Soy Chilena, vivo en Santiago, es un deleite para el alma poder escuchar la perfección en voces tan preciosas como las de ustedes, muchas gracias por compartir este maravilloso talento!!!
Bravo, bravissimo! Kings Singers! So good to hear, how you are attuned to each other! ... and your brilliant voices! The first time, I close to always hear the text. A good peace of brilliant music!
Brilliant, but killed by a lack of audio bandwidth... it's unfortunate when you can hear parts cutting in and out because the compression codecs decided they weren't important enough any more. This is too brilliant for compression!
@jbosco08, if I listen pass the 40 second mark, the treble is barely audible. And the treble note signalling the entrance of all 40 voices is totally deflated.
@angryjalapeno This is Tallis, not Brahms. There are only 8 trebles vs 8 altos, 8 tenors, 8 baritones and 8 basses. Why should the 8 trebles sound louder than the other 32 voices? Much of the time, the trebles don't even have the moving aprts.
@jbosco08 The original is written on the tone of G (mixolydian). This performance sounds a whole tone lower, assuming A440 tuning. But who knows what Tallis tuned to? A contemporary treatise advises tuning your viol as high as you can without breaking the strings. Gives you an idea how concerned they were about absolute pitch.
Oh this is just sublime. Perfection, absolutely glorious. Enough superlatives now, I have heard many recordings of Spem and a true 40 part rendition will naturally have its imperfections - and this is part of its appeal. The King's Singers have used technology to a magnificent effect to wipe out any blemishes- 5 double choirs of eight and all their own voices. I guess this was doomed to success! The final chord is just an orgasm of sound! Truely wonderful.
I cannot believe that at 2.18 there are only 6 voices! Magnificent. Does David still refer to himself as a counter tenor? There are few male sopranos who could better this performance. What a voice!
Yes, Wonderful. And the Tallis Scholar's version too. But David Wilcox and the Cambridge Choir still seems to me the most magnificent rendition. Even if the recording sonics are not as clean as these.
It's fabulous ! I've just discovered The King's Singers yesterday evening, fortuitously, and I 'd like to listen to them the whole day ! I'm going to share this video with all my friends.
I have no words for saying what I feel. Thank you very much, King's Singers. I hope I'll be able to see you in France one day.
@Wally773MTG Yes. Forty lines of counterpoint. Basically, it is eight five-voice choirs. It was a tour-de-force at the time, and as you hear, it is still a remarkable piece.
This is just magnificent, if not heavenly. I can watch this music piece day by day, hour by hour. I've got the 'from Byrd to Beatles' dvd whereon it appears, and I have to play it regularly. The more I listen to it, the better it starts to sound. And all that just sung by six men. Bloody marvelous.
I could continue trying to explain all this, but there would simply be not enough room to write it.
I heard the University of York chamber choir perform this in the octagonal York Minster Chapterhouse, positioned around the audience in the centre in their eight choirs. The effect was astounding. You can really hear the music being tossed back and forth and actually moving around you, and when the 40 voices come together in complete harmony for the first time it felt as if the heavens had opened and we were being physically lifted up by the sound. Amazing. Unforgettable.
Very effective piece indeed, but always thought it was a bravado from Tallis at the worst or otherwise a interesting pioneristic surrond sound experiment of the 16th century. I do think that to be fully appreciated (and made very mystic) it would need the 8 choirs in 8 different positions in space, presumably a church, encircling the listener: so the best recording and playback would rather be in surround.
WOW this is absolutely stunning... Vocal perfection I think in my humble opinion and sublime harmonies... Well sung Gentlemen.. well sung indeed... *sighs deeply and closes eyes* :0)x
Stephen, years ago when you jumped...and then fell through that corrugated iron garage roof (I loved the scream, "I Thought I was Going To Hell!') I always knew you were gonna do good!
it sounds good.... but you can't take the magnificence of 40 voieces in unity, the power, the volume, and supplementing the word with not only the music itself, but with men, the men who are singing this. "considerer our lowliness"
you know? in other words, biggest and 40 double parts should be the real thing.
Now when I got my hands on this song, I was speechless. I am addicted to this song. I have listened to it about 2000 times and I still find new parts in the piece. You get the full effect with headphones. To the Kings Singers, you gentlemen are truly blessed with a gift from God. May you continue to make holy music with your vocal gifts. Thanks.
This is mind blowing...and just 6 voices...and I have (mistakenly) been only listening to the Magnificat version for the past couple of years...more fool me
I totally agree with you. The most I heard from The King's singers I love them more and more. I´m thinking about travel next year to see any concert as I´m sure they won't never come to Brazil. What a pity!
@barcode9588 Because it's a little tricky to make 6 go into 40. I know they solved it with careful planning, but then my witty observation wouldn't have worked. :P
@barcode9588 Exactly! I've got a classic FM recording of this by 40 voices and to me the King's Singers do a much better job, I'd say there's a greater sense of harmonic purity.
After listening to this a countless number of times I feel the urge to comment but find myself speechless. The musicality, the perfection, both technically and vocally. One of the best interpretations I've ever heard of this motet. Thank you King's Singers for giving us this magnificent gift! I think I'm in love with you! :0)
WOW!!!! These guys are just about the most incredible male chorus in the world -so tight, so virtually flawless, such great dynamics and interpretation... they've got it ALL!!
Soy Chilena, vivo en Santiago, es un deleite para el alma poder escuchar la perfección en voces tan preciosas como las de ustedes, muchas gracias por compartir este maravilloso talento!!!
miriawilliamson 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
All of their mouths moving, the beginning and ending of each phonetic...It produces a sound a bit like wind in the background
Gearsdisraeli 1 month ago
so beautiful!!!
but does anyone else hear "spam spam spam spam..."????
HDGMusic 2 months ago
Bravo, bravissimo! Kings Singers! So good to hear, how you are attuned to each other! ... and your brilliant voices! The first time, I close to always hear the text. A good peace of brilliant music!
Thanks!
yasami1 2 months ago
the ending was perfect? more like the EVERYTHING was perfect.
futurecomic75 2 months ago
the voice of God
lollobike 3 months ago
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lollobike 3 months ago
This is so cool!!
ninachkah 4 months ago
A slice of heaven on earth. Prepare to cry!
jamesmackayNL 4 months ago in playlist Video's die door jamesmackayNL aan de favorieten zijn toegevoegd
40 parts... holy crap.
Belgarion9989 5 months ago
Shut up and enjoy the damn music.
nubcorn 5 months ago in playlist choral works 5
Correction!!! ... From Thomas Tallis to Lady Gaga
guerraroberto2 6 months ago
Brilliant, but killed by a lack of audio bandwidth... it's unfortunate when you can hear parts cutting in and out because the compression codecs decided they weren't important enough any more. This is too brilliant for compression!
Mibnelius 6 months ago
Chuck Norris sings this in the shower all the time, doing all 40 parts by himself simultaneously.
daniel0731ex 7 months ago 29
@daniel0731ex at least he have to squeeze his dongs singing the higher parts...
theomartinus 4 months ago
Treble is barely audible.
angryjalapeno 7 months ago
@angryjalapeno Really? It's well balanced, and down a third I think.
jbosco08 7 months ago
@jbosco08, if I listen pass the 40 second mark, the treble is barely audible. And the treble note signalling the entrance of all 40 voices is totally deflated.
angryjalapeno 6 months ago
@angryjalapeno i think your deaf and have trouble hearing then u.u
DanielCoryMusic 6 months ago
@DanielCoryMusic, then you must be imagining the note. Likely every other Spem on youtube has a stronger treble.
angryjalapeno 6 months ago
@angryjalapeno This is Tallis, not Brahms. There are only 8 trebles vs 8 altos, 8 tenors, 8 baritones and 8 basses. Why should the 8 trebles sound louder than the other 32 voices? Much of the time, the trebles don't even have the moving aprts.
1banders 4 months ago
@jbosco08 The original is written on the tone of G (mixolydian). This performance sounds a whole tone lower, assuming A440 tuning. But who knows what Tallis tuned to? A contemporary treatise advises tuning your viol as high as you can without breaking the strings. Gives you an idea how concerned they were about absolute pitch.
1banders 4 months ago
A magnificent prayer.... wonderful!
Lurkatz 7 months ago
Oh...my...
Ladyeglantine 8 months ago
Live on September 18th in the Berlin Philharmonic online concert hall. AND the Symphony of a Thousand, Mahler's 8th.
Stuckenmacht 8 months ago
Beauty is self evident
pauloffrobert 8 months ago
besser gehts ni
1982bello 9 months ago
i've listened to a lot of performances of this, but the way the perform the part "et omnia peccata hominum" is absolutely breathtaking!
gerlinooo 9 months ago
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this is the voice of God!!!
lollobike 9 months ago
I HAVE JUST LISTENED TO THIS PIECE AGAIN AND COULD LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY LONG.
I LOVE DAVID'S TOP PART AND STEPHEN'S BASS PART. THE WHOLE PRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!
archimedes93 9 months ago
This is perfection incarnate. I'm in awe. Thank you lifting a superb piece of music to even loftier heights.
ajhoncantara 9 months ago
0 Dislikes speaks a thousand words! Beautiful and Epic at the same time.
LukeDisleyMusic 9 months ago 2
Simply MAGNIFIC!
sampaiomarcia1 10 months ago
RAPED the replay button.
Nichristi 10 months ago 2
what an armony!!
gerlinooo 10 months ago
WOW...
ScottishgirlAnnlorie 10 months ago
Verdadeiramente espetacular!!! Espero que possamos um dia vê-los no Brasil para podermos desfrutar dessa enorme beleza.
laquilaq 11 months ago
Oh this is just sublime. Perfection, absolutely glorious. Enough superlatives now, I have heard many recordings of Spem and a true 40 part rendition will naturally have its imperfections - and this is part of its appeal. The King's Singers have used technology to a magnificent effect to wipe out any blemishes- 5 double choirs of eight and all their own voices. I guess this was doomed to success! The final chord is just an orgasm of sound! Truely wonderful.
longeaton34 11 months ago 3
i love how you can tell who sings the bass notes without any prior knowledge of the King's Singers. the facial expressions are a dead giveaway.
burleymullins 11 months ago
I cannot believe that at 2.18 there are only 6 voices! Magnificent. Does David still refer to himself as a counter tenor? There are few male sopranos who could better this performance. What a voice!
suzie106 11 months ago
Yes, Wonderful. And the Tallis Scholar's version too. But David Wilcox and the Cambridge Choir still seems to me the most magnificent rendition. Even if the recording sonics are not as clean as these.
jonnsmusich 1 year ago
Completely right!
KrullieBullie 1 year ago
Polyphony!
BrooklinFunkProject 1 year ago
It's fabulous ! I've just discovered The King's Singers yesterday evening, fortuitously, and I 'd like to listen to them the whole day ! I'm going to share this video with all my friends.
I have no words for saying what I feel. Thank you very much, King's Singers. I hope I'll be able to see you in France one day.
Emmelle37 1 year ago
@Emmelle37 I've been a life long fan Emmelle and I'm always glad when someone else discovers their music. You will not be disappointed!
eltrompo83 1 year ago
Wake up and listen to this wonder ...!
benedetti 1 year ago
I heard once that back when this was written, it was really "the thing" to make as many parts as possible. 40? Dude. Awesome.
saralizzy1981 1 year ago
amazing.... the voice of God!!!
lollobike 1 year ago
ok...I am not familiar with this piece, but I've heard of it (only in passing). There are 40 lines of counterpoint in this?
Wally773MTG 1 year ago
@Wally773MTG
yes, there are
lollobike 1 year ago
@Wally773MTG Yes. Forty lines of counterpoint. Basically, it is eight five-voice choirs. It was a tour-de-force at the time, and as you hear, it is still a remarkable piece.
drtmuir 1 year ago
I once described this piece like a sonic layered chocolate cake. It is truly majestic when heard. Especially through speakers.
ohmusic25 1 year ago
Just beautiful...
LCOLLINSMUSIC 1 year ago
This is my favorite version bar none, especially with the ringing drone-backed ending chords --- ooo --- that gave me chills!!!!!! Thanks!!
tmagical1 1 year ago 2
I cannot concieve of how a human being wrote this piece of music.
kgalvin15 1 year ago 4
This is just magnificent, if not heavenly. I can watch this music piece day by day, hour by hour. I've got the 'from Byrd to Beatles' dvd whereon it appears, and I have to play it regularly. The more I listen to it, the better it starts to sound. And all that just sung by six men. Bloody marvelous.
I could continue trying to explain all this, but there would simply be not enough room to write it.
And the end of the song. Great great great chord.
Mark26111984 1 year ago
I love this, so, so much. I don't even really know why I'm commenting, because there aren't words to describe it.
ConejoHeroe 1 year ago 4
its turned me gay
falcodarkzz 1 year ago 5
@falcodarkzz I lol'd.
ConejoHeroe 1 year ago
@falcodarkzz And me straight hahaha... wait a minute
Wally773MTG 1 year ago
0 people are tone deaf! Amazing!
nils89 1 year ago 3
Unbelievable. Just perfect. My favorite track of theirs.
ExplodingWax 1 year ago
It's so good, I've listened to it nearly non-stop for 2 hours.
StarbaseSierra1754 1 year ago
It's so goof, I've listened to it nearly non-stop for 2 hours.
StarbaseSierra1754 1 year ago
This is simply perfection!!I have listened to this so many,many times and i still find it so amazingly magnificent!I think i am in love with music...
Lemnomn 1 year ago
Quite possibly the most beautiful music ever written.
bramstrijbos 1 year ago
I heard the University of York chamber choir perform this in the octagonal York Minster Chapterhouse, positioned around the audience in the centre in their eight choirs. The effect was astounding. You can really hear the music being tossed back and forth and actually moving around you, and when the 40 voices come together in complete harmony for the first time it felt as if the heavens had opened and we were being physically lifted up by the sound. Amazing. Unforgettable.
talamioros 1 year ago 2
Very effective piece indeed, but always thought it was a bravado from Tallis at the worst or otherwise a interesting pioneristic surrond sound experiment of the 16th century. I do think that to be fully appreciated (and made very mystic) it would need the 8 choirs in 8 different positions in space, presumably a church, encircling the listener: so the best recording and playback would rather be in surround.
oiznas 1 year ago 2
Wunderschön!
tritonusgesang 1 year ago
yes, it was :))
Ewulaaaa 1 year ago
WOW this is absolutely stunning... Vocal perfection I think in my humble opinion and sublime harmonies... Well sung Gentlemen.. well sung indeed... *sighs deeply and closes eyes* :0)x
wenglishsal 1 year ago
Stephen, years ago when you jumped...and then fell through that corrugated iron garage roof (I loved the scream, "I Thought I was Going To Hell!') I always knew you were gonna do good!
Loobs666 1 year ago
@Loobs666 when did this jumping through roofs happen??? is there a video or something? cuz that sounds rather funny...
kingssingersgirl 1 year ago
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This is my favorite vocal recording of all time. There is nothing I know of that rivals its perfection and power.
Floyd123able 1 year ago
This is my favorite vocal recording of all time. There is nothing I know of that rivals it's perfection and power.
Floyd123able 1 year ago 2
@Floyd123able 100% agree!!
kingssingersgirl 1 year ago
I want to do this when i'm older
Violadude96 1 year ago
it sounds good.... but you can't take the magnificence of 40 voieces in unity, the power, the volume, and supplementing the word with not only the music itself, but with men, the men who are singing this. "considerer our lowliness"
you know? in other words, biggest and 40 double parts should be the real thing.
God reduction thouhg. it sound good :)
jcmendezify 1 year ago
Now when I got my hands on this song, I was speechless. I am addicted to this song. I have listened to it about 2000 times and I still find new parts in the piece. You get the full effect with headphones. To the Kings Singers, you gentlemen are truly blessed with a gift from God. May you continue to make holy music with your vocal gifts. Thanks.
xxxabsoloxxx 1 year ago 3
i love this music
tonaljedi 1 year ago
This is mind blowing...and just 6 voices...and I have (mistakenly) been only listening to the Magnificat version for the past couple of years...more fool me
tonaljedi 1 year ago
Wow. Simply exquisite.
mezzodolce 1 year ago
Who needs 40 voices when you have the 6 King's Singers?
barcode9588 2 years ago 74
@barcode9588
I totally agree with you. The most I heard from The King's singers I love them more and more. I´m thinking about travel next year to see any concert as I´m sure they won't never come to Brazil. What a pity!
Marcia
sampaiomarcia1 1 year ago
@barcode9588 Because it's a little tricky to make 6 go into 40. I know they solved it with careful planning, but then my witty observation wouldn't have worked. :P
Spudbass 1 year ago
@barcode9588 Exactly! I've got a classic FM recording of this by 40 voices and to me the King's Singers do a much better job, I'd say there's a greater sense of harmonic purity.
tomski3 11 months ago 2
@tomski3 Hope it makes the Classic FM Hall of Fame countdown in 3 weeks - it`s one of my choices
englishrose47 10 months ago
@barcode9588 Perfect reaction..100% true!
benedetti 8 months ago
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barcode9588 2 years ago
This is amazing!
AnitaL93 2 years ago 2
After listening to this a countless number of times I feel the urge to comment but find myself speechless. The musicality, the perfection, both technically and vocally. One of the best interpretations I've ever heard of this motet. Thank you King's Singers for giving us this magnificent gift! I think I'm in love with you! :0)
helenasolares 2 years ago 48
*pass out*
Castalis011 2 years ago
Can one ask for perfection after listening to this song?... I say you can not.
DEATHMAJOR 2 years ago 2
A beautiful song sung with perfection.
Talon2talon 2 years ago
omg......
jfpisaro 2 years ago
WOW!!!! These guys are just about the most incredible male chorus in the world -so tight, so virtually flawless, such great dynamics and interpretation... they've got it ALL!!
HolyMotherofGrid 2 years ago 3
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supb123 2 years ago
is there anything they can't sing that isn't unbelievable?
also I'm not one on music history - but as a performer it's so weird to hear it end on a half cadence
jumpsteady1 2 years ago
heaven... pure perfection.
Castrumpet 2 years ago
si...
Livender 2 years ago
non ho parole, sono perfetti. cosa darei per cantare solo una volta in mezzo a loro!
tristram2005 2 years ago 2