I dont want to forget to speak about the pianist, the pianist is incredible too, together is one incredible mixture music and voice, Bravo for the pianist!!!!!
E meraviglioso!Che bella voce e che bella canzone.One of the best lyric tenors ever, singing two lovely pieces from one of the finest composers of any era,the wonderful Paolo Tosti.Bravo Tosti e Pavarotti.Riposa in pace Maestro.
That particular song meant a lot to him. This is nothing but pure and honest human emotion delivered through the medium of one of the greatest singers of all time. RIP
really people here dont know nothing about to sing!!!! Luciano Pavarotti in this 2 songs make the most incredible interpretations, is really incredible! pavarotti do more than sing, give the soul, sorry for my english I try to do my best to explain all what I think about it, Thank you, not only I like to heare Pavarotti I love to feel what give can give with his sound heart and feelings in the music.
fantastic! this beautiful interpretation bring tears to my eyes, one of his best performences! A great inspiration for the next, (unfortunately small) generation of bel canto singers. May his recordings live forever.
You must have missed his rendition of Rodolfo in '78. Fantastic acting opposite Cotrubas, et al for the entire production. He was the real deal in his prime. Go check it out, and it'll make you feel even better about this man and his body of work.
@B337h0v3n Me too. I had a chance, but missed it.. I will always be sad about missing that performance. What a great Tenor.. R.I.P. from me too.. He will always be in my CD Player !!
Ideale has always been my favourite Tosti song. I think the best versions of this song are from Bjoerling. He makes with his beautiful voice this song coming from another world. I always thought and regretted that Pavarotti (my 2nd best tenor) had never sung, let alone, recorded this. To my big suprise I saw and heared here that he had! And it's even on CD. What a beautiful (extended) version he did. A typical Pav. version with lots of emotion; you see and feel he's singing to his beloved. BRAVO
It depends what time period really. He had a tendency to do 'stand and sing' without emotion in opera after the '70s, by then he was such a huge star that he probably felt he did need to make as much effort anymore. I do believe that before the fame went to his head, he was a serious operatic artist.
I always get the sense that Pavaotti did his best when it came to recitals and oratorio, not live opera. He was not confortable maintaining a character for the full lenght of an opera, however, when it came to songs, he could concentrate on his forte, singing, then, acting would always blosson like a fragrance. He was a stylist, a technical buff, first and foremost.
If you can see at the end of the video, he also sings Me Voglio Fa na Casa, is that video exist?, cant fin it, have someone help with the link?. Thanks!
Really beautiful, but I tend to agree with Samurai9, he did pour it on a teensy touch too much in a couple places and it was distracting. Really blasted near flawless singing though.
If he had never sung anything else this Ideale alone would have established reputation as a great singer. He is much better in this song than Caruso and much, much better than Bastianini.
