Nana Mouskouri - Schubert: Schwanengesang D957 №4 (Ständchen/Serenade) (1968) 

She certainly doesn't sound as if she trained classically. Her vocal chords don't close (you hear the air streaming through constantly). This happens because her voice is not supported properly and her larynx is not in a lowered position, both of which contribute to her voice sounding so high and thin or, as you put it, "like a bell". It also means there's not much resonance and not much projection. She has a beautiful voice, she's also musical and she has a lovely, sweet, innocent stage presence, but the classical training she received was either not very long or not very good because, in all honesty, she sounds like the singing pupils I know who just started out and have sung classically for ~1 year. All the things I named (high larynx, virtually no support, vocal folds not closing) are typical beginner problems OR speak of improper technique that won't carry you through an entire operatic career. This rendition of the "Ständchen" is, technically speaking, not good and can't even be compared to voice students still in the conservatory. Her agents probably realized that. If she had continued to train to become a classical singer, she would've been one of many other light sopranos whose voices and spirit get burned by conductors and an overly demanding career.

She is singing with one functional vocal cord.

​@@clarab6092She had a natural condition which caused a thickening of one of her vocal chords, not that she only had one, as the popular understanding of it goes. Yet, despite this impediment she became one of the best selling female artistes of all time, even rivalling Madonna in sales, which is quite an achievement for a quiet demure girl from Greece. She knows she is not a classical singer, and reveres the likes of Maria Callas, quite rightly, yet anything she sang from classical repertoire was a nod to her love of that great genre. It's easy to harshly criticise because a voice may lack perfection, but Nana sings from the heart and that touches me more than all the perfect opera stars who appeal less to more simple people. She knows her limitations, yet has made the most of what she has. That means more than having it all and obtaining god-like status in one genre of music. Nana is 90 years young in October, and having met her several times, I wish her well. 🤍 As Frida from ABBA said recently about ABBA Voyage: "There will always be critics." 🧐

P​@@clarab6092pregatirea ei clasica a fost lunga, 8 ani dar avea o problema medicala

He wrote 1500 works. Beethoven wrote under 750. Bach wrote under 1200.

I love this song. (As to heaven,however, I have been taught that the one who decided who will go to heaven, is called Jesus. He decides this if and when HE returns to this planet, on JUDGMENT DAY. So it seems, the dead will have to wait for another couple (of thousands of) years.

I was looking for the name of the pianist and - mercyfully - it does not appear! (She is great though!)

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Bravo! Let me share of some wonderful song of Schubert ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-On17D1CxzrI.html and another one in German ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQy39a7mlLo.html performed by trio of students of Academy of Choir Art in Moscow. If anybody knows the name of second song, write in comments, please

Yes beautiful voice and not to mention beautiful woman!!😘

its nice but im not sure bel canto is appropriate for a lieder and her german diction

Eterno ese momento porque somos uno con esos seres que tanto amamos. Él esta en ti y tu en él.

Na vida tudo passa devemos aproveita- la da melhor forma!! Nana Mouskouri hoje aos 89 anos com certeza é diferente com o passar dos tempos, acredito que Nana mouskouri olha para o passado com boas lembranças Uma grande estrela sua voz belíssima e insubstituível!! Hoje ela não faz shows, mas está aí uma quantidade enorme de belas canções!! Nana Mouskouri a rainha da voz!! Uma rainha jamais perde a majestade 🇧🇷

Because it's amazing music and it contains meanings and feelings that we can feel 💓

I born in 1995 and I love this classic music