Those Diva's were not playing games!!!!! Total perfection..

2 жыл бұрын

From the hand of the Maestro Leonard Bernstein

Just the fact that Kiri is so diligently counting shows just how tricky this duet can be if one gets he slightest off.

Troyano's voice comes out strong in that last note, great power.

To have the composer at the helm of the orchestra... this is fantastic!

I think Troyanos was fantastic. Her deep rich tonality was a great counter to Kiri's lovely collaratoro.

@SsteinwayS

5 жыл бұрын

Zev Kramer Yes! Kiri is a lyric, not a coloratura though!

@crazyorganist1609

3 жыл бұрын

Kiri is a lyric soprano

RAW emotion. When Anita sings, "He'll murder your love, he murdered mine!", her voice is cracking with hatred and fury. And Maria replies, "Oh, no, Anita, no, you should know better, you were in love, or so you said, you should know better!", she is panting and hoarse. These two singers are MAGNIFICENT together. Their music is exquisite, but also earthy and raw!!

Man, their voices meshed SO perfectly. A match made in heaven.

All of the comments are spot on. Brilliant singing, great artists, knocking it out of the park. Listen to the blend of Troyanos and Tekanawa near the end at the phrase, "your love is". I have never heard two singers' voices blend and meld so perfectly on the word "is" in such a rich and powerful way, in any recording of this piece, live or studio recorded. This blend and the sound that they both achieve on that word is literally extraordinary.

@lucasr621

Жыл бұрын

You are so right, that "is" is the reason I keep coming back to this. Kiri slurs that interval from "your" to "love" to "is" as no one has ever before. It's just sheer artistry and makes you hear the entire piece differently. Meanwhile Troyanos stirs such delicious warmth in the same part. It's just unbelievable, like dulce de leche to my ears.

@maninchair6648

10 ай бұрын

Have you hard this version? , it's funny but surprisingly beautiful : kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIOjrctvoZzAiKg.html

@AccendoWorld

4 ай бұрын

That’s what you get when you have many icons working together in the same room.

My god! We don’t have these talents now 2022

@crazyorganist1609

3 ай бұрын

We really don't. Both very talented women

Just amazing... First caught this when an early teen.. The documentary,etc. Bernstein, a MASTER. This is just amazing, mesmerising.

@McElhinney65

8 жыл бұрын

+Clare Samways Same here, it has as profound an effect on me today as it had roughly 35 years ago.

@McElhinney65

6 жыл бұрын

Me too. Saw it when I was a teen, 37 years later I'm still in love with WSS. I've just returned from Paris where I saw a performance of the Joey McKneely directed world tour. Amazing, nothing better.

@CathyKitson

8 ай бұрын

He's up there as we speak, making God laugh and thrilling Him with his music.

I wish this video was 30 seconds longer. Bernstein was clearly very moved at the end of this piece, I wish this video showed it.

love Troyanos!

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

Well - I have known this song by Kiri a long time - 'I have a love'. I find it so fantastic, she just nails it; tears in my eyes and I'm an accountant.

@CathyKitson

8 ай бұрын

LOLLLL - nothing wrong with being an accountant!! When I listen to, "Be with him now, tomorrow and all of my life!!!" and "Your love is your life!", I don't have to imagine heaven because I am already there!

Che capacità vocale, mio dio ,entrambe perfette

Un opera d'Arte musicale.

Love love this. I always loved Kiri.

Bravo! They "both" are incredible!

Love these clips. I watch them every so often or I feel I will whither away and become sour, or something, lol. Btw. HEADS-UP to anyone listening to this, whether through speakers or headphones, there is an absolutely startling and DEAFENING SHARP BEEP sound @ 4:27 that another commentator previously warned about that you should know of and definitely have your volume lowered or off for, that is, if you want to retain your hearing and not feel as if blood is running from your eardrums afterwards. It got me and I was prepared for it, or so I thought. This video should be removed and a version without the beep uploaded in its place. It's a health hazard.

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

I survived. Remove and replace only if there is a better copy. This is historic.

Beware--there is a loud sudden "chirp" in this video at 4:28!

The rarest ability of opera singer is to be able to sing non opera music with non operatic voice. Those ladies could do that perfectly with their magnificent voices, that’s why this recording sounds so technically and musically accurate. Though some considers it as too heavy and «adult” exactly because of it...

Berstein est un génie. Quant à Troyanos, beaucoup de gens en Europe ont découvert cette artiste un peu tard dans cette oeuvre, où elle était d'ailleurs parfaite, INOUBLIABLE TROYANOS.

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

J'aime l'opéra, mais je n'ai pas suivi assez pour connaître toutes ses étoiles. Merci pour ça.

@susanpaul8259

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. West Side Story at it's very best

Moving me to tears. So phenomenal.

This is a beautiful piece of music, sang beautifully by the two singers.

i teared up this was amazing

That hair comes down and BOOM!! 🎶

Bravo!!!!

Fantastic!!!!!!!

Still amazing 2023

Omg, this is so moving! I love it.

Perfection

Troyanos! Bravo!

Perfect music. Perfect singing.

Bravo Bravo Bravo , Loved it : > )

Sublime

Travolgente Troyanos, aggraziata la Kiri

バーンスタインかっこいい。彼の声楽作品好き。

Un meraviglioso inno d’amore

That beep at 4:27 was awful for me with my headphones on.

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death." Robert Fulghum . Will

Bernstein has the brass section give a little extra blast at the end of this recording and it’s sublime

Per me è musica anche la faccia di Bernstein quando Te Kanawa e Troyanos cantano!

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

Amo quella parte. E 'quasi come se fosse questa musica che ha scritto.

Kiri sings with a lovely mezzo quality in this I thought it was Tatiana at one point.

Anita 😘

You cut away Bernsteins total appreciation and love for the participants after this take...pity. Magical duet!

Sopranos come across as more dramatic than altos. Those top notes get people every time.

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

My favorite singing voice is a great soprano.

@tristanhnl

5 жыл бұрын

In many instances, yes sopranos do grab people's attention more, due to their high notes. However, listen to a few really good mezzo-sopranos such as Dolora Zajick, Jamie Barton and Joyce DiDonato. They can be every bit as dramatic. And of course, Tatiana Troyanos who is featured in this video, is considered a legend for a reason. Her dramatic delivery and commitment to the text, and her outstanding singing make her a top mezzo. For sure she and some of the other mezzos I named give sopranos a run for their money.

@lindyashford7744

3 жыл бұрын

These two do such an amazing job together though you cannot separate the perfection of their duet, they were so attuned to each other, that takes immense skill and a kind of vocal humility, not wanting to be the bigger voice or the better voice, it works brilliantly her, no wonder Bernstein was so moved.

If the movie came out in 1961 then when was this recorded that's my question. Earlier or later?

@shmowzow458

6 жыл бұрын

Allyy Cattt way later. This is 80s. Bernstein didn't even conduct the music in the West side story film. This is his first time conducting West side story all the way through. This was just a project with opera singers

I think that the region that Bernstein write the troyanos part is so hard in therms of passaggio... In the parts that she was singing "Very smarth maria, very smarth" she was forced to change the register and sing a important part of the text with low head voice (With is THE weeksness of the mezzo/alto/countertenor voice)... Belter singers (Like in the movie version) normaly sing it in full chest and sounds better sutable for this stetic in my opinion. The key is to sing with the chest, more.

@borisvandruff7532

5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't sound weaker in an unamplified setting. That is what microphones have done to the voice, sadly.

@orion8835

5 жыл бұрын

I agree I frankly detest the entire recording with the exception of the orchestra and riff etc. the three leads were just too heavy and Cararres and his accent was absurd. I found Troyabos who is glorious in opera way too moany in this role.

@tristanhnl

5 жыл бұрын

@@borisvandruff7532 , exactly. To truly hear how much punch a voice packs, you have to hear it unamplified, in a concert hall.

@tristanhnl

5 жыл бұрын

@@orion8835 , Bernstein purposely hand-chose those singers *because* he wanted darker voices singing those roles. That was what he intended when he composed the musical.

LMAOOOO

Lenny ist eines der grössten Genies des vergangenen Jahrhunderts - aber bin ich der einzige der beide Sängerinnen in den Rollen furchtbar findet😳😳🤔🤷🏼‍♂️?

“If we have souls, they're made of the love we share. Undimmed by time, unbound by death.” Jack Harper . . . . . . Will

Troyanos likes a female spanish

She said, “Don't call the doctor, I want to fall asleep peacefully, with your hand in mine.” He told her about the past, how they met, their first kiss. they didn't cry, they smiled. They didn't regret anything, they were grateful. Then she repeated softly, 'I love you forever!' He returned her words, gave her a soft kiss on the forehead. She closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully with her hand in his. Love is really all that matters because everyone comes into this world with nothing other than love and leaves with nothing other than love. Think about it. Profession, career, bank account, our goods are just tools, nothing more. Everything stays here. So just love…. Love those that really love you. Love, as if there was nothing more important in your life. Also, be mindful what occupies your time, what you focus on, how you live and how you speak. Life is short. ❤ “Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star...” E.E. Cummings “Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.” ~ Author Unknown. “Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who wait, too short for those who finally find peace, but for those who love, time is eternal. For nothing is ever lost that God wants you to find.” ― Shannon L. Alder "Time is a storm in which we are all lost" - William Carlos Williams "In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.” Robert Green Ingersoll What is time to the immortal soul? Just a change of scenery. Life is a school where you learn how to remember what your soul already knows.” Anonymous From my own near-death July of 1990: "What is, is." Acceptance is the final level of attainment, and it does not all end here. “Surrender to what is. let go of what was. have faith in what will be.” Sonia Ricotti “My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.” Nikos Kazantzakis Will

I know its Lenny, but can this get ANY slower. It becomes lugubrious and belies the emotional urgency Maria is experiencing. But he wrote it and is conducting so what do I know. But for me, it's not sustainable theatrically.

I'm all for dark voices and rich vabratoes but this some is meant to be a little lighter as it's talking about young love, so younger, smoother voices just fit the meaning of the song better. no fault of the singers by any meaning, their just doing their jobs too well.

@alleviation91

4 жыл бұрын

Evidently the composer, Bernstein, begged to differ. He always preferred the darker, heavier, i.e., operatic voices for his works.

What was that beep? I find Te Kanawa splendid, Troyanos less convincing.

Borgy and bess