Mozart's Mitridate: Cavata "Se di lauri il crine adorno" 

This rendition has become a happy obsession for me.

Maraviglioso, fu un tenore di grazia veramente extraordinario!!! Bravo Gösta Winbergh (in tutta la tradizione da Björling, Gedda,etc)Bravo!!!

May The Lord have him on his grace...what superb singer Gösta Winbergh was!!! Great voice, great sensiility, great musicality,etc,all together in one artist, BRAVOOOO!!!!

One of the best renditions of this aria! Wonderful!

So lovely so tender...tears of joy...

Sometimes the internet can be kind. I just "discovered " Gosta Winbergh! Dare I say WOW? His voice and his ability are astonishing.

What a great great singer this man was!

Che voce admirabile! Che bello!

So very beautiful, powerful emotionel version. Bravissiomo Gösta Winbergh!

De la perfection pure ! Et Dieu sait à quel point cet air est redoutable pour les ténors !!

It's wonderful how he enters most of the upward leaps in mixed voice rather than the typical ringing chest voice of modern tenors. This is an art today lost.

He is doing a great job, this can't be easy to sing. Skilled and with a wonderful timbre.🌷

Mitridate Se di lauri il crine adorno fide spiaggie, a voi non torno. Tinto almen non porto il volto di vergogna e di rossor. Anche vinto e anche oppresso io mi serbo ognor l'istesso e vi reco in petto accolto sempre eguale il mio gran cor.

such a grand singing! so deeply moving, Bravo!

Meglio non si può. 👍

Hinreißend schön. Ich Schmelze dahin

Замечательно! Bravo! И эту оперу Моцарт написал в 14 лет!

If only there were singers of this quality now.

Such amazing lyricism and use of head tones and yet it is a full rich voice (not the wimpy voice of some early music specialists)!

This is wonderful performance. Powerful voice but also self-control; virtuosity but no overacting. Everything so natural (even those extravagant costumes), so generous. Great Winbergh but I feel Harnoncourt somewhere behind too.

Certified Intergalactic! Gösta Winbergh is the best in this aria.

Sublime! Mi piace molto questo cantatauro!

Certifié intergalactique! Aimez Gösta Winbergh, le meilleur que je l'ai entendu pour cette aria.

BRAVISSIMO !!!!!!

excellent unique

Interesante rendición de esta difícil aria, sin embargo Wimberg carece del squillo y el color del precioso metal del instrumento insuperable en esta pieza que posee Bruce Ford.

Maravillosa Aria

Gentile Haranoe, qui non si tratta di essere italiani romantici o che sia. Si tenga per lei il suo sorriso. Qui si parla di conoscenza della musica. E ovvio che verdi e verdi e Mozart e Mozart. Due grandi del passato indiscutibili. Si tenga il suo sarcasmo per lei. Avere una apertura mentale e molto importante, piuttosto che essere limitato con dei pregiudizi. Per cresce e andare avanti,bisnonna saper andare avanti con il tempo.la saluto

Mr. Windbergh shows an almost freakish talent here. And the music is bristeling with baroque, no sign of Viennese School yet. Very early Mozart indeed. Fascinating.

My two favourites :Jussi Björling and Gösta WinberghOutstanding Mozart Mitidrate by Gösta !

@ivanjuarezmex De acuerdo con usted , esta a 415 y no a 440 como estan todos los instrumentos en la actualidad. Bravo, es usted muy observador. Bravo Winbergh!!!

In my opinion, not one of the best... BUT THE BEST! Fords version is also good, but not the best. It doesn't have this sense of emotion. But this is simply PERFECT! It can't be done better! VIVO GÖSTA WINDBERGH!

without blinking!!!!!!!!!

El Teatro Olímpico de Vicenza luce aún más bello con la música de Wolfgang.

@juliomoralesam1 No es que esté baja, están usando instrumentos de la época en afinación 415..

@Thrax1982 I AGREE, BUT YOU CAN HEAR THE C. ROUSSET'S RECORDING WITH GIUSEPPE SABBATINI LIKE MITRIDATE. SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH.

@Thrax1982 I agree with you very much;I also sense that something "extra" was happening in Winbergh "heartfelt" interpretation...probably the inexorable shadow of a "to soon death"?; I guess we will never know, but for sure he is transmiting a great emotion in this aria. I also like very much Bruce Ford version!!!

Se di lauri il crine adorno, Fide spiaggie ha voi non torno, Tinto almen non porto il volto Di vergogna e di rossor. Anche vinto, ed anche oppresso Io mi serbo ognor li stesso E vi reco in petto accolto Sempre eguale /il mio gran cor.

Beautiful. Head voice mix. He correctly chooses NOT to sing 14 year old Mozart like Verdi or Wagner

Bravo, formidável, se Wotan tivesse voz, com toda certeza seria a do Senhor Gosta Winbergh.

Se di lauri il crine adorno fide spiagge, a voi non torno, tinto almen non porto il volto di vergogna, e di rossor. Anche vinto, ed anche oppresso io mi serbo ognor l'istesso, e vi reco in petto accolto sempre eguale il mio gran cor.

@Dogaradodia What about Bruce Ford.

ESTA VERSION ESTA BAJADA MEDIO TONO.

No. Está ejecutada en referencia a un La=440. Eso es afinar distinto, no "bajar".

"Shame" is an expression short for "what a shame". Not at all intending that Winbergh should have been ashamed of anything. Quite the contrary, he was a superbly refined singer, as I said before, from Mozart to Wagner passing thru Stauss. But obviously, in as difficult an aria as this one, the vocal demands of JUST a semitone higher, are infinitely superior and it's hard to compare with those who have sung it at modern pitch, like Sabbatini.

This man was a great singer.. but my favourite is Bruce Ford´s version because he sings it a half of tone higher...hehehehe ;)

Et les appogiatures ? Et le da capo ornementé ? Et c'est un "baroqueux" qui dirige !!

The best vocal rendition of this aria (and not yet appearing on RU-vid) is Giuseppe Sabbatini's recording for Decca (With Roussel, Dessay, Bartoli ecc). In the right key, with great empathy, vocal focus, shading between mf and pp to ppp. Also exquisite and refined variations in the the da capo. Listen to it.

Where are the appogiatures (se di LAuri) ? What kind of tempo is it ? This gentleman should sing more coperto if he wants to keep his voice. Not awfull, but almost.

Кошерно

Al passaggio di registro la voce si sbianca, nonostante il tempo lento che gli viene lasciato. La noia impera, tra falsettini e voce spalancata aperta nel finale, cattiva tecnica, senza alcun palpito. Qui poi occorrerebbe una tecnica superlativa per unire gli sbalzi di altezza e le note basse non suonano per niente. Spyres e Blake sono altro pianeta.

I absolutely Winbergh in almost anything he sang. From Mozart to Strauss to Wagner (excellent Walther and Lohengrin ) but he sings this aria a semitone down!! Shame