Jessye Norman - Les Chemins de l'amour (Poulenc)

Elisabeth Cooper (Piano) Subtitulado al español.

[@josephdadey]

Props to the pianist as well as Jessye for this incredible performance. It brings me to tears with a wistful nostalgia for a memory I never actually had. That takes some talent :)

[@crazyorganist1609]

Norman was excellent like that.

[@cwm8565]

She was a singer of not only plain technique, but with the notion of the song within the song-the VOICE of the lyrics. She delivered them through those notes. She was the definition of a singer.

[@Jgrayski]

I'm still mourning her passing.

[@dwightmatthias7396]

What a voice! What a conveyer! What a grand personality! you did it your way. I loved it, Ms Norman you will be missed.

[@user-py1jg6bb2r]

And you continue to sing and sing with angels...bravo and more bravo, all over the globe...

[@noedetoledo8050]

The voice of Jessye is unbelievably beautiful, and she is technically perfect. I love her art and I am thankful for her dedication and respect to the classical music!

[@LohengrinO]

One of THE most extraordinary operatic posts ever in KZbin along with Astrid Varnay's Kostelnicka video and Regine Crespin's Spectre de la Rose... Jessye transformes a simple song into a Universal Masterpiece... Divine

[@rrgallo967]

Hello Lonhengrin... Have you seen R. Kabaivanska's Merry Widow from Rome? Lovely!!!!

[@francoisbessing]

She really does though. She turned this art song into an Operatic Aria.

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

Pure art and soul!

[@marcaurele3115]

Magnifique interprétation ! Et la diction parfaite ! Nul autre n'a chanté les chemin de l'amour comme Jessy Norman ! Quel talent ...

[@charleshudson5330]

This is how the piece is supposed to be sung. Sheer perfection. Every note, every syllable, every emotion is spot-on.

[@kimdramer1641]

A single gesture of her hand takes this magnificent performance to heavenly realm.

[@paulprocopolis]

She turns this charming 'waltz song' into epic tragedy - but how wonderfully! Such ravishing tone and colour!

[@qzrnuiqntp]

Her style is perfect --her teacher was the composer's lover and create a lot of his songs! ;)

[@crazyorganist1609]

@@qzrnuiqntp bernac was not Poulenc's lover but a ckose musical friend

[@qzrnuiqntp]

@@crazyorganist1609 It used to be the way things were said... People could understood, in a politically correct way... Nowadays, I think we can say that kind of things.

[@LaDivinaLover]

@@crazyorganist1609 yes he was as verified by letters and other private correspondence. People were gay before the year 2000, get over it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Zuccacchini]

Best. Comment. Ever.

[@marthagutierrez1178]

This is absolutely extraordinary! Her feel, her tone, her interpretation, her nuances! Exquisite 💗👏👏👏

[@orvtimlaw]

Absolutely stunning performance. What a fine accompanist. I love the fact that she "feels" this song as Ms. Norman does.

[@Politonico]

This is the perfect conjugation of beautiful composition, exquisite and emotional performance and the right accompaniment.

[@0390403903]

I will never forget Maestra. I will keep The ART of yours in my heart forever... Thank you for making The World beautiful. Les Chemins de l'amour (Poulenc) You sung in recital in National Opera in Warsaw in 1985 year will provide my live R.I.P Beloved Maestra💔💔💔

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

Pure art and soul!

[@thomaslucia3059]

Extraordinary! She is gifted with such a rich, melodious, fluid voice...and the breath-taking ability to both powerfully project and spin the notes in a crystalline pianissimo.

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

Pure art and soul!

[@felipedej.cervera6514]

Rest in peace, dearest Jessye Norman. God is calling His angels.

[@sophiabaldaracci5523]

So true, unfortunately for us He is indeed calling them. And we are left with the Taylor Swifts of the world!!! Oh my!!!! What destiny...

[@wilsonwatt9283]

A perfect melding of composer, vocalist and pianist. While no one can ever say that another interpretation will be as good, it will take an extraordinary vocalist and pianist to surpass this.

[@simonsjurbina4434]

I wasn't familiar with her until a few months ago, but oh my! She has such a lovely voice. When I close my eyes to hear her sing I'm transporter to a different place.

[@imgabrielmachado]

I keep returning to this masterpiece just to admire, as a art lover in a museum. I cry for this video, because it's beautiful.

[@johnstevesalazar5097]

Hermoso, hermoso, hermoso!!! Bravo !!! Es una versión más lenta que las otras, pero la voz corre, fluye. La manera de cantar, con toda el alma, el corazón. Belleza total. Desde hoy soy fan de Jessie Norman.

[@CompoDir]

¡Digno, muy digno de alabar es, la gran interpretación que hace la excelente pianista Elisabeth Cooper!!! Sin ella la hiperincreíble soprano Jessye Norman no hubiera logrado esta profunda, dolorosa y amorosísima versioón!! Eso es ser una verdadera pianista protagonista y a la vez el soporte expresivo de la voz!!!

[@susansearight4487]

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[@madaghdjiansophie1796]

Merci de parler de la pianiste on est toujours oublié .Sophie pianiste

[@marolaola]

Que penetrantes sus palabras, me llegan al alma

[@madaghdjiansophie1796]

Gracias me llama Sophie .

[@madaghdjiansophie1796]

Nietzsche disait "sans la musique la vie serait une erreur".Sophie

[@vassilikikafourou1291]

This is a real example of how someone can be the music. This is a real instrument. Our body.

[@imgabrielmachado]

Astounding performance. Brilliant pianist. Everything is just perfect. Jessye captured the essence of Poulenc!

[@chuckreese3759]

In elementary school, Jessye was the very first person I heard sing live on stage. Still amazing!!!

[@marimonda8]

How many times can I listen to this interpretation? How can someone sing so beautifully, make the the song hers, and hers alone.

[@mayaramos5629]

La más bella y extraordinaria soprano que existe en todo el mundo . Para mi la mejor🥰

[@rrgallo967]

This is a monumental interpretation.....TOTALLY IN AWE

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

Pure art and soul!

[@MrFalconford]

We miss you J N, thank you for sharing your journey.

[@byluccio5921]

Diva! RIP to the best voice of the universe💐

[@dawonwashington5503]

Finally a singer,who has captured the spirit of this piece. I have heard other classically trained voices sound beautiful when singing this piece, but absent of the emotion and longing in the voice; that this piece requires. The pianist was sensitive, and passionate, and Jessye Norman was divine. BRAVO!!! Brought me to tears.

[@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397]

Dawon Washington goosebumps here

[@enriqueali]

It helped that she always had extraordinary breath control. Helped to sustain this relatively slow tempo, allowing her the time and musical space to create incredibly expressive subtle nuances.

[@dianamanasyan5128]

@@pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397 k

[@jomagatobcn]

Simplement extraordinaires, aussi bien Jessy Norman, évidemment, comme cette magnifique pianiste qui est Elisabeth Cooper. Emouvantes!

[@you2candoit]

Wow! So much love and compassion in her singing! And the pianist was just phenomenal!

[@liliasiordiak4212]

Que maravillosa composición de amor, letra, música y la voz de la cantante DIVINA, y maravillosa la pasión con que interpreta. Mil gracias por compartir tanto Arte!.

[@jacquesszymkowicz6526]

La plus belle interprétation!!!!!!Bravo Jessie!!!! j'applaudis à chaque écoute !!!!!

[@jarq9728]

Maravillosas JESSY y ELISABETH. Esta interpretación parece un sueño. Cómo es posible que exista tanta belleza en la realidad ? No me canso de escuchar este divino regalo una y otra vez. Gracias a las dos

[@raphaelhudson]

Instantly breath-taking singing . Wish I had heard her live.

[@tatyanaidayatova1469]

Какой молодой, сладостный голос! И какой феноменальное мастерство! Браво, Джесси!

[@SparklingGems]

WOW - what a stunning voice....beyond beautiful!!!!

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

Pure art and soul!

[@cellolion6631]

Can’t say it any better than the last person who commented! Some sing this song without the perspective that life brings to loving another. Jessye with the most beautiful soul and heart, gives us a beautifully full impression.

[@sergiovarela8030]

ESPLÊNDIDA , JESSE NORMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL LOVE HER , FOR ALL THE TIMES !!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@svsuck]

Ravishing, I sometimes forget why I adore this woman and have for 30 years.

[@ensamblealmamexicana-tereg766]

Es tan hermoso escuchar personas con voces privilegiadas y que han dedicado su vida a deleitarnos el oído. Una duda? Siempre me dijeron que en en lied no hay portamentos y sin embargo yo en ella los escucho tan bellos que quisiera que se pudieran hacer y no fueran censurados. FELICIDADES MAESTRA JESSYE NORMAN. MI ADMIRACIÓN POR SIEMPRE.

[@josemariaduquelopez5483]

Hola, mi opinión es que este género no pertenece tanto al lied como a la chansson francesa, que está también influído por la música popular o comercial de la época. Algunas de estas canciones no están pensadas tanto para cantar en un teatro en un ambiente culto, sino incluso en cabarets. Por tanto, esa influencia del canto " no profesional " existe, y lo que hace la Norman es imitar en parte ese estilo para darle mayor autenticidad. Seguramente sin esos portamentos no quedaría tan natural, en este contexto, claro está. Y también hacer notar que Poulenc era íntimo amigo de la gran Edith Piaf, maravillosa cantante no profesional, aunque era muy grande, y con un sentido del fraseo y la estructura musical similar a la de cantantes profesionales muy hechas.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravillosa canción, incomparable interpretación de Jessye Norman.¡¡¡¡

[@vonciamoneake4119]

I can listen to her all day!! Lovely!!!

[@fernandojardim9533]

Simply the most absolutely perfect rendition of this song... Spellbinding!

[@agathacabot5833]

Está mujer es increíble . La pianista, maravillosa. Estoy muy impresionada...

[@johnstevesalazar5097]

Belleza total. Hermosa versión. 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@juliaknecht5098]

Deux grandes dames réunies pour l'amour du public, de la musique! Magnifique interprétation pour nous dire "je vous aime".

[@valerielewis4903]

Passion Pitch Perfection. Thank you for introducing me to Jessye Norma

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

J. Norman singing performance in this well known song is graceful, dynamic and it has sumptuous tone. Great pianist as well.

[@rogerdodger8349]

A great, great artist. A diva. That was so incredible.

[@doktorlehar]

Stunning. She's in a class by herself, and there's something about the French language that focuses her voice in a truly exciting way. No wonder the French asked her to sing the 'Marseillaise' for the ceremonies in 1989!

[@kendrawhittaker4855]

I just want to meet the 38 people who clicked gave her a thumbs down!!! On second thought no I don't they have NO taste. Bravo Jessye. Wonderful!

[@TheCWMHALL]

No taste , but no soul !

[@sophiabaldaracci5523]

Exactly! It is their loss.

[@user-py1jg6bb2r]

there will not be any of them wanting to come out, because they know they did it wrong and on their selfish purpose.

[@HisDearMissK]

KENDRA WHITTAKER These down voters, I imagine they were so overcome by emotion, their eyes so filled with tears...they hit the wrong button by mistake. 😉

[@crazyorganist1609]

Not everyone likes hee. I really don't like this interpretation. I prefer Gheorgiu

[@jeffhowe5750]

I don't think there's ever been a singer more in control of their voice. Say what you will about her interpretation, but the colors she's able weave throughout this piece, the dynamic contrast, the consonants, vibrato vs. straight tone, portamenti vs. detached...it's unreal.

[@robertschneck8583]

This transcends "singing" in the ordinary sense. I don't know what to call it, but we need another word for what artists like Jessye Norman do.

[@you2candoit]

She sings with a spirit of passion! You can feel the utmost fervency in her singing!

[@johnm.paolella6945]

Stunningly Beautiful ! Never to be replicated. RIP Jessye.

[@sutenTaHotep]

Her voice leaves me spellbound EVERYTIME!!!

[@seduciosantini9289]

+Karin Coles Yes, indeed! Her voice so VOLUMINOUS, POWERFUL and BEAUTIFUL is an ENTHRALLINGLY LOVELY and UNIQUE wonder of this World! As soon I get home from work, I DEVOUR this performance from LADY NORMAN.

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

@@seduciosantini9289 Pure art and soul!

[@stephaniecarr6984]

Pure..unadulterated..brilliance! You are SINCERELY missed Ms. Norman!!

[@esarfmij]

The paths that lead to the sea have kept, of our passing-by, flowers with fallen petals and the echo, beneath their trees, of both our bright laughters. Alas! of the days of happiness, radiant joys now flown, I wander without finding their trace again in my heart. Paths of my love, I still seek you, lost paths, you are no more and your echos are hollow. Paths of despair, paths of memory, paths of the first day, divine paths of love. If one day I have to forget him, life effacing everything, I wish, in my heart, that one memory should remain, stronger than the other love. The memory of the path, where trembling and utterly bewildered one day, upon me, I felt your hands burning.

[@TCt83067695]

merci

[@francoisbessing]

EXCUSE ME but she is a Queen. Royalty come down from heaven to teach us the ways of eternity. The like has not been after her. Absolutely fantastic in ways that merit Doctoral study.

[@nailbitter310]

I hadn’t seen this video in a long time and once again, she hypnotized me with her voice and her deliverance!

[@musicandme1982]

Rest in Spirit and Love Beloved soul you'll never be forgotten Queen rest assured 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@another.9]

I haven't. heard an angel singing but It should be something like this. Give it up for this incredible lady . Jehovah will bring her back to life. John 5 :28, 29

[@jorgelaguerenne]

Es una interpretación inigualable tiene un sentimiento que se filtra por todos lados; Muy bien el piano, estupendas las dos

[@Laura44diam]

Extraordinary Jessye!!!👏👏👏💖

[@mccarlson52]

So beautiful, both Jessye and Ms. Cooper!

[@rengethrob]

This is great. Simply beautiful.

[@marchsteiger]

Stunning every time, she really brings light to this world

[@caroline181920ful]

Wow...Exquisite. The Last Note made me Float on air

[@PhenominalWoman504]

Just take my breathe away!! Ms. Norman leaves me in awe!! ❤🙏🏾

[@susana8452]

Maravillosa versión de Jessy Norman, donde su perfecta técnica lírico vocal convive con una exquisita y sensible interpretación, a mi juicio insuperable. Su extraordinario talento nos hace felices y nos transporta al corazón creativo del autor. Muchas gracias Jessy, desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@erwannarbarz7718]

Sublimissime Jessye! Et la pianiste Elisabeth Cooper est également d'une grâce rare.

[@francesryckmans1756]

What a beautiful song singing by her . so moving ..

[@valoamusic1239]

Now is dead, the most powerful voice ever 😢

[@MyriaCharlesOfficial]

Sublime !!! Quelle parfaite fusion entre la diva et l’accompagnatrice ! Wow! 🥰 RIP belle Jessye 😇🥰

[@robertlandau8]

This is sheer perfection!!!!

[@jurijurtschenko3735]

Rest in Peace Jesse. I‘ll never forget you

[@GloriamMonarchia]

She is incredible. Or was, in case God has called her to sing in Heaven. Thank you for your beautiful voice, dear incredible singer! & respects to the accompanying piano player!

[@organboi]

Such a masterpiece by the great Poulenc!

[@musk5delp]

Poulenc would have adored Jessye’s chanteuse interpretation. As do I...

[@pawdaw]

I have no doubt!

[@AmandasChannel-C.PSLifeCoach]

....neither do I.....Jessye is absolutely devine!

[@MrRicksStudio]

It was written for a chanteuse, Yvonne Printemps.

[@AmandasChannel-C.PSLifeCoach]

@MrRicksStudio Exactly!

[@hansdekorver7365]

@@MrRicksStudio But she was not so reliable. That is why the piano has the vocal line too.

[@FFXX669]

Quelle merveille ! Quelle émotion ! Merci Jessye où que tu sois. Que Dieu te garde !

[@EnriqueRodriguezTOPO]

What a wonderful posting, sharing such a magnificent voice and human bing behind that voice, pure, sublime ART and SOUL! .

[@angelecammarata]

Incroyable vraiment mon dieu c'est le chemin du cœur et de l'âme grande voix 🕊💐🌹⚘️🌹⚘️🌹⚘️

[@EPlolz]

I just worship this recording, and Ms. Norman, in every way. She is truly an actor's singer. And her decision on this slow ass tempo really is just such an exquisite and delicate touch that shows her artistry at its fullest. Of course, her Carmen is amazing -- every role she did was amazing -- but for me this is the pinnacle of her fucking amazing acting.

[@petrosbalaskas4753]

I love madam Norman!!! She is such an extraordinary artist!!! She will keep living though the eons!!!

[@abdnjase]

Stunning. Miss Norman at her most communicative.

[@ants08031236414]

"Les chemins qui montent au ciel..." Au revoir, Jessye. Now she sings in Heaven.

[@cristinacatu3307]

Revisited this clip after a few years' hiatus. As mesemerized as I was the first time I watched it. Brava to both of them, an otherworldly experience overall!

[@angelecammarata]

Une voix qui vient de son âme incroyable interprétation je suis sans voix et en larmes 😢

[@Classicvideofan]

C'est tout simplement somptueux .... j'ai entendu Jessye chanter cet air bien souvent ... et toujours l'impact vocal et l'impact de cette présence hors normes électrisaient le public parisien .... c'était à la fois drôle (complètement "over the top" çà ne fait aucun doute ...) et irrésistible d'émotion ... les amoureux de belles voix comprendront .... on peut pardonner tous les excès et toutes les interprétations au profit du déploiement des ressources vocales infinies de Madame Norman

[@yanivs5768]

Such a distinct emotional tone RIP Jessye ♥️

[@henrygrove100]

This Voice is unbelievable!

[@oleibylowrencej]

Flawless. This song make me miss her. R.I.P Jessye

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Forever Great and Beloved our Great Soprane Mrs Norman !

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravillosa canción cantada por Jessye norman

[@danbarthy3819]

Divine sound! I love her! Brava!!! 👏👏👏🌹

[@MagaliDamonteVocalCoach]

Deux grandes artistes qui renversent les codes de "ce qu il faut faire " ...beaucoup de charme et de générosité de la part de jessye Norman même et une "Babeth "comme on l aime ..trés joli phrasé et d une elegance rare ..laissons hurler les chiens .

[@serious7179]

Wow... this is spine-chillingly beautiful

[@TheMightyFork_]

Beautiful ,soft timber ... pleasure listening to this .

[@mathildeemiliencourtindt8517]

What a magnificent voice..........