Samuel Ramey - The trumpet shall sound / Messiah - Handel

[pucciniverdi777]

How glorious!!!!!

[classyteacherdiva]

Wow!

[Alexmeister25]

Uau Perfect

[Taenyr]

Do you know where one could find a CD with this recording?

[OperaMadness]

@Taenyr Shop online at Amazon or Arkivmusic

[Taenyr]

@OperaMadness Thank you for recommending Arkivmusic! It's an amazing site. =)

[OperaMadness]

@Taenyr you're welcome :)

[Taenyr]

@OperaMadness Also, is this particular track from the recording with Andrew Davis (conductor) and the Toronto Symphony?

[OperaMadness]

@Taenyr yep!

[manthasagittarius]

This is glorious -- clean, connected, the long singing arcs of roulade all firmly in place, with the text paramount. Hard not to enjoy this performance as a favorite.

Does anyone remember the performance by Thomas Paul in the 1966 Robert Shaw recording? That was something special.

[stevevandien]

@manthasagittarius I sure remember Paul's performance. I listened to it over and over while trying to learn this great aria as a voice student in the late 1980s. Haven't heard Paul's performance for a long time, but I remember it as first-rate:)

[theodorehui]

@stevevandien please upload the clip!

[theodorehui]

@manthasagittarius please upload the clip!! :)

[manthasagittarius]

@theodorehui Oh, if only I could! I lost all my vinyl years ago, and I have never found that recording on CD (not for lack of looking). That was the "revolutionary" performance with the little 40-voice chorus and fresh dancing tempi, after decades of Mormon Tabernacle Choir style readings. I was wearing out the soprano arias myself learning them -- that was Judith Raskin.

[Arashi110]

I'm not being original: this is my favorite version, too.

[rix657]

Beautiful voice, and I like how he sings this.

[cursumperficio100]

The best version I have heard!

Ramey is magnificent! Every word audible and clear!

[pucciniverdi777]

@cursumperficio100 There is a DVD version of The Rake's Progress with Ramey, Felicity Lott, Richard Van Allen, and other performers. Ramey is the only one who can be clearly understood in the entire opera. Except for his peerless performance, the English subtitles (with the opera itself in English of course) are a necessity. Ramey was quite young in this production, mid thirties perhaps.

[SsteinwayS]

Yay for Samuel Ramey! :) Amazing, as always...

[bassfanne45]

this has always been my favorite version of this piece. Ramey's voice works perfectly here, along with the trumpet.

[arpeggio1358]

@bassfanne45 I agree. Ramey's version is the best!

[serenaluce]

@arpeggio1358 Well, perhaps I haven't heard enough of other great versions of this aria to judge if it's the very best, but what I hear is magnificent! Wonderful, rich voice! It's just great! Thanks for the link:-)