I listened to the CMP version of this. Doesn't come close to Chanticleer. The CMP tenor sound is interesting, but their bass sound is weak. I also wish this were on a CD. They have a version on their 2010 Christmas CD. Also truncated although less so than here. My main complaints with that version are the pacing and the sound. Neither is as good as here. As has been noted, the space where this recording was made probably has lot to do with the special sound.
Chanticleer is just perfect. Although, I reccomend you very much a new version posted on yt. Performed by CMP, another masculine choir. Just tag CMP + Biebl !
I have now listened to a few different recordings of this Biebl Ave Maria, by Chanticleer and other groups, and I keep coming back to this particular video. There is something about the acoustics of the space they are in that truly adds to the overall sound. The song is amazing, and has some of the most beautiful chord progressions I've ever heard. But the space in which they are singing here adds another dimension that really takes my breath away and makes my knees weak.
@luvpianos Totally agree. Also, the pacing of this performance is absolutely perfect, this lineup of Chanticleer is particularly wonderful in their voices, and even though this is a truncated rendition I love the way Kevin Baum sings the one remaining solo. I wish this were available on CD (and not truncated).
Awesome video shot at 4:15. If you don't get chills or tears at that sight, please go to the hospital and have your pulse checked and have the ambulance stop by a church first... Prayers are answered on a KNEED basis.
You Guys... this transcends any of my use of words or comparison or being able to envy you at all. Wow. Now I am 45 and I have never ever heard anything like this. Thank you for your life and work and honor to your Creator.
They are simply amazing. They've perfected singing in tune with each-other so well that it sounds like there's an organ playing with them sometimes. So phenomenal.
This is one of the most beautiful choral compositions I have ever heard and performed. I heard them when they can to North Carolina and was totally in awe through out their concert.
This is probably the most beautiful rendering of this hymn to Our Lady that I have heard. The reverence with which Biebl's setting is rendered combined with the rich vocalization very moving. Just a brief aside to the person who feels the need to render judgement. It is usually what we see in ourselves that is so evident to us in our perception of others.
This is an unforgettable performance. I heard individual voices that were so mesmerizing and beautiful the high tenor oh my god. I can only dream of being that good
At 2:29 the Plena was a little overpowering and forces. At a few other parts the "S" sound was too much and not perfectly together, but I loved the tonal control and rising and falling throughout the piece. It really moved and lived rather than was just presented. Bravo!!!!!
@JimmyFightingBack "His moustache is a powerful aphrodisiac, hairs from his moustache brush are incredibly sort after to be used in love potions and fertility centers around the world."
Our men's choir at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles performed this piece Christmas 2010 and we were good but chanticleer, WOW you guys rock, truly this is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written for sacred music. God I love being in Choir.
I'm an atheist and I think this is the most beautiful song I have ever heard... you don't need to to be religious to appreciate this spectacular music.
@patjelly75 me too. the only reason i ever listened to it was beacause one of our choir groups sang it. i think choral songs, even religious ones are the most amazing compositions. (: this one is among my favorites.
I had something really clever and witty to say, but I just kinda forgot and stopped caring once the music started playing. God, it's good to be alive!
This song is beautfil and this is by far the best version.
I have a question though, the beginning of this video shows them lining up to begin a song, but it's clearly not the order they are in for this piece. Compare 0:07 with 2:23
Holy mackerel! While there are a few bobbles early on, the subtlety and the soloists bring it all into focus.. Why have have I never heard of Franz Biebl before?
No but really, I sang the SATB version of this song in my high school choir and it made me want to cry every time we. So much beauty in one song... it's almost unbearable.
These men are wonderful, and do this piece absolutely beautifully. From 3:40-4:52 is breathtaking. Makes my heart hurt. Thank you so much for posting.
I first heard this piece toward the end of a long, wintry drive to visit my former girlfriend at Christmas. I had to pull off the road, my eyes were so tearful with joy.
@PeaceLoveToYou Thank you for inspiring me to hate the human race more. Chanticleer is an all-male choir for the purpose that most of the music they sing, i.e traditional music written 200 or more years ago is meant for all mens choirs.... BECAUSE MEN WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED TO SING IN ARRANGED CHOIRS. They do it for the purpose of tradition and singing it the way it is supposed to be sung. Take your ignorance elsewhere and maybe do some study before insulting the greatest choir on Earth.
Chanticleer is simply honoring the tradition of the all male chorus, which exists alongside the traditions of the children's choir and the womans chorus. If you want to pervert that with your misplaced agenda, be my guest. I have nothing but pity for your bitterness.
Saw them do this live in the beautiful Sacramento Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament several weeks ago. Fantastic group, beautiful setting. Google "Cathedral Sacramento" then click on "panorama photo" in the "Cathedral Tours" box. Youtube won't let me post a link.
There has been some curiosity expressed in the blog-o-sphere recently about the physical reaction caused by some music. This rendition by Chanticleer is certainly a prime example of that, leaving me breathless. As a chorister there are times when this has happened to me while singing, a reaction that does not help the music. I believe this to be Chanticleer at their best.
So very, very wonderful... heard this only 30 minutes ago in my car on classical WETA-FM (Washington, DC). Thank you many times over for making this available here. ALL Best. Doug --
This piece was new to me last night when I heard Seraphic Fire perform it in Coral Gables, FL. It captured me instantly. At a couple of points I imagined it as a brass choir, rich, elegant, soft. In previewing maybe a half-dozen versions to buy online at Amazon, I picked Chanticleer's.
Wish they'd stayed in C# throughout the piece, as towards the end it was a solid C. That said, it disproves the theory that C# tunes better than C; this amazing choir was wonderfully in tune throughout!
One of the best renditions of this piece I've ever heard. I look forward to hearing these guys live in a few days.
I just heard them perform this again, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. It is the most moving experience to hear them perform this live. God bless Chanticleer.
@avatar71 Their new Christmas disc has a recording of the piece sung at Stanford within the last few years. It's a longer version, with the second tenor solo. It's a very nice performance, but perhaps because I heard it on this video first, this one is still my favorite.
As far as I know, this particular performance is not on a CD, but the DVD is available.
Having grown up in the "deep south", I went with friends to different country and rock music concerts, and thought they were great. Only after moving to the SF Bay area did I realize how wrong I was! My fiancee took me to their concert at Mission Delores (San Francisco), and for the first time in my life I truly understood what amazing, awe inspiring music was all about! We're buying tickets to their San Francisco Christmas concert, and I can hardly wait! Chanticleer is AMAZING! :-)
I first heard this in a practice session with Chanticleer. They were mentoring my highschool choir, and one of the choir members (God bless him) requested this song. Chanticleer was kind enough to give us a live performance. It remains one of the most awe-inspiring moments of my life. Thank you, Chanticleer. Your performance of this song never ceases to make me marvel.
The first time I heard this was first thing in the morning... my alarm was set to music only, on the classical channel... and for a full 20-30 seconds, in that space between dreaming and wakefulness, I thought I was dead and being serenaded by angels.
ok well if u r into marching band like contest of champions antioch high school from antioch tennessee played this song in their performance i am an antioch stained glass marcher and i am proud for playing this song it is bueatiful and i hope the judges liked it :)
We're doing this exact version in Chorus, except we're doing both the mini choir and the large choir versions at the same time, and we have women too ^^.
If I had to hear only one song, over and over, for all eternity, this would be it. This is the most peaceful, heavenly, universally beautifully song I can think of. I love it!
I love this arrangement of Ave. My drum corps plays this as our corps song.... I've heard it about 10 times this year (my rookie year) and it literally brought tears to my eyes every time.
Is the countertenor in the tro using his normal voice because it certainly seems like it. If he is I totally applaud you for your excellent voice and hoping one that I can be a countertenor like you.
the rutgers university glee club and the wellesley women's choir perform together all the time and this past year, they were both performing this in their separate tours, one for ttbb and one for ssaa. when they joined together at rutgers to perform, they both just sang their own arrangements over one another at the same time. frankly it was the most beautiful thing ive ever heard.
Whenever I wonder what music I will hear the day I enter the kingdom of Heaven, I always think of this song. This is what the music in heaven will sound like.
I listened to the CMP version of this. Doesn't come close to Chanticleer. The CMP tenor sound is interesting, but their bass sound is weak. I also wish this were on a CD. They have a version on their 2010 Christmas CD. Also truncated although less so than here. My main complaints with that version are the pacing and the sound. Neither is as good as here. As has been noted, the space where this recording was made probably has lot to do with the special sound.
SQUIDPP 1 week ago
This is getting played at my wedding. If I have one.
bssnplayer 1 week ago
Chanticleer is just perfect. Although, I reccomend you very much a new version posted on yt. Performed by CMP, another masculine choir. Just tag CMP + Biebl !
ideindigo 1 week ago
Absolutely GLOROUS!!!!!
recpeace3 2 weeks ago
My church choir does this (which is where I first heard it). One of the most beautiful pieces of music in existance.
rubberry54 3 weeks ago
The pure magic of Subdominants.
uweeeeee 1 month ago
Who is the bass in this performance? Absolutely splendid!
ManDudeBroseph 1 month ago
@ManDudeBroseph Big mustache guy, Eric Alatorre.
Icyveins906 3 weeks ago
Absolutely my favorite choral piece... how I love being a bass.
mangob17 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
That has an aching, haunting beauty to it which brought tears to my eyes.
CH3CH2OCH2CH3net 1 month ago
I have now listened to a few different recordings of this Biebl Ave Maria, by Chanticleer and other groups, and I keep coming back to this particular video. There is something about the acoustics of the space they are in that truly adds to the overall sound. The song is amazing, and has some of the most beautiful chord progressions I've ever heard. But the space in which they are singing here adds another dimension that really takes my breath away and makes my knees weak.
luvpianos 1 month ago in playlist Chanticleer
@luvpianos Totally agree. Also, the pacing of this performance is absolutely perfect, this lineup of Chanticleer is particularly wonderful in their voices, and even though this is a truncated rendition I love the way Kevin Baum sings the one remaining solo. I wish this were available on CD (and not truncated).
mjkobb 1 month ago
Awesome video shot at 4:15. If you don't get chills or tears at that sight, please go to the hospital and have your pulse checked and have the ambulance stop by a church first... Prayers are answered on a KNEED basis.
Rainmaker65 1 month ago
You Guys... this transcends any of my use of words or comparison or being able to envy you at all. Wow. Now I am 45 and I have never ever heard anything like this. Thank you for your life and work and honor to your Creator.
nanomonkey314 1 month ago
They are simply amazing. They've perfected singing in tune with each-other so well that it sounds like there's an organ playing with them sometimes. So phenomenal.
qtpiems1 1 month ago 2
Just heard them perform this at Stanford. Breathtaking.
mjkobb 1 month ago
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TheALBINODOLPHIN 1 month ago 2
5 people took an arrow to the knee
darthsammy201 1 month ago
I could come back to this video every day for the rest of my life.
brit123brat 1 month ago 2
This is one of the most beautiful choral compositions I have ever heard and performed. I heard them when they can to North Carolina and was totally in awe through out their concert.
lumbee888 1 month ago
I saw them in concert
BulletProofQs 1 month ago
absolute genius. beautiful
gospelsinger763 1 month ago
A harmonic Masterpiece of Epic Proportions!!!!
1bongocero 2 months ago
The Sapphire Sound is playing this song in our field show. when i listened to this i absolutely wanted to play this as beautifully as possible.
axelrules1231 2 months ago
This brings tears to my eyes. So beautiful.
SouthPacific005 2 months ago
wonderful piece and great performance. bravi!
musighitta 2 months ago
@musighitta bravo?
Mr49261 1 month ago
what a fantastic arrangement and performance. so calming ahhhhh!!! :)
neomayer 3 months ago
fantastic.
podbuster0 3 months ago
4 people don't understand what real music is.
mcneeze2 3 months ago 3
ahhh:)
uofallpeople1 3 months ago
This is as close as I can imagine to angels singing. Gorgeous beyond description, and brings back fond memories of school and Phi
Mu Alpha.
smoverstreet1 3 months ago
@smoverstreet1 Same here. Haven't sung with a choir in about two years, and singing along brought tears to my eyes. OAL
CompSarge 3 months ago
@smoverstreet1 Absolutely. All hail, brother. OAS AAS LLS
TenoreRobusto1347 2 months ago
I love you so much Franz Biebl for creating such a wonderful rendition of Ave Maria !!! May you rest in peace <3 !!! x
SuSuMiSi 3 months ago
This is probably the most beautiful rendering of this hymn to Our Lady that I have heard. The reverence with which Biebl's setting is rendered combined with the rich vocalization very moving. Just a brief aside to the person who feels the need to render judgement. It is usually what we see in ourselves that is so evident to us in our perception of others.
yourcatholicbrother 4 months ago
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I think they should rename their choir to Chantiqueer.
tms894 4 months ago
@tms894 Cause that's not an old joke or anything. Grow up.
brit123brat 4 months ago 11
@brit123brat It's still funny. Lighten up.
tms894 3 months ago
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@brit123brat It's still funny. Lighten up.
tms894 3 months ago
My grandmas favorite song, makes me cry every time.
hefalump1969 4 months ago
I'm not Catholic, but I still feel the Spirit when I hear this song!
fernandospero 4 months ago
whoa, what a stache! 0:12
UNevan 4 months ago 2
If you listen to this with headphones and you take them off and put the earpieces together the last chord makes a wind chime like overtone.
dasenteney 4 months ago
Matt and Eric look so young here!
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This is an unforgettable performance. I heard individual voices that were so mesmerizing and beautiful the high tenor oh my god. I can only dream of being that good
manchester4ever7 5 months ago
At 2:29 the Plena was a little overpowering and forces. At a few other parts the "S" sound was too much and not perfectly together, but I loved the tonal control and rising and falling throughout the piece. It really moved and lived rather than was just presented. Bravo!!!!!
thbsloppy 5 months ago
I find I have to return to this video often. it fills my heart and brings tears to my eyes. So beautiful.
kathy4836 5 months ago
The only thing that can rival this piece's beauty is that dude's mustache.
JimmyFightingBack 5 months ago 38
@JimmyFightingBack "His moustache is a powerful aphrodisiac, hairs from his moustache brush are incredibly sort after to be used in love potions and fertility centers around the world."
thbsloppy 5 months ago
@JimmyFightingBack Old man Salvatore? He's been there for decades. So has the 'stach.
barinicesinger 2 months ago
Our men's choir at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles performed this piece Christmas 2010 and we were good but chanticleer, WOW you guys rock, truly this is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written for sacred music. God I love being in Choir.
azariah1969 5 months ago
a little sharp in some sections but otherwise very nice
egauthre 5 months ago
Ave Maria, gratia plena
Dominus tecum, benedicta tu
In mulieribus et benedictus
Fructus ventris tui Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Sancta Maria,
Maria ora pro nobis,
Nobis pecatoribus,
Nunc et in ora,
In ora mortis nostrae.
Amen
ironbaby12 5 months ago
very very beautiful !
zbigpron 6 months ago
And I've learned from the likes and dislikes ratio that four people need to develop a taste for music beyond Lady Gaga.
PixieOfTragedy 6 months ago 3
How can anything be so beautiful?
MrPipes2U 6 months ago
I play this song on repeat . I love the clarity and the beauty of the harmonies. Bravo,and ENCORE!!!
butterflysoprano19 6 months ago
I'm an atheist and I think this is the most beautiful song I have ever heard... you don't need to to be religious to appreciate this spectacular music.
patjelly75 6 months ago 8
@patjelly75 me too. the only reason i ever listened to it was beacause one of our choir groups sang it. i think choral songs, even religious ones are the most amazing compositions. (: this one is among my favorites.
kaimiserabel623 6 months ago
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BAMeynig 6 months ago
Four dislikes? Four deaf people got pissed that they couldn't hear it I guess.
ddanaher 7 months ago 4
I had something really clever and witty to say, but I just kinda forgot and stopped caring once the music started playing. God, it's good to be alive!
somethingclever2007 7 months ago 3
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This song is beautfil and this is by far the best version.
I have a question though, the beginning of this video shows them lining up to begin a song, but it's clearly not the order they are in for this piece. Compare 0:07 with 2:23
congelatore 7 months ago
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congelatore 7 months ago
I hardly think that such vulgarity should be posted on a video such as this.
13lackIII 7 months ago
pure glory...
AgnesRegina 7 months ago
We performed this song my freshman of college
samlaxtenorsax 7 months ago
Maybe the one thing on this Earth that can convince me of the existence of God is music like this.
MassaJim 7 months ago
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Thank you for posting this. It always seems to remind me of the love that God and Christ have for us.
wyorancher63 8 months ago
Thank you for posting this. It always seems to remind me of the love that God and Christ have for us.
wyorancher63 8 months ago
I love this song. This song beats any song by far
JoshRocks712 8 months ago
Franz Biebl is the composer equivalent of a one-hit-wonder. I LOVE this song though. It's incredible.
placksheep 8 months ago
Holy mackerel! While there are a few bobbles early on, the subtlety and the soloists bring it all into focus.. Why have have I never heard of Franz Biebl before?
Goose bumps.
Man is amazing -- Chanticleer proves it.
minimarcos1967 9 months ago
@minimarcos1967 This is his only famous song, and if you're not strictly into male choir or at least heavily, you had no chance of hearing his name.
Icyveins906 8 months ago
im singing this today at a dear friends funeral service and itl be hard not only for the service and the deat but because this is an amazing song
ennma93 9 months ago
way better than any choir
disavowed101 9 months ago 3
Gorgeous!
6stringsdown 9 months ago
yep. I agree.
barefootanddenim 9 months ago
this is one of the most beautiful things ive ever heard. the high tenor in the trio is incredible
manchester4ever7 9 months ago
3:39 - and suddenly there shined round about him a light from Heaven.
Samwise128 9 months ago 2
just perfect!! magnificent ensemble!
bobhbe 10 months ago
i pretty much only listen to rap, but this song is just a masterpiece, performed this 5 years ago in italy
airborn101st 10 months ago 2
the "amen" section makes me shiver. every time.
grampskvideo 10 months ago
I love this song, and these guys made it sound ten times better! My band is playing this for festival tomorrow, wish us luck! :D
Padoinkle1 10 months ago
@Padoinkle1 bonne chance! What a luscious tune! One of the rare good things to come out of religion.
devostm 10 months ago 2
It's very apt that there is no description available.
aswanksta 10 months ago
If you have a love for music like I do then you would really appreciate this song!
smileydude17 11 months ago
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I'm taking a shit right now and don't get all the hype in the other comments. Not that great.
bayernmilan 11 months ago
@bayernmilan because you're gay
CozumelKid123 10 months ago
This is really beautiful.
sleeper1288 11 months ago
This song makes me want to cry every time I hear it! Absolutely gorgeous!
mseula1 11 months ago 3
I am thrilled that I actually got to hear a performance of this magnificent piece sung by Chanticleer. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
lumbee888 11 months ago 3
damn ! one hell of a bottom part ! he doing that alone?
lawlmattlawl 11 months ago
Thank you for this.
sue200012 1 year ago
That MOUSTACHE.
No but really, I sang the SATB version of this song in my high school choir and it made me want to cry every time we. So much beauty in one song... it's almost unbearable.
Bamberellala 1 year ago
Yes! The best Ave Maria! I love Jesus.
ApostlesoYahwehUnite 1 year ago
I could listen to Latin for hours...Possibly the best language ever invented! And this group is so amazing!
1066anglophile 1 year ago
We are singing this song for our IMEA All State Chorus and I thought we were good....not even close.
squallsrcoming 1 year ago
What a masterpiece. The blend was absolutely marvelous, and I have never heard a choral group as good as Chanticleer. Kudos.
tarantulaVSstarfish 1 year ago
This completaly blown me away! Pure perfection..
verrru 1 year ago
Ended too soon. Should have gone on forever.
deovalente 1 year ago 40
These men are wonderful, and do this piece absolutely beautifully. From 3:40-4:52 is breathtaking. Makes my heart hurt. Thank you so much for posting.
LatteLoverNo1 1 year ago
I sing the tenor 1 part, its so pretty to sing, absolutely one of my favorite songs
heartcrusher237 1 year ago
I know everybody can hear the bass part! I sing a bass part in this song at my school but its NOTING like this! its a beautiful song!
2011PHSBaseball 1 year ago
I like how there's no Descrition. Why? Because this Piece has no description. It is simply Flawless. True Beauty At work.
thesicknick08 1 year ago
came my pants around 2:00 through 2:15 lol
strangefruit348 1 year ago
Near the top of the list of songs that can make grown ass men cry.
arthereld 1 year ago 91
@arthereld - True that. I was in tears the first time I heard this.
rrdlr2 5 months ago
I love them - I have seen them in concert four or five times in Paris. They are wonderful !
Harpagone1 1 year ago
Why does this video not have 1,000,000+ views?
spydakk4 1 year ago
@spydakk4 because the world doesn't know what real music is anymore sadly....
scottjop656 1 year ago
i heard this song for the first time 10 years ago. i was so amazed the next day i joined the high school choir. life changer
yograndaddy012 1 year ago
I first heard this piece toward the end of a long, wintry drive to visit my former girlfriend at Christmas. I had to pull off the road, my eyes were so tearful with joy.
watcher53 1 year ago
Singing this for the TN All-State choir. can't. wait
SoraKeyBlade 1 year ago 3
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Chanting-queers don't have any women singers-isn't that discrimination?
PeaceLoveToYou 1 year ago
@PeaceLoveToYou Thank you for inspiring me to hate the human race more. Chanticleer is an all-male choir for the purpose that most of the music they sing, i.e traditional music written 200 or more years ago is meant for all mens choirs.... BECAUSE MEN WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED TO SING IN ARRANGED CHOIRS. They do it for the purpose of tradition and singing it the way it is supposed to be sung. Take your ignorance elsewhere and maybe do some study before insulting the greatest choir on Earth.
PhillipWasilewski 1 year ago 2
@PeaceLoveToYou
Chanticleer is simply honoring the tradition of the all male chorus, which exists alongside the traditions of the children's choir and the womans chorus. If you want to pervert that with your misplaced agenda, be my guest. I have nothing but pity for your bitterness.
denniswestler 1 year ago 4
If I could find this kind of beauty everywhere in the world, I would never stop smiling.
Systolic1 1 year ago
Saw them do this live in the beautiful Sacramento Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament several weeks ago. Fantastic group, beautiful setting. Google "Cathedral Sacramento" then click on "panorama photo" in the "Cathedral Tours" box. Youtube won't let me post a link.
guyfihi 1 year ago
This song is fabulious!
liveforthemusic510 1 year ago
This is officially my favourite verison of this song- ever.
AngelCaida1 1 year ago
Wonderful !!
Thank you for sharing, and thanks to pax41 for sending.
Corrie121 1 year ago
@Corrie121 I have watched this half a dozen times already, glad you liked it as well.
pax41 1 year ago
@Corrie121 I have watched this half a dozen times already, glad you liked it as well.
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@Corrie121 I have watched this half a dozen times already, glad you liked it as well.
pax41 1 year ago
A masterpiece! Thank you, Bob, for sending it along to me.
olderngod 1 year ago
@olderngod So many gems written and sung but so little time to hear them all.
pax41 1 year ago
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@olderngod So many gems written and sung but so little time to hear them all.
pax41 1 year ago
"no description available" .. i am lost for words too. magnificent.
domhegan 1 year ago
I love that last C from Eric!!!
thomy753 1 year ago
There has been some curiosity expressed in the blog-o-sphere recently about the physical reaction caused by some music. This rendition by Chanticleer is certainly a prime example of that, leaving me breathless. As a chorister there are times when this has happened to me while singing, a reaction that does not help the music. I believe this to be Chanticleer at their best.
WJE37FCSM 1 year ago
GLORIOUS! GLORIOUS! GLORIOUS!
Merci for this Magnificent Ave Maria and
Sincere Thanks to Curzonroad for sharing.
Merry Christmas
genia106 1 year ago
This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for posting and Doug@CurzonRoad for sharing. Maya
mayatatyana1 1 year ago
So very, very wonderful... heard this only 30 minutes ago in my car on classical WETA-FM (Washington, DC). Thank you many times over for making this available here. ALL Best. Doug --
CurzonRoad 1 year ago
@CurzonRoad This was truly heavenly Doug. Thanks, and my best wishes for the upcoming Holidays too.
AlmaWinemiller 1 year ago
@CurzonRoad Simply lovely. Thank you for sharing Doug and my best wishes for the holiday season too.
dantitustimshu 1 year ago
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My Dear Douglasio,
Merci for this GLORIOUS Ave Maria.
Absolutely Exquisite!
Merry Christmas
genia106 1 year ago
This piece was new to me last night when I heard Seraphic Fire perform it in Coral Gables, FL. It captured me instantly. At a couple of points I imagined it as a brass choir, rich, elegant, soft. In previewing maybe a half-dozen versions to buy online at Amazon, I picked Chanticleer's.
"Exquisite" barely begins to describe it.
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One of my favorite pieces of all time! Pure beauty!
hDalby13 1 year ago
One of my favorite pieces of all time! Pure beauty!
hDalby13 1 year ago
One of my favorite pieces of all time! Pure beauty!
hDalby13 1 year ago
That dude's mustache is a LEGEND!!
cornpuff69 1 year ago
Amazing. 4:10 AHAHA cheesy camera work! stick to the boys, please!
kaylaro 1 year ago
Wish they'd stayed in C# throughout the piece, as towards the end it was a solid C. That said, it disproves the theory that C# tunes better than C; this amazing choir was wonderfully in tune throughout!
One of the best renditions of this piece I've ever heard. I look forward to hearing these guys live in a few days.
pghica 1 year ago
I just heard them perform this again, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. It is the most moving experience to hear them perform this live. God bless Chanticleer.
cwpfaff 1 year ago
Which CD has this version of Ave Maria? I have some a capella aficionados in my family who would love this.
avatar71 1 year ago
@avatar71 Their new Christmas disc has a recording of the piece sung at Stanford within the last few years. It's a longer version, with the second tenor solo. It's a very nice performance, but perhaps because I heard it on this video first, this one is still my favorite.
As far as I know, this particular performance is not on a CD, but the DVD is available.
mjkobb 1 year ago
Having grown up in the "deep south", I went with friends to different country and rock music concerts, and thought they were great. Only after moving to the SF Bay area did I realize how wrong I was! My fiancee took me to their concert at Mission Delores (San Francisco), and for the first time in my life I truly understood what amazing, awe inspiring music was all about! We're buying tickets to their San Francisco Christmas concert, and I can hardly wait! Chanticleer is AMAZING! :-)
MarcusApollonius 1 year ago
This is such an amazing performance. I listen to it over and over and I get goosebumps every time!
Also, how the heck can people dislike this?! No taste in really splendid music, those 2 people.
ShelleCrayon 1 year ago
I first heard this in a practice session with Chanticleer. They were mentoring my highschool choir, and one of the choir members (God bless him) requested this song. Chanticleer was kind enough to give us a live performance. It remains one of the most awe-inspiring moments of my life. Thank you, Chanticleer. Your performance of this song never ceases to make me marvel.
breyil 1 year ago
wow nice overtone at the end. The only thing negative to say is the "s" cutoffs at the beginning, but it was fixed. Angelic.
Icyveins906 1 year ago
this performance was great. I've heard the version of this song done by Pro Musica which is a hungarian ladies' choir which is also awesome
zippyninny 1 year ago
The first time I heard this was first thing in the morning... my alarm was set to music only, on the classical channel... and for a full 20-30 seconds, in that space between dreaming and wakefulness, I thought I was dead and being serenaded by angels.
lazykunoichi1 1 year ago 3
I remember one time after band practice, the choir from my school was singing this in the atrium and I almost cried T_T
this is the most amazing arrangement of Ave Maria!!! and this performance! I can't even describe in words how beauitful it is =(
TheRachmaninoffFan 1 year ago
ok well if u r into marching band like contest of champions antioch high school from antioch tennessee played this song in their performance i am an antioch stained glass marcher and i am proud for playing this song it is bueatiful and i hope the judges liked it :)
ANIMEoTOAST 1 year ago
Wonderful!
thomy753 1 year ago
I wouldn't have applauded for this. I would have sat there silent in complete shock. No applause can live up to the beauty of this piece.
oopy111 1 year ago
this is so beautiful it makes me literally lose my breath
artmania1990 1 year ago
GORGEOUS!!! wow.
KevinRRose1 1 year ago
Oh wait, you guys did both versions too XD. Once again, I'm a big fan!
scottydawg1234567 1 year ago
We're doing this exact version in Chorus, except we're doing both the mini choir and the large choir versions at the same time, and we have women too ^^.
Big fan of you guys!
scottydawg1234567 1 year ago
I love how it says no description available. So true!
halakar 1 year ago
Well done, Lads! Big fan of yours for a long time.
svagisen 1 year ago
If I had to hear only one song, over and over, for all eternity, this would be it. This is the most peaceful, heavenly, universally beautifully song I can think of. I love it!
ericcjensen 1 year ago 51
@ericcjensen
Fully agree.
jazzchaseryyz75 1 year ago
I love this arrangement of Ave. My drum corps plays this as our corps song.... I've heard it about 10 times this year (my rookie year) and it literally brought tears to my eyes every time.
Rogers1977 1 year ago
geniallll!
lucianolguintube 1 year ago
we payed this in wind symphony about 5 years ago and it was just...wow
NomNom126 1 year ago
This is the most beautiful Ave Maria rendition ever!
saxmama123 1 year ago 2
Lovely version Lads!
bezopinox 1 year ago
Is the countertenor in the tro using his normal voice because it certainly seems like it. If he is I totally applaud you for your excellent voice and hoping one that I can be a countertenor like you.
aznsingerboy31 1 year ago
suburban rubato
joshclarksjb7389 1 year ago
I would do anything to join Chanticleer...It has been a dream of mine ever since high school...sigh.
ThyHoneyNut 1 year ago
the rutgers university glee club and the wellesley women's choir perform together all the time and this past year, they were both performing this in their separate tours, one for ttbb and one for ssaa. when they joined together at rutgers to perform, they both just sang their own arrangements over one another at the same time. frankly it was the most beautiful thing ive ever heard.
theMONORAIL 1 year ago
Just beautiful. Thank you Chanticleer, for this and Loch Lomond, in both I find peace and beauty.
LorenzoMagnifico 1 year ago
this is really good. i feel like im in heaven. its so light and relaxing:) Excellent!
kennytoh27 1 year ago
That's in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art... beautiful setting for a beautiful piece.
ajcajonel 1 year ago
Whenever I wonder what music I will hear the day I enter the kingdom of Heaven, I always think of this song. This is what the music in heaven will sound like.
Maestro2500 1 year ago 2