jaroussky : lascia ch'io pianga (Handel)

[SoMusicMe]

Le jazz a la fin c'est de trop...

[Jextxadore]

Heh, the unsure look on Jaroussky's face near the beginning of the jazz part. Part unsure and part dislike.

[DoroSusi]

A good song is a good song, if you sing it the classical way or play it the jazzy way...

Handel rocks!

[nabzz1978]

Le saxo à la fin est d'une horreur... Mais la voix est merveilleuse, incroyable. Il faut être sourd pour prétendre qu'un homme ne doit pas chanter dans le registre d'une femme.

[234yess]

a pantroleon te paso el nombre de otro aria el cual es tan bella es un aria da capo pero es espectacular.

Es el mentre dormi amor fomenti del olimpade de vialdi.

Si alguien lo busca que lo busque cantado por este gran cantante.

Y si no os llegase a gustar (lo que resultaría dificil) buscad el vedro con mio dileto tambien de vivaldi.

[michelvillamar]

Maravillosooooooo....

[pantroleon]

hijo de su re su putisima madre del los mil carajos a la verga del mas re jodido cabrón de mierda y este es un adjetivo superfluo de la gran admiración a la increíble interpretación de Jaroussky no puedo decir mas: bello, sublime, excelso etc, que mas, violentamente increíble, arte el mundo necesita estas muestras de arte chingada madre

[234yess]

fantastico sencillamenete espectacular¡¡¡¡¡

[ripa600]

You music snobs.. if you like to think of yourselves as great music connaisseurs at least try to learn to appreciate and respect other styles and interpretations and, above all, learn how to recognize quality music, otherwise you are just making fools of yourselves.

[mep1990]

@ripa600 As of me, I don't think I am what you call a snob, I love almost any kind of music and quite like many of the unorthodox approaches to classical music I've heard some truly great jazz rearrangements and improvisations on baroque music, but this is a quite poor one. Excepting Jaroussky, the other musicians aren't top-class, including the jazz guys, but the main problem is the lack of a transition to the jazz parrt, so it doesn't really fit toghether.

[Xavituber]

I felt like listening to Handel on my iPod sitting on a bus, and suddenly two clowns get on the bus and start playing trumpets... awful!!!!!

[lelivevet]

hey guys ! open up ! Damnit

[miiuska52]

yeah i am not a fan of the jazz added to this song.. it is completely taking Handels style out of his own music. i simply dont understand this concept.

[MUREX641]

LE Contre Ténor par excellence !

[missello1000]

He sounds like a little girl...

[koubiakiller]

@missello1000 --> 100% douchebag

[Spikesfeet]

J' admets que ma vigilance avait trompé par ce type qui joue le violoncelle... aaaah

[sitarooman]

hey that's quatuor ebene!

[pm0834]

i can't believe people are bashing on jaroussky... he's not the world's most famous contratenor for nothing... and for those who say he's only famous because he is a contratenor... there are so many other contratenors... he's not the only one... get a life...

[taf289]

Philippe m'a frappé votre talent, ont ravi mon cœur. erci pour tout ce que vous faites pendant la durée de vie TA en tant qu'artiste. taf289

[Rapacruel]

Tem como não se emocionar com a voz de Jaroussky combinada com essa linda obra?

[sumomanu]

absolutely amazing !

[MrCallystus]

I think its absolutelly terrible the way this piece is so marvelously performed , then ruined by that silly jazz attempt ... Some things are to be left how they are...

[baritonebynight]

A tranny Almerina?

[fforganista]

LINDA INTERPRETAÇÃO!!!  BRAVO

[dellantonio]

@arpeggio 1358 - his technique is entirely in keeping with what we know of vocal styles of the 1700s - true, he doesn't sound like a modern large-hall nineteenth-century-style opera singer, but that doesn't mean his technique isn't "very good"...

[arpeggio1358]

He really sings in a pop style. He isn't a classical or opera singer. His technique isn't very good, especially his coloratura technique.

[Erikk91]

@arpeggio1358 His voice lacks profundity. His success is only because of his being a male ( only biologically ) singing with a stupid feminine voice.

[arpeggio1358]

@Erikk91 His success results from a lot of hype and a big marketing machine. The countertenor voice is a legitimate one which uses falsetto. They are quite highly regarded. Please do some research on them so you won't again mistake what they are all about. Also listen to real operatic countertenors like Nicholas Spanos, Paul Esswood, Brian Asawa, David Daniels, Max Emmanuel Cencic, Andreas Scholl.

[Erikk91]

@arpeggio1358 I am studying musicology, and also i study piano at Conservatory. I know what you are talking about, but i can't stand counters. I am wondering WHY, existing female voices, a man should sing like a women. I know that historically there were castratos, but we are in 2011.

[arpeggio1358]

@Erikk91 In the past few years there has been a revival of baroque music. Many opera companies like to have a CT sing the roles that originally were sung by castrati, rather than having a mezzo sing a trouser role. Also, there have been CT Cherubinos (Marriage of Figaro), Prince Orlofskys (Die Fledermaus) and Fyodors (Boris Godunov) among others. I have no problem with it as it returns males to male roles...except maybe Fyodor as that character is a little boy.

[arpeggio1358]

@Erikk91 (part 2) Perhaps if you listened to a few more CTs you would learn to appreciate the voice. It isn't a 'man singing like a woman thing, it's just another voice type. If you're thinking that all CTs are gay, that is not true.

[evansquilt]

@Erikk91 - because women have a different timbre to their voices. A female soprano does NOT sound like a castrato or a countertenor, and producing a Baroque opera with women in the male roles is not authentic.

If you're really a music student, please go speak to the voice teachers before speaking on this subject again. Right now you're coming across as very uninformed.

[Erikk91]

@evansquilt I know all the things you said and trust me, i have read more books than you on the argument. Can I have my own opinion?

[evansquilt]

@Erikk91

Certainly, but your earlier post makes me doubt that you know much about early music, let alone that you've done an unusual amount of reading on the subject.

Again, please go speak to an early music specialist. You may change your mind.

[ZKJonathan]

@Erikk91 you are jealous of him !! Admit that... sour grape philosophy does not help you grow or improve your skill except making you feel better for a moment. You called his voice as "singing with a stupid feminie voice" shows how disrespectful you are to others. After all, you are un-known to others ...

[Erikk91]

@ZKJonathan Can i say what i want or we live under a dictator...?I only said I prefer women to sing this. That's enough

[ZKJonathan]

@Erikk91 poor Erikk. you are so jealous of his talent... grow up Erikk.

[supaitube]

Este hombre es fantástico. Qué pena la acústica, pero al del saxo no lo salva nadie, jajaja.

[miouzz92]

@supaitube Escucha bien, porque esto pasa al jazz lol y es muy bonito tambien

[HerrWarja]

The woman in the colorfull blouse looks disturb

[zgopify]

Philippe didn't seem to like the saxophone, neither did I...

[ygarlot]

Mon petit Philippe, tu fais partie (excuse moi de te tutoyer) des rares personnes au monde à être addict à la plus pure des drogues : la vibration de la colonne d'air. Virtuose de la vocalise, une justesse hors du commun, et une pureté de tilmbre à faire se retourner La Callas dans sa tombe. Je vais m'arréter là, j'ai des fourmis dans les doigts...

Ca s'écoute les yeux fermés ;-)

[HerrWarja]

Subtitles would be good

[nahuelvega87]

problem at 5:25

[nahuelvega87]

yes in the "sospiri"

[JohnnyCoolMusic]

Vraiment excellent! 5 stars!

Johnny Cool, Montreal, Canada

[MrTonysinger]

great!!! magnifique!! les cuivres splendide!

[CaraPhilos]

So it is physically different to sing Bach or Handel. Coloraturas enable the singer to show his capacities of breath etc. Handel wrote down the coloraturas, but some singers, especially castratos, used so many ornamentations that the composer sometimes could not recognize his own melody.

Then Philippe demonstrates how he improvises ornamentation.

Very interesting, thank you for posting this here!

[CaraPhilos]

They talk about how Bach always remained in his country, while Handel travelled all over Europe, was international, even changed his name. And while Bach wrote without being preoccupied with respiration and other technical difficulties, Handel worked for singers he knew, and for their special abilities, and made them work it is bel canto already.

[conejamusical]

if i could understand french, i'd love ever more this video....

[sfkcbf]

An excellent and easy-to-understand example of the importance of improvisation in both Baroque arias and in jazz. Thank you for posting.

[treblechoir99]

Agree with you my friend. And It's Handel to pionner. wonderful.

[anhvanfr]

Super Uo !

[mradaChris]

That was very enjoyable!  Especially the jazz version at the end.