Passados praticamente 25 anos da apresentação, ainda se discute sobre o vibrato ou notas puras nesta bela apresentação. Há de se considerar que o garoto se esmerou em apresentar
uma boa performance. Considere-se também a sua idade na época. Certamente hoje ele canta muito melhor. Parabéns ao solista e ao coral. São ótimos. Perfeccioniso em excesso não é saudável.
Having been a chorister, and listening back now, what differentiates the male soprano voice is its ability to apparently soar without limit. It is given, "forward in the mouth" and is heard in all its purity. No idea why the female voice does not achieve the same thing. It is neither better or worse; just different. Personally, I prefer a multi-part male only choir.
I sing without vibrato and people stampede for the exits. Edith Piaf sang with great vibrato and millions upon millions of her fans....obviously have no taste whatsoever!
This is so beautiful and for pure sound I do prefer a boy soprano. But if I want an emotional interpretation I want to hear a rich, adult, female soprano. "Holy Jesus, Lord, give them rest, eternal rest." Not only do I not believe a ten year old boy truly understands that, I don't want to think of a ten year old in such pain that he does understand imploring God to give rest to the dead. That is much easier to take from an old woman.
I'm so glad to hear sacred music without the tiresome "political correcness" bs of women's voices. As has been said about vibrato, their over-richness in vocal harmonic development simply inappropriately distracts from the purity of the construction of the sonic edifice as compared to boys where the purity of their sonorities is breathless and breathtaking. The lilting compelling flow of the Agnus Dei is profoundly and even toe-tappingly heavenly.
My favourite Requiem; the Agnus Dei being my favourite part of the Requiem. I sang this piece; it's spine-tinglingly beautiful. Heartbreaking harmonies.
Louise Florence & Niall Cahill performed Pie Jesu at the Living Links Service of Remembrance at Cavan Parish Church on 15th May 2011, remembering friends and relatives who have died by suicide.
I first heard the Faure on the night that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Since that time it has remained my most favorite mass. The Kings College Chapel Choir has done several versions of this and I'm still amazed at the wonder of their voices! Thanks so much for uploading this. It's a gorgeous work, beautifully done.
ABSOLUTELY OVER-THE-TOP GORGEOUS. THE ONLY THING BETTER IS TO SEE IT IN PERSON. GOOSE-BUMPS AND SHIVERS!!!! PIE JESU IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL - ART OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!!!
@olivierarsene76 Bonsoir. Je partage votre avis. Cette version du Pie Jesus est, à mon goût, la meilleure que j'ai entendue. D'autre part, entendre un enfant anglais qui chante, en latin, une œuvre d'un musicien français; n'est-ce pas un signe que l'Europe n'est pas totalement une utopie; le beau n'as pas de frontière. "Dona nobis pacem aeternam" . Cordialement à vous.
My favorite Requiem of all time. I love the melody, even more so than Mozart's. I'm just referring to my personal taste, not to the technical merits of either work.
I think the tempo is too fast, but slower takes more breath control than this child probably has. I prefer a very light vibrato. He does a nice job, but it's a little colorless. I prefer Kiri Te Kanawa's rendition of this.
@Trillidotia .je partage en partie votre avis: le tempo du Pie Jesus peut sembler un peu rapide. Pour le vibrato, il me semble que celui de Kiri Te Kanawa n'est pas totalement conforme au chant latin du Requiem . L'interprétation de Cecilia Bartoli peut être entendue comme un compromis entre ces différentes versions. Bien à vous.
The vibrato vs. no vibrato argument is specious as it seeks to generalize beyond this particular piece what ought to be done or not done always. It is nice to know however there is an appreciative lot out there who can hear the difference. For my part, I like the "straight" sound sans vibrato with the solo parts, but from what I hear it is rather hard on one's voice. This is so beautiful. I bought the CD years ago of this particular group doing it, nice to see the video.
Quiet right...a good singer has to be able to use the vibrato as an embellishment and not as a constant sign of no control over his/her voice. How else do you express otherworldnyness than just using no vibrato at all. It is a matter of taste and musicianship.
Kings College/Cambridge have always interpreted Faure's Requiem with perfection, imo...it's unfair, but i always compare other versions to this one...either way, SO BEAUTIFUL...thank you, Faure!!
@herisauer I am not sure ! A normal, natural vibrato is safe . To try to sing without, when you cannot, can cause a stress. Some voices are naturally larger. Different voices for different works. The singer has to choose what is suitable for himself.
@Zebrinne but it is true that a good singer must be able to use minimum vibrato most of the time. That's the case for me, in any case, because I sing mostly baroque, but I was a boy singer for many years (and still am, I guess, in a way!) and a child's voice must be pure and vibrato-free, at least that is how I see it.
@alecto9322 but the vibrato must be mediated so that it doesn't overtake the voice and make "lazy" singers that basically just sing with vibrato (and too much of it). I know this because I've been a lazy singer and have been trying to fix it for a long time!
@willjohn28 that's exactly what i wrote. i said singers who can not sing without it, can't sing. and to all other sho replied to me. my comment did say nothing about the quality of the singing in this video, it was just a response to another comment.
@herisauer I agree that vibrato is over used often by women who think that is what is expected and it can become unpleasant. That is why I often prefer a boy's unadulterated yet perhaps youthful and immature treble. Thank you for your comment.
@jfbecks17 Quite right. Balance of subglottal pressure and airflow produce vibrato. So why does everyone pinch their voices on leading and passing notes today??
great version. Please have a listen to my version if you have time - its for solo flugelhorn. Click on my usename to view. The video is called 'Pie Jesu - Flugelhorn & Organ'.
Faure intended both soloists to have that "cantor-like" quality as in the Catholic Church, pure, clear as silver, and lyrical, not vibrato-wide-a-truck-can-fit-through-it operatic. Excellent job!
No he doesn't. And besides, if he does, it adds to the performance rather than detract from it. I can only assume you've not had to do such a solo yourself! :) (and I don't do smilies). It's great and I'm a right wing atheist.
@hannahbaby86 I was referring to the video itself. The title of the video says "Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei", but a third piece, "In Paradisum" starts at around the seven minute mark.
@hannahbaby86 I was referring to the video itself. The title of the video says "Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei", but a third piece, "In Paradisum" starts at around the seven minute mark.
@hannahbaby86 I was referring to the video itself. The title of the video says "Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei", but a third piece, "In Paradisum" starts at around the seven minute mark.
WTF? Music isn't supposed to be wrong. The whole point is that you practice it until it is perfect or as close as. This is just about as perfect as you get, SO DON'T DISS IT!
Its so fast. I sing this, its meant to be be about half that speed. Mind you, it is in quite long phrases when sung correctly, so maybe they quickened the tempo to fit with his lung capacity.
@ilufiki i have expirience at being in a childrens choir im head chorister of chester cathedral girls choir i have sung the pie jesu many a time and it is indeed a compliment that i have a naturally straight boy chorister sounding voice because that helps me to sing the typw of music we sing at the cathedral almost everyday.
kynoscar im a girl chorister and i have sung that loads and people say i sound like a boy chorister when i sing soo girls can do it there are lots of good girls choirs
@livandjazz You are fortunate to get those comments but the fact that you do suggests that when people say that boys sing better than girls, they are in fact correct. As someone who has experience with childfen's choirs I belive girls' voices do not meld as well as those of boys. Aled
What we have is a girl who sounds like a boy but who is, in actual fact, a girl. This simply proves that people who claim that "boys make better singers than girls" are making incorrect and ill informed assumptions...
... As a cathedral lay-clerk I have had many years singing alongside girls' and boys' choirs and heard much spectacular singing from both. From these choirs I have also heard plenty of fabulous solo singing from both boys and girls so from my experience I cannot agree that boys' voices are necessarily better than those of girls.
@ifuliki 'liveandjazz' doesn't really do herself justice. She may have been told that she sounds like a boy, because people tend to use the 'boy treble' sound as a benchmark for traditional rather than quality reasons. I have heard her (liveandjazz) sing many times. She has a voice of the utmost purity and beauty, coupled with a musical maturity that the finest boy treble might equal, but would be unlikely to surpass. The vibrato issue mentioned is generally more applicable to older women.
Some of the greatest and most wonderful music ever written. Wasn't Faure an agnostic? That would make it all the more remarkable that he wrote such an inspired work.
Yes, he sings it beautifully, but too fast and one mistake. In the flesh I've heard 2 women singing this, both with more clarity and virtually perfectly. Misere, on t'other hand, though lovely and powerful, couldn't be sung so sucessfully by a woman.
well seeing as how boys have been sings far longer than females in choir and public settings they have evolved into such voices. i know.. i was in a boychoir myself. The Northwest boychoir
Sublime voices from a superlative choir; it moved me to tears,and I feel privileged to have been able to hear and see this performance. Wonder what has become of the fabulous soloist?
It sounds wonderful sung by a boy. Although, Faure actually composed it as a lullaby sung by the virgin Mary to the new born Jesus. As long as it retains and conveys that innocence and sincerity it will be beautiful.
there's just something about this song... it gives me a feeling of nostalgia. It makes me think back at the beautiful memories I have, but for some reason I want to cry. I wish I was still a little boy so I could sing this high. I wish that as a little boy I was singing like him. I didn't even start singing (the mere idea) until a few months ago. I mean, these kids would have to be very mature in order to sing this stuff, otherwise how would they be able to stand throughout all of it?
No, little boys do not have to be the only ones to ever sing this. Spoken by people who are afraid that even the smallest aura of femaleness is a taint.
When the Dubai Singers performed this, it was sung by a sop. She was instructed to sing it as a "boy". She did and it worked well. My Favourite version is Aled Jones / Bernstein.
I'm a female soprano and even I agree that young boys sound better haha not that women sound bad, it's just that young boys have a certain angelic sound that women can't quite produce..unfortunately for women, most choir directors expect that same sound from us haha
wat about havin a younger girl sing it. surely it would give the same purity - i mean a girl would give the same purity and quality as long as they have trained their voice and if their voice suited this kind of song.xxx
What I love about this version is the soloists beautiful and pure voice. I am so sick to death of the tired, vibratto, opera singer style versions. I always thought less was more and that's coming from a classically trained singers perspective!
@GriminyC I completely agree!!! I hate the too much vibrato. For this song I only like a clear voice that is smooth and angelic! I can't stand a lot of vibrato. Than again, I'm very picky with texture in sound. hehehehe.
I totally agree. I sung in many choirs as a 'boy treble' and later as a bass, and used to think using vibrato was almost cheating as it meant that the voice wasn't always totally 'in tune', so to speak. It was described as a 'wobble' around the true and pure note, which I always thought ruined it! Rock on anti-vibrato-ers!
@vestax720 I agree as well . . . this is part of my solo repertoire (I sing soprano in choirs as well as doing bits and bobs by myself) and I think the vibrato absolutely kills it! If you sing this pure and the pitch is true it's so much more moving!
@vestax720 Yes I am an anti vibrato-er. It has its place but sometimes especially in older classically trained singers the vibrato is so fierce that you cannot actually tell what the note is supposed to be! I have no vibrato in my voice at all, which perhaps goes the other way. I appreciate a singer who can keep a note steady or introduce vibrato if needed.
@GriminyC Oh,I do so heartily agree. All that bloody vibrato bugs me. I get to the point I won't listen. I ask myself, "What is the point?" Vibrato is supposed to lend warmth to the voice and when limited, it has its place. It is nice to be able to "audition" a piece in YT before one buys. I am glad you said that. If enough of us do maybe "they" will see the light. Is it the distaff side we need to speak to?
Aled (Not classically trained but many years as a chorister)
Passados praticamente 25 anos da apresentação, ainda se discute sobre o vibrato ou notas puras nesta bela apresentação. Há de se considerar que o garoto se esmerou em apresentar
uma boa performance. Considere-se também a sua idade na época. Certamente hoje ele canta muito melhor. Parabéns ao solista e ao coral. São ótimos. Perfeccioniso em excesso não é saudável.
jonilson45 3 weeks ago
Arguably, one of the finest renditions i've ever heard!
TheReneex 1 month ago
I can't believe I come to listen to one of the most beautiful pieces of music and see a massive argument about the use of vibrato! Ridiculous!
KattiKatja 1 month ago
at the cathedral where I sang we had a warbler soprano--very out of place for choral music
1976theusafband 1 month ago
pure good sound needs no vibrato
1976theusafband 1 month ago
Having been a chorister, and listening back now, what differentiates the male soprano voice is its ability to apparently soar without limit. It is given, "forward in the mouth" and is heard in all its purity. No idea why the female voice does not achieve the same thing. It is neither better or worse; just different. Personally, I prefer a multi-part male only choir.
capcom1969 1 month ago
I sing without vibrato and people stampede for the exits. Edith Piaf sang with great vibrato and millions upon millions of her fans....obviously have no taste whatsoever!
Well, people are half right anyway.
lurking0death 1 month ago
This music is a salve for the soul.
fasteddyuk 3 months ago
What can I say? Hats off!
mactoja 3 months ago
Im a girl but apparently i sound like a choir boy, that is why im singing this...
ArmonCooper 3 months ago
my friends in choir class and i are singing this song, too. i thought it was good till i heard this :(
S2gleelover 4 months ago
Faure wrote this part for a boy soprano. That is probably the best reason for it to be sung by a boy soprano.
carolineleiden 4 months ago 2
Vibrato is used to cover tonal imperfection. If one can do it without vibrato, bravo.
GeorgeRBM1999 4 months ago
This is so beautiful and for pure sound I do prefer a boy soprano. But if I want an emotional interpretation I want to hear a rich, adult, female soprano. "Holy Jesus, Lord, give them rest, eternal rest." Not only do I not believe a ten year old boy truly understands that, I don't want to think of a ten year old in such pain that he does understand imploring God to give rest to the dead. That is much easier to take from an old woman.
mezzoly 4 months ago
This is as pure and musical as I've ever heard this solo sung. Utterly magnificent!
novisibersk 4 months ago in playlist Pie Jesu
This is a strange work, but at the same time this is very deep and spiritual.
Vic2Guem4 4 months ago
Gorgeous!!!
Check out another fantastic Requiem by the Swedish composer: Fredrik Sixten
bachfreaky 5 months ago
I'm so glad to hear sacred music without the tiresome "political correcness" bs of women's voices. As has been said about vibrato, their over-richness in vocal harmonic development simply inappropriately distracts from the purity of the construction of the sonic edifice as compared to boys where the purity of their sonorities is breathless and breathtaking. The lilting compelling flow of the Agnus Dei is profoundly and even toe-tappingly heavenly.
russedav5 5 months ago
too fast :(
xxxnaomihannaxxx 5 months ago
My favourite Requiem; the Agnus Dei being my favourite part of the Requiem. I sang this piece; it's spine-tinglingly beautiful. Heartbreaking harmonies.
mrsspanner14 6 months ago
I heard this song on an episode of South Park. It's beautiful.
eyeAMtwinkEE 6 months ago
Nothing like the purity of a boys voice. You can tell immediately whether its a boy or a girl singing, I don't know what it is but there's something
livesteam 6 months ago
Lux aeterna at 5:20.....makes my heart sing and my eyes tear up :')
KarenTheRetroHippie 6 months ago
Very nice.
Merdecola 6 months ago
Beautiful. Glad it wasn't too slow like some renditions
iansdigby 7 months ago
Très bien !
Ecoutez: "PIE JESU Maîtrise de Nîmes"
MaitrisedeNimes 7 months ago
Louise Florence & Niall Cahill performed Pie Jesu at the Living Links Service of Remembrance at Cavan Parish Church on 15th May 2011, remembering friends and relatives who have died by suicide.
youtube.com/watch?v=zygZ3PrOVcY
BigAlCavan 8 months ago
Indrukwekkend-impressionante
buddysify 8 months ago
Phenomenal.
free2singxgrl 8 months ago
Humano. É a demonstração da superioridade do homem.
Armando1735 8 months ago
nessuna voce femminile puo' essere cosi' pura....
federricoilgrande 8 months ago
I think 23 dislikes were for the sound quality, it's a little dissapointing. The voices are immaculate
mangeHer 8 months ago 2
perfecto
docdavidb 8 months ago
awesome
nprotec 8 months ago
fantastico
federricoilgrande 9 months ago
agree with etaylor100 on this one. warble-warble vibrato just doesn't do faure's requiem justice.
hasenrower 9 months ago
I might sing Pie Jesu for NYSSMA :)
lilgreenstar41 9 months ago
if you want to hear pie jesu done well listen to jackie evancho !!!!!!!!!
micqaqas 10 months ago
@micqaqas That was Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu; this is Faure.
mrsspanner14 6 months ago
I think 23 people are brain dead and forgot how to click the "like" button.
Princesslibbyloo7 10 months ago
I first heard the Faure on the night that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Since that time it has remained my most favorite mass. The Kings College Chapel Choir has done several versions of this and I'm still amazed at the wonder of their voices! Thanks so much for uploading this. It's a gorgeous work, beautifully done.
mikekui 10 months ago 3
el forro magnifico- yo es tengo spectacularrrre, les musiques enternelle du la plume de ma tante ole! Ole!
jessicafischerqueen 11 months ago
ABSOLUTELY OVER-THE-TOP GORGEOUS. THE ONLY THING BETTER IS TO SEE IT IN PERSON. GOOSE-BUMPS AND SHIVERS!!!! PIE JESU IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL - ART OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!!!
ChondaGrace 11 months ago
Does anyone feel that the pace could be a tiny bit slower?
Exit48Kate 11 months ago
Vendetta
olivierarsene76 11 months ago
This piece was write for a child and then the boy sing perfectly. This is one of the best version i have ever heard.
olivierarsene76 11 months ago 2
@olivierarsene76 Bonsoir. Je partage votre avis. Cette version du Pie Jesus est, à mon goût, la meilleure que j'ai entendue. D'autre part, entendre un enfant anglais qui chante, en latin, une œuvre d'un musicien français; n'est-ce pas un signe que l'Europe n'est pas totalement une utopie; le beau n'as pas de frontière. "Dona nobis pacem aeternam" . Cordialement à vous.
JakLivrade 11 months ago
one of my favorite recordings of faure's requiem of all time. one of the best and most authentic recordings, as well.
mybunnysings 1 year ago
My favorite Requiem of all time. I love the melody, even more so than Mozart's. I'm just referring to my personal taste, not to the technical merits of either work.
banjo9052 1 year ago
ABSOLUTELY LUSCIOUS AND GORGEOUS. NONE OF THOSE 22 COULD WRITE OR SING THIS AS WELL. VIBRATO SINKS BOTH IN CHORAL AND OPERA
ifuliki 1 year ago
I think the tempo is too fast, but slower takes more breath control than this child probably has. I prefer a very light vibrato. He does a nice job, but it's a little colorless. I prefer Kiri Te Kanawa's rendition of this.
Trillidotia 1 year ago
@Trillidotia .je partage en partie votre avis: le tempo du Pie Jesus peut sembler un peu rapide. Pour le vibrato, il me semble que celui de Kiri Te Kanawa n'est pas totalement conforme au chant latin du Requiem . L'interprétation de Cecilia Bartoli peut être entendue comme un compromis entre ces différentes versions. Bien à vous.
JakLivrade 11 months ago
Can't believe 22 people disliked this !!! are they deranged?? This rendtion is stunning !!!!
LiberaGemma 1 year ago 3
@LiberaGemma Hello, "I like this!" .
That's right: " it's stunning " .
Bien à vous.
JakLivrade 11 months ago
The vibrato vs. no vibrato argument is specious as it seeks to generalize beyond this particular piece what ought to be done or not done always. It is nice to know however there is an appreciative lot out there who can hear the difference. For my part, I like the "straight" sound sans vibrato with the solo parts, but from what I hear it is rather hard on one's voice. This is so beautiful. I bought the CD years ago of this particular group doing it, nice to see the video.
acbulgin2 1 year ago
Quiet right...a good singer has to be able to use the vibrato as an embellishment and not as a constant sign of no control over his/her voice. How else do you express otherworldnyness than just using no vibrato at all. It is a matter of taste and musicianship.
soundmundo 1 year ago
@5:15 Sooo goood....
Zhaboka 1 year ago
@Zhaboka YESSSSSSS
=)
lvb012 1 year ago
This always makes me feel so good to listen to... Thanks
jimoneill100 1 year ago
Kings College/Cambridge have always interpreted Faure's Requiem with perfection, imo...it's unfair, but i always compare other versions to this one...either way, SO BEAUTIFUL...thank you, Faure!!
sbrownie 1 year ago
These anti-vibrato people have no idea what they're talking about. Vibrato is not only healthy, but creates so much more color and tone in the voice.
jfbecks17 1 year ago 2
@jfbecks17 vibrat has to be used in doses. singers who can not sing without producing vibrato can not sing properly.
herisauer 1 year ago 13
@herisauer
yes but singing should be done using vibrato with straight tone for effect, not the other way around.
jfbecks17 1 year ago
@herisauer I am not sure ! A normal, natural vibrato is safe . To try to sing without, when you cannot, can cause a stress. Some voices are naturally larger. Different voices for different works. The singer has to choose what is suitable for himself.
Zebrinne 7 months ago 2
@Zebrinne but it is true that a good singer must be able to use minimum vibrato most of the time. That's the case for me, in any case, because I sing mostly baroque, but I was a boy singer for many years (and still am, I guess, in a way!) and a child's voice must be pure and vibrato-free, at least that is how I see it.
Guichotpresident 7 months ago
@Guichotpresident i dont think that vibrato is something bad, unless a vibrato make by himself, the vibrato must be natural
alecto9322 6 months ago
@alecto9322 but the vibrato must be mediated so that it doesn't overtake the voice and make "lazy" singers that basically just sing with vibrato (and too much of it). I know this because I've been a lazy singer and have been trying to fix it for a long time!
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Zebrinne 7 months ago
@herisauer i'm not a vibrato fan. The smoother the better in my humble opinion. This is perfect!
annier1000 5 months ago
@herisauer thats dog bollocks, you dont have to use vibrato to be a good singer
willjohn28 3 months ago
@willjohn28 that's exactly what i wrote. i said singers who can not sing without it, can't sing. and to all other sho replied to me. my comment did say nothing about the quality of the singing in this video, it was just a response to another comment.
herisauer 3 months ago
@herisauer ah my bad mate, misread your comment :P totally agree
willjohn28 3 months ago
@herisauer I agree that vibrato is over used often by women who think that is what is expected and it can become unpleasant. That is why I often prefer a boy's unadulterated yet perhaps youthful and immature treble. Thank you for your comment.
Aled
wondrouskid 2 months ago
@herisauer
what a crap
olilein1 2 months ago
@jfbecks17 Vibrato lacks that eerie resonance that comes from pure notes.
AurynThePaladin 1 year ago 7
@jfbecks17 Quite right. Balance of subglottal pressure and airflow produce vibrato. So why does everyone pinch their voices on leading and passing notes today??
AndyHirt 7 months ago
I've only just discovered this piece. I don't know how it's escaped me for so long. It's so beautiful it made me cry.
bobyule 1 year ago
great version. Please have a listen to my version if you have time - its for solo flugelhorn. Click on my usename to view. The video is called 'Pie Jesu - Flugelhorn & Organ'.
Let me know what you think. Cheers.
SamEwensTrumpet 1 year ago
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SamEwensTrumpet 1 year ago
A bit faster than usual isn't it?
flautist512 1 year ago
@flautist512 far too fast!
purplegirl110294 1 year ago
Formidaabile ::))
federricoilgrande 1 year ago
meraviglioso!
laversace 1 year ago
GANTZ MOLA!!! GANTZ ES LO MEJORRR!!! GANTZ!!!!!!!!
kemelbuli 1 year ago
Faure pedía que sea con la voz de un niño... conmovedor
Artemanopum 1 year ago
Faure intended both soloists to have that "cantor-like" quality as in the Catholic Church, pure, clear as silver, and lyrical, not vibrato-wide-a-truck-can-fit-through-it operatic. Excellent job!
etaylor100 1 year ago 55
@etaylor100 ABSOLUTELY!
ifuliki 1 year ago
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@etaylor100 Catholic Church and Pure don't belong in the same sentence.
Ryeguy9595 7 months ago
@Ryeguy9595 Oh forget the sectarian bigotry and enjoy the music.
2853lner 7 months ago 14
COOL!!!!!
TheHondurana 7 months ago
i actually believe that faure wrote this for a soprano soloist not a treble .
livandjazz 1 year ago
i kant ear im!
Tommyfazz 1 year ago
Does anyone know what the painting is in the background?
terabin06 1 year ago
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@terabin06. It's a painting by Rubens called The Adoration of the Magi.
Naschef 1 year ago
@terabin06 It's by Rubens and called The Adoration of the Magi.
Naschef 1 year ago
I agree with GrimimyC's comment about voices.
mmcrosbie 1 year ago
I absolutely love his pure non-vibrato voice. He sounds a bit uncertain though
blaatieblaatie11 1 year ago
@blaatieblaatie11 It's his youth. Give him a few years to mature and gain confidence.
mmcrosbie 1 year ago
No he doesn't. And besides, if he does, it adds to the performance rather than detract from it. I can only assume you've not had to do such a solo yourself! :) (and I don't do smilies). It's great and I'm a right wing atheist.
martingadd 1 year ago
@blaatieblaatie11 I agree he look a wee bit nervouse :0 thats the cute pie-ness of it!!
goldie1102 1 year ago
@blaatieblaatie11 He might look "a bit uncertain"; he certainly doesn't sound it.
nauort23 1 year ago 3
The work, and this performance, are both sensational!
JimTLonW6 1 year ago 2
WOW! Breathtaking...Purely Beautiful!
inbaly10 1 year ago
I believe the third piece is "In Paradisum", after Agnus Dei.
jllt69 1 year ago
@jllt69 "In Paradisum" is actually the 7th piece of the "Requiem". The 3rd is "Sanctus" and the Agnus Dei is the 5th.
hannahbaby86 1 year ago
@hannahbaby86 I was referring to the video itself. The title of the video says "Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei", but a third piece, "In Paradisum" starts at around the seven minute mark.
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it moved me
alisummerill 1 year ago
it moved me
alisummerill 1 year ago
it move me
alisummerill 1 year ago
Cue the hooded monks beating their own foreheads with wooden boards!
Totema1 1 year ago
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Good Lord, how boring!
Everything in tempo, without any breath or any attempt to make music.
haldelm 1 year ago
@haldelm
WTF? Music isn't supposed to be wrong. The whole point is that you practice it until it is perfect or as close as. This is just about as perfect as you get, SO DON'T DISS IT!
danball7777777 1 year ago
Its so fast. I sing this, its meant to be be about half that speed. Mind you, it is in quite long phrases when sung correctly, so maybe they quickened the tempo to fit with his lung capacity.
flautist512 1 year ago
@ilufiki i have expirience at being in a childrens choir im head chorister of chester cathedral girls choir i have sung the pie jesu many a time and it is indeed a compliment that i have a naturally straight boy chorister sounding voice because that helps me to sing the typw of music we sing at the cathedral almost everyday.
livandjazz 1 year ago
TT____TT I LOVE GANTZ
7murdock7 1 year ago
a little bit fast in my opinion, who is the name of the solist?
profemanarte 1 year ago
but why is the choirmaster taking it so fast, what's the bloody rush man
HeadofIbis 1 year ago 2
Boy choristers are far better than girls
Hazabelle1995 1 year ago
kynoscar im a girl chorister and i have sung that loads and people say i sound like a boy chorister when i sing soo girls can do it there are lots of good girls choirs
livandjazz 1 year ago 2
@livandjazz You are fortunate to get those comments but the fact that you do suggests that when people say that boys sing better than girls, they are in fact correct. As someone who has experience with childfen's choirs I belive girls' voices do not meld as well as those of boys. Aled
ifuliki 1 year ago
What we have is a girl who sounds like a boy but who is, in actual fact, a girl. This simply proves that people who claim that "boys make better singers than girls" are making incorrect and ill informed assumptions...
101francis101 1 year ago
... As a cathedral lay-clerk I have had many years singing alongside girls' and boys' choirs and heard much spectacular singing from both. From these choirs I have also heard plenty of fabulous solo singing from both boys and girls so from my experience I cannot agree that boys' voices are necessarily better than those of girls.
101francis101 1 year ago
@ifuliki 'liveandjazz' doesn't really do herself justice. She may have been told that she sounds like a boy, because people tend to use the 'boy treble' sound as a benchmark for traditional rather than quality reasons. I have heard her (liveandjazz) sing many times. She has a voice of the utmost purity and beauty, coupled with a musical maturity that the finest boy treble might equal, but would be unlikely to surpass. The vibrato issue mentioned is generally more applicable to older women.
lyndon1904 1 year ago
THE VOICE OF ALL THE ANGELS, SOUND OF THE HEAVEN
manuelspcool 1 year ago 2
Some of the greatest and most wonderful music ever written. Wasn't Faure an agnostic? That would make it all the more remarkable that he wrote such an inspired work.
JimTLonW6 1 year ago
Yes, he sings it beautifully, but too fast and one mistake. In the flesh I've heard 2 women singing this, both with more clarity and virtually perfectly. Misere, on t'other hand, though lovely and powerful, couldn't be sung so sucessfully by a woman.
flumoxed38 1 year ago
i think women can sing this song very well actually. you probably just haven't heard a woman sing it well...
megiemaeve 1 year ago 11
@megiemaeve An alto can sing it superbly.
astralislux 1 year ago
@megiemaeve I don't think it's a question of "well" - it just can't be sung by a woman. It has to be inhumanly pure.
Katencantada 8 months ago
Is... Is that boy an elf?
Mirkwoodelves 1 year ago
well seeing as how boys have been sings far longer than females in choir and public settings they have evolved into such voices. i know.. i was in a boychoir myself. The Northwest boychoir
volcom2286 1 year ago
私の中に聖なる光が差し込んで来ました。
Confutatis666 1 year ago
Sublime voices from a superlative choir; it moved me to tears,and I feel privileged to have been able to hear and see this performance. Wonder what has become of the fabulous soloist?
olimcantaba 1 year ago
It sounds wonderful sung by a boy. Although, Faure actually composed it as a lullaby sung by the virgin Mary to the new born Jesus. As long as it retains and conveys that innocence and sincerity it will be beautiful.
FlootePastille 1 year ago
there's just something about this song... it gives me a feeling of nostalgia. It makes me think back at the beautiful memories I have, but for some reason I want to cry. I wish I was still a little boy so I could sing this high. I wish that as a little boy I was singing like him. I didn't even start singing (the mere idea) until a few months ago. I mean, these kids would have to be very mature in order to sing this stuff, otherwise how would they be able to stand throughout all of it?
Trombonist550 1 year ago
I think both boys and women can sing this beautifully. They each bring a different texture and substance to this amazing piece of music!
Lizardcuckoo 1 year ago
woow! I got tears in my eyes! realy good! so clear and beautiful! I sing it now for a copple of day's but not so good! very well done!!! Bravo!
reneeviool 1 year ago
No, little boys do not have to be the only ones to ever sing this. Spoken by people who are afraid that even the smallest aura of femaleness is a taint.
CriticalListener 1 year ago
When the Dubai Singers performed this, it was sung by a sop. She was instructed to sing it as a "boy". She did and it worked well. My Favourite version is Aled Jones / Bernstein.
D90TombRaider 1 year ago
Primorosa interpretação.
trappytrash 1 year ago
I'm a female soprano and even I agree that young boys sound better haha not that women sound bad, it's just that young boys have a certain angelic sound that women can't quite produce..unfortunately for women, most choir directors expect that same sound from us haha
nommi5 1 year ago
I dont want to sound like a misogynist but boys sound more angelic than women or little girls
dillmon1 1 year ago
A girl could easily reproduce this!! I used with my cathedral choir!!
Operatic technique is totally different and would never compare.
nicky2430 1 year ago
no i agree , a young boy will always sing it better
plumdom 1 year ago
wat about havin a younger girl sing it. surely it would give the same purity - i mean a girl would give the same purity and quality as long as they have trained their voice and if their voice suited this kind of song.xxx
Gracifar 1 year ago
Totally agree.
lbredikhin5 1 year ago
this is crazzzyyy
MarioBrosClassic 1 year ago
Simply AMAZING!
echonmxco 1 year ago
Faure's Requiem has always seemed to me to be one of the very greatest pieces of music ever composed.
JimTLonW6 1 year ago
Do You Know What That Little Boys Name Is?????
SuperKira998 1 year ago
@SuperKira998
The boy's name is Charles Stewart
fortlansing 1 year ago
A pedant writes. The boy's name is actually Charles Steward! :)
Naschef 1 year ago
There is probably a local youth or boys choir near you that would *love* to have educated, appreciative music lovers in the audience.
TealBlueSea 1 year ago
The little boy is like an angel!
hannapus 1 year ago
i just got goosebumps...
catman13ger 1 year ago
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Isleofskye 1 year ago
What I love about this version is the soloists beautiful and pure voice. I am so sick to death of the tired, vibratto, opera singer style versions. I always thought less was more and that's coming from a classically trained singers perspective!
GriminyC 1 year ago 44
Oh God yes. We are about to audition the solo for this and I surely hope we don't get the operatic version. I had hoped to tab a child for this.
owslachief 1 year ago
@GriminyC I completely agree!!! I hate the too much vibrato. For this song I only like a clear voice that is smooth and angelic! I can't stand a lot of vibrato. Than again, I'm very picky with texture in sound. hehehehe.
hannahbaby86 1 year ago 2
I couldn't agree more. Particularly having been one of those choiristers on the '70s.
martingadd 1 year ago
@GriminyC I totally agree ^^
Eye2watch 1 year ago
@GriminyC I agree so strongly!!! You should listen to Karina Gauvin; she uses the perfect amount of vibrato. It's beautiful.
votemavon 1 year ago
I totally agree. I sung in many choirs as a 'boy treble' and later as a bass, and used to think using vibrato was almost cheating as it meant that the voice wasn't always totally 'in tune', so to speak. It was described as a 'wobble' around the true and pure note, which I always thought ruined it! Rock on anti-vibrato-ers!
vestax720 1 year ago
@vestax720 I agree as well . . . this is part of my solo repertoire (I sing soprano in choirs as well as doing bits and bobs by myself) and I think the vibrato absolutely kills it! If you sing this pure and the pitch is true it's so much more moving!
purplegirl110294 1 year ago
@vestax720 Yes I am an anti vibrato-er. It has its place but sometimes especially in older classically trained singers the vibrato is so fierce that you cannot actually tell what the note is supposed to be! I have no vibrato in my voice at all, which perhaps goes the other way. I appreciate a singer who can keep a note steady or introduce vibrato if needed.
goodchappy 1 year ago
@GriminyC Oh,I do so heartily agree. All that bloody vibrato bugs me. I get to the point I won't listen. I ask myself, "What is the point?" Vibrato is supposed to lend warmth to the voice and when limited, it has its place. It is nice to be able to "audition" a piece in YT before one buys. I am glad you said that. If enough of us do maybe "they" will see the light. Is it the distaff side we need to speak to?
Aled (Not classically trained but many years as a chorister)
ifuliki 1 year ago
I love this guy.. hahahah
Everytime I see him I laugh because he reminds me of the great football player Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Haha
He is great thought, very good!
sorrypapawxz 1 year ago
King's, how could one expect anything else but exquisite?
mortondavid 1 year ago
how beautiflly SWEET....,,the angelic boy...the music and the Nativity painting!
izlude2 1 year ago
Finally!!! I've been trying to find this song for ages but I always get some different song with the same name.
paramorefan1827 1 year ago
This is from far the best version..
joeystarrc92 1 year ago 2
that was excellent
RhapRhap9 1 year ago
WHO is that kid!! he is amazing
iCBTiAngelGod 1 year ago
His voice is clear as a bell...so pure.
Slipjig9 2 years ago 33
I was thinking his voice sounded 'like a bell' before I even read this comment.
jillbert40 2 years ago