Recondita armonia best comparison EVER!!!

Who is the best singer?
00:00 Gianni Raimondi (1923-2008)
00:41 Franco Corelli (1921-2003)
01:21 Giuseppe Giacomini (1940-2021)
02:05 Jussi Bjorling (1911-1960)
02:47 Antonio Cortis (1891-1952)
03:28 Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952)
04:09 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
04:46 Tito Schipa (1888-1965)
05:27 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
06:12 Carlo Bergonzi (1924-2014)
07:00 Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)
07:46 Ferruccio Tagliavini (1913-1995)
08:25 Galliano Masini (1896-1986)
09:10 Gianfranco Cecchele (1938-2018)
09:53 Joseph Schmidt (1904-1942)
10:37 Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921-2008)
11:17 Kurt Baum (1908-1989)
11:54 Mario Del Monaco (1915-1982)
12:33 Richard Tucker (1913-1975)
13:15 Mario Filippeschi (1907-1979)

[@MrQwerty88]

Brilliant. Comparisons are good, to learn technique and how each did what they did. I think part of the reason standards have fallen is because people think it's wrong to make comparisons. Singers especially, should be making comparisons, especially as they learn. If a comparison can't be made, can't be distinguished, then what hope is there for improvement? People seem to think that to compare, means to insult or put down a singer. They also seem to only be concerned with the audience side of opera; how they experience it. They think that are shouldn't be judged or compared. They don't realise that some people are technical and analytically minded. They have no mind to realise that there is such a thing as technique, style, interpretation, and comparing how career choices and age affect a voice. Pavarotti tells that when he was learning, he made conscious comparisons about tenors he listened to, and even went so far to say which tenors were objectively better. And most people who know voices, and have been listening to different recordings for years can hear whether a recording is studio, live, acoustic etc and know HOW to listen, and the differences and allowances. The people that generally say it's not right to make comparisons, or to compare live, studio and acoustic recordings are usually the same people who insist that singing standards have not fallen and that the difference betweeen a Caruso and a Yvazov is just the different recording technology. These people are deaf and share personal responsibility for the death of opera singing. Many thanks for putting together a great video.

[@opera.turkiye]

Everything is for opera. I make these videos for people to improve their technical analysis. I am very happy to see such comments. Thank you very much.

[@oktaygozcu4799]

This comment is explaining everything. We are not comparing them in a bad way. We are educating ourselves when we are comparing that’s why we are doing it. They are all beautiful tenor nothing to say about it.

[@user-ff1cp5lt9n]

@@opera.turkiye Here Lauri Volpi. But he's not here

[@photo161]

@@user-ff1cp5lt9n Agreed. No praise is too extreme for the great Lauri Volpi

[@rebeccamackey8864]

Franco Corelli is my favorite tenor

[@MindyLeahWilkinson]

Do you mean there are others?

[@photo161]

@@MindyLeahWilkinson ...LOL...Exactly!. Especially obvious when heard live, the great Corelli was sui generis...a fancy term which means that he was not merely IN a class of his own, he himself WAS the class.

[@julesr677]

I love him too!❤❤❤❤

[@salvotoreromep5322]

​@@MindyLeahWilkinsonda non fan di Corelli dico che ce ne sono altri prima di lui.

[@lieliannenasgy2649]

The great maestro Franco Corelli,unique excellent and exceptional❤️

[@tanneryoung7023]

It always saddens me that people say we'll never hear tenors the likes of Pavarotti, Corelli, Caruso, Di Stefano, Del Monaco etc. ever again. We will, and there are some that are making great strides, they just are living in the woodwork and nobody knows who they are.

[@juancarlosbelletti6335]

Dios que voces !!!!! Creo que nunca más vamos a tener la suerte de escuchar algo como Eso. Son todos MAGNIFICOS.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@den3963]

Итальянские певцы золотого века оперы,просто сводят с ума! Сейчас так не поют.Спасибо за видео! Могу слушать это бесконечно!

[@EvertonChierici]

Giuseppe Giacomini.

[@diplomamilldoc8562]

Happy you included the pocket tenor Joseph Schmidt (a 4ft 11 inch man) in your selection. They're all great. But Schmidt's voice his best recordings that survive (most were destroyed after he was labelled a degenerate artist), is extraordinary and full of squillo. Try his Mattinata or La Donne E Mobile recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1936/37. Schmidt was hunted by the Nazi regime and after escaping occupied France into Switzerland in 1942, died of neglect after internment in a work camp. His complaints of chest pain were dismissed as malingering and he died of heart failure. A tragic story.

[@jrbezzato6981]

Impossible to choose one among these greats, each one with their voice timbre and their style are wonderful.

[@user-ti1jm8sl2i]

Корелли, Джиакоминни, Бьёрлинг, потрясающе!!!

[@leonardopizzella7834]

Corelli y Bjorling en cualquier comparacion que se haga de cualquier aria que hayan grabado siempre serán los numero 1. Corelli con esa tremenda voz grande y apabullante, y Bjorling por esa voz bella melodiosa aguda y precisa.

[@simonchausse11]

Great tenors and playing the game of guessing who! Such timbres!

[@opera.turkiye]

I think it will be really helpful to play this game. Enjoy it :)

[@margawijker8050]

geweldig!!!geen wedstrijd maar zo leerzaam en prachtig!dank voor uw werk🙏🏾

[@gowanhewlett745]

Thankyou.comparisons are always interesting and informative.

[@opera.turkiye]

Thank you for your nice comments.

[@cesarezappa7574]

la miglior interpretazione di sempre e' quella di Giuseppe di Stefano e anche di Bonisolli

[@alexeyizmirliev64]

Non esiste la migliore! Sono differenti!

[@LuisSanchez-bc5np]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dangaray53]

No se quién haya hecho esta selección de Tenores pero quien La Haya hecho sabe de canto y técnica vocal, la cual se encuentra extraviada hoy en día salvo honrosas excepciones muy escasas..

[@opera.turkiye]

Gracias por tu hermoso comentario. Si hay un aria que quieres que compare, puedes hacérmelo saber.

[@justinbrasfield6417]

Good recordings. However, I think one has to be careful to recognize the difference in recording environments. Here, Corelli sounds smaller or at least quieter then Raimondi and Tagliavini, which we know isn't the case.

[@timothycrombie3730]

Good point. I have recordings of this aria by all but two of these tenors. Heard on a good LP or CD transfer with decent playback equipment, the recording by Caruso is the one that stands out for me.

[@justsomeguywholikesdavidbo1085]

Jussi Bjorling ❤❤❤❤

[@RM-tc9pu]

Bjorling's voice was extraordinary.

[@lz43p15]

Corelli Giacomini Pertile Di Stefano

[@toscadonna]

It's a tragedy that the proper way to sing is hardly taught anywhere anymore and that opera is being murdered by people who don't love the art of singing.

[@opera.turkiye]

Unfortunately. There is no other choice but to listen to the recordings of these artists.

[@toscadonna]

@@opera.turkiye I listen to these great old singers all of the time, otherwise, I'm tempted to sing the wrong way. And that's not good.

[@ss007jpn]

素晴らし比較をposting 頂き、有り難うございます。というのは私にとって大好きな曲ですから。

[@opera.turkiye]

この素敵なコメントをありがとうございます。 比較してほしいアリアがあれば、私に手紙を書いてください。

[@ss007jpn]

ご返信感謝申し上げます。とりあえずNon ti scordar di meを希望致します。

[@cosme9899]

Para mí, Giuseppe Giacomini, como en otras tantas arias donde la fama se la han llevado "otros u otro".

[@carlosrobertobarbosamoreir9030]

Why on earth did you choose Di Stefano's 1961 version ? His 1953 version, under De Sabata, is obviously much better!

[@shicoff1398]

It's all a matter of opinion, no right or wrong, there is no such thing as so and so is the best, the best is whoever you like best! What I think in the aria is great, another person may not agree, even some professional critics disagree, and statements like "so and so is best" is just the best for that person and yes your own opinion is the most important for yourself, I have mine also, and mine is the important one for me! Some tenors are better in other arias, and maybe less great in this beautiful Lyric aria, so it also depends on what they are singing, in most cases Bjoerling and Corelli get the most raves, anyhow there are several very fine ones here.

[@wingnut2893]

I really like the way this comparison has been arranged. I'm almost 64 years of age, and my personal favourite has always been Luciano Pavarotti. All I would like to say now is that I think there are some names missing. First name that comes into my mind is Mario Lanza.

[@100gvolpe]

Che bella carrellata di Tenori, "Onore"

[@manchestervermont3777]

Thank you for including Gianfranco Cecchele, one of the few tenors that I feel could rival Corelli in power, timbre and good looks. Too bad he burned out so early and rarely travelled outside Italy.

[@maxtrentini5589]

1)Raimondi 2)Pertile 3)Jussi 4)Di Stefano 5)Corelli

[@garybenedetti2558]

Thank you for bringing these beautiful voices back to life.

[@opera.turkiye]

Thank you for your nice comment.

[@caglergen35]

❤

[@RodolfoGaudenzi]

Conclave di fuoriclasse, Di Stefano senza pari!

[@user-td6lh9qg8n]

Tutti eccezionali sicuramente anche quelli che mancano

[@Ccroes]

😍

[@roccosuma7925]

Giacomini

[@lucafamea2053]

Pavarotti sempre al primo posto!!!!!

[@Tagoreapoet]

“All are great”

[@ilialioutov2993]

Gianni Raimondi is exceptional

[@bodiloto]

Ragazzi, credendo alla veridicità delle registrazioni Voi state ignorando un fatto cioè che nel mondo della lirica esistono due tipi di vocalità- voci fonogeniche che i microfoni 🎤 adorano e le voci veramente grandi che i microfoni 🎙️ odiano ! Sovente le registrazioni sopratutto quelle realizzate usando Lo Stereo sono una dolce 🍭 illusione. Per il conto mio preferisco le registrazioni Mono per tantissime ragioni strettamente allegate con la verità artistica . Per esempio ascoltando le registrazioni di Pavarotti e Fleta a volte la voce di Pavarotti sembra più bella e grande da quella di Fleta. In realtà 1 Fleta = 50 Pavarotti Dal vivo era così . Da dove lo so ? Avevo sentito la voce di Pava durante più di 30 anni dal vivo e mi ricordo ancora cosa mi raccontavano degli anni 60 i miei amici tutti dei cantanti noti della vocalità Enorme di Miguel Fleta e la sua bellezza artistica unica. il vecchio

[@sanziofriggi]

Soprattutto le filature straordinarie

[@PMiss-gl8fy]

pertile che gigante

[@cristinamonaco3474]

Mario del Monaco

[@pabloporrase]

Can you please do a La vita mi costasse comparisson?

[@totoplanet]

Corelli sopra tutti.

[@atizaries5512]

Only Corelli❤

[@justsomeguywholikesdavidbo1085]

Wish Jon Vickers was in here too.

[@salvotoreromep5322]

Da fan di Di Stefano dico che Gianni Raimondi è quello che mi ha impressionato di più mentre Bjorling mi ha deluso.

[@melihkarasu]

la mia aria preferita

[@cristinamonaco3474]

Qui trovo bravo Tucker

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Tutte belle voci. Bravissimi tutti ma Franco Corelli il massimo. Di più non è possibile. ❤❤❤❤

[@justinbrasfield6417]

And, to answer your question, Caruso.

[@valeriomessersi1016]

È una lotta tra GIGANTI, senza fare torto a nessuno, per l'interpretazione e la bellezza del timbro in cima alla piramide metterei il nostro Lucianone !

[@bodiloto]

Il nostro Lucianone senza microfono 🎤 purtroppo si sentiva poco nella sala … E per dirla tutta aveva una voce piccola piccolina … Per il repertorio leggero andava benissimo, per il repertorio verista e quello drammatico faceva pallida figura. Grande uomo , grande nome - poca voce . il vecchio

[@valeriomessersi1016]

​@@bodiloto Che per certi ruoli la voce di Lucianone non sia adatta sono d'accordo, non ci deve trarre in inganno che una voce "chiara pulita" sia meno potente di una voce "scura" . È anche una questione di timbro!👋

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Manca Nikola Nikolov che è stato uno dei migliori in questo ruolo, poi anche Vladimir Atlantov

[@lutandomhlalase4416]

Correlli and Del Monaco are my favourites

[@giovannievangelista6218]

1) Corelli 2) Raimondi 3) Cecchele 4) Pavarotti

[@sanziofriggi]

Guarda che non e' uno sport..😩😡

[@enzocardinale5028]

Pippo Di Stefano!

[@giovic9802]

Omg I didn't expect that from Raimondi. Absolute perfect technique

[@Tagoreapoet]

Idea: for your next endeavour “Current living tenors”. :-)

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

No vabbe'! TUTTI UN GRADINO SOTTO CORELLI ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@archiloque]

Nice effort on the video, but it includes some of the weakest versions of that aria for some tenors. Corelli, Bergonzi and Pavarotti, among others, have recorded several much, much better interpretations of this aria and of Tosca as a whole, so the "best comparison ever" would include them. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, I appreciate the time it took to make this, and it's still an interesting comparison anyway.

[@opera.turkiye]

Thank you for your comment. I will take into account what you said. You can share the recordings you find better with us.

[@labienus9968]

I agree

[@atizaries5512]

The only Cavaradossie er will e Franco Corelli

[@thomasbauer2621]

Bjorling is generally my favorite tenor, but in this case I'll go with Corelli.

[@corradoceccaroni4261]

Franco Corelli

[@enzocardinale5028]

Baum da Codice Penale, Corelli mastodontico sin troppo mentre Pippo “è” Cavaradossi.

[@lilikaamore2123]

I'm very critical about this aria,because Tosca is my favorite opera. So,it was very difficult to choose the best Cavaradossi here. My vote goes to only one and this is PAVAROTTI. Although,his voice is lyric,Cavardossi shoud be spinto,like Bergonzi. But, when you look at the score bellow,he is the only one who sings "Con scritto". No more,no less. (Giacomini's timber is immortal!) ❤️)

[@user-ej8vw5ms5b]

Классс!

[@marisarossi6692]

nessun paragone: avercene oggi di cotanta bravura.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

I wouldn't call it the best comparison, there are live versions against studio versions. You should either pick live or studio versions, otherwise it just isn't fair, live recordings also often suffer from distortion that affects the sound quality, which affects people's opinions. That being said, Franco Corelli, this is more because I have heard everyone sing this, then from these specific samples. But nice work overall.

[@opera.turkiye]

Thank you very much for your nice comment. I want to show as many examples to my audience as possible. But I agree with what you said. I will be more careful for this.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@opera.turkiye You did a really good job, better then most other KZbinrs! I know it can be a very difficult task. I also make videos. I hope you keep on going, these comparisons are really fun!

[@opera.turkiye]

@@ZENOBlAmusic Your comment made me very happy. Thank you.

[@MrQwerty88]

Most people who have been listening to live, studio and acoustic recordings for years know how to perceive to them.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@MrQwerty88 Yes, that is. But I think it often people who have listened to a lot recordings who likes to watch these types of compilations.

[@TheMauro1703]

Corelli spazza tutti inutile! Tutti bravi ma lui marziano! Direi Pertile poi fine.

[@PinaOliva-dp1ig]

Anch'io Corelli sopra tutti ma anche Pertile.

[@dirtydirt2482]

Corelli is something else

[@saltburner2]

Corelli has both the metal and the passion - impossible not to be moved by his singing. Bjorling has the tenderness and heartache - also moving. Sorry not to see Alfredo Kraus in your selection.

[@niconico7281]

Corelli,Raimondi,Pertile, Caruso, Del Monaco, Pavarotti..

[@luigimaffei9132]

Purtropppo in questa rassegna manca forse il migliore interprete in questo ruolo G. ARAGAL. In Arena di Verona nel 1965 lasciò un segno idelebile per le strepitose performance in TOSCA, gli fu dedicata una stele che recita : : A giacomo Aragal la voce mediterranea piu bella del dopo guerra::. Mancano LABO'... PREVEDI.... POGGI... BARIONI... e tanti altri. Comunque tutti ottimi. Saluti!!

[@ivanbendana551]

Some poor reconrding are included, as Corelli´s and Tucker´s and some tenors that never had sung Cavaradossi, as Schipa, Björling or Pavarotti. This role was written by Puccini for a tenore robusto, Emilio de Marchi, but also spinto tenors could sing well, as did Tucker, Filippeschi and Corelli, and some lyrics tenors, as Gigli and di Stefano. In short, this comparison is not right for tenors called leggero, as Schipa and Tagliavini. However, Tagliavini had a more forceful voice than Schipa´s. Some robust tenores, as Kirt Baum, Giuseppe Giacominini and Gian-Franco Cechele are good ones. The final comment is than some chose recordings are not the best, as Corelli´s and Baum´s. Greetings,

[@dubbelhenke854]

Björling has sung Cavaradossi a lot and Pavarotti also. Here Björling is live on Met: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4KTmqOFgtqbga8

[@user-bd9hx8zi2r]

big mistake not to put maestro volpi in this comparison. his version of recondita is the best and he is!

[@stefanovanali1667]

Assolutamente Giacomini !!!

[@giovic9802]

There's something in Pavarotti phrasing and timbre that makes his performances so touching

[@suffes1]

The most beautiful version is Björling's. But there are other nice versions too.

[@harrilmullany2786]

A whole heap of glorious bellowing here with great tenors showing their gigantic loudness. But Bergonzi’s Mario stands out here sounding as if he truly loves Tosca, infusing his performance with tenderness as well as power.

[@enricobonacina2044]

Big Luciano in quest'aria è inarrivabile. Notevole è anche la malia che sprigiona la malinconica vocalità di Tito Schipa.

[@virgilioghisoni]

il migliore è franco corelli

[@giovic9802]

Tagliavini is sooo underated

[@jefolson6989]

A nice study of different styles and methods. They are all good. I prefer my tenors to sound like tenors, so Bjoerling, Schipa, Gigli, Tagliavini, and voices like that- i love Giacomini but not in this music. Baum was less awful than usual!

[@boundary2580]

Tucker has always been my favorite Verismo tenor, though Corelli is a close second.

[@bolleke702]

They are all great, but where is Domingo? One of Opera's greatest interpreters, especially of Cavaradossi!

[@opera.turkiye]

This is your own opinion. Domingo isn't that good of an opera singer.

[@rdargenio]

These comparisons are useless.

[@opera.turkiye]

Why do you think so?

[@rdargenio]

@@opera.turkiye Because opera is meant to be experienced live; recordings are fine to enjoy but they do not 100% capture what a voice sounds and feels like in a theater. For example, Bjorling made a great recording of Turandot but never performed it on stage.

[@opera.turkiye]

@@rdargenio Of course, listening to a recording from a live and digital environment is different. But I think that the people involved in this business can understand how the artist technique is, even from the digital environment. I think that especially those who know these artists should not have any doubts in terms of sensation.

[@rdargenio]

@@opera.turkiye mostly true but having been in the theater to hear Zajick, for example, the recordings don’t really do her justice. When I heard her at the Met, she made the walls vibrate while singing in chest voice.

[@gertrudeselitsch1821]

Tutti morti morti

[@marisarossi6692]

cantata in inglese è una bestemmia.

[@tita4359]

Bjorling is the most overrated tenor in history. He sang always with tongue slightly pulled backwards out of a natural position to make his timbre warmer, but unfortunately it made his voice sound always slightly veiled, over-rounded, small and lacking in natural “bite”. His voice was not like Caruso’s yet he tried to color his voice more like it. As Pavarotti said “don’t make your voice big.” You need to sing with the natural timbre and the size comes from energy of the body and the breath. As they said “don’t move what the breath doesn’t move. The tongue naturally does assume a more bunched up position in an energetic phonation, but the singer cannot attempt to willfully interfere with these physiological processes without producing unnatural physical actions. Hence his voice was always buried and never blossomed as it should

[@isaiasgaminosanchez8616]

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