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  • Enough to convert a secure aethist to God! Wonderful delivery. Congratulations

  • I just got the CD and DVD combo. The sound is awesome! One caution: Make sure that the format of the DVD will work in your DVD player. I live in the USA and my Magnavox DVD player made in 2005 will not play the DVD. My HP PC made in 2011 will play the DVD.

  • fap

  • loving this, very talented well done robert XX<3 hope your well

  • IMHO this is breathtakingly beautiful regardless of the listener's religious beliefs (or lack thereof). I will definitely download this one from Amazon or iTunes....

  • I am enormously glad to now be able to hear this gorgeously glorious music! Amazing work of Striggio!

  • I heard the Striggio a40 mass on BBC radio 3 or 4 years ago, performed by the Tallis Scholars... but I didn't have a recording until the I Fagiolini recording that came out last month. I've been listening to this for a couple weeks on the drive to work. Thank you! Marvelous recording.

  • really awsome i ove it!! godbyones channel

  • Robert Hollingworth is hot!

  • Amazon will have the complete work for shipment around 3/29/11. I just purchased it for shipment when available.

  • which part were they singing in the beginning?

  • Listening to this CD gives the listener the impression that they are in the worlds largest music hall sitting on the chair farthest from the stage with the singers at the far opposite end of the hall. I have never heard a recording like this(albeit a lot of classical records are mono or in poor sound). Was this the the intention of sound engineers?

  • Why do Il Fagiolini win awards? the singing and phrasing is absolutely dreadful. They can't break away form the songs of praise tradition in the Anglican Church and they sound like a bunch of old virgins. It;s a shame; the orchestra and conducting is top notch. The audio and sound engineering as well. I can;t wait for the Clemencic Consort or an Italian group to record this.

  • @placydil I wouldn't call them an awesome choir either necessarily but that's a bit harsh!

    Most of the people hearing this are complimenting it's beauty. You can say they are all just musical newbies (and frankly many probably are) but 'absolutely dreadful' is surely an exaggeration.

    I have often seen however that some groups within classical music gain notoriety more for their choice of repertoire than anything... it's not that they sing it best, it's that they sing it most, (or, at all)

  • they need this song on skyrim

  • What do you call that cello at 0:55? It has so many strings.. o.o

    This piece is such a phenomenal masterpiece!

  • @WtfItzHuy to answer your question and others who were curious about it, that 14 stringed instrument is a 14 string lirone (baroque instrument, a Google search reveals)

  • @amoamareamabo Thanks! That look really hard to play!

  • Can't wait to add this to my collection, why did we stop making music like this? Now we have idiots just saying words instead of singing them and most of it is highly degrading towards people. :/

  • Chopin & Bach play the music of emotions of being in Heaven. Sweet sounds of Peace & Harmony. This type of music should be played in all churches.

  • what is this instrument that looks like a cello but with a million strings?

  • @subvertcity77 That is a lirone, a bass member of the lira family of bowed stringed instruments. Having anywhere from 9-16 strings, it was used mainly in the late 16th and early 17th centuries to provide continuo or accompaniment to vocal music. It is found in much of Monteverdi's work.

  • so beautiful, so depressing what 'music' has become...

  • I find it interesting that the point where he is discussing Tallis's "Spem in Alium"(at around 3:40), the music sounds almost identical to the "Creator, Caeli et Terra" from Spem. That G-major chord also plays a strong role in "Spem".

  • @james217nab well spotted, that is actually the "creator, caeli et terra" bit from Spem! They also recorded Spem on the same CD.

  • And this beat out Eminem and Bon Jovi in Britain's pop Chart lol

  • is this the 450 year lost old song!?

    someone please answer me, i dont know the name of the song i just read it on yahoo.

  • @EDDIEinWAR yes, it is.

  • @EDDIEinWAR yes it is. go to you tube and type in ifagiolini striggio: 40 part mass

  • @EDDIEinWAR

    Yes it is.

  • @EDDIEinWAR yes it is. google ifagiolini striggio: 40 part mass. Enjoy

  • amazing. 

  • Why do people compare Justin Beaver to something like this?? This music was around looooonnnnngggg before he was even a sperm cell swimming 'round for an egg.

  • A sound both beautiful and refreshing. Well, we haven't had much chance to

    hear this sound for the last few centuries.

    Remember the monks who had a hit in the mid 1990s w/

    Medieval chant? You can find it on you tube if you search for:

    Chant, Benedictine monks.

    Tnx 4 the lovely post.

  • guys this is beautiful. I am working on something very unique that involves these type of sounds.

  • axel F could of been played on the piano 50 years later and be better than this lol.

  • its written in 40 pots

  • "Lost' 450-year-old mass soars on British charts.. The recording by British vocal group I Fagiolini of the little-known Alessandro Striggio's 1566 mass for 40 voices -- most masses are written for four -- made its debut at number 68 on the pop charts, above Bon Jovi, George Harrison and Eminem."

    I'm glad humanity still has a modicum of musical taste. >_>

  • @ShawDAMAN This is gorgeous...but that does not rule out the talent of artists that exist today xD

    I mean, there's plenty of terrible teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrible artists today.

    But there have always been terrible artists. They just weren't all around in the time of the internet. xD

    Eminem is a musical genius in the rapping/ lyric sense. The guy who wrote this is a genius within classical music. Get it? Kthx. :D

  • @squeakyla: Thank you for that!

  • @squeakyla my comment was intended to be facetious ;P as musical talent certainly still exists today. But if you look at what is most 'popular' The sad thing is that many of those 'terrible artists' make billions of dollars. Why them, and not this? You have to ask yourself.

    Popularity is far from being a gauge of talent or artistic value as you know. I hate to say it but is it because music like this requires more brain power/focus to appreciate?

  • @ShawDAMAN For what it's worth, popular music - that is, music popular with the masses - has a very long and honorable history of being not fit for classic status of the ages. Think of the often bawdy songs popularly sung in taverns in Elizabethan England, for example.

  • @squeakyla P.S. I also think that the value and inherent talent (even of something like music which is so extremely subject to personal taste) can be measured to some degree. And I'm sorry, but I do consider Beethoven and Mozart etc as much greater talents than say Taylor Swift, Justin Beiber and yes, Eminem etc etc. Are they 'good at what they do?' Sure. But I consider what they do to be of far less intrinsic value and talent than what classical composers accomplish(ed.)

  • @ShawDAMAN Jesus, I hate Taylor Swift's voice, and Justin Bieber has no talent.

    Eminem has insane lyrical/rapping talent and doesn't have less value than classical just because he's a rapper. You're just prejudiced against certain types of music because you like classical most. You can't really measure talent between different genres that are that different. Between music of the same genre though, perhaps.

  • @squeakyla how can u say jb has no talent?

  • @fatmooseandjellyfish Justin Beiber has less talent vocally than my morning coffee has capability stopping a forest fire.

    This, however, is exquisite. I've been in a choir that did a 16 part split only for 12 measures, and that was hard enough. I can't imagine the amount of work that goes into singing a 40 part mass. I can't wait for this recording to be released.

  • @atukomanga1 look at his old home videos he had raw talent. they just didn't make the best of it

  • @atukomanga1 Soon Master Bieber will follow in the steps of every other lack of talent icon that Disney chooses to exploit, I am just not looking forward to him getting of a car in a miniskirt with no skivvies on...lol... Classical music is almost always amazing, when compared to lackluster pop crap.

  • @i842much agreed 100%

  • @squeakyla I guess I am prejudiced. What I'm saying is I rank Rembrandt or Michelangelo higher than a newspaper cartoonist even though both are 'talented.' I rank a brilliant organist higher than a brilliant ukulele player. And I rank a man who writes an incredible symphony for hundreds of instruments and voices, with a great uplifting message, higher than a man who writes a 2 minute studio-processed rap replete with profanity (not as people but as artists.) We agree on Beiber/Swift at least. ;)

  • @ShawDAMAN Well, I understand why about the cartoonist vs. the art. It obviously does take more effort to create a large intricate painting than a cartoon in the paper. As for organist vs. ukelele well yeah, ukelele is probably easier to play, but it's different for everyone. Guitar might to "easy" to play simple songs on but I suck because my fingers are sensitive..but they're long and skinny so I'm good at piano :P And there is plenty of modern music that is uplifting. profanity does not have

  • @squeakyla Well I play guitar... everyone's fingers are sensitive at first ;P Whether words should be censored on the radio is not really a topic that interests me. However I consider profanity to very often be a verbal/linguistic crutch. Many people (and many 'song writers' now) just can't go 3 words without swearing. To me that is mental and artistic laziness. (And lameness, frankly.) Awesome art, both in literature and music, has been made for centuries without resorting to that.....

  • @ShawDAMAN profane. It just means talking about "perverted things" or saying "bad words." Who decided that some words can't be said on the radio? That doesn't even make sense, you know? And said words can add emotion, dynamics to a song. Take Fuckin Perfect by Pink xD You might dislike it because of said profanity or that it's one singer and not 40 singers but it is beautiful and uplifting too. and not everyone can round up 40 people to sing their composition. but everyone who can sing, can sing

  • @squeakyla ....and people just throw these words and phrases out there like they would 'good morning.' B*tch this and Mother****er that and sh*t that- just STOP a minute and think about what those words actually MEAN. It is crude, vulgar and unnecessary.

    But, anyway. I didn't come here to discuss that lol. :/ I guess nobody is changing anyone's mind.

  • @ShawDAMAN Some bad rappers just throw em out there, like (a lot) of what's on the radio these days. But I see Kanye West, JayZ as better, and then there's aesop rock and eyedea...And then there's plenty of other types of music with curse words. But if someone knows how to write lyrics, they're not just throwing vulgarity out for the sake of vulgarity. and curse words can make a good point stronger. It's hard to explain if you don't already understand :s

  • @squeakyla Oh I agree it certainly isn't just rappers that curse a lot (I never said so.)

    I have never heard a great speech or a great song and thought "man, good song, but a few f-bombs sure would have made it better." This is what I mean by 'crutch.' Profanity is often used both by average people and songwriters for that very reason- to underline their 'points' or fill in gaps in their vocabulary that could otherwise be filled by good words that would be more to the point- and inoffensive.

  • @squeakyla I can honestly say that the most profound and moving songs/music (and writings of any kind, really) I've heard (and I do like other music lol... not just classical, I like classic Jazz, soul, old doo wop, some bluegrass and country, indie/folk etc) were quite devoid of swearing. I really value good speech, vocabulary, writing, grammar. Hope I don't come across as a snob or anything. At least you acknowledge the value of the so called 'higher' cultural stuff. Many don't.

  • Beautifully Genius.

  • what kind of instrument was that lady playing in 0:50? it looked like a cello but had way more strings.

  • @spooge1234 It is a 15th century representation of a "Viola da gamba". The Viola da gamba was used in the 16th and 17th century and had 6-7 strings, but in the 15th century it may have had up to 14 strings like what you observe with this musician. The modern cello has evolved over many centuries, probably starting with the Theorbo, which was an instrument played similarly like the modern violin. The Theorbo had 13- 14 strings. It was then probably made bigger to make a deeper sound.

  • @ScientificExploits

    Wrong. That's Erin Headley with her Lirone.

  • @spooge1234

    Lirone

  • Absolutely gorgeous! I've sung in 8 part before, but 40!?!?! Amazing! That must be what heaven sounds like :) I miss singing classical music in a choir...you just can't beat it!

  • its very obvious you have no culture you can't even spell BELIEVE correctly, this is Beautiful music

  • Though I haven't read tenniscutie's comment, I gather it had something to do with the unusual way in which the bows are held here. The grip is in the German style, similar to what most bassists use today. In the 1500s and 1600s, screws weren't used to hold the horse hair taut. The fingers instead had to do the work. The German hold also allows for easier vertical articulation in some cases. I haven't played a lirone, but I've played a viola da gamba, and the general bowing style is the same.

  • dang tenniscutie erased her comment :(

    I dont even know what she said...

  • @Johniswaytoocool she said "sorry lady, but you're holding the bow to your cello wrong. believe me, i've been playing the cello for 6 years" she can delete the comment, but can't avoid being foiled by the internet

  • this will never become the sound of our age, to all who beleive this is going to be a growing trend Im sorry but you are very mistaken.

  • make that three

  • @tr763 Looks like 2 people don't like 450 year old music.

  • this is a good theme for next year's end of the world..

  • dont start that "# of peope like" crap. its not funny

  • oh. my. god. where can I find a recording of this? this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

  • @fightthespoons the rec will be released this month ;D

  • @fightthespoons The CD will be released March 29. Amazon has it available on preorder.

    Search for 'I Fagiolini STRIGGIO: 40 PART MASS '

  • @fightthespoons I just want to hear it without the narration! What a stunning piece of work!

  • @fightthespoons are you in USA? It's on Amazon - search for Striggio: Mass in 40 parts

  • @fightthespoons are you in USA? It's on Amazon - search for Striggio: Mass in 40 parts

  • 2 people like Hip-Hop

  • Where can I find this without all the talking?

  • Beautiful.... But where can I see the preformance without all the talking?

  • @tenniscutie366 Surprisingly for someone who's been playing for six years you should know what a cello doesn't look like.

  • Isn't it perfect that a "Mass" is activating the hearing of our globe, taking us out of the deaf of the Dark Ages of HipHop...and bringing in the Endtimes.

  • Look at those beautiful instruments. Wow! Sounds lovely. :)

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  • @tenniscutie366 its a baroque cello. bet youve never played one of those

  • @tenniscutie366 That's how to bow a "11-stringed lirone", baby ! She ain't playing a cello. Cheers !

  • @tenniscutie366 yes because someone named tenniscutie whos played for 6 years knows more than a professional orchestra composed of musicians who've no doubt been playing for far longer than you. i've been playing guitar for 10 years and still dont pretend to know more than the pro's

  • @tenniscutie366 if you look at the number of strings, you would realize that cellos have four strings not 14. That is a lirone and that is the proper hand position for the bow. Don't try to come off as an expert, the internet will always prove you wrong.

  • @tenniscutie366 Well at least you fixed your mistake.

  • @tenniscutie366 gay.

  • Is this going to be on iTunes?

  • fascinating - thanks for the history!

  • wow must have put a lot of work into this...

  • same here... I just pre-ordered. Extraordinary

  • magnificent sound splendidly recorded. this cd is for me a must-have.

  • I like it, i like the tradition. Thanks for the peace you give me¡

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