I agree, the immaculate phrasing, the diction, the quality of her vocal instrument, the smoothness and its live, makes it truly unparalleled. She goes from a gentle soft sound, to full blown high-notes with a big orchestra is really wonderful.
There is a wistful quality in Julie’s voice and delivery that makes her unique.It’s the reason so many people cry when she appears at the beginning of “The Sound of Music”. ‘Before I Gaze at You Again’ was added to the score of “Camelot” on the day of opening night and she still nailed it.She is simply divine and it’s almost impossible to imagine what life would have been like without her.
oh yes, there is slight cry in her voice as well. (listen to her saying "Paradise at 1:36 min mark) hard to imagine that she sounded THIS clean live. I love it...and its unique to her...a lot of emotion in her sound...most broadway singers sound like machines...and...like cookie cutter pieces...and crap. I recall meeting a Yale School of Music operatic soprano who had listened to her in a few concert rehearsals without a mike...and apparently when Julie sang, people stopped wherever they were and there was this amaazing sterephonic surround sound quality similar to when Pavarotti sang. Not many people can sound like that.
I have never heard anything so stunning. I listen to this everyday. I have looked everywhere to buy this piece. No one sings it like Jule Andrews. What an amazing voice
Her voice is like a crystalclear floating river in a paradise-landscape!!! Such an outstanding singing-wonderwoman❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks do much mrs. Andrews!!!!!!!
5 octave range and she uses all of them. The last notes are beyond the written score...they are at another level. Rare voice. Pure all the way to the top of the scale.
No, 4 octave when she was a child, less later (even before the surgery). But beautiful - and _clear_ , she enunciates better than anyone else I know (apart from some BBC newsreaders, but they aren't singing!).
Well, actually she's starting the piece on a C#, and it usually starts on the F above that....the last note she sings is a G# which is a half step below the normal A :). I thought this too until I tried to sing it with her and it was easy for me, which it usually isn't, so I checked her pitches. I love her voice so much!
This is probably the most beautiful, pure version of this exquisite love song I have ever heard. Her voice is magnificent and with a rare clarity of tone.
I agree that this is one of the best recordings J.A. ever made. While she strikes me as having been a mezzo-soprano, she had a very strong upper register that allowed her to tackle high notes with relative ease.
I have been searching high and low for this recording of Julie's. It is simply the BEST song she has ever recorded. I am so glad to see that someone has it and it popped up here on you tube. Beautiful. Your videos of Julie are amazing.
This was a show stopper piece she sang live in her Japanese concert tours in the 70s and 80s. She also sang this song in her US concert tours and her Las Vegas show. Too bad we dont have a video recording of her doing this. Last A flat note held for 11 seconds!
There is a video of this! She sang it on The Julie Andrews Hour in 1972/1973. I do not know if those shows are still available on dvd, but if you can locate the series, it is well worth the effort!
Yes, Julie Andrews is just simply amazing! She has LOTS of things I can think of to be amazed for. What she just sang was so special and is very intimate. This movement is also known as the Nocturne from Borodin's String Quartet No. 2, which I played in my graduate studies in Cello Performance at the University of Memphis in the Spring of 2011. So memorable love song. The melody is in the opening for all cello!
Dawn's promising skies Petals on a pool drifting Imagine these in one pair of eyes And this is my beloved Strange spice from the south Honey through the comb sifting Imagine these in one eager mouth And this is my beloved And when s/he speaks and when s/he talks to me Music! Mystery! And when s/he moves And when s/he walks with me Paradise comes suddenly near All that can stir All that can stun All that's for the heart's lifting Imagine these in one perfect one And this is my beloved And this is my beloved
What a Voice!!!!!!!!! I Love you, Julie. Untill today and ever! Not only the singer, not only the actress, but the human being, the woman. God bless you!
Actually, the opening and end scenes of Darling Lili were recorded in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in February, , 1968. I was an extra in those scenes, and yes, Julie Andrews was stunning. She also is as elegant and authentic in person. She is beautiful in every respect and her voice has no equal, I agree.
She hits a High A-Flat at the end. Her voice blooms, like a real coloratura should, over the A-flat. I just wonder and wish to know why she rarely sang up there. Her sound sounds easy, clean and bright. It sounds technically flawless. Can someone upload her Bell Telephone Hour special? I heard she sings some really beautiful notes.
Always amazes me how many people say they hate serious music and opera, but some of the most beautiful popular songs are based on the music from this source. ( Borodin in this one)
I thought this was someone's Judy Kuhn playlist so everything was Judy Kuhn. Was playing this while concentrating on my work then suddenly this song popped up. Couldn't help thinking she sounded like Julie Andrew, had to take a look...true enough. Very unique voice :-)
+Andrew Dawes This isn't the first time my attention was caught by Julie Andrews. 20 years ago I was concentrating hard on my schoolwork with the radio on when Julie's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever came on ...mesmerizing....I stopped what I was doing and just drown myself in her voice.. 😀
Stunning, beautiful, exquisite! What a phenomenal voice with control that would make Maria Callas wonder where her technique went wrong. Ironically both of them lost their voice due to wrong rep.
Julie’s voice is distinctive. I prefer her soprano as it is so warm compared to other voices like Audra McDonald or Chenoweth. I miss her voice as it was before the botched surgery, but enjoy her lower octave voice now after vocal cord injections. Read an interview where she revealed she delights in singing around house in lower keys and limited range.
@stormstryk Good point, she is an intelligent singer, she must have had the right reasons to choose this key. Personally, I feel this key allows the beauty of the voice and the words through, all the original key recordings have sopranos wailing and screaming High B-flats. Her approach the end is nothing less than the rays of the morning sun. I wished she sang this song more often, particularly in her last Japanese concert. You should hear her sing an excerpt from la boheme...goosebumps!
Lyrics :- Dawn's promising skies Petals on a pool drifting Imagine these in one pair of eyes And this is my beloved Strange spice from the south Honey through the comb sifting Imagine these in one eager mouth And this is my beloved And when s/he speaks and when s/he talks to me Music! Mystery! And when s/he moves And when s/he walks with me Paradise comes suddenly near All that can stir All that can stun All that's for the heart's lifting Imagine these in one perfect one And this is my beloved And this is my beloved Imagine these in one perfect one And this is my beloved And this is my beloved
I agree with thintin54 that Lanza's rendering of this song was sublime, but then it is difficult to compare a tenor with a soprano. I think this is also a great performance.
I love the musical, "Kismet" so much, and this is my favourite song on it. But Julie has such a pure soprano and control of dynamics that I'm afraid Ann Blyth, exquisite as her voice is in the film, Julie just leaves her in the dust. Perfect pitch with a feel for the song's meaning and a fantastic voice versus a fantastic voice.
Beautifully done. .By the way…A flat and G# are same note. This is sung in the key of Aflat, so her last note would technically be designated as an A flat.
Ab and G# are actually NOT the same note on certain instruments. It is on the piano, but there is a slight pitch difference on some wind instruments if I’m not mistaking
Julie Andrews is CERTAINLY *NOT ~~> a voice that can be described as *"Heard One Soprano - Heard them all". She has a distinctive, unique Voice. She does not copy or mimic others - Others Copy her! You hear her and without being told ... say "I bet that is Julie Andrews!" I understand she has had extensive voice training - growing-up ...as well
This is a gorgeous rendition of the song... My one complaint is that it is actually being performed a major 3rd LOWER than the real key! Julie could certainly more than manage the range at this point in her career. I'll say that much of Kismet was written awkwardly for the musical theatre voice. The tessitura of the real key is a killer unless one IS a coloratura soprano, but Julie was giving it a much more lyric soprano treatment here and really keeping the mix and midrange quite full.
Absolutely the best performance of this song. No one touches her. Amazing voice and brilliant performance.
I agree, the immaculate phrasing, the diction, the quality of her vocal instrument, the smoothness and its live, makes it truly unparalleled. She goes from a gentle soft sound, to full blown high-notes with a big orchestra is really wonderful.
Julie Andrews' is such a glorious voice! The highest note of a crystal clear voice is reached here! Awesome!
There is a wistful quality in Julie’s voice and delivery that makes her unique.It’s the reason so many people cry when she appears
at the beginning of “The Sound of Music”. ‘Before I Gaze at You Again’ was added to the score of “Camelot” on the day of opening
night and she still nailed it.She is simply divine and it’s almost impossible to imagine what life would have been like without her.
oh yes, there is slight cry in her voice as well. (listen to her saying "Paradise at 1:36 min mark) hard to imagine that she sounded THIS clean live. I love it...and its unique to her...a lot of emotion in her sound...most broadway singers sound like machines...and...like cookie cutter pieces...and crap. I recall meeting a Yale School of Music operatic soprano who had listened to her in a few concert rehearsals without a mike...and apparently when Julie sang, people stopped wherever they were and there was this amaazing sterephonic surround sound quality similar to when Pavarotti sang. Not many people can sound like that.
I've heard Julie Andrews sing quite a bit, but had never heard her hit such a high note before, splendid!
I mean she sings high B-flats in The Sound of Music, Poppins, which are both higher than the High A-flat she sings here.
I have never heard anything so stunning. I listen to this everyday. I have looked everywhere to buy this piece. No one sings it like Jule Andrews. What an amazing voice
That ONE voice.... does wonders to the heart & spirit ! Love love this divine artist! Julie you are a blessing!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Her voice is like a crystalclear floating river in a paradise-landscape!!!
Such an outstanding singing-wonderwoman❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks do much mrs. Andrews!!!!!!!
Life would have been terrible without Julie Andrews
5 octave range and she uses all of them. The last notes are beyond the written score...they are at another level. Rare voice. Pure all the way to the top of the scale.
No, 4 octave when she was a child, less later (even before the surgery). But beautiful - and _clear_ , she enunciates better than anyone else I know (apart from some BBC newsreaders, but they aren't singing!).
ASI' ES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SU VOZ NO ES DE E'STE MUNDO .
Well, actually she's starting the piece on a C#, and it usually starts on the F above that....the last note she sings is a G# which is a half step below the normal A :). I thought this too until I tried to sing it with her and it was easy for me, which it usually isn't, so I checked her pitches. I love her voice so much!
@@juliestoesselviolin cool...she was special...I also loved Shirley Jones... amazing voice...I wish they had done some duets.... Lol
One of the greatest recordings Julie ever made! I love the way she thunders out that high note at the conclusion.
This is probably the most beautiful, pure version of this exquisite love song I have ever heard. Her voice is magnificent and with a rare clarity of tone.
That surgeon robbed the world of this amazing,stunning voice. I still cannot believe it happened.
oh my god the ending note.
this whole song gives me the goosebumps.
I agree that this is one of the best recordings J.A. ever made. While she strikes me as having been a mezzo-soprano, she had a very strong upper register that allowed her to tackle high notes with relative ease.
such a clear voice, stunning ....
and that too live!
My favourite singer from way back..
I absolutely adore your voice, julie! Nobody can top your interpretation of this song!
such a beautiful singer her voice is so sweet to listen to
Saw her sing this at the Palladium London...... that ending took the roof off!
That sustained last note.......
The hairs rose on the back of my neck.
and she does it with such ease and power.
RUclips has also posted a ravishingly lovely rendition of this song by another showbiz legend, the late, great Maureen O'Hara!
Maravilhosa Julie ! Lindo ! ⭐🙏💝
Julie Andrews has such a beautiful voice
I have been searching high and low for this recording of Julie's. It is simply the BEST song she has ever recorded. I am so glad to see that someone has it and it popped up here on you tube. Beautiful. Your videos of Julie are amazing.
Que voz linda Julie Andrews!!!!!! Esta música é tocante, maravilhosa.
This was a show stopper piece she sang live in her Japanese concert tours in the 70s and 80s. She also sang this song in her US concert tours and her Las Vegas show. Too bad we dont have a video recording of her doing this. Last A flat note held for 11 seconds!
There is a video of this! She sang it on The Julie Andrews Hour in 1972/1973. I do not know if those shows are still available on dvd, but if you can locate the series, it is well worth the effort!
Yes, Julie Andrews is just simply amazing! She has LOTS of things I can think of to be amazed for. What she just sang was so special and is very intimate. This movement is also known as the Nocturne from Borodin's String Quartet No. 2, which I played in my graduate studies in Cello Performance at the University of Memphis in the Spring of 2011. So memorable love song. The melody is in the opening for all cello!
Thank you so much for this information. I knew this song but I didn't remember the name.
I'm auditioning with this song in about a week for a show at my school. Hope and pray I do it justice.
Dawn's promising skies
Petals on a pool drifting
Imagine these in one pair of eyes
And this is my beloved
Strange spice from the south
Honey through the comb sifting
Imagine these in one eager mouth
And this is my beloved
And when s/he speaks and when s/he talks to me
Music! Mystery!
And when s/he moves And when s/he walks with me
Paradise comes suddenly near
All that can stir All that can stun
All that's for the heart's lifting
Imagine these in one perfect one
And this is my beloved
And this is my beloved
possibly the best love song written, music by Boradin. One of the songs I sing, lyrics modified,to my late Beloved every day.
What a Voice!!!!!!!!! I Love you, Julie. Untill today and ever! Not only the singer, not only the actress, but the human being, the woman. God bless you!
Years later, i still think she sounds superhuman at the end. what control.
and the next song that youtube suggests is lady gaga....GAGA.
Another natural talent, if not one as immediately recognizable.
And now I want to hear AMIRA do this song. Just one thrill to the next ! Love them both !
Je Sui Titania Julie Andrew 12 years old. Still today one of a kind. As Amira is. ruclips.net/video/iV2-YGGn0y4/видео.html
Oh yes, it is gorgeous! She is gorgeous! :)
It was taking in 1970, during the filming of Darling Lili.
Actually, the opening and end scenes of Darling Lili were recorded in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in February, , 1968. I was an extra in those scenes, and yes, Julie Andrews was stunning. She also is as elegant and authentic in person. She is beautiful in every respect and her voice has no equal, I agree.
Absolutely stunning
She hits a High A-Flat at the end. Her voice blooms, like a real coloratura should, over the A-flat. I just wonder and wish to know why she rarely sang up there. Her sound sounds easy, clean and bright. It sounds technically flawless. Can someone upload her Bell Telephone Hour special? I heard she sings some really beautiful notes.
Shams what year was that?
Thiank you for posting!
Majestic!
Always amazes me how many people say they hate serious music and opera, but some of the most beautiful popular songs are based on the music from this source. ( Borodin in this one)
Beautiful. Julie.
She is the best. Love this. Thank you
I just went to my beloved heaven.
Beautiful voice!❤️❤️❤️
Glorious.
Top C# at the end of that! Fantasitc!
I thought this was someone's Judy Kuhn playlist so everything was Judy Kuhn. Was playing this while concentrating on my work then suddenly this song popped up. Couldn't help thinking she sounded like Julie Andrew, had to take a look...true enough. Very unique voice :-)
+Andrew Dawes This isn't the first time my attention was caught by Julie Andrews. 20 years ago I was concentrating hard on my schoolwork with the radio on when Julie's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever came on ...mesmerizing....I stopped what I was doing and just drown myself in her voice..
😀
+Andrew Dawes From that day on, I started buying her CDs.
Wonderful.
She did discuss her singing technique, etc., in her autobiography. she is close to 80 now so I'm afraid her singing days are over.
Thanks for posting!! Why this album has never been released on cd is beyond me.
BRAVO JULIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ACOMPAÑANDO
LA MU'SICA DE
B O R O D I N !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful
beautiful!
Stunning, beautiful, exquisite! What a phenomenal voice with control that would make Maria Callas wonder where her technique went wrong. Ironically both of them lost their voice due to wrong rep.
Julie’s voice is distinctive. I prefer her soprano as it is so warm compared to other voices like Audra McDonald or Chenoweth. I miss her voice as it was before the botched surgery, but enjoy her lower octave voice now after vocal cord injections. Read an interview where she revealed she delights in singing around house in lower keys and limited range.
Wow!
@stormstryk Good point, she is an intelligent singer, she must have had the right reasons to choose this key. Personally, I feel this key allows the beauty of the voice and the words through, all the original key recordings have sopranos wailing and screaming High B-flats. Her approach the end is nothing less than the rays of the morning sun. I wished she sang this song more often, particularly in her last Japanese concert. You should hear her sing an excerpt from la boheme...goosebumps!
this really makes me cry. Actually there are no words for this, are there? So I'll just end this commend now.
Lyrics :-
Dawn's promising skies
Petals on a pool drifting
Imagine these in one pair of eyes
And this is my beloved
Strange spice from the south
Honey through the comb sifting
Imagine these in one eager mouth
And this is my beloved
And when s/he speaks and when s/he talks to me
Music! Mystery!
And when s/he moves And when s/he walks with me
Paradise comes suddenly near
All that can stir All that can stun
All that's for the heart's lifting
Imagine these in one perfect one
And this is my beloved
And this is my beloved
Imagine these in one perfect one
And this is my beloved
And this is my beloved
Thank you!!
I agree with thintin54 that Lanza's rendering of this song was sublime, but then it is difficult to compare a tenor with a soprano. I think this is also a great performance.
I love the musical, "Kismet" so much, and this is my favourite song on it. But Julie has such a pure soprano and control of dynamics that I'm afraid Ann Blyth, exquisite as her voice is in the film, Julie just leaves her in the dust. Perfect pitch with a feel for the song's meaning and a fantastic voice versus a fantastic voice.
Beautifully done. .By the way…A flat and G# are same note. This is sung in the key of Aflat, so her last note would technically be designated as an A flat.
She's actually singing in the key of Db. She finishes the song on the fifth, which, yes, in this case is Ab.
Ab and G# are actually NOT the same note on certain instruments.
It is on the piano, but there is a slight pitch difference on some wind instruments if I’m not mistaking
Julie Andrews is CERTAINLY *NOT ~~> a voice that can be described as *"Heard One Soprano - Heard them all". She has a distinctive, unique Voice.
She does not copy or mimic others - Others Copy her!
You hear her and without being told ... say "I bet that is Julie Andrews!"
I understand she has had extensive voice training - growing-up ...as well
The music belongs to Alexander Borodin.( string quartet No 2 ).
And please give credit to Alexander Borodin, the Russion composer that wrote this tune in his string quartet no. 2.
@kgarmaker123 The last note.. is a G sharp.
Beautiful as always, but I must ask, where is that photo from? It's gorgeous!
Photo is from the movie Darling Lili. She looks really gorgeous in it! Well, she's gorgeous.
This is a gorgeous rendition of the song... My one complaint is that it is actually being performed a major 3rd LOWER than the real key! Julie could certainly more than manage the range at this point in her career. I'll say that much of Kismet was written awkwardly for the musical theatre voice. The tessitura of the real key is a killer unless one IS a coloratura soprano, but Julie was giving it a much more lyric soprano treatment here and really keeping the mix and midrange quite full.
Johnny Mathis has a version of this song. Very well done
When was this recorded?
This isn't an original song. The theme is from quartet no.2 part 3 by Borodin
David Zatiashvili This Musical, Kismet, has music purposefully adapted from Borodin’s.
@kgarmaker123
no i mean C Sharp!!
MrT1000 last note is an Ab
@katiesjustthebest I was about to post the EXACT same comment!!
@mrtrules1000 You mean G Sharp.
I was told yesterday she is having injections to restore her middle vocal range!!!!Fab eh??? :0)
I prefer the version by Mario Lanza.
Borodin's Nocturne
I asked my coach should I take the ending up. Artistically no. I could show off but.
I use different phrasing and like it better.