Charpentier: Magnificat for 3 Voices

[geurtzlaarmans1]

Prachtig gezongen

[Eppaai]

I think I'm one of the few teenagers who listens to this

[JamesRutherfordIII]

This is beautiful music. Thanks to the up-loader and thanks to Jay Carter, countertenor, Daniel Mutlu, tenor, Wesley Chinn, Bass

[molealto]

Interesting how Mr. Carter is changing gear around the D and E above Middle C - a very high place normally to do it for a C-T, but very appropriate for haute-contre parts where you need (forgive me) a strong bottom.

[higherpriced]

Thanks for uploading, carterjme! I love this recording; great voices.

[korail123]

hitman :d

[chlorismarie]

c'est superbe

[derbeh]

Beautiful.

[kostyel]

this is the best performance of charpentier's magnificat!

[kostyel]

who could have disliked this? :S

[bigbrownheapof]

i imagine the boy with the deep voice singing nick cave or similar music. he has a very strong and epressive voice

[bigbrownheapof]

wonderful, just brilliant. i love how he turns the page on 2:21

the baroque era was a crazy time, deep water music

[essenciademusica]

belissimas voices!

[essenciademusica]

jay carter wonderful voice !

[atazar100]

Una bellisima interpretacion, de esta muy bellisima pieza , dan ganas de llorar por no tener al maestro charpentier entre nosotros ahora, quisiera con toda mi alma que se reencarnase, Gracias por este video.

[kuroyagi007]

Thank you for posting, and players

[Nacidodelmar]

Grand!

[roloulabulle]

Does anyone know what is the big "mandoline" that the guy with long hair plays is ?

[MrSilvia61]

@roloulabulle It is a tiorba and belongs to the liute family, it is the biggest of the liutes.

[HowdyThere88]

Also called the "theorbo".

[AlainNaigeon]

@roloulabulle it's a theorbo - same family as the lute, sounding very low

[estikhatz]

L'eccelsa bravura dei solisti emerge anche nell'esatta pronuncia del latino, cosa non facile per degli anglosassoni. Pezzo meraviglioso, e davvero fantastici tutti gli esecutori. E' stato un grandissimo piacere ascoltarli.

[MrSilvia61]

@estikhatz finalmente trovo una persona che la pensa come me: ho visto un altro filmato dello stesso brano, qui a fianco proposto, dove la pronuncia del latino è corrotta dall'inflessione francese, e chi ha caricato il filmato si ostina a dire che la storpiatura è voluta perchè così cantavano in latino nel XXVII in Francia: una vera pena ad ascoltare, anche se le voci sono estremante valide

[NedRorem]

@MrSilvia61 Veramente credo si stiano sforzando anche questi di fare la pronuncia gallicana (proJenies..)

[MrSilvia61]

finalmente degli stranieri che pronunciano decentemente le parole latine, senza storpiature pietose........

[barytondehautemer]

Une merveilleuse pièce, superbement chantée. Avec toutefois un bémol à l'égard du baryton, dont la voix manque des harmoniques, aigües en particulier, qui éviteraient que nous ayons l'impression que l'intonation n'est pas tout à fait juste. Les instrumentistes sont superbes. J'ai la partition ... un rêve à réaliser .....

[OhFookinELL]

wow...i really enjoyed this!! 5 stars!!!

[encorelui2]

man that was great! felt like the real deal from the Baroque era!

[termiko]

Wonderful! Does anyone know the names of the four performers playing the two violins and the two flutes? I can't find them anywhere.

[padaneis]

It looks like that Google search does not help:

if you search for:

Live Recording of Marc-Antoine Charpentier Magnificat for 3 voices. Jay Carter, countertenor Daniel Mutlu, tenor Wesley Chinn, Bass

and add the keyword "flute" you get only 7 results, none telling you who the flutists are.

Analogous stuff if you add "violin" instead of "flute".

Maybe you could ask Carterjme via private message. Cheers.

[padaneis]

Wonderful. This piece is a dream, and a dream ...on solid grounds (well, the ground is indeed my favourite musical form). I agree with

trabalhosmanuais: me too, I love that countertenor.

[murraywan]

What a wonderful match of all the singers.

[soniafromca]

Such a beautiful, unpretentious, joyful performance. Wish this video can go viral and be seen and heard everywhere!

[ajballetcoach]

I love this!

[dalem]

I love the tenor, has Paul Agnew style preciseness between the notes. I love this style of legato singing.

[talkenhorn]

Enjoyed:-)

[trabalhosmanuais]

i love that coutertenor

[papillondenuit1970]

@trabalhosmanuais me too :) !!!!!!!!!!

[andreadoriaPL]

Dobre wykonanie i niezła jakość dźwięku - sam miód !

[OmniaOmnibus]

Why don't they use the Gallican pronunciation of the Latin? The countertenor occasionally uses it (e.g. "a progenie in progenies"), but the other singers not at all.

[olialto7]

I wish the tenor didn't sing so loudly!

[goochar]

Magnificent...the zenith of western civilization!

[lesdjinns1829]

and its French !!

[gdbalck]

Exquisite serene beauty

[kefaad]

One of my favorites! To hear it live during a mass is even better. Such an elavation of the soul

[delamotteh]

Ten years ago I discovered JS Bach. It was something I cannot write here, it opens my mind . Now I'm a big " fan" of baroque music, you can't imagine the pleasure it is for me. La beauté, la pureté, it is happiness !

[bluesourire]

es envolvente...

hermoso.-

[jamesmorrow1]

The video kept breaking up - anyone else experience that? But gorgeous anyway!

[golaxo]

This is called intelligency.

THX for posting. Great music with great performance!

[dmaranan]

i love the countertenor

[Avericum]

Charpentier was a natural musical genius, his music fills the soul with warmth and "ascension"

[warrentommo]

I enjoyed this. I was however most unimpressed by the tone of the bass.

[jvn041669]

On the contrary, I enjoy the bass a lot. In comparison with the Christie version, this is so simple and pure.

[mradaChris]

Very very enjoyable!

[vikingausstuttgart]

I mean the middle voice! So natural and going straight to the heart!

[vikingausstuttgart]

I love the tenor as well - awesome!

Greetings from Stuttgart :-)

[felixpetrar]

it seems that other viewers also return to listen this music. This is the first video I favourited on my channel and it is wonderful.

[MaBu888]

Ain't that the eraliest jazz, especially at the end. Baroque jazz.

[martinezygonzalez]

Charpentier: di una bellezza folgorante.

L'interpretazione potrebbe essere più "perfetta" tecnicamente, ma è eccezionalmente appassionata ed entusiastica (vedi come "se la ballano"!).

Quest'ultima qualità vale molto più di un'intonazione "perfetta".

Bellissimo!

[MaBu888]

In potentiam or impotentia? This song is 5 stars!

[MaBu888]

Sublimis mvsica Francissima. It's french LOL!

[ppfuchs]

Pretty good performance, I'd say, but I just heard Charpentier performed better today. That is his David and Jonathan opera which was performed at Georgetown in DC. What good fortune to have been there, because it was given a real performance and not just an historical investigation. In this way it was quite the opposite of the rather disembodied performances that are de riguer in early music circles. The conductor was exceptional, and kept the often languorous music exciting. Fine singers.

[Erethras]

Beautiful version=)

[L4NdSkN3ChT]

greetings to the tenor.....he's fantastic ;-)

[tristan23be]

Does anyone know a good recording of this piece?

[skyeleven08]

whats this small instrument in the middle looking like little piano thing ?

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

The one the conductor is playing is a small organ.

[skyeleven08]

i see... and.. this big "guitar"? whats that xD

[pacomerode]

that "big guitar" is a tiorbe, you... little nitwit!

[pacomerode]

that's a theorbo

[VladWaterBall]

Sublime. Un instant de grâce.

[jeanseb48]

vraiment fantastique je vais l'incrire a mon programme des "voix du choeur "

bravo

[klarasong]

Beautiful!!!

[JuandrezBog]

Sin palabras!

[felixpetrar]

Three angels! Really, three divine voices. I like very much Mr. Carter's begining. The voice of Mr. Mutlu make me feel I am in the Jewish temple ;) ... come on, I am joking ! Congratulations, it was such a pleasure to listen it that I replayed it a few times.

[estrellitachapina1]

An awsome piece of art!!!!

[estrellitachapina1]

Awsome piece of art.

[stihtchev]

maginific, as te title says itself. the wonderful music of this great man MACharpantier always surprises me

[LindaDooWop]

This is heavenly music. These fellows are angels!

[inhasfo]

Magnífico! Charpentier siempre sabio se eleva a las alturas celestiales. Charpentier más que genio, sabio, la genialidad le queda corta. Realmente alcanza la sabiduría de un verdadero músico.

[MerricMaker]

Jay makes it all look too easy. When he was in our choir in KC, I got the biggest kick out of watching the audience's reactions to him. In most cases it was because of the novelty of a countertenor, but I think it was mostly in response to his luscious musicianship. But what's the deal with the director in leather? How gauche.

[hjuyrtf]

beautifull and very touching

[peymaania]

I went to the Trinity Church Website, it is supposedly

the oldest Church in New York City dating back to the late 1600's. There were several Fires and Rebuildings Naturally. I love Charpentier's work. Does Anyone know where you can get Medee on DVD? The one with Lorraine Hunt Leiberson and William Christie Conducting.

[carterjme]

Yes this is Trinity Church Manhattan and it was recorded in early May 2008. (Good eye peymaania!) The entire concert of French Baroque Petit Motet can be viewed at their website.

[RonsonDenmark]

2008 bc?!

[peymaania]

Missed the first Portion...Is this Trinity Church in Manhatten NY? It must be!

[peymaania]

thank you, made my week!

Does anyone know when and where this was performed?

Are they at the National Cathedral in Washington DC?

[Mazeppa07]

Beatifull! The Magnificat H.78 is one of my favorite Charpentier's work. Did you know the marvellous interpretation of this work by the "Arts Florissant"?

[stihtchev]

yes,is there any chance to find some of th works on this site? i have all cds

[pohlke85]

Who knows what is the code of this magnificat? I can't find the score!!!!!! help me!!!

[molealto]

H 73 I believe.

[chronos467]

Wonderful performance of this piece. It's one of my favorites from Charpentier. The blend between the singers is remarkable. It is very difficult for any piece written over such a small ground bass to remain this interesting without a good performance. Bravo.

[molealto]

You need to listen to more Purcell ;-) - try "This does our fertile Isle with glory crown" from "Now does the glorious day appear" - 3 minutes of music over just 2 notes.

[padaneis]

Well, the fantasia Z745 "upon one note" could also work to that effect... ;-)

[brezno]

Very good performance and very good piece.

[irichc]

Amazing.

[cstmhl]

Very good performance! One of the most touching works by Charpentier. Can't stop listening!

[SinoSene]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[Cruciferus]

Krása