Unknown soloist of Vienna boy's Choir sings Ave Maria, Schubert

[@groverkiinmuppetborn714]

I remember performing this as a young boy during the introduction of Gotham's Renewal program. Most of my peers from back then are either dropheads or no longer with us. Listening to this song today is bittersweet.

[@fleursetpoemes8385]

I think this one was sang by that boy with glasses and long hair isn't it?

[@PatrickBrett-kb2zl]

if that is true, well wow, a billion times, and more, and thank you for true class.

[@hollismallory2757]

Yes, dude! 👍

[@RonaldoBroca]

His name is Michael Paddy Quilligan, and the year is 1957.

[@araucana1976]

...yes, what is your source for that information and I take it that based on his name and last name he is not from Austria or near by?

[@harenrussel]

Wow! Old as recording. Angelic voice...thank you xxx

[@harenrussel]

Ronaldo B, where did you find his name???

[@hinlee4610]

Stunning performance. The recording is my birth year.

[@johnclaudeshaffer6454]

This is incorrect. Its david cordier

[@MyFreshFish]

Listening to this on a cold, Christmas Eve, with a fire going and eggnog in my hand would be a tear jerker.

[@byronp2311]

It is simply a tear jerker even now on a hot August night in Texas. It is ethereally beautiful.

[@godsend2815]

It is, no matter where, what and with or without eggnog because it is a trascending gift from God.

[@godsend2815]

@@byronp2311 Well stated Texas..xo

[@Leviduckhouse]

Even now in the south of England when it is the hottest ever August ever recorded , I still jerk a tear.

[@PersianCV]

Replace eggnog with a Cuban cigar in Cuba

[@susanlee5858]

This was my mom’s favorite song who passed away last year from dementia. I felt my mom in my heart tonight as I listened to this song. Thank you, God!

[@PatrickBrett-kb2zl]

your mum was a lovely person 😇

[@amirsanjaricomposer]

my second favourite version, first being Paul Dano's... ;)

[@Jack-mh2vn]

I understood that reference...

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

Such a beautiful, ethereal, Heaven-sent voice. It's so sad that the soloist is unknown!

[@cathyrund4027]

This is the most musical, the most beautiful Schubert Ave I have ever heard! Thank you, Vienna!

[@BigDLiquor]

Hands down the best version of this song, at least to me it is. The notes are so soft with out sung with so much to vibrato. Thank you so much for the upload. I never thought I'd find this version!

[@harenrussel]

Hands down.. 🌹💖❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@JurassicTrance]

I prefer the Hitman version

[@But_kikr]

Second that or what ever, I love this version

[@kevinrspBelieves]

Celine Dion takes it for me

[@glengerod6116]

No German version can beat the Latin version. No offense intended.

[@manuelmoniz3315]

Sometimes there are no words to describe such an amazing gift

[@janetswain2354]

Saw the Vienna Choir Boys in New York at Radio City Music Hall in 1951 or 52 when i was 10. It was magical and I've never forgotten the experience. That was 73 years ago.

[@allmusiccategoryvids4521]

The most wonderful thing i have ever heard .

[@allmusiccategoryvids4521]

We must have a soul , as mine has truely been lifted

[@PatrickBrett-kb2zl]

Agreed

[@Hypsan]

A stunning performance of what I personally believe is the single most beautiful piece of music ever written.

[@lorivanmaren3680]

Absolutely 💯 % agree with you!

[@JayEss73]

Agreed ❤

[@sebastiaoreis5054]

I agree

[@ritamaxwell9483]

Absolutely beautiful - innocence and pure

[@harenrussel]

Played this at my best friend's funeral. RIL Gordon Charles Evans ❤️ Forever loved my dearest 😍 😍 😍 ❤️ merci Vienna boys choir... Its now June 2019 💕

[@allmusiccategoryvids4521]

What a wonderful send off , i wanted it for my brothers feuneral but they couldn't do it, i listen to it often and think of him , it is a truely beautiful piece..

[@waterbird91]

Listen to this w/ your eyes closed...............it's magical. Nice to know this boy was identified. I saw the Vienna Boys Choir tonight in Erie, Pa.........their accapella voices were beautiful.

[@davidhambleton8576]

I first heard the Vienna Boy's Choir when i was 12 years old. I am now 64. I only wish that those children had never aged and could have sung forever.

[@eddiewhaler1]

Always raises the hair all over my body. Every note is sung so on pitch The most Beautiful Ave Ever

[@godsend2815]

Amen.

[@eddiewhaler1]

@@godsend2815 I am here tonight in need of a soul purge. This races through my body restoring good things in my life and surroundings. This version hit's every nerve in my body. negative personalities should vape some good oil, have a Bourbon, get whacked and listen to this. If this version doesn't affect you, I would think Hmmmmm...

[@firediana59]

Saw Vienna Boys Choir by happy accident in Carmel, California while on vacation. My husband and I were on vacation, and passed a community bulletin board announcing a performance the next night. We’d heard and seen them before on TV, and were happily surprised to be able to purchase tickets so close to performance date. It was wonderful

[@hannapvt]

The soloist made me cry...such an angelic voice 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@eddiewhaler1]

Still brings tears to my eyes everytime I listen to this recording.

[@rosechandler6515]

Love this version, it's perfect

[@abandonedmuse]

Even in the choir you can distinguish his voice above all others. Absolutely angelic. I wish I could sing this song like him. Every note is perfect.

[@RicardoERuiz]

I am stil in utter and the most profound feeling that , for once in my life…no mere words could possibly do justice to describe this blessed feeling. I have been most fortunate in life, to have been a former citizen of the World. Seen the most breathtaking, historic and marvelous cities, churches..attended legendary events..etc. I was too young, truthfully, to “remember” Vienna. I was born in Washington , D.C. to the most beautiful, quietly elegant couple I’ve ever known. My Parents…After arriving form Paris, we atender mass The National Cathedral, D.C….Another young soloist such as this treasure sang my now, favorite song. Tears started falling quietly from my too young eyes because..well, that kind of grace and beauty …only God can do it! 😎…THIS BOY ..:.lol.,;i must stop writing for I fear i may endure a mild coronary event! ❤️

[@Sincerely_Lynzie]

This is a song that I have been wanting to learn forever!!! His voice is so beautiful!

[@BlueStef17]

The main voice is David Cordier (countertenor, adult) recorded 11 & 12 dec. 1995 in Köln (Cologne), dirig. Helmut Froschauer. No idea who the soprano is and if there's really one. Orchestra is WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln.

[@themadpro]

HOW CAN I LEARN THIS POWER?

[@rjrudder]

That’s alot of words, and letters put together.

[@kyleb3754]

As an adult countertenor I can mimic this precisely, so my belief is that David Cordier was in fact The Soloist on this, but singing it in 1995 as an adult countertenor. The voice does seem to have richer tones to it than a young child could produce. Vienna Boys Choir backed him up, somebody uploaded the album Elsewhere on KZbin I have another comment here that has the link.

[@riccardocervelli2144]

On the basis of some searches I’ve done, I am pretty sure BlueStef17 is correct. The singer is Cordier with Vienna Boys’ Choir in Cologne. The tune is in an album I found on Amazon Music. Title: 50 Must-have Boys’ Choir Christmas Classics

[@jessicametaneira7861]

I thought this couldn't be a child's voice, and I was right. Too solid toned, children sound breathy.

[@Tyler-2839]

There's something ghostly about a boy who has certainly long since died who sings like an angel. It makes me wonder about how strange it is that we all are alive here on Earth as humans and that we all die and that that seems so impermanent but maybe there's more? I guess it makes me feel melancholic.

[@jonnimarshall9188]

I listen to it over and over and over again, so beautiful!

[@marsyuno168]

So beautiful voice. I love Vienna Boys’s Voice before 1970s.

[@alexgabriel5650]

The most divine interpretation I've heard.

[@janeguarnera7700]

Back in the day, most children who grew up in such choirs were either single children or orphans. Just goes to show the talent our children have and the lack of opportunity to establish it.

[@lovebug501]

Amazing voice truly God sings through him

[@jonathan122ish]

Beautiful voice. Lovely song.

[@toddhall4309]

As close to perfection as it is possible to get. Sublimely beautiful!

[@lovebug501]

God give these boys voices so rich and angel from heaven quality

[@harenrussel]

It's the 11th of January 2023! Ave Maria 🙏

[@grahamlhowes6978]

Best version ever!

[@yourodivi]

Superbe voix chaude, profonde, parfaitement maîtrisée!

[@patricminderhout]

Magnificent voice

[@heemskerkaccounting9481]

wow how did he do that beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@richardspencer6484]

....so ----- wonderful........amazing, and BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[@1214jet]

Beautiful voice*

[@albertnpb4473]

Lauren Wallace gv

[@BlackPatti78s]

Yeah boy's have beautiful voices

[@hookedonmetal7362]

This is awful

[@youtubersblockshutte2247]

PSYCHO idiot! Any ears,

[@hookedonmetal7362]

youtubers blockshütte this is shit music for retarded Jesus lovers with brainwashed braindead brains. REIGN IN BLOOD BITCH!!!

[@myaxtreme]

my god i used to be so obsessed with this version of this song years ago lol

[@rachelpollock8863]

Just beautiful!

[@sakuraquee88]

Beautiful!

[@blackcherry2936]

Tüylerimi diken diken ediyor.. Yeryüzüne ait olamayacak kadar güzel bir ilahi ve harika bir yorumlama. En iyi Ave Maria yorumu budur diyebilirim.

[@sertdemir7138]

Kesinlikle

[@allmusiccategoryvids4521]

Truely wonderful , soulfully uplifting

[@pickledellies]

Thank you for uploading this stunningly beautiful Ave.

[@josephwagner4752]

Simply perfect

[@RavenVargas27]

Wow such beauty like heaven coming through my headphones thank you

[@mary196861]

Just Beautiful ¡ Thank you so much ¡ Mercy ¡ Hermoso¡ Gracias ¡

[@a.afsinozen9121]

his name is Tommen Baratheon, he landed on King's Landing after his church was destroyed...

[@andrewmontgomery7909]

The voice behind the photographic is Andrew montgomery the phot6 is 1905

[@allmusiccategoryvids4521]

Just wonderful ,, there is a God..

[@jpstenino]

It would be great to know who this is. A very clean and on point performance.

[@bobkelly5764]

Very Beautiful

[@ingriddyrcz3009]

Words can not describe how beautiful

[@kennethmeng5511]

😭 sooooo beautiful! sooooo heartwarming! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS.❤️

[@cherripaterson6066]

Beautiful voice

[@Leviduckhouse]

Absolutely stunning!!

[@splurben]

Thank you

[@WiltonMillar]

Not a boy but a forty year old man, David Cordier, this track is from Vienna Boys CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES CD 1999 Track #4. But still quite good.

[@TinnitusCureandMasks]

The boy is David Cordier from the Vienna Boys' Choir

[@noelquinones397]

Incredible

[@wendiejansson342]

So Beautiful.

[@ReisBoloran]

why isn’t this video no longer working ??? I can’t view it ? I literally played it last night….

[@hamiltonwill8979]

Not sure what was up with that. I had a similar problem where it works on my computer, but not on my phone.

[@Waddawik]

i think his name is Michael Paddy Quilligan

[@teal1010]

AMAZING!!! 💞💞💞💞💞

[@msmakubutunonkululekokgoth7646]

A magnificent male soprano. Viva the Vienna Boys Choir.

[@simonryoo4759]

Batman: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! Riddler:

[@Darkillust]

Amazing song from 50s

[@billdance8815]

Perfection!

[@RS-vp1fr]

The soloist is David Cordier, an english countertenor.

[@i1840]

Incredible voice

[@lifeincali4781]

Beautiful boys with angelic voices

[@nwcottam]

This sounds identical to the recording credited to Renee Fleming in the same search, different result. I think the one with Fleming has a painting of a stone or something on the opening graphic.

[@nmatthew7469]

Wow!

[@MatthewMerengue]

Is this not working for anyone else anymore? I used to listen to it all the time but now it won’t load

[@ladyred9613]

Try again. It loads for me

[@classicdriprob4850]

This Song is Awesomely Beautiful 💎😎😏

[@ChristianLehrer]

Beautiful rendition here. Sung this so many times, in B flat as well as A flat, yet have only sung the entire song in Latin, never in German, and I am Austrian-American.

[@cactuscupcake6146]

This reminds me of my Grandmother so much. She was from Poland but could still speak German and Latin as well as Polish !!! . I remember when I saw her last in 1984 and this song would play in Mass… she would smile and nudge me as my name is Marie but Babcia swore it was wrongly written down by the hospital ! Each time I hear this song I’m transported back to 1984 at St Johns Catholic Church in Dearborn Michigan. Music has a way of transporting us thru time and space. In honor of my Babcia, I go by the name Maria instead of Marie. Miss you dearly Stella Cygan. (Miss your pierogis so much lol) Best Grandma ever !!!

[@onabush4966]

So butiful

[@Cathy-Ann]

Angelic 🙏🏻😇

[@ewrcap]

The picture is of an Anglican Choirboy in liturgical vestments. The Vienna Boys Choir has worn Sailor Suits since 1924 and are not related to a religious institution.

[@thaewish9639]

Vengeance

[@PaulR94]

I'm Vengeance

[@yetzaniurbina4823]

I sometimes try to do this in this tone but i cant .keel me

[@richardgroenland1481]

When angels sing....

[@libefan]

David Cordier, born 1 May 1959, was initially a soprano child in the Rochester Cathedral Choir and a member of the King's College Choir

[@ananda_miaoyin]

The angels themselves would quiet to hear this song, even though it be in German. I hear our mother behind it.

[@godsend2815]

Bless your heart.

[@barbaraturner8534]

What do you mean, "even though it be German" ? it was written in German

[@johnrobb751]

"Love one another as I have Loved you."

[@lilmike55912]

thank you youtube for this.....a great reference for the past

[@botis414]

Who came here from The Batman?

[@soloparaplaystation6624]

Last!.

[@novahall5748]

I did

[@brianmccall4304]

Me too!

[@Rick_Prime_6]

me

[@dimitrigameiro2276]

And me

[@ReisBoloran]

why doesn’t this video work anymore ?

[@c.b.r.2894]

There is something about a boy's voice...angelic...

[@pbross1]

I love it♡

[@escolaniasds]

Name of Boy soloist: ((according to comments) Waddawik : i think his name is Michael Paddy Quilligan Ronaldo Broca : His name is Michael Paddy Quilligan, and the year is 1957. Afşin Özen : his name is Tommen Baratheon QuickQuickSlowSlow55 : It's wee Jimmy Riddle, again ANDREW MONTGOMERY:The voice behind the photographic is Andrew Montgomery; photo 1905 Eric Cartman : Its Bonny Langford's brother, Neville Juan Velazquez : Everyone look up Andrew Johnston Only two comments coincide : that of Waddawik and Ronaldo Broca. The others are diversity of names. Who is the authentic boy soloist?

[@kyleb3754]

Well he's called the unknown soloist for a reason I suppose...but I made a post (somewhere below) that perhaps the name becomes known

[@peter-johndejong9880]

Belle quel belle

[@Lorec1]

wow

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I would guess this was recorded before the digital age as it is somewhat distorted so I'm going to say pre 1980's

[@burgeraldo]

2021 here

[@Twenty_jewan22]

Everyone look up Andrew Johnston - Ave Maria he sings this pretty well, not sure who’s better

[@MyFreshFish]

If you ever get bullied, just keep your head high, and smile at those jealous bullies. You represent yourself not others. 📀

[@cecetoon7918]

:D

[@schreudersbernard3947]

FO DE DOWLAND DE

[@playdoob]

yo, do you have a download link to the full version of this song? this one has a weird beep, then it sounds like it was started from the middle.