Compared to all the other "natural castrati" I took the time to listen to, Javier Medina has the worst sound/technique of the lot. I recommend listening to others like Radu Marian or even some countertenors, though the sound isn't quite the same, like Philippe Jaroussky. (Remember people, it's an opinion; not a personal attack -_-)
Mastro Medina- You truly have a gift of God ! Dare I say you are probaly the closest living person we have today that can sing as good as the great Farinelli please keep on singing !
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I come back to this vid again and again. Each time my thought is the same. I wish I knew how to mix and that I had the equipment to overlay his voice with an orchestral instrumentation and adjust the volume to the proper balance. That midi harpsichord is not doing him justice.
I wrote this just for explain why Medina is one of the real castrati voices in world. There are too many saying the same but -for me- they are just countertenors. Badly for him I am only a phoniatric doctor, so I haven't got an opera or shows managers, or producers connections to help him. For me is a shame knowing he is wasting his time. Are there any producer in here? I'd love to buy a CD of him.
And badly for countertenors, they have to do this in the lower part of "soprano range" which means higher part of "tenor register" so, as NicolinoXVIII said about him, for him -and for whole countertenors- this is too difficult because means an 'special vocal chords movement' joining together the bottom and edges of the chords and separate onle parts of them in a certain part of the register and chages from Aria to Aria, because the way it was written. Only few have found a way to produce it.
and the muscle tone to have -more or less- the results of a "legitte" soprano or an opera mezzo. Childs and Medina does this in a very high part of the register, but by their own larinx capabilites, the resultan sounds is quite the same. If you hear so carefully this track you'll find how he changes to his head voice in the chorus, but legato -as in child voice- provides them the same color and strenght. Tosi speaks too much about legato and keeps the same color, because castrati cares of this
2nd. Only the edges get together and starts to produce sound; but the bottom is open, so this produces the "falsetto" or "head" voice. Try this: make a low sound in your speaking voice and change to falsetto, you'll feel how the pressure changes to front of you and reaches more far... in another words 'the break of the voice'. So Childs do this in a very high part of their register. Like Medina does. I hear in Maniacci the result of a deep work in vocal chord edges, so he gets the strength
I've found Nicolino's tracks, For me he is a real countertenor, and too much different from Medina's voice. I have not heared Marian's voice, but Medina sings with all the chord tissue. That is the difference between countertenors and Castrato voice. Vocal Chords have two movements, every child, man and women have this. 1st. Whole chord muscle works from the bottom to the edges, it brings you the -real sound- of your speaking voice.
pues yo siento que tiene cierta dificultad (no mucha) con los trinos y con las notas bajas. Sin embargo de ahí en fuera su voz es limpia y super bien trabajada. Aunque tengo que decir que no soy fanático de los contratenores, en fin, cuestión de gustos. Saludos a todos los comentaristas.
Wow.. listen to this and then immediately switch to the 'Russian basso profundo' clip (also on Youtube).. that gives you some perspective on the breadth of the male vocal range.
I've heard a lot of very high male voices.. I'd like to hear a very low female one for a change!
Like Paolo Abel do Nascimento who died of Aids in the 1990s he seems to be an endocrinical castrato. Indeed his technique isn`t perfect at all and his voice sounds quite odd.
Hey, I saw two other videos with Medina, one singin a song of Thalia 'No me ensenaste'(a mexican pop singer) and other of Josh Grobban 'you raise me up'. For me these are too freaky and very strange, from time to time scary. Sounds not a woman, not a child, more like Moreschi singing in chest voice, as some said. Search as 'no me ensenaste' castrato or Javier Medina 'You raise me up' What do you think? is he changing his target to pop music?
I saw those. I have read that he sings as a female pop singer. I rather liked the You Raise Me Up. The Thalia one was just not doing it for me though. In the you raise me up, I think he needed to shift to head voice for the chorus to have made it truly earth-shattering. And, I agree, he absolutely does NOT sound like a woman. Best I've heard it described was "a very old child."
tuve la oportunidad de ver a medina en Colombia en la obra De monstruos y prodigios: la historia de los castrati su voz es poderosa y obviamente no es falsete seria un desperdicio no colocar su voz en estudios avanzados para mejorar la calidad de su interpretacion
quiero agragar algo a este comentario el castrati es una clasificacion de voz de cantante lirico ya no es posible escucharlos debido a su logica prohibiccion, Medina sufrio de dichos cambios pero no es castrati; la escuela de esa epoca se especializo en castratis los cuales debian cumplir 10 años de estudios que obviamente perfeccionaba su virtuosismo ES DECIR ERAN DE ESCUELA;PUEDE TENER TESITURA SIMILAR PERO NO ES CASTRATI
Go to his page (first link when you google his name) and listen to the full aria over there, both the sound and singing quality seem to be somewhat better. In my opinion he also has the most power of all the male sopranos and sopranistas.
2 things: thanks for additional references. I think they do more justice to his voice as does the full-length recording of his. Really exciting thing too is that I found alink to osti's Ideale sung by Alessandro Moreschi last castrato on yourube. Love that rendition! In timbre, Javier's voice most resembles Moreschi's in my book and in projection. You should hear him speak. Unreal.
Have you ever heard Jorge Cano sing? He's supposed to be really good. Colombian guy; natural castrato like Javier though I think his is genetic and not a consequence of cancer drugs gone haywire. I have never been able to find any examples of his singing. Anyone have a file of his or know of a vid of his?
He gave an interview to Univision, a Spanish television broadcasting company. I googled Medina voz de mujer and found him. Since most have no idea what his voice type truly is, they say it's a woman's but, I challenge that since this guy doesn't sound like a woman. Only thing womanish is the range but the timbre is too masculine. His speaking voice will remind you of none else's more than that of Maniaci but somewhat higher. Like a very very fat adolescent whose voice is on the verge of breaking
Cool link! Very exciting! Thanks. Fancy him just popping in like that. Many thanks. As for Javier's speaking voice, isn't it amazing? Seems like a very nice and gracious fellow. Wish there were more pro recordings out of all the works he says he has sung with such ease. This is clearly a home job with vocals over midi.
No two castrati were affected the same by the operation. The testes aren't the only source of male hormones. This is why so many lost their ranges over time and had to teach instead of sing. So, comparing how a lack of hormones affected the voice of Radu Marian versus that of Javier Medina Is pretty pointless because no two human beings will respond the same to castration. Continued below.
You are right, not a good voice. Do you know Radu Marian? He is good, a strange case too. Es un castrado natural, con voz de soprano..., ¡pero bonita! Hay vídeos aquí en Youtube.
no mi amigo axel Javier medina tubo anomalias de hormonas lo cual de produjeron esta paotogica vos es ahi donde radica la singularidad de su coloratura vocal cabe recalcar que los castratis era justamente de eso que se les negaba las hormonas que produce la pubertad ¿castrato natural? se los deje asu criterio espero haya sido de ayuda
ps pero entonces cual es su clasificacion, por q el tiene la voz asi de aguda, por la enfermedad q tuvo cuando era niño osea el tenia leusemia.. ps entonces?????
hola aqui les dejo algo que espero les aclare sus ideas:
Javier Medina es uno de los pocos cantantes de ópera a los que se les puede llamar castrati. Su voz no es ni de hombre, ni de mujer, ni de niño. Muchos lo podrían catalogar como castrato natural, pero no lo es. Debe su voz a una suma de accidentes biológicos y no a la extirpación de los testículos.
puede cantar naturalmente como un castrato y acercar más fielmente la fascinación que una época tuvo con estos inquietantes seres.
quiero agragar algo a este comentario el castrati es una clasificacion de voz de cantante lirico ya no es posible escucharlos debido a su logica prohibiccion, Medina sufrio de dichos cambios pero no es castrati; la escuela de esa epoca se especializo en castratis los cuales debian cumplir 10 años de estudios que obviamente perfeccionaba su virtuosismo ES DECIR ERAN DE ESCUELA;PUEDE TENER TESITURA SIMILAR PERO NO ES CASTRATI
Perhaps, you'd prefer it in tenor. You should check out David Hobbs. He's an australian tenor who sang some of the castrato songs at the tenor octave. I thought he was quite good. Very sweet voice kind of like Peter Schreier.
Sorry. MIsspelled his name. It's David Hobson. Seriously, he's an extremely fine tenor and does this song justice although, to be sure, it's more exciting to hear it in soprano as this is the original range. Javier just needs more opera training, I think.
this is not falsetto. It's way way way too powerful and the range is too high on the soft notes. I'd like to get more of his recordings. His technique needs improvement but the voice is fascinating. If you want to hear a falsetto with a similar range to compare, use Aris Christofelis. You'll notice the difference.
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Yo creo que la interpretación de Javier Medina no es para nada buena, es un falsete y no una voz natural y coincido en que su voz es totalmente irregular y su interpretación, desafinada...sorry
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De ninguna manera es soprano esta persona, es un falsetista, y precisamente por eso su afinación es muy irregular y su emisión es chillante, ese registro no le pertenece ni por casualidad. ¡Que ganas de pegar gritos!
In my last comment, I was paying more attention to the sound than the name. Javier is reported to be a natural soprano; however, his relatively untrained voice is very much like an Italian falsetto sopranist whom I've heard. The sound is disappointing, even jarring. I can't say that I understand the compliments about his voice which I have read.
I do wish that he were really good; we could use another true male soprano with all the beautiful music to sing.
Javier is a falsetto sopranist, which accounts (in part) for his harsh and uncontrolled sound. Just because he is enamored of high male voices does not mean he should make a career of it. Aris Christofellis did better but quit. Real soprano Radu Marian's tone and technique are far, far better.
He is not a falsetto sopranist but an endocrynological castrato! not a very good one, his technique is terrible, but :) he is not singing in falsetto.
The original MP3 recording can be found at soundclick site. The overlay of the MP3 clip over a clip from that very bad movie Farinelli is distracting. Javier is not a natural castrato as his voice is a result of a childhood ailment. Nevertheless, I appreciate his voice as that it gives a sense of what a 12 yr old larnyx would sound like when backed by d lungs of an adult male, but only a sense.
I remember a documentary "today castrati" In 19th. C. Crescentini recieved "lombardy Crown" 'military' award, All world were angry with the situation, Mme Grassini, so mad, reply: "but you forguet his mutilation". You don't know what about his history. It's so easy to point with one finger, let's hear all of you singing those pitches. Remember at least three fingers pointing you. He really is the closest to castrato I've ever listened. All countertenors claim for those pitches in compass
It also was obviously cut too give a more dramatic effect and to quickly reach the climax of the song: A 42 second held out note to create a powerful emotional effect that can cause people to faint.
The most beautiful male soprano voice I have heard is Radu Marian, the most perfect countertenor Andreas Scholl, the female soprano voice closest to the beautiful, precise, powerful castrato sound Gundula Janowitz in Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs" & the finale of the opera "Capriccio." Listen to them!
This movie excerpt is only 2/5 of the aria. The complete aria is on the movie soundtrack CD and gives a much more beautiful, informative hearing. Written for Farinelli's 3 1/2-octave range, the aria starts in contralto, moves to alto, mezzo, soprano, and ends very high. The Baroque "da capo" / repeat form is much more evident with the full aria (even though this countertenor+female voice combination is mediocre.)
The producer "compay" should be congratulated in his search for the very rare male soprano. Javier Medina, however, does not have a good voice. It sounds untrained, amateur. His technique is imprecise, he scoops to higher notes, his breath control is lacking.
His voice is harsh and cutting. All these factors are the antithesis of the castrato, Baroque-opera sound.
The message in the video does get SOMETHING right. He is 'unique'. But his high notes arealmost peircingly annoiyng to listen to especially the 'climax' of the song, where he holds the note and people go "oooh!" and drop like flies blah blah blah blah blah.
I agree with the criticisms. Kudos for reaching those nice high notes, but that doesn't make anyone a singer. I don't think this metallic, insecure sound is what's intended for this aria either. I can't understand why all countertenors and sopranistas flock to sing farinelli stuff without having farinelli's training, as if castrato/countertenor singing were just about the high notes.
The sound quality isn't good and I'm sure with more study his vocal tenchnique will greatly improve, which sounds a little uncontrolled on this aria.
DinaDare 2 months ago
Wonderful!
mradaChris 3 months ago
Este maravilloso maestro me dejo sin aliento el dia que pude verlo en vivo y ahora se que no he vivido por nada. Gracias maestro es magnifico.
norangel945 8 months ago
MAESTRO!!! sin palabras... bravo!!!
16antares 1 year ago
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theflame2712 1 year ago
no es por nada pero nada que ver
FelipeVesga 1 year ago
Compared to all the other "natural castrati" I took the time to listen to, Javier Medina has the worst sound/technique of the lot. I recommend listening to others like Radu Marian or even some countertenors, though the sound isn't quite the same, like Philippe Jaroussky. (Remember people, it's an opinion; not a personal attack -_-)
Masamuneblader 1 year ago
now you can listen to my pop voice in my profile
AndresSopranista 2 years ago
yo no conoci a farinelli pero que por supuesto MAESTRO JAVIER MEDINA
eres la representacion de el
gracias por el video
gracias a dios por javier medina
lagrimas eres lo que tengo ahora
gracias
desde brasil,sao paulo
jocafofocas 2 years ago
Mastro Medina- You truly have a gift of God ! Dare I say you are probaly the closest living person we have today that can sing as good as the great Farinelli please keep on singing !
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iperez30 2 years ago
the accompaniment sounds like a computer game - quantized midi.
boundsie99 2 years ago 2
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AndresSopranista 2 years ago
hello im NICOLINO , and yes i am a normal sopranist, but i can do the same talking voice as medina when i dont force my voice down.
you can listen to it here = goear DOT coMMMMM/listen/f647c7c/mensaje-para-genteloca-el-sopranista
of course i can go lower, but i get tired if i talk like that too much and after i have to sing.
A doctor said that my adams apple was like a woman in size and high like when i was a child.
if you want to hear a new soprano aria of me go to myspace/koshmusik
AndresSopranista 2 years ago
i prefer radu marian even michael maniaci..however a mans voice is just not the same as a womans
forrest1230 2 years ago
I come back to this vid again and again. Each time my thought is the same. I wish I knew how to mix and that I had the equipment to overlay his voice with an orchestral instrumentation and adjust the volume to the proper balance. That midi harpsichord is not doing him justice.
philomelodia 2 years ago 2
me referia a la pelicula ... lose que no es farinelli el que canta allí..
Mercury2301 3 years ago
Lo amo, su voz es maravillosa...me transmite tanta paz...
MrsBombadil 3 years ago
nice..
cuando farinelly canta la parte " che tanto addoro " se siente algo especial.. algo muy extraño que con esta version no logre sentir.
Mercury2301 3 years ago
Un poco difícil saber qué se siente cuando Farinelli canta esa parte (ni nada) teniendo en cuenta que murió hace más de doscientos años...
DafneLande 3 years ago
Jajaja tienes Razon...
MrsBombadil 3 years ago
supoongo que Mercury se refiere a la versión de Vivica Genaux, la cantante que dio su voz en esta canción de la película Farinelli
DrusilaLegna 3 years ago
Vivica no dio la voz para la pelicula, sino que grabo un CD de estas arias mucho mas tarde (casi 10 o 15 años despues de la pelicula).
Merryjest 2 years ago
Please read my comments is this way:
Hi everyone ...
2nd. only ...
And muscle
And badly
I wrote this just for explain why Medina is one of the real castrati voices in world. There are too many saying the same but -for me- they are just countertenors. Badly for him I am only a phoniatric doctor, so I haven't got an opera or shows managers, or producers connections to help him. For me is a shame knowing he is wasting his time. Are there any producer in here? I'd love to buy a CD of him.
jettermarte 3 years ago
And badly for countertenors, they have to do this in the lower part of "soprano range" which means higher part of "tenor register" so, as NicolinoXVIII said about him, for him -and for whole countertenors- this is too difficult because means an 'special vocal chords movement' joining together the bottom and edges of the chords and separate onle parts of them in a certain part of the register and chages from Aria to Aria, because the way it was written. Only few have found a way to produce it.
jettermarte 3 years ago
and the muscle tone to have -more or less- the results of a "legitte" soprano or an opera mezzo. Childs and Medina does this in a very high part of the register, but by their own larinx capabilites, the resultan sounds is quite the same. If you hear so carefully this track you'll find how he changes to his head voice in the chorus, but legato -as in child voice- provides them the same color and strenght. Tosi speaks too much about legato and keeps the same color, because castrati cares of this
jettermarte 3 years ago
2nd. Only the edges get together and starts to produce sound; but the bottom is open, so this produces the "falsetto" or "head" voice. Try this: make a low sound in your speaking voice and change to falsetto, you'll feel how the pressure changes to front of you and reaches more far... in another words 'the break of the voice'. So Childs do this in a very high part of their register. Like Medina does. I hear in Maniacci the result of a deep work in vocal chord edges, so he gets the strength
jettermarte 3 years ago
Hi everyone,
I've found Nicolino's tracks, For me he is a real countertenor, and too much different from Medina's voice. I have not heared Marian's voice, but Medina sings with all the chord tissue. That is the difference between countertenors and Castrato voice. Vocal Chords have two movements, every child, man and women have this. 1st. Whole chord muscle works from the bottom to the edges, it brings you the -real sound- of your speaking voice.
jettermarte 3 years ago
soy hombre y quiero cantar asi
freddylss 3 years ago
pues yo siento que tiene cierta dificultad (no mucha) con los trinos y con las notas bajas. Sin embargo de ahí en fuera su voz es limpia y super bien trabajada. Aunque tengo que decir que no soy fanático de los contratenores, en fin, cuestión de gustos. Saludos a todos los comentaristas.
padrenatas 3 years ago
Wow.. listen to this and then immediately switch to the 'Russian basso profundo' clip (also on Youtube).. that gives you some perspective on the breadth of the male vocal range.
I've heard a lot of very high male voices.. I'd like to hear a very low female one for a change!
ExtraDimensional 3 years ago
This is gorgeous. True, his technique isn't amazing, but I love this aria (I'm a big fan of the Farinelli soundtrack). What a special voice!
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EmeraldSky33 3 years ago
Like Paolo Abel do Nascimento who died of Aids in the 1990s he seems to be an endocrinical castrato. Indeed his technique isn`t perfect at all and his voice sounds quite odd.
jommelli 3 years ago
Hey, I saw two other videos with Medina, one singin a song of Thalia 'No me ensenaste'(a mexican pop singer) and other of Josh Grobban 'you raise me up'. For me these are too freaky and very strange, from time to time scary. Sounds not a woman, not a child, more like Moreschi singing in chest voice, as some said. Search as 'no me ensenaste' castrato or Javier Medina 'You raise me up' What do you think? is he changing his target to pop music?
jettermarte 3 years ago
I saw those. I have read that he sings as a female pop singer. I rather liked the You Raise Me Up. The Thalia one was just not doing it for me though. In the you raise me up, I think he needed to shift to head voice for the chorus to have made it truly earth-shattering. And, I agree, he absolutely does NOT sound like a woman. Best I've heard it described was "a very old child."
philomelodia 3 years ago
tuve la oportunidad de ver a medina en Colombia en la obra De monstruos y prodigios: la historia de los castrati su voz es poderosa y obviamente no es falsete seria un desperdicio no colocar su voz en estudios avanzados para mejorar la calidad de su interpretacion
richard8114 3 years ago
quiero agragar algo a este comentario el castrati es una clasificacion de voz de cantante lirico ya no es posible escucharlos debido a su logica prohibiccion, Medina sufrio de dichos cambios pero no es castrati; la escuela de esa epoca se especializo en castratis los cuales debian cumplir 10 años de estudios que obviamente perfeccionaba su virtuosismo ES DECIR ERAN DE ESCUELA;PUEDE TENER TESITURA SIMILAR PERO NO ES CASTRATI
richard8114 3 years ago
I found some more Medina on Youtube
watch?v=g7UevjdVS_Y
watch?v=nqx3-8DfWPs
Thrax1982 3 years ago
Go to his page (first link when you google his name) and listen to the full aria over there, both the sound and singing quality seem to be somewhat better. In my opinion he also has the most power of all the male sopranos and sopranistas.
Thrax1982 4 years ago
2 things: thanks for additional references. I think they do more justice to his voice as does the full-length recording of his. Really exciting thing too is that I found alink to osti's Ideale sung by Alessandro Moreschi last castrato on yourube. Love that rendition! In timbre, Javier's voice most resembles Moreschi's in my book and in projection. You should hear him speak. Unreal.
philomelodia 3 years ago
Have you ever heard Jorge Cano sing? He's supposed to be really good. Colombian guy; natural castrato like Javier though I think his is genetic and not a consequence of cancer drugs gone haywire. I have never been able to find any examples of his singing. Anyone have a file of his or know of a vid of his?
philomelodia 3 years ago
I agree with you about Medina being the closest to Moreschi's sound. Where can we hear him speak? About Cano, no recordings that I know of,
I have made some Google searches before (and I'm quite good at finding stuff) but so far nothing.
Thrax1982 3 years ago
He gave an interview to Univision, a Spanish television broadcasting company. I googled Medina voz de mujer and found him. Since most have no idea what his voice type truly is, they say it's a woman's but, I challenge that since this guy doesn't sound like a woman. Only thing womanish is the range but the timbre is too masculine. His speaking voice will remind you of none else's more than that of Maniaci but somewhat higher. Like a very very fat adolescent whose voice is on the verge of breaking
philomelodia 3 years ago
Found it, interesting, thank you. By the way, I sent you a private message with link while ago
but it shows that you're still not read it.
Thrax1982 3 years ago
Cool link! Very exciting! Thanks. Fancy him just popping in like that. Many thanks. As for Javier's speaking voice, isn't it amazing? Seems like a very nice and gracious fellow. Wish there were more pro recordings out of all the works he says he has sung with such ease. This is clearly a home job with vocals over midi.
philomelodia 3 years ago
Michael popped in on my channel too and asked me to remove two videos, he was very nice about it though.
Thrax1982 3 years ago
He IS very nice and gracious... :-)
JulieEleonore 3 years ago
I have also been trying to find a recording of Jorge Cano, to no avail. Does anyone know where I can find one?
caterpillar1g 3 years ago
No two castrati were affected the same by the operation. The testes aren't the only source of male hormones. This is why so many lost their ranges over time and had to teach instead of sing. So, comparing how a lack of hormones affected the voice of Radu Marian versus that of Javier Medina Is pretty pointless because no two human beings will respond the same to castration. Continued below.
philomelodia 4 years ago
You are right, not a good voice. Do you know Radu Marian? He is good, a strange case too. Es un castrado natural, con voz de soprano..., ¡pero bonita! Hay vídeos aquí en Youtube.
tkbewunderin79 4 years ago
no mi amigo axel Javier medina tubo anomalias de hormonas lo cual de produjeron esta paotogica vos es ahi donde radica la singularidad de su coloratura vocal cabe recalcar que los castratis era justamente de eso que se les negaba las hormonas que produce la pubertad ¿castrato natural? se los deje asu criterio espero haya sido de ayuda
lizaar19 4 years ago
ps pero entonces cual es su clasificacion, por q el tiene la voz asi de aguda, por la enfermedad q tuvo cuando era niño osea el tenia leusemia.. ps entonces?????
axelgut 4 years ago
bueno yo lei q el era el unico varon entre mujeres cuando cantaba en el coro, y q le llamaban "el de la voz bonita"..
axelgut 4 years ago
hola aqui les dejo algo que espero les aclare sus ideas:
Javier Medina es uno de los pocos cantantes de ópera a los que se les puede llamar castrati. Su voz no es ni de hombre, ni de mujer, ni de niño. Muchos lo podrían catalogar como castrato natural, pero no lo es. Debe su voz a una suma de accidentes biológicos y no a la extirpación de los testículos.
puede cantar naturalmente como un castrato y acercar más fielmente la fascinación que una época tuvo con estos inquietantes seres.
lizaar19 4 years ago 6
quiero agragar algo a este comentario el castrati es una clasificacion de voz de cantante lirico ya no es posible escucharlos debido a su logica prohibiccion, Medina sufrio de dichos cambios pero no es castrati; la escuela de esa epoca se especializo en castratis los cuales debian cumplir 10 años de estudios que obviamente perfeccionaba su virtuosismo ES DECIR ERAN DE ESCUELA;PUEDE TENER TESITURA SIMILAR PERO NO ES CASTRATI
richard8114 3 years ago
You have no ears, do you? I know that opinions differ, but this is simply One God...!
JulieEleonore 4 years ago
yo canto como ewa mallas godlewska y derek lee raguin juntos
JonasVanRetro 4 years ago
yo tambien y aveces sueno a max emanuel cencic
fairyboy3 4 years ago
this song is terrible. its interesting to listen to only as an example somewhat of a castrato voice. but the song is just terrible.
khbgkh 4 years ago
Perhaps, you'd prefer it in tenor. You should check out David Hobbs. He's an australian tenor who sang some of the castrato songs at the tenor octave. I thought he was quite good. Very sweet voice kind of like Peter Schreier.
philomelodia 4 years ago
Sorry. MIsspelled his name. It's David Hobson. Seriously, he's an extremely fine tenor and does this song justice although, to be sure, it's more exciting to hear it in soprano as this is the original range. Javier just needs more opera training, I think.
philomelodia 4 years ago
this is not falsetto. It's way way way too powerful and the range is too high on the soft notes. I'd like to get more of his recordings. His technique needs improvement but the voice is fascinating. If you want to hear a falsetto with a similar range to compare, use Aris Christofelis. You'll notice the difference.
philomelodia 4 years ago
aclaro que canta muy bien y todo pero pues no parece tener muchos estudios en opera.
adriathika 4 years ago
No puedo creer que digan que es falseto puesto que se escucha claramente su voz limpia
adriathika 4 years ago
que ignorantes son todos. no pueden escuchar que es su voz natural, IDIOTAS ¬¬
me molesta mucho la gente que no tiene oido y critica gratuitamente.
nicevidbro 4 years ago 9
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Yo creo que la interpretación de Javier Medina no es para nada buena, es un falsete y no una voz natural y coincido en que su voz es totalmente irregular y su interpretación, desafinada...sorry
jorgefuma 4 years ago
No sean c@gones...se puede escuchar que es su voz natural..para nada falsette...
Un falsetista suena más como una mezzo soprano o contralto..porque la coloratura es diferente..así que, ya dejen de criticar pfffff
LadyMoralqua 4 years ago 2
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De ninguna manera es soprano esta persona, es un falsetista, y precisamente por eso su afinación es muy irregular y su emisión es chillante, ese registro no le pertenece ni por casualidad. ¡Que ganas de pegar gritos!
chhrisax 4 years ago
No se puede clasificar como falsetista puesto que no usa la tecnica del falseto, es su voz natural.
compay2407 4 years ago
In my last comment, I was paying more attention to the sound than the name. Javier is reported to be a natural soprano; however, his relatively untrained voice is very much like an Italian falsetto sopranist whom I've heard. The sound is disappointing, even jarring. I can't say that I understand the compliments about his voice which I have read.
I do wish that he were really good; we could use another true male soprano with all the beautiful music to sing.
sfkcbf 4 years ago
Javier is a falsetto sopranist, which accounts (in part) for his harsh and uncontrolled sound. Just because he is enamored of high male voices does not mean he should make a career of it. Aris Christofellis did better but quit. Real soprano Radu Marian's tone and technique are far, far better.
sfkcbf 4 years ago
He is not a falsetto sopranist but an endocrynological castrato! not a very good one, his technique is terrible, but :) he is not singing in falsetto.
hermanopaz 4 years ago
can anybody post the aria text lyrics?
My internet explorer isn't working and I can not enter the page where the lyrics of OMBRA FEDELE ANCH'IO are...
I really need them.
Please u.uU
:P
thanks! bye
000MarieMagdalene000 4 years ago
Ombra fedele anch'io
sul margine di lette
seguir vo' l'idol mio che tanto addoro.
Che bella pace e questa che a consolar
se resta il mio martoro.
compay2407 4 years ago
yeah the recording I have in my hardrive. I wish I could get it out somehow.
Roscieto 4 years ago
The original MP3 recording can be found at soundclick site. The overlay of the MP3 clip over a clip from that very bad movie Farinelli is distracting. Javier is not a natural castrato as his voice is a result of a childhood ailment. Nevertheless, I appreciate his voice as that it gives a sense of what a 12 yr old larnyx would sound like when backed by d lungs of an adult male, but only a sense.
joliewaves 4 years ago
I remember a documentary "today castrati" In 19th. C. Crescentini recieved "lombardy Crown" 'military' award, All world were angry with the situation, Mme Grassini, so mad, reply: "but you forguet his mutilation". You don't know what about his history. It's so easy to point with one finger, let's hear all of you singing those pitches. Remember at least three fingers pointing you. He really is the closest to castrato I've ever listened. All countertenors claim for those pitches in compass
ora123ora 4 years ago
It also was obviously cut too give a more dramatic effect and to quickly reach the climax of the song: A 42 second held out note to create a powerful emotional effect that can cause people to faint.
Roscieto 4 years ago
The most beautiful male soprano voice I have heard is Radu Marian, the most perfect countertenor Andreas Scholl, the female soprano voice closest to the beautiful, precise, powerful castrato sound Gundula Janowitz in Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs" & the finale of the opera "Capriccio." Listen to them!
sfkcbf 4 years ago
This movie excerpt is only 2/5 of the aria. The complete aria is on the movie soundtrack CD and gives a much more beautiful, informative hearing. Written for Farinelli's 3 1/2-octave range, the aria starts in contralto, moves to alto, mezzo, soprano, and ends very high. The Baroque "da capo" / repeat form is much more evident with the full aria (even though this countertenor+female voice combination is mediocre.)
sfkcbf 4 years ago
Yes and if you have seen the lyrics on his page where this song has a part "Che bella pace e questa che a consolar
se resta il mio martoro.'
is only hear in the sound track and was pasted to the song like a badly pinned up sticky note to a crude drawing.
Roscieto 4 years ago
Speaking of which, how wide REALLY was Farinelli's range anyway?
Roscieto 4 years ago
The producer "compay" should be congratulated in his search for the very rare male soprano. Javier Medina, however, does not have a good voice. It sounds untrained, amateur. His technique is imprecise, he scoops to higher notes, his breath control is lacking.
His voice is harsh and cutting. All these factors are the antithesis of the castrato, Baroque-opera sound.
sfkcbf 4 years ago
The message in the video does get SOMETHING right. He is 'unique'. But his high notes arealmost peircingly annoiyng to listen to especially the 'climax' of the song, where he holds the note and people go "oooh!" and drop like flies blah blah blah blah blah.
Roscieto 4 years ago
Yes!We agree again. He is almost disturbing for his lack of technique.
FloriaTosca85 4 years ago
I agree with the criticisms. Kudos for reaching those nice high notes, but that doesn't make anyone a singer. I don't think this metallic, insecure sound is what's intended for this aria either. I can't understand why all countertenors and sopranistas flock to sing farinelli stuff without having farinelli's training, as if castrato/countertenor singing were just about the high notes.
beezoid27 4 years ago