He has always been one of my favourite tenors, his sincerety remained throughout his singing career.

the most beautiful voice ever...

How gorgeous, how youthful voice, especially at his early years, like this rare piece at 1970's. Not too much to state that he has the most beautiful timber for tenor...Appreciate your sharing, total love.

Ebbrezza, voluttà… sono espresse perfettamente, meglio di chiunque altro

Thank you the young carrers voice is wonderful 🤗

I can listen to Carreras day and night! I simply adore his voice. I have so many recordings I don't remember, from vynils to DVDs... he is my idol

Young Carreras seemed very lyric and very special.Beautiful Quality

What an incredibly beautiful voice!!

CARRERAS grande maestro Carreras voz cristalina e sublime. O tempo vai passando mas Carreras sua voz permanece cristalina e sublime. Maestro Carreras que recital fabuloso!

Magnificent voice of Jose Carreras .

These recordings are indeed spectacular - what a voice - what an empathy. Never paid much attention to him before - thanks !

My late Italian mother always said that of the tenors she heard singing, his clarity of pronouncing the words, gave a pathos to the libretto. His power. and delivery, added to the beauty of everything he sang. It was a cruel blow when his illness occurred, and thereafter younger audiences were never able to experience his strength of delivering his previous renditions.

Dentro do clássico operístico Carreras está entre os três melhores de todos o s tempos. Em se tratando de canções, populares,é sem dúvida, o melhor. A mais bela voz. Parabéns pela seleção.

amazing voice! i love the manner th way he sings

We love you CARRERAS

A Voice Like non Other! Jose! gracias!

Many thanks for posting. Very enjoyable. I warm to the man and applaud his spirit. He showed great strength of character later in life.

Voce fresca e tenera della giovinezza. , peccato che fui rovinata dalla leukemia. Pero sua carriere he andatta bene , vero che era un buon musicista e questo le ha dato aiutto . Credo che con Aragall errano le due belle voce spagnole . bravo .

Wow! I am shocked to hear Carreras like this. He had such a beautiful lyric tenor voice. I wish to have his recordings of Tosti!

amazing how carreras's singing echoes di stefano's so clearly. he had pippo's gift of musical sensitivity, breathtaking phrasing and the ability to caress the diction of the text in such a tender and expressive way. of course as we all know he unfortunately he adopted pippo's approach to singing open the passaggio and singing unsuitable repertoire, which likewise coarsened his voice very quickly. but boy, what an unbelievably gorgeous sound while it lasted!

The old Legato Classics issue, sounding so wonderful! Thank you for posting!

Straordinario, Impareggiabile!!!!😀😀😀

No tengo palabras para describirlo .... Sencillamente un talento super Extraordinario .....no sólo en tecnica y maestría , sino como legitimo artista ..... que llega a hacer vibrar las fibras mas íntimas de mi corazon .🎶🎶❤❤❤😄😄😄😃😃😃🤗🤗🤗🤗🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

It’s still amazing in 2020

Grazie bellissimo... la voce di Carreras ha sempre un fascino particolare...

BRAVO,VOCE ANGELELICA.BELLISSIMO SIGNORE

voor mij zingt of zong niemand ooit zo aangrijpend en mooi als joseph carreras...Zelfs nu, dat zijn stem veel van zijn glorie spijtig genoeg verloren heeft , is het de stem die ik het liefst hoor en die mijn nooit, nunca jamás , tegensteekt ......

As a young student and aspiring to become a singer Pavarotti was my idol. Just recently I turned to my son and said ,son of the three tenors Carreras's instrument is the more natural and beautiful.

La melodía música y Voz Evidentemente al Cesar lo q es del César Fabulosos e Inigualable 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺👏👏👏👏👏👏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

29 years old here

BRAVO!

젊은시절 목소리 청아하군요

Grandioso , Exquisito !!!!!

Estas três canções de Paolo Tosti, são cantadas maravilhosamente pelo grande tenor Carreras, aqui ainda bastante jovem e, por isso, com a voz cristalina e sublime que só os anos de juventude proporcionam.

Jose Carrera Grande interprete di P F Tosti ,e canzoni Napoletane interprete di opere liriche Puccini v Verdi donizzetti Mascagni Bellini .ecc. La sua voce inconfondibile per colore tonalità .piacevole. Considerato voce eccezionale, Secondo a pochi. Bravo Carreras ti vogliamo Bene 😌

Bravo bello

Lovely singing. TY ShawDaman for posting.

Thanks for posting this. I'm amazed that it's live--what a wonderful record.

Que beleza poder ouvir a voz maravilhosa do jovem Carreras. Parece tanto com o jovem Pippo, que andou até cometendo os mesmos erros na administração da sua voz. Linda voz!

Carreras has some inflections of Di Stefano in the 2nd song. He sounds very beautiful here.

I think Carreras admits as much. He was adverse to singing a handful of roles. He preferred singing the music he loved, the music that moved him. As you rightly note, much of it wasn't adapted to his instrument. What a glorious sound, though!

Always the singing poet. Similarity with Di Stefano was obvious. Both put so much emotional intensity into their singing without over singing. Both voices suffered for whatever reason but they will always be remembered for the wonderful singing in their early years.

The beautiful voice at age 29.

Mistrz świata.

Merry Christmans Maestro! With love !

백혈병 앓기 전에는 음성이 탄력있고 박력있는 발성이었네요

Thank you so much for sharing your memories. This is a beautiful recording. Is it available?

I heard Carreras live about 1975 when he replaced Pavarotti in Ballo at the ROH. How beautifully he sang that night. Yet afew years later he was done! What a shame. Yet I have those great Philips recordings to remind me of how good he was. Henry Webb

We love you Carreras

Stop thinking its shameful that he was not able to continue on this voice later on life...he had cancer so think about it..and how it affected his delicate and beautiful instrument before jumping to conclusions. Lucky we still have him around.

Jose. , tü d‘eirast per me adüna il pü grand… 3.06.1982 Carmen cun Agnes Baltsa. Wau nu poss schmauchen… grazcha , Cher Jose

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Very impressive and what a great voice! Only wished we had this recording quality of you know whos...

I don't understand the comments, why do people who are seemingly very annoyed by Jose watch and listen to him sing. I cannot think of a worse thing to do than waste my time listening to somebody I don't like and them feeling compelled to write a comment saying what an idiot he was or how awful he sounds. If you don't rate him or feel he ruined his voice that's fine listen to somebody else

Bravoooo

Yes, Wunderlich, the perfect combination of natural beauty and great technique. I wish there were more live recordings of him. there's a few if you look for them but never enough. :-) Although he was fairly prolific in studio considering his relatively short career. I too wonder how guys like Carreras and Di Stefano would have sounded with a technique like Wunderlich. That would be something. Such a shame. He also sang Nessun Dorma at this recital, I'll post it maybe...

Love his simple and straightforward performance of Ideale. It's not an emotion laden song and shouldn't be sung that way (per my incredibly humble opinion--of which I have so so many!)

Anima e colori

Si, ha sido muy obvio toda la vida que Pippo era su héroe.

Thanks for your comment.. and for your superb premiere opera podcast site!! Quite a treasure trove for opera fans. Any chance of any of that stuff being posted on youtube? It deserves more exposure =) but I'm sure you would have if you thought it best. It is much appreciated.

Ah! an beautiful voce,looks personality and etc. I love love and love.💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

Exactly. Those lamenting JC's development in his singing and scorning and deriding him of it are self-righteous. It is not at all the case that singing is only sheer, overwhelming power and ringing beauty.

Agreed.

Herbert von Karajan also had a lot to with pushing Carreras into heavier roles prematurely, much like he did with Tomowa-Sintow and other singers!

molto interessante e toccante.-

I'm astounded that Carreras was the least acclaimed tenor of the three tenors! He had a beautiful voice, superior to that of Domingos, yet Domingo was the one that was well known and more sucessful!

Carreras loved Wunderlich incidentally. I have this recital somewhere.... I haven't listened to it for a while, did he sing Core 'ngrato?

Could you post the complete recital? Thank you!

Your so right. He had the most beautiful timbre in the world in 1975 ( IMOP). He destroyed it by forcing the voice and singing roles that were to large for his gorgeous lyric voice. By 1980 his voice had already lost some of its former bloom. i only say this because it makes me so sad that he was so reckless with that glorious voice. God bless you Jose

Aun Bebé🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏muy parecida la Voz a la de tu colega JDF la d JDI es inconfundible d tanto que le escucho🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

And the name of the pianist ?

Caro SERGIO.........difiero de tu comentario pues opino que NO HACE FALTA menospreciar un artista para adular a otro. Los dos han sido grandes artistas........los dos con defectos y virtudes. Lo que no tenia uno, lo tenia el otro. Soy tenor y se de tecnica y te digo, que los dos me han emocionado y me han hecho llorar con sus interpretaciones. Uno es un amigo muy querido y el otro fue mi Maestro muy que querido.........

I have to say, pushing is definitely a technical flaw.

The voice that made me love opera and classical singing... How come he never did Tosti pieces on record?

@Callas999 I wish I knew! If I find out I'll let you know.

Not sure.... he sang amor ti vieta, it's on youtube already.... I don't know though.

Yes his upper register was never anything to shout about. Ha ha I just realized the hidden irony in that statement.... :-P Love his timbre though I must admit.

Muy bien por Carreras, una voz privilegiada desgastada prematuramente. Escuchen al Maestro KRAUS,otro nivel, el más alto nivel. Linea de canto, fidelidad a la partitura, dicción , tempo .Kraus el más grande.

adüna

I know what you mean ;-) Yes Jose had a great voice. Too bad it didn't last longer. I'm always glad to hear him in the 1970's though, that was his prime. :-) Thanks for listening :-D

Yes, this is Carreras at his best. The signs of vocal decline were evident just one year after this. The throatiness that I despise is unfortunately evident. His low placement must have really killed all the squillo in the house. He had the kind of voice that many would kill for, and yet we probably never heard its full potential. A good example of a perfectly placed naturally gorgeous voice is Wunderlich, we lost that voice too... but an entirely different way.

I beg your pardon Mr.Webb but it's not true. Even now he is'n done. He is older and the voice is different. However, he sings so well that gives joy to our espirits.

He idolized Di Stefano and unfortunately made the same mistakes in trying to sing bigger rep. Lyrics should not be singing spinto and dramatic rep just because they have the notes. They end up having to uncover higher and higher to get power.

Let me correct some of the misapprehensions expressed in the comments. First Carreras pushed into repertoire that was heavier because that's the way the industry is set up. There are the guys who can sing Nemorino and Rodolfo ( Boheme). There is quite a bit of competition in this fach. So their agents suggest that they try Cavaradossi and other things a bit heavier. They do and many prosper but some ruin their voices and others revert to their former repertoire. Kraus is the most famous example. He sang one performance of Tosca and that was it. He sang afterwards in his lighter operas for forty more years. Carreras didn't lose his voice on the Puccini and Verdi repertoire. He got Leukemia and mushrooms grew in his throat. He never was quite as good thereafter. He made a mistake trying to sing Rhadames but Bergonzi tried to sing Otello. Carreras always had a more substantial sound than Bergonzi live in the opera house. I've known lots of tenors. The light Rossini tenors want to sing Puccini. The light Mozart tenors want to sing Verdi. Carreras was a natural medium weight tenor. He was always best in the lighter more lyrical parts - but market forces push all tenors to take on the more challenging roles. Something like this also works on baritones. A normal range baritone like Bryn Terfel will be pushed to be a Verdi baritone. But Terfel resisted those pressures. So he spent his career singing parts with high Fs and F Sharps rather than Gs and A Flats. I'm a bass. I never had those pressures. I can sing just about everything in the entire catalog as long as it isn't too florid, has too many high soft phrases, and is not too musically difficult. But if you are a bass - you bow first. The tenors and sopranos bow last.

Ususally I prefer Carreras but in this case e I prefer Pavarotti's 70's version.

This is good, but the gold standard for Ideale is di Stefano.

I guess the industry is partly to blame for revering the push for the biggest sound possible syndrome...

Am I right to say that you have been posting this same comment over and over again? If not, I apologize for accusing you of it. However, what you write borders with bullying. Yes, artists are exposed to criticism, and that is a good thing. But the way you criticize JC is almost like hatred and derision. Shame on YOU.

lukemia didnt ruin carreras' voice his over singing and poor choices did. he wasn't smart about his voice like others i have mentioned before. he should have taken more time to hone his technique instead of singing everything simply because he could get through it, he suffered greatly from that. you can hear how he sings everything open to make the sound bigger instead of keeping it heady and easy. its a shame.

Yeah he still sounds a little throaty here. But at least he has an upper register and the vibrato is still nice and tight. :-) Oh well.

Yet another typical response about Jose Carreras. No disrespect, but saying he is hooty and chesty at the same time is a contradiction. The hootiness I agree with you 100%--but hootiness is the result of singing with a head dominant technique. He did keep the passagio more open than traditional Italian tenors of that era and he pushed for sure, but this was to the excitement of the audience. It wasn't a technical flaw, but a stylistic choice. Some loved it and some hated it. To each his own.

Even as a young man he could not sing a true piano/pianissimo in the way his model di Stefano did. What you can hear that he got from Pippo was singing open vowels too high. Very beautiful natural sound but never a finished technique, in my view.

I love my stars !!! Un grande tenor o!!!

We love you CARRERAS

We love you Carreras

We love you CARRERAS