cantique de jean racine (one man choir) version 2

[eddiesamuel1]

Ah, memories from high school!

[CuddlyBadger]

Bass needs more power.

[trudbol]

Bravo, c'est très réussi! La prochaine fois, tu devrais te filmer en train de chanter et mettre les vidéos côte-à-côte, pour faire une mosaïque de vidéos. Le résultat serait très agréable à regarder et écouter.

[latronqui]

beautiful!

I used to sing this song with my choir... aaah, you got me all nostalgic now....

great voice, by the way

[aperpetualsuffering]

This is fabulous.

[flumoxed38]

Did you ding all 4 parts? I'm singing soprano part in a concert tomorrow and have only just started to learn it. This version is very clear & helpful. Thank you! Faure is literally divine, such peace. Yet some people seem to find his music maudlin. Je ne comprenez pas. How did you manage the soprano so well?

[cuicuimusic]

@flumoxed38 several aspects: using resonace a lot, obviously falsetto, doing multiple recordings and mixing them to hide the little errors (as in a choir, when 3 people sing the same part, you can't hear the little mistakes to well)

[Hailstone47]

and I thought I was having fun before...a whole new world with the music I love, this is really lovely and thanks for the idea...

[jerushy44]

This is amazing! Thank you for all the work that went into it. A masterpiece!

[p1rateman]

There are a few ritards that I like in certain places that were not in here, but that is a personal thing, so don't worry about that. Very well done for a one man choir. Good job sir, good job.

[MaestroCheah]

This is very cool!! I thought I was the only one doing this. (I've just posted a video response to this video in which I've recorded all 40 parts of Tallis' Spem in alium.)

Tres bien, cuicuimusic!!

[andy316800]

this is definitely ur master piece...:P

[dwsolo]

nice pure sounds especially in the countertenor range

[sumplais]

The Beachboys sing Faure! I enjoyed it.

[cuicuimusic]

lol that's quite a comparison :)

[ewreid]

Thanks for posting this. I've made some multi-track recordings and struggled with the monotony that you mentioned in the first video. Though I didn't have the technology to do this, I figured I could sink the recording with a video of myself conducting the piece - this would allow for tempo changes. Then record each track once for a baseline, trying to get the dynamics where you want them. As you record additional tracks, you get to "interact" with the voices and the video conductor.

[cuicuimusic]

did you post the results somewhere ?

[ewreid]

No. I never actually tried recording to a sinked video. I've somehow lost the recordings that I did make. I'll peek around and MAYBE post them depending on how they sound. :)

[reeboksinheaven]

you have such a lovely voice.

[jeanfrancoisk]

I think that the tempo is perfect. The articulation is also very good. However, it is very regrettable that the accents are those of Engllish. It is recommandable that you had better listen the performance of Michel Corboz.

[cuicuimusic]

hmmmm which accent do you mean ? you mean the french accent sounds english ? i'm confused.

[jeanfrancoisk]

I'm sorry to have confused you. But, I think that the accent of the English language resemble the piano. So, it is better to sing like the organ, since the French language does not have the accent. And the characteristique of this music. We sang "Requiem" in this way, even if he was an English conductor. Yours sincerely.

[cuicuimusic]

Haha you have confused me even further :)

Accent of the pinao vs the organ ?

By the way, I am French born and raised myself.

[stevtomato]

I thought the accent sound French! xD

I should have heard this before our concert.

It's great.

[hsu912174]

Great falsatto singing. The tenor entrance in the beginning could use a more support, but I wouldn't push for it, knowing how much a frustration it may be when you got to that point. (I do acapalla recordings myself too, so I totally understand what you are having to deal with at that point.)

[mathrocksmyworld]

Shit. I should just give up on life.

I...you...how do you...

Damn.

That was awesome.

[cuicuimusic]

and guess what most people said about my take on that one ? Yeah, that it was too fast !

Just to say I don't get that only for the mika cover *whistles*

Oh and don't give up, if i can "do it" anybody can (not kidding there). and you should have heard me at 18

and thanks !

[Arizona22Rose]

I just received an e mail about her acceptance speech....It made me sick to listen to her. She must have 666 under her bangs.

[cuicuimusic]

Hmmmm so you were so shocked you mentioned her in a totally unrelated situation ? :)

[Arizona22Rose]

yoo hoo, duh.....Did you read her acceptence speech where she trashed God as the one who helped her get her award.....I said God had given you good vocal chords.....The mention of God would set her off again. Not unrelated...Do your home work, please.

[cuicuimusic]

I know exactly what she said, as i mentioned I am a fan of hers. It came out of the blue imo because she's not the biggest aheist there is. Religion is not in her material as a comedian and she said that mostly for shock value. If you had said "Richard Dawkins" then I wouldn't have made the same remark.

Btw she explained her idea behind what she said in her interview with larry king, which i thought was very clever. I guess you made your homework and know about that too ?

[Arizona22Rose]

Kathy Griffin would hate me for this......God has truly blessed you with a wonderful set of vocal chords and with your devotion to practice, you have turned out some heavenly sounding music.

Thank you for a great listen.

Just awesome!

Rosie

[cuicuimusic]

Haha I don't know why you mention Kathy Griffin, is it from a comment I left on one of her videos ? I just love her. Don't worry I'm sure she wouldn't mind you cite the lord's name no in vain ;)

I don't feel myself so much religious, but some of the religious is so beautiful that I gladly put that aside !

Any way thanks a lot for your comment !

[Arizona22Rose]

replied in new comment, sorry.

Rosie

[mradaChris]

Had to listen again! So beautiful, so wonderful! I have to listen to all of your videos now! :-)

chris

[mradaChris]

This is really fantastic!

[CypriotPhilosopher]

Amazing; thanks for sharing this.

[jlunger]

you have a truly amazing voice! thank you for sharing it with us.

[Musicaltenor1]

That was sooo good! Gave me chills at parts! beautiful!

[Lothiniel]

Just awesome... you have gained my respect as a musician. You've got a fan in Spain!

[LAngeDMusique]

this is fantastic!!!! Wow. I'm blown away

[chaseferrellmusic]

wow...wow...i don't even know what all to say. You have an amazing range. Just gorgeous...it's def. going under my favorites! I'm a Voice Major so I'll be sure to let my friends listen to this :)

[bboymasochist]

This is the song responsible for my obsession with 6/8 and Db major. No. Really. It remains my favorite Faure piece, followed closely by Soir. I tear up everytime I hear this, and more often than not I start crying fullout.

[melman74b]

I liked your first version, but putting it in stereo makes it sound even better.. Such a unique and beautiful treatment of a truly sublime work.

[koristacica]

This is totally wonderful!

[pookiestein01]

Pretty!

[Siralexander666]

my god!

First time i sang this it made me cry, it's so beautiful.

The way you've done this is absolutely amazing, and it sounds like a complete choir.

My hat goes off to you, i am completely in awe!

[peterday2]

I reckon you have got the tempo nailed, far harder to sing well slowly, without it getting dragged down! nice one

[IsItBehindTheFridge]

I've put this as my first 'favorite' as an example of what one person can achieve.

[cuicuimusic]

well thanks very much !

[jeanfrancoisk]

I also think that this performance has succeeded in expressing and in realising the beauty of this cantique. As a matter of fact, this is my favorite music since 1976. Thanks a lot. Encore une fois, merci beaucoup.

[nicsthomp]

It's a bit too fast I think but still nice.

[cuicuimusic]

Yes, I often get that. It's faster than most fo the version (if not all) you can find on youtube. My opinion is that you lose a bit the words meaning if you take it even slower. But that's just my feeling about it :)

[jhunter194]

I completely agree.

[organpoole]

what do u mean a bit too fast? I think it's absolutely brilliant, I'm an organist myself and wouldn't think of playing it any slower

[nicsthomp]

Just my opinion! I've sung this in the church it was composed for when i was on tour and I just feel it's a bit fast. It's still one of thes best versions on youtube, I just find it to be more evocative when played slower.

[Hopps1991]

my choir is doing this. It's really cool. This is an excellent representation

[taemon101]

Excellent! Just a couple of tiny errors in pronunciation, but other than that, brilliant. Cantique's not an easy song to sing!

[cuicuimusic]

Thanks mate ! Though I would be curious to know what are the errors in pronunciation you spotted :) (hint: look at my profile or maybe listen to one of the english song I slaughter ;))

[taemon101]

Okay, I've looked at your profile, and now feel quite silly giving you advice! But I've always been told to make an elision between "conduit" and "à", in the phrase, "Qui là conduit à l'oubli de tes lois". Maybe I'm wrong?

I thought that an elision was needed in "très haut", but I'm definitely wrong about that; I forgot about the aspirate "h".

[cuicuimusic]

Well done for paying attention to those details, it's very good !

I think you mean liaison whereby you would make an usually silent final consonant sound when before a word starting with a vowel. Elision is something like suppressing part of words.

You are right about "très haut", no liaison there because of the h.

For "conduit à", I think you can do both. I can't chose objectively and I went to how I would pronounce it if I was speaking. You can chose to do it, it's perfectly correct.

[elliegrim]

I'm singing this with the national girls choir of scotland. Singing soprano 2, although we changed the parts round a bit I think. :) It's hard to tell when you're in a choir just what it's like and all. One of my favourite songs to sing. :) ALSO, I love french! Oops, I'm going on. But how can a dude reach those notes? :)

Is it falsetto or something? :)

[cuicuimusic]

That's definitely falsetto for the soprano. For the alto voice it's half falsetto, half head voice. National girls choir of Scotland, that's impressive :)

[elliegrim]

Ahh yeah, I'm normally a soprano one and can reach a top C. But for the national girls choir audition I had a nasty illness, so I couldn't reach as high. Never hurts to sing a different part though eh?

Yeah, national girls choir of scotland is quite impressive. Been in it twice now :D

Do you sing in choirs and so on?

[cuicuimusic]

Yeah maybe you can take the opportunity to work on your medium register. See the bright side :)

I just sing in my uni choir, nothing big :)

[elliegrim]

Ohh righty :P Tu es à l'université à l'étranger? J'ai l'intention d'aller à l'university de Leiden en Pays Bas pour étudier la traduction. :P

[krazyforyou12]

singing this in concert choir now .. my teacher recommended this hah! it's amazing !! you even did the soprano parts ??

[cuicuimusic]

You will thank your teacher for me ! Tell him (her ?) that I also did a track with only tenor and one with only alto, in case that can help :)

Yeah I did all the part including soprano. It only goes up to a G flat, and I recorded the soprano voice three times (instead of two for the other voices) to add some volume to this register in my virtual choir.

PS: regina spektor is ace ;)

[krazyforyou12]

its awesome ! and yes, regina rocks .

[dtam68130]

Really so lovely... And what a neat idea. One man chorus. Well done.

[cuicuimusic]

Thanks, I used the chorus effect to hide my voice behind its multiplication, and it kind of worked ! I have other one man choir on my profile, check them one day if you have time (they are more rough than this one though ;))

[DaGuittarMan]

good job buddy!

this is a beautiful song.

[Calamaistr]

it felt going a bit to fast hmm, did you really do all the voice pitches?

[cuicuimusic]

Yeah the tempo choice is deliberate, I can udnerstand it's unsettling to some. Some of the tempo here on Youtube are way too slow so that you can't really follow the melodic phrases, I tried to avoid that.

If that's what you meant, I did sing all the voices myself. No big deal, see the alto part I posted recently, it's not stellar :) (the notes are there though).

[Scurvied]

Thanks for this. I have to sing this for choir and am not good at sight reading. You really helped me learn the notes and you posted the french version!

[cuicuimusic]

I didn't know there were other version than french but thanks :)

[Scurvied]

Oh sorry excuse my idiocity xD

I guess I only thought that because my choir sheets had both French and English lyrics on them.

[fippling]

Thank you so much. This was great. I sang this song in french in a local choir in Mosjøen Norway some years ago. I looked up and found the text book. The text was also in english - translated by a man called Norman Platt in 1968.

[ghostwolf52]

This is way too awesome.

[jtball1888]

Wow this is even better than the other one. :) I dont even remember when you posted this. I could have enjoyed it like 2 months ago.lol

[cuicuimusic]

Yeah with this one you get kind of a bigger picture uh :p

[Quinault77]

I think that there is a mistake at 2:09, you say "répand sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante", bu Racine wrote "le feu de ta grâce invincible.". Also, I don't know if it's an oversight, but you didn't sing the whole the texte.

[cuicuimusic]

Hi Quinault ! Do you have a score that says that or do you refer to the original text ? In all the scores and recordings I had it was "puissante".

[cuicuimusic]

Also, I just googled it and I found two things. There is indeed an alternative version where puissante/languissante is replaced by invincible/insensible. Google found 4 answer for "le feu de ta grâce invicible" and 181 for "le feu de ta grâce puissante". So your version exist indeed but mine seems to be more largely used. Do you have info about which one is the original ?

[Quinault77]

I didin't know that it was an other version, sorry. But it's sure, the rest of the text is

"O Christ ! Sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle,

Pour te bénir maintenat assemblé,

Recoit les chants qu'il offre à ta gloire immortelle,

Et de tes dons qu'il retourne comblé.

Exauce, Père Saint, notre ardente prière,

Verbe son fils, esprit leur noeud divin,

Dieu, qui tout éclatant de ta propre lumière,

Règnes au ciel sans principe et sans fin!"

[andrewfurlong123]

bonjour ,I am learninng the cntique for a concrt in Nice with my new choral inGrasse (06) I find your`s very helpful and am able to pick out the tenor and melodies better than more grand orchastrated version,I listen to you a lot ,thank you.canpau.

[cuicuimusic]

Hi Andrew ! I'm glad it helped you. Actually since tenor is my voice I tended to put it a bit louder than the other voices ;)

[zippyninny]

the bass and tenor voice has no bass or tenor tone...n the song does not hav much phrasing and dynamics...

[cuicuimusic]

I know there is no dynamics/phrasing , that was already written in the video description.

I'm not a bass, never will be, that's also in the video description.

I'm pretty confident I have a tenor tone though, and I guess I should be flattered you didn't mention the tone of the alto voice that I did myself too. In particular, half of it is chest voice, does the result really sound more like an alto than the tenor part ?? I'm not convinced. Maybe I'm wrong.

[ghostwolf52]

Shut up, and learn to spell.

[etducher]

Wonderful!! I think it's the best version I heard on You Tube!

Continuez comme ça!

[flyguytw]

that was amazing!

one of my favorite choral pieces.

[cuicuimusic]

Thanks ! Same here :)

[redman147]

Its been a long while since i heard a good male soprano. i used to be able to do that, but i can no longer do it. im a tenor-1 to bass-2. i miss those high singing days.

[cuicuimusic]

Yeah I can't really sing that high that well too to be honest ! Still trying from time to time though :)

[keliiib]

i love when guys can sing soprano =]

you sound better than most of the sopranos in my choir haha

[cuicuimusic]

hehe thanks :) i was conducting my school choir and often would give example to the soprano, because being a guy I had thought more of technique to hit high notes (whereas they could naturally get them and sometimes tried to force them). My soprano is not so good though :)

[keliiib]

one of my friends is a bass but he can hit the soprano notes and do it better than half our sopranos. i love that he has so much range haha

[zippyninny]

i think its bcos some basses or baritones have a wide falsetto range...some basses i noe are juz like tt....

[Kernzi]

very nice. The choir i'm in are doing this at the moment. I'm an alto. But anyway good work.

[cuicuimusic]

alto is the best register in my opinion :)

[KrisShred]

Wow, that was wonderful!! :)

[cuicuimusic]

It's thanks to you ! I did what you advised to keep most of the initial audio quality. Thanks again for that, now I do it all the time !

[KrisShred]

Yeah, it's worthwhile :)

Keep up the good work! =)

[Veralucy]

Hope that not for funerals!

Reminds me my coral classes and the lovely chapel of my childhood on Notre Dame School, here in Rio.

[cuicuimusic]

No I don't think it is. That is unless the deceased requested it ;)

(wow bit morbid lol)

[Veralucy]

Is this a kind of Dark Humor-Humor Negro, my dear french friend hahahahaha?

Fala sério! Serious!

Muito bonita mesmo to whatever intentions!

[cuicuimusic]

i just said it's not written to be played at a funeral !

[Veralucy]

Well, so I'm feeling free to favorite it, mon ami!

Que assim seja! So be it!

Amem!

[cuicuimusic]

Please do :)

hugs

[Veralucy]

This is beautiful! is it this song for weddings or for other solemnities purposes?

[cuicuimusic]

I don't think so, none that I know of.