"I know that my Redeemer liveth" - The Messiah - G. F. Händel

[wooddennymph]

beautiful voice - pleasant performance!!! +++

[0maislindo]

EH BRASILEIRAAAAA!!!!! ISSO AI LUIZA!!!!

[Pretendkid]

the background noise is killing me

[whackmeyer]

Ethereal and refreshing.

[Ken1Nickels1]

Jeez. Sharp, flat. Vibrato, no vibrato. Picky picky picky. It's a glorious voice in a glorious piece. She adjusts her voice according to the ensemble. No one's playing espressivo all the time, yes?

[ukbarton]

Very pleasant version but recording lets it down. My personal favourite performance is by Miriam Allen.

[MrPastorcurtis]

Beautiful.. when I was a kid my mom had Messiah on 78rpm records performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Chior. the soprano solist was Eileen Farrell. everyday until she died we would listen to 'I know that my redeemer liveth' mom always told me it would help me prepare for the ministry. and did it ever. this brings back many precious memories. WOW...BEAUTIFUL.. Thank you

[cunneri]

Beautiful voice... yes, sharp at some points, but overall well done. One thing that bothered me: when the word "the" comes before a word with a vowel (let's say in this case the word *ahem* "earth") it is pronounced "thee..."

[wrmcchriston]

@cunneri yes i agree; however, if she is going to mess up i would rather her be sharp than to be flat!

[xxWayoftheSunxx]

Shes a little sharp the entire time. And not very developed vibrato...theres room for improvement here, but its alright.

[lisaknight8830]

@xxWayoftheSunxx . You're entitled to your opinion, but I'm entitled to mine; You are nuts. This piece is beautifully done. I get so tired of too much vibrato. This was an absolute pleasure to listen to.

[Cristianoreq]

@xxWayoftheSunxx there is almost NO vibrato on these pieces ! have you ever noticed an strong vibrato on emma kirkby's voice, for example? Kurtz knows exacly when to let her voice vibrate, and when to control it.

[TheStephanlev]

Händel war Gott nah

[thedirtyq]

The tempi in Handel's time were a bit faster than we do them today, so "larghetto" was probably more like our quarter note = 72-80.

[mendelbenzonah]

fantastic performance! Her voice is angelical and the orchestra is in the right tempo!

[TheJbach]

WBP- so true.

[YBPhotoeditor06]

The Title is found in the Book of Job. We know he's in extremely jeopardized situation, he couldn't find help, because no one knew the Lord God. He alone knew Him, but didn't know Satan. He believed all calamities came to him from God, instead of Satan. When he couldn't know & resolve them. The only Hope he'd was the Redeemer. Life on Earth is very hard. We might need the same Redeemer. Our best Hope is to hear this kind of music to raise our spirit up & have more force to face the difficulties

[faneprofanel2007]

absolutely beautiful

[seEkiNfoDreamz]

lovely <3 her and her voice.

[mauricioschafer]

Maravilhosa Luísa

e "I know that my Redeemer liveth" nem se fala né?

é liiiiiindo d+

[Zorica12]

very gorgeous voice, but the tempo is horrendous! (but that's not the vocalists' fault).

[cantatacollegium]

This is the correct tempo for the piece, which Handel indicates in the score.

The orchestra is actually conducted quite well too, though the recording is not of very good quality.

They play in the correct tempo and with correct style.

[jonathanstinson]

@Zorica12 The tempo in the score is Larghetto, which is typically quarter note = 66 (Largo is quarter note = 50). Most of the performances of this aria on Youtube are at quarter note = 80-88. While Ms. Kurtz's performance sounds a bit slow, it is actually very close to Handel's marking.

[Zorica12]

@jonathanstinson This is where personal preference comes in then. I just prefer a faster tempo. I think that yes sometimes going faster can equal 'feeling rushed', but I know that I prefer this aria at a faster tempo, but still maintaining a sense of control.

[onirflaoluap]

Just beautiful!