were preferred because of their extraordinarily beautiful & skilled voices, not just because women were excluded in Papal city-states, Women sang elswhere. Some, e.g., Hasse's wife, were good but according to reports did not match the quality of the castrati. See MaleSopranos website.
sfkcbf 1 month ago
It... certainly doesn't sound like he's over fifty. This is amazing. If only we had the chance to hear that in real life, and not on a 100 yo tape that can't even give you a hint of how it would have sound like in a cathedral. Though this tape has something... something that moves me.
JuliefromNeth 3 months ago
@JuliefromNeth He was a little under age 50, not old. Again said, go the the website MaleSopranos, Articles, and read the full description of Moreschi's voide and recordings.
sfkcbf 3 months ago