Russell Oberlin, Male Alto. Handel: O Thou That Tellest

[eugenecoreno]

Russ Oberlin has been one of my all time fav singers since I was ten years old. He was on a Horizon Magazine album called Music For a MedievalDay.

[aravis123]

is that his natural voice or falsetto??

[sfkcbf]

@aravis123 Natural voice, which is stated in the title "Male Alto." When the alto-tessitura voice is falsetto, I post it as "Countertenor," and when in the soprano tessitura, I list it as "Sopranist," as opposed to "Male Soprano." Many people use various terms interchangeably, which ends up confusing listeners.

[aravis123]

@sfkcbf how could their natural voice be so high??amazing..simply amazing @_@

[jfbecks17]

What arrangement is this? The orchestration is not very baroque sounding, but I like it very much.

[sfkcbf]

@jfbecks17 This recording is several decades old. For many years and until more recently, orchestrations for Baroque music were very much like late 19th-century and 20th-century interpretations: often modern instruments, big orchestras, large choirs, little if any Baroque vocal interpretation, inappropriate voices. This still goes on somewhat; however, now days, more knowldedgeable and better trained musicians and directors have been learning to perform Baroque works in a more authentic manner.

[restlesspride666]

This is beautiful! I started singing myself and my timbre is a lot like this...

[olialto7]

This is the Bernstein Messiah, I believe? Does anyone know which other arias were sung by Oberlin on this CD? I know he also sings "And he shall feed his flock" along with Adele Addison.

[sfkcbf]

Not much.  Track 8 (rec.), Track 18 Then Shall...(air), Track 19 He Shall Feed... (air), disc 2, track 2 He Was Despised (air.) The entire CD set still is available, as well as each track separately on MP3.

[devampa]

Russell Oberlin's enunciation is perfect, you can hear every syllable. Thank you Stephen for this particular rendition of "O Thou That Tellest"

[velvetcaress]

An amazingly unique voice! Very enjoyable to hear something so singular and pleasing. :-) Thanks Stephen.