Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu (Japan 2005) HD

Frondi tenere e belle... Ombra mai fu
Tender and lovely leaves... Never was shade more sweet
Handel: Serse
Frondi tenere e belle
Del mio Platano amato,
Per voi risplenda il Fato
Tuoni, Lampi, e Procelle
Non vi oltraggino mai la cara pace,
Ne giunga a profanarvi Austro rapace.
Ombra mai fu
Di Vegetabile,
Care ed amaile
Soave piu.
Tender and beautiful fronds
of my beloved plane tree,
Let Fate smile upon you.
May thunder, lightning, and storms
never bother your dear peace,
Nor may you by blowing winds be profaned.
Never was made
A vegetable (a plant)
more dear and loving
or gentle.

[@ninamadzarevic3926]

I still listen to this unbelievably beautiful song, almost daily, just no words....

[@towmlvb3423]

I cannot think of another baritone who could sing Ombra Mai Fu without producing an abomination. Only Hvorostovsky succeeded with this aria in such a low register, and, OH MY!!!, what a success! Thanks to modern recording technology people will be able to marvel at this wonder for as long as the human race can survive. The man is dead, but his talent will live forever. This is one of the exceptionally rare examples of modern media serving the nec plus ultra of our culture well. I am eternally grateful to frufurJ for putting it here on KZbin.

[@MichaelShook-x3p]

This is so beautiful. The love poem to the tree is brought to life exquisitely, powerfully, lovingly - it touches the soul. God bless Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the musicians, Handel, and all who love music. Thank God I can experience this.

[@gabatonic]

My favourite version of Ombra mai fu sung by my favourite singer 💜

[@danafripp4120]

Lord, I miss this man. Love for life, and a life in music, flowed out of him like a fountain.

[@nancywolff8109]

Bryn Terfel saw Dmitri intended to start his program for Cardiff Singer of the World with this aria and thought, "Well, that's easy, maybe he won't get far. But the moment he heard Dmitri's voice, and even more, how eh interpreted the song, he said he was ready to be the first to sign up to his fan club. He knew in his heart Dima would win.

[@user-hd9dx7qs4g]

Брин, возможно, кожей почувствовал соперника. Серьезная была борьба. Победил сильнейший

[@joandebruin3847]

Poor Bryn was the favorite until a guy with film star good looks and the voice of an angel appeared on the stage.

[@natasabgd5119]

velika zalost za dmitrijem, velikim umetnikom rusije, hvala*

[@margaret7973]

An angel is singing and I am in tears. RIP dear Dmitri you gave such beauty to the world

[@larsgsanger3105]

❤️🇸🇪

[@LizatHome]

Oh my word, I am just so moved by this. What incredible singing. Totally a vehicle for the music. Just love, love, love it.

[@capriceroyal4670]

Best baritone in the last generation ! Gives me shivers....

[@manueladenise4358]

The best of all time.

[@eddiewood6700]

Unbelievably beautiful. Thank God!

[@lawrenceallen6508]

Wonderful singer who just sings impeccably.

[@qwert2020]

What a spectacular singer he was!!!! I got goosebumps watching this!!

[@tonythornburn599]

Another example of Dimitri's magnificent voice, so sadly missed, singing this beautiful melody so expressively.

[@ninamadzarevic3926]

It is so beautiful, no words to express my emotions while listening to this amaz8ng artist😢

[@brmu5068]

his singing of this song never fails to bring tears to my eyes!!!!! wow its absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@katiaaguiar7103]

Essa performance de Dmitri me tirou o fôlego e me arrepiei de tanta perfeição que foi. Ele canta com tanta sofisticação e elegância que são suas qualidades atribuídas naturalmente. Dmitri sempre em nossos corações ❤.

[@xavierbicchiarelli6039]

Son sourire a la fin de l'aria indique la satisfaction, la satisfaction de l'homme qui a excellemment chanté et accomplit sa vie d'artiste puisque c'est sur cette air là qu'il gagna son premier concours dans un cadre très académique. Chapeau bas et RIP HUGE BARYTONNO.

[@user-ed2ie2ep9q]

Светлая память великолепному певцу,золотому баритону,красивому ,мужественному человеку, Дмитрию Хворостовскому !Люблю всем сердцем!

[@agataleati2529]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@johns-mylifesmagic4774]

Simply ravishing...stunning & beautiful singing.:)

[@merylgoodrum4757]

World's greatest baritone. SO .uch missed 😢

[@carmensolanolopez9477]

Another of my favorite arias,sung as beautyfully as ever from my beloved Dima.💖

[@davidstuart401]

Today, November 22, 2017 we weep for the loss of this great baritone. RIP Dima. You have joined the angels in heaven and they shall rejoice in your great voice.

[@ClergetMusic]

St Cecilias Day!

[@joandebruin3847]

indeed a day of great sadness and tremendous loss of a beloved and talented human being,singer and performer.

[@iriszsarga1107]

@@ClergetMusic az énekesek védő szentje napján

[@rickhu1165]

Beautiful.

[@gudrun-mariaschaller5019]

Dima, unvergleichlich! Absolut integer sein Barockvortrag. HAENDEL IN ECHTFORM. DANKE an frufru für den Originaltext. So mach das Hören und Sehen Freude!

[@theharunafamily6315]

さやぬ😅

[@ingridhonig9201]

Now he is singing in heaven with angels. Rest in peace, dear Dima, you are unforgotten!

[@RoninofRamen]

Russian baritone with Japanese orchestra playing a work by an Anglicised German. Beautiful music knows no borders.

[@user-hd9dx7qs4g]

❤❤❤❤

[@G.Andrea_Piras]

E lingua italiana...

[@kevinstuart1966]

Ever since seeing him win Cardiff singer of the World have loved his singing. That titanic battle with Bryn Terfel was class. Wonderful talent RIP big man you will be forever missed.

[@soeunpak7822]

드미트리! 아까운 분, 잊지않겠습니다.

[@JosephASebok]

He is the singer we Low-Voices look up to. His presence, voice, grace, and superb technique, pitch, resonance, vibrato, and performance style are almost peerless, and without compare.

[@larsgsanger3105]

👍🇸🇪

[@patware9497]

Great voice sorely missed

[@maxzevs7681]

Great Handel and Hvorostovskiy🎼🙏

[@rwang1618]

I have just learnt this piece as a Baritone. When you sing it yourself, you will understand how difficult it is and how beautiful this is.

[@ancamg]

Dmitri is not going to die as long as his music lives on. What about Friz Wunderlich who died after falling on some stairs. He was 36. Poor Dmitri, I stil miss him. What a gorgeous singer!

[@Funbundle44]

Thank God we live in an age where we can still listen to voices like his, even if he's no longer with us. Such a tragedy to lose him at such a young age. What a voice - what a man and so much missed. I was never lucky enough to see him live, but I treasure these recordings.

[@trevorfranklin]

@@joandebruin3847 remember when he sang this at Cardiff singer I was hooked knew he would win listen to him every day

[@larsgsanger3105]

🙏

[@baibakreger786]

So amazing, so beautiful. The perfect voice.

[@Ferika75]

+Baiba Kreger listen fritz wunderlich, great !

[@marinellabakken5863]

@@Ferika75 Fritz Wunderlich is a tenor, so it's difficult to compare but anyway F.W. is great, I put him in the neighbourhood of Jussi Björling; such a terrible pity and bad luck he died so young.

[@user-px6ki6sl4y]

Тысячу раз благодарю!❤

[@jayyviews]

I can listen to this day after day after day!! Gone too soon, Dmitri, I hope to achieve your level of success one day. I'm so glad as a young baritone to be able to hear your music and connect with it from your stage presence.

[@cindyj5522]

So used to hearing this performed by mezzos and counter tenors. His version is amazing. A voice so incredibly powerful modulated to bring the beauty of the piece to the fore. His passing was a terrible loss to the world of opera and to music at large. Thank you, Dmitri...

[@Christin1950]

Danke, dass Sie das so liebevoll ausdrückt haben.

[@josephxavier8636]

Heaven on earth, lovely performance!

[@gigagrant1951]

Dmitri's voice is unsurpassed in its magnificence. So elegantly presented from beginning to end. World of music lost its genius.

[@luizamsalgado]

Yes ... Lets keep alive his art and his memory in our hearts and simply feel lucky and happy for having tjhe privilege of listening and seeing him perform, record, etc. Dima lives on ...

[@smaragdavellopoulou1756]

Ombra mai fu,one of the winning arias in Cardiff. Thank you frufruj

[@connypiano5038]

Who ever has got to know and to feel Dmitrii Hvorostowsky's adorable voice, his mesmerizing beauty, his musical devotion, his artistic taste, the flawless technique and his incredible charisma... - will NEVER be able to really enjoy ANY other baritone. The Dmitrii-sound is immortal and will move the hearts of his listeners for ever.

[@ilonasoltesz6041]

Me too.

[@faridasarwat6523]

Yes, simply THE VERY BEST !!!

[@ilonasoltesz6041]

@@faridasarwat6523 Yes it is so sad his not with us anymore His voice amazing R.i. P

[@ВалентинаСвиркул]

Это одно из лучших его произведений, так трепетно и нежно исполнено просто рвет душу.... спасибо и низкий поклон...помним и очень любим...

[@tomasokukerle5508]

@@ВалентинаСвиркул I ever cry when I liten him, RIP.

[@dinovolla9999]

Manly, powerful, splendid. The best Serse by far.

[@nadetomirkova4943]

Magnificent Russian baritone !!! Magnificent Russian musicians !!! Magnificent Maestro !!! I love, very love this magnifisent Russian baritone !!! Endless BRAVO Dear Dmitry !!! Everyday I listen and watch Your fantastic performances !!! BRAVO and for KZbin Bulgaria for the fantastic MIXx with the Your wonderful performances !!! Always with a lot of love and light from Sofia - Bulgaria

[@josebrlmonte4229]

Fenomeno

[@colinbell-NI]

I'm only new to opera, but my amateur ears can recognise Dmitri voice instantly. Thanks for sharing this recording!

[@garfield8420]

Bravo!!!

[@marialuisameandri3671]

Immenso, indimenticabile Dmitri! 💔💖💖💖🌹

[@user-gw3yc5ce1w]

私がぼんやりしている間に。色々な人が素晴らしい歌を世界中で歌っているのですね。そして、素晴らしいこの人は既に亡くなってしまっている！！若すぎるよ！

[@kassandraarnes4480]

Totally agree with Paoli and Margaret we will never have another Dima y was and is UNIQUE. Very lucky we were able to listening his beautiful voice and to see him in videos. I think very often about his beautiful family I hope everybody is fine.

[@m.h.7820]

Wunderschön gesungen, ein unvergesslicher Bariton. RIP

[@2711939]

Grandissimo Baritono.... Complimenti !!!!! E' stata una grande perdita la sua scomparsa. Pino.

[@AntonioRuiz-bh5ob]

Extraordinario, magnifico baritono.🎼♥️

[@LeisserChrista]

I never can hear this without crying. Rest in peace, dear Dima, now you are singing for the angels

[@taf289]

È proprio così, ora stai cantando per gli Angeli. Grazie sempre Dima

[@joandebruin3847]

Same with me,his singing is so beautiful that it drives me to tears.

[@marcelosoto-quiroga1965]

Even though I first knew this largo back in the 80s thanks to some Beniamino Gigli recordings, every time I hear it my eyes get wet remembering the unparalleled voice of Dmitri.

[@jarmosikio7854]

Beautiful sound. Sad he pass away

[@rickhu1165]

Best baritone.

[@Mari28-_03]

Неповторимая красота звучания несравненного голоса Дмитрия !!!!

[@larsgsanger3105]

👍❤️🇸🇪

[@stefflicursi5295]

A Great baritone, i couldn’t believe that he is dead...A EXQUISTE AND POWERFUL VOICE

[@patriziaamanedilella7080]

Uno dei migliori degli ultimi tempi. Riposa in pace...

[@Vojdy]

Великий человек!!!! Божественный голос и пронзительный взгляд. Браво!!!!

[@Mrsjuniify]

Magnificent performance . . . beautiful dynamics and interpretation of this well-known work.

[@larsgsanger3105]

This is soooo beautiful❤️❤️❤️

[@TheDarkMessenger7]

Simply amazing !

[@margaretham5832]

Dmitri is a glorious, larger-than-life and ultra-charismatic person/artist. He does not try. He just is. And therein lies the winning streak for such fortunate creatures. He can sing Mickey Mouse in holy temple style and the Ave Maria in Disneyland mode and still pull it off. It is an ever-presence that shines through even when he sings Baroque. So, why do we battle about weather or not he should sing Baroque? Just listen. He has such tremendous charm and phenomenal technique - he just stands there, solid like a rock and the voice simply seems to flow out of him effortlessly. We're so lucky just to hear him (yes, and to see him)!

[@connypiano5038]

I totally agree: An ultra-charismatic artist ..- and sort of a magician, isn't he? What a treasure to enjoy his musicality and his beauty here on KZbin!

[@marthalobos6373]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@danafripp4120]

PREACH, GURRL! Plus the reason he could OWN those Verdi baritone roles like the boss that he was is likely because he maintained a pure bel canto legato technique singing literature like "Ombra mai fu". Ridiculous how people go on about nonsense. This was absolutely beautiful in his voice and spirit.

[@annadonnarumma845]

@@danafripp4120 I agree with you.I would point out that Handel was in Rome and probably he was inspired by our language.By the way: I am italian

[@elvimm5081]

Wie wunderschön. 😢

[@debradorfman7940]

I am crying because of his superb artistry and his voice. Why did you leave so soon??

[@attesuomalainen3144]

I hardly ever cry, but now I did.

[@XeniaStCharlesIrisLlyllyth]

Your lovely voice will be missed. Rest In Peace.

[@DoveOriginalsTrims]

Weston Gilbert u

[@natashatodorova4568]

Благадарю вас за счастье слышать его голос!!!

[@user-gz4fx1cj7v]

Божественный голос, Божественная музыка❤спасибо за видео. ❤

[@baritonebynight]

Its so nice to hear a baritone singing this...or any man for that matter. We don't hear much of that these days.

[@jjh2456]

In the baroque times this was written for castratos who had the same type of voice that counter tenors have today.

[@victoriataylor5584]

I think this aria was written for him.

[@natashatodorova4568]

Ну просто не возможно оторваться!!!такой голос!

[@rezeda13]

Rest in Peace. We will miss him.

[@irishgirl9740]

It's both a joy and heartbreaking to listen to Dmitri. His voice is beautiful and each time I listen to him sing it brings me peace and also leaves me in tears. What a loss to the world. My thoughts are with his family whenever I listen to him.

[@annamarialovati8744]

Sono un’anziana che lo ha scoperto tardi ma apprezzato infinitamente La sua morte precoce mi continua a rattristare Rip caro Dima Grazie per tutti i momenti di gioia che ci hai procurato

[@judyjones2475]

Just fantastic x

[@janetsmith2600]

I just discovered him today and found out we lost him today also though I realize he was lost to us In November! I don’t pretend to understand! This great baritone has been silenced and I just discovered him!!! My heart ♥️ has questions!! So many questions!!!! How can God gift a man so greatly only to take him so soon? How can that happen????

[@Woolie.]

Wonderful.

[@MrCarlomaria]

Non sapevo che D: Vorostovski fosse morto..l'ho scoperto stasera, andando a cercare i suoi concerti in internet...è stato un colpo! Grande voce, grande simpatia: Mancherà tanto alla lirica!

[@adelinamerino2537]

¡¡APARECES TÚ CON TÚ CANTO Y LA MARAVILLA DE TÚ VOZ...Y TODO SÉ ILUMINA!!🇷🇺🎵🌺🍀🎤🌻💕🕊🌷⚘⚘⚘21/07/2024🎼🇦🇷

[@irinamachado9693]

Eterno Dmitri te admiro muito pra sempre no meu coração que Deus te tenha em um bom lugar que sua voz e seu brilho encante os anjos no céu como encantava e emocionava a todos

[@noelazcona5340]

I miss you, Dmitri!

[@victormanuelyepes1168]

Admirado Dimitri...hoy 22 de Noviembre, tu espiritu se elevó hacia esa desconocida dimensión de Luz. Duerme, descansa dulcemente tu fatigada alma. Gracias porcompartir tu arte y talento vocal. Fuiste uno de los grandes... Bravissimo !

[@annamarialovati8744]

😢sempre al suo ricordo E tanto rimpianto

[@evescieux4305]

Tu restera dans nos cœur a jamais Dmitri ❤ on t aimera toujours

[@piustwelfth]

This beautiful Handel aria is suited to many types of voices. Dmitri gives a wonderful performance. He often sang this song in recital.

[@victoriataylor5584]

I think it's BEST suited for a baritone or a tenor.

[@JamieStallingsworth]

What a gifted man. The most beautiful voice I have ever heard.

[@Marilyn4Bach]

God, I miss this great singer.

[@caninbar]

That's what happens when the voice is free and supported.

[@ritaangelachieffo9373]

magnifico cantante e un brano da far venire la pelle d'oca

[@machadolidy]

Miss you 😔😔😔

[@willianhenriquedasilva3696]

Legendary baritone!

[@DorotaPulik]

Tak wiele jest wykonań tego utworu na różne głosy.Ale,gdy śpiewa Dmitrij,to nie tylko przyjemność duchowa,ale wręcz fizyczne uczucie,że człowiek otula się atłasem Jego Głosu. Dzisiaj konkursowe wykonanie Dmitrija tego utworu w Cardiff bije rekordy wyświetleń na kanale BBC.Ten niezwykły Głos wciąż zachwyca i urzeka.

[@marcelosoto-quiroga1965]

We miss you a lot, Dmitri... you departed too soon.

[@janvermaak9971]

Spasiba!!! Hartlik bedankt voortreflik, wunderbar,excellent

[@alicebui5285]

Merveilleux Dima !! Je pense à vous je pleure ❤️❤️❤️

[@hakancice2098]

He was the best...

[@moniquemalaurie9713]

Grande performance...

[@emmyboeijink3788]

It's so unbelieveble beautil full wished there are more like that but there is only ONE DIMA

[@davidsolomon8203]

Words fail me!

[@Marilyn4Bach]

Love those trills.

[@user-ks6dx5cn4u]

I’m in heaven with you, Dima...💔❤️

[@germainecartro2232]

mon chanteur préféré !

[@lacihillviews8626]

Spot on Dmitri! This is the best since Caruso!

[@donostiarra1]

Thank you for uploading this. Really, really thank you very much =D