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  • thank you civil for posting this

  • Why does he shout when he comes to "weep"? Doesn't make sense, as many other things in his interpretation. Don't like it. =/

  • i love how the emotion is portrayed in the lower key, seems much more mournful

  • He sings it a fifth lower, and in baroque tuning (even lower).

    Aren't there enough alto arias he could sing? This is a soprano aria. It loses much of its effect when lowered.

  • Beautiful voice

  • Anyway this was writen for a soprano,there are plenty of arias for male altos including duets in Purcell's repertoire.

    Im a Countertenor and a gay guy also...i sing a lot of Purcell,I worship Alfred Deller as a pioneer of the countertenor voice but Im not sure if this was a right choice sing.

    Is like when some countertenors sing Dido's lament or worst when some countertenors try to sing Carmen

  • One of the great male alto singing voice I have ever heard. From the beginning to the end I sat motionless listening to such a high quality tone in this voice weather it be a low or high note. BRILLIANT !

  • The adjetivo "wonderful" is not enough for Deller. He was more than I can say about! Many THx for posting this!

  • This is the best performance of the Plaint air I ever heard, even Kirkby is not that great! Thank you.

  • Very good idea to let us follow the partition : many thanks !

  • hahahhaha the original, purcell's version says HE's gone HE's gone HIS loss deplore and i shall never see HIM more hahhahahha he should have sung the original one hahahhahahha , i would hahhahhhahahhaaa

  • The Text is designed to be sung by a Woman, now, when a Man sings, it would be more strange to hear him mourn fpor his beloved male love

  • why??????

    i don't se anything strange in a man mourning his male lover....perfectly normal for me.

  • It is Indeed, nowadays. But in Purcells Time, however, Homosexuality was illegal and very rigidly punished.

  • even though this discussion is pointless, i'll make another comment...

    this version wasn't recorded in Purcell's time, it might be that Mr deller wasn't homosexual.... i guess that was all....

    peace and love

    peace and love for everybody

  • It wasn't, indeed. You are completely right at that Point. I do regard this small Discussion as absolutely peaceful and polite. (Which is, unfortunatle, rare on Youtube :( ) Just to be sure I'm not mistaken, allow me to state, that I do not judge any Person by his/her sexual Orientation. In my first Post, I was just humbly offering an Explanation for the Text sung differing from the written one, in Response to your, what I assumed to be, Amusement about this Detail. Have a brilliant Evening, L.

  • nice

  • Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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