Title: Pavarotti- Tosti's "Ideale" (live)
Added: Jan 7, 2009
Author: ShawDAMAN
Duration: 5:17
Description:
If anyone has any specific information on this performance I would appreciate it. I believe this performance is from 1973.
Lyrics: (Italian)
Io ti seguii come iride di pace
Lungo le vie del cielo:
Io ti seguii come un'amica face
De la notte nel velo.
E ti sentii ne la luce, ne l'aria,
Nel profumo dei fiori;
E fu piena la stanza solitaria
Di te, dei tuoi splendori.
In te rapito, al suon de la tua voce,
Lungamente sognai;
E de la terra ogni affanno, ogni croce,
In quel sogno i scordai.
Torna, caro ideal, torna un istante
A sorridermi ancora,
E a me risplenderà, nel tuo sembiante,
Una novella aurora.
Torna....torna......
English translation:
I followed you like a rainbow of peace
A long way across the sky;
I followed you like a friendly face
of the night under a veil.
And you feel it in the light, in the air,
In the scent of the flowers;
And the solitary room was full of you,
of your splendors.
Captivated by you,
by the sound of your voice
A long time I dreamed,
and all the worry of the earth, every cross
In that day is forgotten.
Return, beloved ideal,
Return for an instant.
Give me a smile again,
and to me the sparkle of your countenance
will be a new dawn.
... a new dawn.
Return, beloved ideal, return, return!
Please comment!
I also highly recommend Tosti's "Non t'amo piu," "Addio," "Marechiare," "L'ultima Canzone," "A vuchella," and "Serenata." (in that order! :P)
Channel: Music
Tags: pavarotti tenor francesco tosti ideale neapolitan song chamber salon music italian
Youtube Comments:
aspsingr Says:
Oct 22, 2009 - this is so wonderful beyond description. Bravo Luciano and thanks for the post!
SchugOo Says:
Oct 24, 2009 - Just beautiful!
ghadaghanem Says:
Nov 22, 2009 - thanks for the post. What an incredible voice and feeling melt together
ladyopera69 Says:
Nov 26, 2009 - La Voce!!!
MrLuiscastellanos Says:
Dec 26, 2009 - 5 *****
tomfroekjaer Says:
Jan 14, 2010 - I still think this is the best version of Ideale I've ever heard. Not even Caruso beats Luciano in this....
ShawDAMAN Says:
Jan 14, 2010 - I would agree. I wonder how you got marked as spam so quickly lol... I didn't do it.
tomfroekjaer Says:
Jan 14, 2010 - Yes, that weird :-) Maybe YT has categorized me as spammer in general :-) Chhers, Tom
bigus Says:
Jan 18, 2010 - no one renders anything like pavarotti unfortunately he was the greatest tenor in everyway. no one can phrase like he could because no one had the technique to do so in my opinion.
janxbmxrace Says:
Feb 28, 2010 - Favorite perfomance of Ideale here. You se that main goal of Luciano hides in his unique temperament, passion, amaizing freedom in singing technicaly great. Menatly You cant be flegmatic to achieve results similar to Pavarotti's. You must absolutely enjoy what you do live... not only after perfomance... its like paint picture.
chorusinger Says:
Mar 22, 2010 - I miss Maestro Pavarotti so much. Thank God for recordings like this and others that will make him immortal
tsbsartini Says:
Apr 23, 2010 - Nunca fui um fã do Pavarotti, mas, devo confessar: nunca ouvi esta canção tão estupendamente bem cantada, e é a minha prediletíssima canção italiana. Ah, o leto Janis Zabers,a canta muito bem!!! Bravo! p ambos.
tdeane34 Says:
Jul 31, 2010 - bs
meltzerboy Says:
Jul 31, 2010 - Thank you so much for your informative and insightful comment!
meltzerboy Says:
Jul 31, 2010 - I am honored by your compliment, AE.
Juliet0307 Says:
Aug 4, 2010 - It's so extraordinary that there is no word to describe it! Thank you!
seektheforce Says:
Mar 23, 2011 - Who almost got up to Callas?
LorandPercsi Says:
May 10, 2011 - BRAVO!
piterek888421 Says:
Dec 21, 2011 - kaszka ta troche jest slona... kto pl? :D
ShawDAMAN Says:
Dec 21, 2011 - Lol. Ciekawa analogia.
angelofsundown Says:
Jan 11, 2012 - this is a dream! Thank you very much... it's inbeliveable, how wonderfully he sings this song!
gmmix Says:
Jan 27, 2012 - Seems to me I heard this on a Sunday afternoon radio broadcast around 1973 over WHYY Phil'a during the last few months of my dad's life. The radio, with built-in cassette recorder, got the strongest signal in his bedroom. He's wasn't a classical music fan but was tolerant.
lukis49 Says:
Feb 1, 2012 - w której minucie leci kasza ta troche jest słona ?
EDubsGurl Says:
May 23, 2012 - This was my best friend's favorite song. He committed suicide almost two months ago. We go to Manhattan School of Music as classical vocalists. The whole week, students paid homage to him and sang this piece in every musical setting of the building. Pavarotti's voice shows no comparison. Love you and missing you, Kevin<3
operacrasher Says:
Oct 19, 2009 - Isn't it wonderful when great performance-art is allowed to triumph over "attitudes of one-upmanship?"