Poor Jose had trouble with Bernstein, but this moment made it all worth it...for them both and all of us.

@KmwAmg

3 жыл бұрын

Bernstein was horrible to him ! Perhaps Bernstein was frustrated because he would have loved to date Jose !

@Thedearster

3 жыл бұрын

@@KmwAmg Lmao!!

@laytonlian3242

2 жыл бұрын

You all prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot the account password. I would love any tips you can give me!

@laytonlian3242

2 жыл бұрын

@Kaleb Theodore Thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@laytonlian3242

2 жыл бұрын

@Kaleb Theodore It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thank you so much, you saved my account :D

0:42 You know shit's going down when Leonard Bernstein takes off his glasses.

@IncompleteLegacy

6 жыл бұрын

True that!

@markschafer1828

6 жыл бұрын

indeed....

@lisameyer2238

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@nighthawk292

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@marcobaratta2920

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Wow! Jose Carreras interpretation of Maria is exquisite.

Definitely the best version ever! The tone of his voice perfectly fits this song.

@pksferdinandd8227

5 жыл бұрын

You mean timbre, not tone

@markschafer1828

5 жыл бұрын

Timbre.. Tone...😏

@dannydenenberg

2 жыл бұрын

yes!

@yerinsimveronica1355

2 жыл бұрын

😊

@unitedstatesdale

Жыл бұрын

So true

OMG. Maybe the most beautiful performance ever.

People really don’t understand how hard it is to maintain perfect resonance and intonation, is so very hard to do. This is nothing short of insane!

I got emotional when he just let that high Bb (or is it A?) rang out. It was on point, resonant, and natural. He didn't force it. Nobody will sing this song better than Jose! NOBODY!

@Tahaaofficial31

9 ай бұрын

It was a Bb 😊

@segismundofreud

8 ай бұрын

mucho falsete

@una4all1

7 ай бұрын

Agree, Carreras maintains power in the upper register while keeping a wide open sound that the word "Maria" so requires in order to capture the sense that he is soaring through the skies with elation over this dreamy girl, Maria. So many other versions, the singers start to tighten up and start to sing "muh-ri-uh." Carreras opens his mouth and sings "MAAAAA-RREE-AAAH!" You just get lost in it.

the most beautiful voice singing this song I ever heard

@marcominelli2578

7 жыл бұрын

לימור Limor t

@marcominelli2578

7 жыл бұрын

לימור Limor

@basti9938

7 жыл бұрын

לימור Limor ne

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

Linked in is a CIA spying tool.

@coreycox2345

7 жыл бұрын

I must listen to it again.

1:54 INCREDIBLE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first “Maria” he says is perfect and gets me every time.

Makes me tear up every time I listen…. I know Maestro was tough on Jose, but they worked hard and produced this. Bravo!

I only have 4 words: I JUST LOVE THIS!

@guidoviana049

8 жыл бұрын

Me too

gods, he’s so good. he made this song a poem. i’ve never heard sung so beautifully. he would fit right into the musical play. some of Bernstein’s other choices were just too much.

The high B-flat sung by Jose is, to put it simply, NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE, AND SPINE CHILLING. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS WITH THE POWER TO SET THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF ONE'S NECK TO STAND STRAIGHT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS FLAWLESS!! For those who can't place the recording's age, it was done in the mid to late 1980's and originally released as digital vinyl stereo records. I purchased the LP 3 record set and still have them. When it was released on CD, I bought the single disc highlights CD. I still have that too. I studied music seriously at the university level as a voice major for 2 years, as a lyric tenor. I BLOODY WELL KNOW JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO PRODUCE THE TENOR HIGH NOTES FROM A-FLAT TO HIGH C (AN INTERVAL OF A MAJOR 3RD) WITH THE POWER, TECHNIQUE, AND BEAUTIFUL SOUND PRODUCED BY JOSE. MAYBE IF MORE PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS KNEW THAT MAESTRO BERNSTEIN COMPOSED THE MUSIC AND REALIZED IT IS A 1950'S RETELLING OF SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET SET IN NYC, THEY JUST MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE MUSICAL A LITTLE BETTER. I WAS NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING, AND HATED THE FILM SOUNDTRACK EVEN MORE. THE SINGING VOICES OF BOTH NATALIE WOOD AND RICHARD BEYMER WERE DUBBED IN. I read that Jerry Hadley was 1 of the tenors considered for this recording. Sorry to say that Jerry Hadley took his own life at some point during the 1990's over financial difficulties (I don't remember the exact year).

@eriknystrom5839

6 жыл бұрын

William Rice I bought when it was released on CD. Now I saved it as off-line on my Spotify account. Both Kiri Te Kanawa and Carreras are great on this recording!

@williamrice8882

6 жыл бұрын

You are so right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Both Dame Kiri and Jose are incredible vocalists. Truthfully, I much prefer hearing well trained classical singers in some musicals. Maestro Bernstein wrote the high B-flat for the character of Tony in his original score. Larry Kert in the original Broadway Cast recording could not sing it. Neither could the singer who dubbed for Richard Beymer for the film version. Lenny was forced to write lower notes for them. Watching Jose restore the B-flat with Lenny directing is SPINE-CHILLING!!!!!!

@drygordspellweaver8761

6 жыл бұрын

" I BLOODY WELL KNOW JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO PRODUCE THE TENOR HIGH NOTES FROM A-FLAT TO HIGH C " Please stop acting like you know what you're talking about

@kenaldri4982

6 жыл бұрын

So we need to "understand the musical a little better" to appreciate the high B-flat? It sounds like you are judging a song based on one note, its singular beauty and the difficulty required to really nail it. True, a well sung operatic B flat is a joy to behold. Shall we write one into every song, then? I have performed West Side Story in the pit orchestra. I could recite every word at one point. Bernstein was a genius. But when I first heard Maria sung this way I was shocked and dismayed. A part of me died. What Jose is able to do vocally doesn't mean a thing to me. Its more about maintaining the context, rhythm, and flow of the song. I would never say that Bernstein "f**ked up". But that is only my brain talking, after all, not my ears nor my memories. I know how people can be prejudiced by their prior history with a piece of music. But there is still, IMHO, only one way to sing Maria, and this is not it :)

@wotan10950

5 жыл бұрын

William Rice And it’s fantastic that it efficiently serves another purpose - you can easily drive a bus through his tremolo. I will never understand how he became ‘The Third Tenor.’ He is simply awful.

This is a religious experience....I saw the face of God listening to this

WOW! WTF! I thought I had heard some amazing opera... but this version of Maria send shivers up my spine & gave me tingles... Holy Moly! A-MAZING!

Incredible B-flat. And to see Maestro Bernstein, ahh what a site to behold.

Absolutely charming and lovely...Carreras ❤

Jose in his prime was something extraordinary

definitive!!!!!! even at mission control at 2:04 they were like damn! thats hot!

All the people that I HAVE HEARD SINGING THIS SONG, HE IS THE BEST!

Carrera's accent increases the beauty of the song.

That old man is awe inspiring. He was connected to that like nothing I've ever seen. Amazing.

@opertinicy

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph Taggart That 'old man' would be the legendary Leonard Bernstein

@weihanzeng1843

Жыл бұрын

The old man wrote the score😂

My friend started crying in class after seeing this video. He's a very competitive and strong man. And he cried.

@aerka0s760

6 жыл бұрын

and ?

@hackerix2000

4 жыл бұрын

???

Abolutely beautiful.

@konstantingutternig8354

6 жыл бұрын

Valerie Zuniga suck it

OK WE KNOW THAT THE ACCENT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE, BUT THE INTERPRETATION IS ONE OF THE BEST AROUND THERE

@balloonelsa7721

4 жыл бұрын

Coao

@JudithRodriguez_74

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I like the accent because the characters are from Puerto Rico.

@katexpero2

3 жыл бұрын

@@JudithRodriguez_74 his accent is very different from the actor's. Even though it sounds good i dont think it would have been wise.

@JudithRodriguez_74

3 жыл бұрын

@@katexpero2 as a singer, we study diction. If Maestro Bernstein wouldn't have wanted Mr. Carreras to have an accent, he would have corrected it. After all, it is his masterpiece, and he is conducting it.

@samanthajones6568

3 жыл бұрын

@@JudithRodriguez_74 No, Maria is from Puerto Rico but not Tony. That's what the story is about 😉 But nevertheless, this version is unbelievable GREAT 💛

♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♪ The most beautiful declaration of love I ever heard !... ♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♪

Very beautiful.

After all, Carreras can sing it for us. Both make art for an eternity.

Truly glorious. Exceptional and other worldly.

José en su mejor época, Bernstein fue muy duro con él pero saco una interpretación excelsa que nadie podrá igualar en ese Papel

@pivofernandez775

2 жыл бұрын

Cuando se mete con el falsete, y en el si b agudo... Cuando canta con su voz real, salvo el si b, bien.

@juancarlostenor1

Жыл бұрын

Soporto demasiada humillación,

The best voice I ever listen.

Leonard is just a musical mastermind 👏🏼 I cant even express the emotions or words to describe his musical talents

Fantastic! Carreras and Bernstein at their peak.

In 2000 I went to New York and stayed for five weeks with an old friend of Bernstein. He told me that Bernstein sat at the piano and played for him some of the big numbers from West Side a few nights before the premier (imagine how great that would have been!). My friend correctly predicted that it would be a huge hit. Interestingly, the man I stayed with was also friends with Dmitri Mitropolous, then Bernstein's mentor as a conductor, who was pissed off that Leonard was 'wasting his time' on trivial musical theatre.

Careras and Bernstein together. What a precious video ! And a young Careras singiing in English :)

The emotion he generates is second to none Beautiful!

Wow Jose. Perfect. Lovely, beautiful, eloquent, 👏 bravo

RIP and long live Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990), aged 72 You will always be remembered as a legend.

what a voice i knew he'd get it right and to me it was perfect

another classic song...what a great composer!

Simplemente genial la interpretacion de Maria por José Carreras, donde su viz queda inmortalizada.

What an incredible voice

Beautiful song! One of my mothers favorites and to hear Carreras sing it gives me chills. Just great!

"All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word: Carreras, Carreras, Carreras. Carreras, I've just heard a man named Carreras, and suddenly that name will never be the same to me. Carreras, I've just heard a man named Carreras, and suddenly I've found, how wonderful his sound can be. Carreras, I'll never stop hearing Carreras."

My favorite version of this song !! very nice mix between strength and sensibility.. (excuse my poor english..)

@pedrotaguba7450

7 жыл бұрын

Arnaud B

@micheledoage8623

6 жыл бұрын

your English is beautiful.

The guy is sitting! And putting out a most powerful voice. What control and mastery of his own instrument. Best rendition ever sung of this wonderful song.

1:51 HOLY JESUS where does this sound come from? NOBODY does it better than Jose Carreras. Nobody. He's spectacular!!!

@katef6154

4 жыл бұрын

I agree most underrated tenor in the world

@katef6154

4 жыл бұрын

@GalaxyLife # Pavarotti is great in a lot of things but for me he is not as good as Jose in this one

@katef6154

4 жыл бұрын

@GalaxyLife # He sang part of it with the three tenors in concert.

@dominicc7104

4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Jordan

@XIIIRaphael

4 жыл бұрын

Now, Carreras style is most popular.

Jose Carreras sings like an Angel - BRAVO!

Oh I so love this...stumbled across it and now can't stop playing it...sheer excellence

the first time i heard him singing this song make me cry its beautiful

I remember watching this when it first aired Thank you Mr Bernstein your treatment of Jose Carreras made me a fan... of his

Delicioso escuchar al Sr. Carreras interpretanto Maria. Bravo.

So beautiful!

Beautiful. Just when you think you have heard a good performance, then you hear perfection. Which I believe cannot be improved upon.

The makIng of west side story is 1000,000,000 times more interesting than any reality show ever produced

Bernstein composed all the music for “West Side Story”. What a great score! Carreras is a consummate tenor!

Such a heart-felt performance, I have tears in my eyes

Oh so beautiful! Thank you Maria!!!

Breathtaking!

Speechless, Increible, divino! María

I always cry with this incredible performance, wonderful!!! Thanks for this 🥺

I cant imagine how stressfull it was to work with bernstein's ego and than deliver a perfection like Carreras did. That high B flat... I guess everyone understood how incredible a professional artist he is ...that force of voice propably just resonated in everyone's chest in that room.

Quelle magnifique interprétation ! BRAVO.

Sublime. That grueling work created a masterpiece. It had to start with Bernstein's genius. His specificity is such a contrast to Bowie, another genius who sometimes asked one of his ace musicians to come up with something, listened to it once and said, "I like it."

The most beautiful [version of this song] I ever heard!! ❤

Astoundingly exquisitely lovely 🥰

If only I could never stop hearing the most beautiful voice I've ever heard

Fabulous! I had this exact recording when younger, what a joy to see it being recorded. I also had to great joy of seeing Leonard Bernstein in concert once. Thank you so much for sharing this, thank you!

It’s perfect! Bravo Carrera!!!

Carreras imbues the song with passion and sensitivity, power and subtlety. He is a charismatic actor, refined singer, and gorgeous man, yet his performances encourage you to pay attention to the music and sentiment. A true artist!

Simply beautiful.

PERFECTION!!! (Timeless and beautiful) memories of my lovely dad❤️

Perfection Leonard Bernstein. You are a genius

Amazing beautiful voice!

I think the problems Bernstein was having with this was trying to get a Spanish speaker to sound American, and a English speaker to sound Spanish.

@bcnncb6798

4 жыл бұрын

Josep Carreras are Catalan, not Spanish. For me, the best tenor in History.

@luisonido

4 жыл бұрын

@@bcnncb6798 Cataluña, where catalan ppl come from, is inside Spain xD

@bcnncb6798

4 жыл бұрын

@@luisonido Josep Carreras no és espanyol, sinó català, o el que és el mateix, no és brossa, sino una gran persona, a més d'un artista excepcional. Ell mateix ha dit que no es considera espanyol, sino català. La gent intel·ligent d'arreu del món ho entenc. Jo també. Tú potser no.

@alestepario

3 жыл бұрын

@@bcnncb6798 ximpleries

@Lucasgrijanderrr

3 жыл бұрын

Qué patéticos sois.

So beautiful! Done by 2 masters ~ Thank you!

Two of the greatest. Awesome.

Piel de gallina!

Maravilhoso !!! A emoção de ver, sentir e ouvir grandes intérpretes absolutamente entregues aos seus maravilhosos talentos para nos emocionarem no que de mais vivo em nós ... a emoção do Amor !

Qué belleza!

It sounds perfect!

Bravoooo. 2 genius!!!!!

The best B Flat - Roundness, power, placement - Perfect

@afifi21

4 жыл бұрын

MatOpera “precision”, in other words.

the most moving version with perfect pitch throughout such a difficult piece for any vocalist, classically trained or not. This is simply superb and would move the most hardened soul . It makes me more happy than mere words can say, to hear Bernstein's beautiful music treated so seriously ! To hear it played and sung with such musical perfection and so much dedication and yes...it IS almost like praying. God bless the people who performed this for us all to enjoy...it shows what our species can do when its members are at their peak like this. Molto, MOLTO Bravissimo ! Graztie Mille from an Aussie admirer in the UK.

bravo maestro bravo now that's singing !

awesome singing!

1:51 WHOOOOAAAH! Magnificent!

Bernstein knew Jose was the Man, two music icons. Fantastic.

try to get over the fact this isnt a performance of west side story and so the accent is just something you gotta get over. Its a definitive reading of the score by the maestro, something he wanted to put down as his version. Brilliant orchestra, some fabulous singing and in the end.... a recording. Carreras always had an amazing passion to his singing and interpretation. Some of that no doubt is due to the limits of his natural vocal talents... a voice not as big as other dramatic or spinto tenors but always, so much intensity in the delivery. Check out his andrea chenier or his "Lamento di Federico" by Cilea. Not sung as well as others but delivered directly from his soul

@opertinicy

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Schecter it's "the other guy" (seinfeld)

@gandalfsbeard473

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Schecter , loved this , but to say get over the accent is the easy part ,tell that to my ear and brain !

@katef6154

5 жыл бұрын

Carreras was considered on of the best Lyric tenor's of his era, Pavarotti called him thelast great tenor born in the 20century and also said he had the most beautiful sound.

@DAVCOHPHO

3 жыл бұрын

"Carreras always had an amazing passion to his singing and interpretation. Some of that no doubt is due to the limits of his natural vocal talents... a voice not as big as other dramatic or spinto tenors but always, so much intensity in the delivery." - you absolutely nailed it! 😀🙌🏽

Beautiful

Impressionant!!!

Bellísimo

Damn that man can get loud! Awesome to watch and hear

So amazingly beautiful….

восхитительно!!!!

We love you Carreras

El mejor de todos los tiempos... sin dudas!

Definitely my favorite version of this song. I think trumpeter Maynard Ferguson 'upped the ante' on this song after the original production when he embellished with some high notes. This influence is evident at 1:50 when Carreras really goes for it. Well Done!

West side story and soundtrack is my favourite musical and this song is the best..by Carreras ad Bernstein !!🥰😍🤩