Very nice version -- not my favorite (that would be the late Anthony Rolfe Johnson with Sir Neville Marriner) but good. I love English tenors. One of my favorite Ian Bostridge recordings is "Vary the Song, O London" on the complete RAKE'S PROGRESS.
@clarinetist92 Well, actually, you have a point. "Baroque pitch" is, in a way a modern construction, since there was no standard pitch during the Baroque period. I suppose it's an approximation? I'm not really sure where A=415 was dug up...
This is just about the most svelte, sophisticated "Ev'ry Valley I've heard in a while, and I've heard quite a lot. I like his voice and he seems to manipulate it well.
is there some fucking reason that no one bothers to just cite fucking sources to end these stupid debates, btw. even quoting wikipedia would be better than this bullshit in the comments.
@merrywobs Yes, it's part of the vocal technique. Singing "Va-Halley" puts a quasi-consonant where a vowel would otherwise be and makes the text and music more articulate. He does it on other words, too. Composers think about this when they write.
@merrywobs I suppose its' just do with phrasing. While singing this, I find that way of singing it easier than simple straight prnounciation. Part of his skill is using his diaphragm so much to get phrase of melismatia nice and clear, and it just sounds that way when one does so.
@rlane91 We cannot aptly go by what the old Italian masters termed a specific, technical, part of the voice that we have named by laryngoscopic analysis. This is much like when we call people who are sad as being "depressed." While we all understand what that person is talking about, that person is not what a psychologist would term as "depressed." The female voice may have breathy characteristics, but do not share the same physiological response as the male falsetto.
@rlane91 No, actually, it doesn't. All untrained voices have trouble keeping proper adduction, but the female middle register does not exhibit the bowing of cords and the oblong-shaped hole that the male falsetto exhibits. The breathiness in the female register often occurs due to rigidification of the thyroarytenoid muscles (due to tension) resulting in an incomplete closure of the cricothyroids. This is not the same as the male falsetto.
Yes, exactly. He's a very fine artist. I especially love his recording of Britten's "Holy Sonnets of John Donne." Hadn't thought anyone could sing them as well as Pears (or my last voice teacher, who's a tenor active in NYC), but Bostridge certainly does:) --
You haven't responded to my other squestion about sopranos who shift from chest tone to head tone or falsetto,so it sounds like two voices, like mitchell and Baez.
@moo7chi7ld Females do not have the vocal phenomenon known as falsetto. The lack of full-adduction as seen in that range in a male does not occur in a female.
@CountertenorJ Thank you, I was listening to Jeff lynne ysterday, whose style is based on falsetto chest contrast. I thought:- Baez imitated such tenor singing in her much touted "ïndividual style."
One polish professor, wrote that Chopin's style was made distinctive by his use of the ancient Greek modes which were still in Polish folk music which he heard during summer vacations as a boy, and these contributed to his "incomparable individuality." Both artists are often cited in that way.
@CountertenorJ First off, Falsettho is incomplete chord closure, therefore both males and females can have falsetto. It is a false sound. If you claim that men have falsetto and women don't, then I must be a woman, because I can close my vocal chords and make a pure headvoice sound with vibrato and everything.
Don't claim that men can't sing in head voice and associate that the male equivalent is falsetto. That is incorrect.
Aha, the voice is too whitish for an oratorio.
Gilchrist's fare better.
Cissy97 6 days ago
Very nice version -- not my favorite (that would be the late Anthony Rolfe Johnson with Sir Neville Marriner) but good. I love English tenors. One of my favorite Ian Bostridge recordings is "Vary the Song, O London" on the complete RAKE'S PROGRESS.
Detectivefiction 3 months ago
this singer makes me want to exalt in existence !!
plentymoron 7 months ago
@MrBbminor Thanks! Gah, I expected this. I was sort of hoping he had recorded 'Messiah' at some point...
Taenyr 8 months ago
Which recording is this from?
Taenyr 8 months ago
@clarinetist92 Well, actually, you have a point. "Baroque pitch" is, in a way a modern construction, since there was no standard pitch during the Baroque period. I suppose it's an approximation? I'm not really sure where A=415 was dug up...
Taenyr 8 months ago
@clarinetist92 Umm I don't believe so. And if that were true, a minor 3rd doesn't equal one half step.
dachampishea 8 months ago
@clarinetist92 "Baroque" pitch (A=415) is about a half-step lower than modern pitch (A=440).
Taenyr 8 months ago
slightly fast, but otherwise very nice :)
DeMars3 9 months ago
Why is it taken down a half step ??
dachampishea 9 months ago
I think this song is too fast tempo as origin score. .
kokwonn 9 months ago
This tenor is something special.
witness124 10 months ago
His melismas and trills just make me happy. Beautiful, beautiful rendition.
AgnesRegina 10 months ago
This is just about the most svelte, sophisticated "Ev'ry Valley I've heard in a while, and I've heard quite a lot. I like his voice and he seems to manipulate it well.
nashrunner456 11 months ago
is there some fucking reason that no one bothers to just cite fucking sources to end these stupid debates, btw. even quoting wikipedia would be better than this bullshit in the comments.
alezunde 1 year ago
Genuine question. I'm not arrogant enough to criticise Ian Bostridge, but is it necessary to sing 'Every Va halley'? I assume it is intentional?
merrywobs 1 year ago
@merrywobs Yes, it's part of the vocal technique. Singing "Va-Halley" puts a quasi-consonant where a vowel would otherwise be and makes the text and music more articulate. He does it on other words, too. Composers think about this when they write.
nanoquaver 1 year ago
@merrywobs I suppose its' just do with phrasing. While singing this, I find that way of singing it easier than simple straight prnounciation. Part of his skill is using his diaphragm so much to get phrase of melismatia nice and clear, and it just sounds that way when one does so.
witness124 10 months ago
Wow-so elegant and effortless. A very different kind of singer.
g7tenor 1 year ago
@rlane91 We cannot aptly go by what the old Italian masters termed a specific, technical, part of the voice that we have named by laryngoscopic analysis. This is much like when we call people who are sad as being "depressed." While we all understand what that person is talking about, that person is not what a psychologist would term as "depressed." The female voice may have breathy characteristics, but do not share the same physiological response as the male falsetto.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
@rlane91 No, actually, it doesn't. All untrained voices have trouble keeping proper adduction, but the female middle register does not exhibit the bowing of cords and the oblong-shaped hole that the male falsetto exhibits. The breathiness in the female register often occurs due to rigidification of the thyroarytenoid muscles (due to tension) resulting in an incomplete closure of the cricothyroids. This is not the same as the male falsetto.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
certainly one of the best interpretations out there!
coutureorganist 1 year ago
Saw Bostridge in concert performing all Schubert rep. Great artist.
Handel's music is just so divine and ethereal.
mars7272 1 year ago 2
one of the best I've ever heard!
owl802 2 years ago 28
mmm, bel colore, voce molto matura... hahaha Matteo devi imparare a cantare piano.... tutti sono capaci a cantare forte :)
Kortex7431 2 years ago
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matteocostacurta 2 years ago
Wonderful are his colour and his lightness :)
matteocostacurta 2 years ago 3
phenomenal.
goethethegreat 2 years ago
Bostridge is splendid --
stevevandien 2 years ago 20
Interesting because he sings along with the other instruments as one of them--the dichotomy of singer /orchestra is not there
moo7chi7ld 2 years ago 3
Yes, exactly. He's a very fine artist. I especially love his recording of Britten's "Holy Sonnets of John Donne." Hadn't thought anyone could sing them as well as Pears (or my last voice teacher, who's a tenor active in NYC), but Bostridge certainly does:) --
stevevandien 2 years ago
You haven't responded to my other squestion about sopranos who shift from chest tone to head tone or falsetto,so it sounds like two voices, like mitchell and Baez.
moo7chi7ld 2 years ago
Oh, sorry. Don't look at my page very often and have simply forgotten to respond. Will do so on your page anon:) --
stevevandien 2 years ago
@moo7chi7ld Females do not have the vocal phenomenon known as falsetto. The lack of full-adduction as seen in that range in a male does not occur in a female.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
@CountertenorJ Thank you, I was listening to Jeff lynne ysterday, whose style is based on falsetto chest contrast. I thought:- Baez imitated such tenor singing in her much touted "ïndividual style."
One polish professor, wrote that Chopin's style was made distinctive by his use of the ancient Greek modes which were still in Polish folk music which he heard during summer vacations as a boy, and these contributed to his "incomparable individuality." Both artists are often cited in that way.
moo7chi7ld 1 year ago
@CountertenorJ yes it does
Arfat 1 year ago
@Arfat No. It does not. That is not opinion. That is fact.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
@CountertenorJ First off, Falsettho is incomplete chord closure, therefore both males and females can have falsetto. It is a false sound. If you claim that men have falsetto and women don't, then I must be a woman, because I can close my vocal chords and make a pure headvoice sound with vibrato and everything.
Don't claim that men can't sing in head voice and associate that the male equivalent is falsetto. That is incorrect.
Arfat 1 year ago
Stupendous voice and piece!!!!! Hugs Perla.
perla51 2 years ago