The Sofia Vocal Ensemble sings G. Verdis "Ave Maria" LIVE

[Improviator]

great recording - very very beautiful - only a wish by myself: could you reduce the "s" at the beginning or end of those phrases a little? They are not together always. And sometimes the chords seem to switch not simultaneously (e.g. measure 66 to 67). But those are only very small things of course!

[DJMiccScrubbz]

this is one of my favorite pieces of music and is performed wonderfully here.

[zuchiaaa]

you sing this beautiful piece in an excellent way. The colours, the place, the armonic and elegants movements of your director and the perfect execution give a magic atmosphere to it. BRAVO!!

[lbusson07]

bravi bravi



[30F6T]

Pelle d'oca...

[Amaliascr]

totally impressed, very nice

[543693The]

dommage que le son soit mauvais.

Cet Ave Maria de VERDI (Quatre Chants Sacrés, quattro pezzi sacri ) est céleste, difficile à chanter!

C'est une merveille qui m'est très cher !

[giulianopietra]

.. je vous remercie de votre esprit cette

Giuliano, Antonella e Chopper

[genarraga]

espectacular!! amazing

[beethomozart]

from 1889, this Verdi's ave maria was grouped together with other 3 sacred pieces by Arrigo Boito with the author's permission for a concert that took place in Paris in 1898, it´s really pretty, Verdi prooved to be not only the great opera composer but also wrote fine pieces of sacred music such as this one

[svion]

Helt klar en kör av yppersta klass. Jag har bara hört dem live en gång i Stadshuset, men det var en upplevelse utöver det vanliga.

[arnolfini26]

Wunderschön! Intonation bei dieser Chromatik ist schwer... aber wie man sieht (hört) machbar ;o)))

Studieren dieses Stück auch gerade ein. TOP!!

[LuvHopeDream]

What a great place to sing this piece...It is such a BEAUTIFUL piece. You did amazing.

[montag1982]

Affiatatissimi! L'esecuzione è lenta, più difficile soprattutto per un coro di modeste dimensioni, dove potrebbero crearsi delle aridità. Qui l'esecuzione risulta corposa, sicura, curata, come richiesto da pezzi sacri di questo tipo. Molto bravi nelle sfumature di sonorità e accenti! Tutto il pezzo è dominato da una serie di modulazioni e da una dinamica interna estremamente evocative, paradisiache! I Quattro Pezzi Sacri dovrebbero essere più popolari, quattro piccoli capolavori!

[konkarongen]

Ge mig mer thunderwot, mer!!!

[thepinguman]

Magic... btw, is that a low C I'm hearing on the last chord? Go basses!

[LuvHopeDream]

This piece IS in C but only the beginning and the end of each phrase...and the middle of each phrase. The magic of this composition is it chromatically goes up and down a (phyrigian?) mode making each step the new tonal center. Basically it changes keys every 4 beats up and down a H(alf)-W(hole)-W-W-H-W-W scale. And the Amen at the end continues down the scale do the 5 of C but still ending in C. Its a voice leading nightmare/puzzle or a great composers dream/homework.

[icalvo]

The scale Verdi harmonizes is the so-called Enigmatic Scale which goes: C Db E F# G# A# B. It was a challenge of the Gazzeta Musicale with which Verdi entertained himself.

[reinpost]

@icalvo ... and if we want to try it out for ourselves, the music generator at tones.wolfram.com/generate/ supports it (click "pitch mapping')

[Trubadur87]

Fantastiskt!!!!!!!!