Plaisir D’Amour
by admin on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | 12 Comments
This performance of Plaisir D’Amour by John McCormack took place in 1929 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium. It feature in his debut feature Song O’ My Heart
Video Rating: 4 / 5
@causabon99 his genius was that he always sang material suitabld for his voice, even as it descended into a premature age
This perfomance is an excerpt from the only full length movie John McCormack ever made, “Song O’ My Heart. It is a priceless piece of musical history because it reproduces how it must have been to have actually attended a McCormack concert in those long ago times. His accompanyist as always is “Teddy” Schnider. The concert was filmed at an auditorium in Los Angeles and the audience was comprised of paid extras. Imagine getting paid to hear John McCormack!
Thank you very much for posting this priceless treasure !!!
His french is perfect!
A priceless video, thanks for sharing! No longer young but still amazing.
Interestingly, this is the only one (being French) where he actively refers to his little black book
Been a tenor you have to listen and enjoy his wonderful talent; he is a “master class” for all of us!!!! …in the other hand, he is, as “horowitz10″ said…the voice of an angel!!Bravoooo!!!!!
Awesome, thank you for posting.
He had the voice of an angel!
Thank you for the musical treasure of John McCormack!
Even then in 1929 his voice had lost some of its early lustre. But what an artist, and what a singularly beautiful voice.
A priceless video. How beautifuly fluid and effortless his voice sounds. He recorded this song in 1940 – the McCormack charm was still there but the voice was not. It made me so sad. Thank you so much for posting!
the concert sequence in the film included songs in French, German, Italian and English for the international audience. I think he sang relatively little in French either in concert or the recording studio, though the four or so I can think of are all beautifully sung, and his French is quite good.