Andreas Scholl canta "Flow my tears"

[Cardien18]

I haven't heard this in years... love singing in harmony to it, so beautiful <3

[cvocale]

SEMPLICEMENTE PERFETTO!!! UNA DOLCEZZA INFINITA!!! FANTASTICO

[Possatboi]

A bard after my own heart.

[douskara]

Divine!

[songersogner]

Sublime. 

[satharnful]

Quelle merveille ! Il est exceptionnel.

[DarkNshY]

This is amazing

[ottavva]

yes, I almost remember, I must have lived as a trouveur singer/lute player in a previous life

btw it was much better a life than this one...

[MsCSCG]

This is exquisite music and an amazing countertenor.

[hannahtripp]

Beautiful :)

[batain]

This is so sad!!! T_T

[Emman27running]

So...sad and beautiful.



[V0CALVIRTU0S0]

I'm singing this song for contest. <3

[TheJbach]

See Alfred Deller's version at the Salomesslave site on You Tube.

[TheJbach]

A bit quick.... see Deller!

[IlGattonero13]

Scholl has flawless technique, but I prefer Alfred Deller's version, which is slower, graver, more knowing, subtle and moving.

[Bouncybon]

@IlGattonero13 I agree with you and your description of the Deller version. But there is something devastating about the perfection of the Scholl. I suppose they are both magnificent in their own way.

[angietihi]

Lutenist is marvellous as well.

[saintandrews84]

This is one of the best version's of Flow my Tears so far. Tone and pitch is perfect , absolutely perfect !

[wally63100]

what a wandeful...

[yugottachance]

what a beautiful voice! tresure of the earth.

[funkycatglasses01]

:o so mesmerizing! I wasn't much of a fan of countertenor singing. But this singer sounds..... lovely!

[ciccacarmen1]

La musica è arte.....scorrete mie lacrime....dove il nero uccello della notte la triste infamia di lei canta, ....

[voltamore]

@ciccacarmen1

Che bello l'italiano! These words sing - even without Dowland's and Scholl's mastery :)

[pondeflouers]

Обалдеть!

[zorlac86]

Is this guy a castrati?

[shurluful]

@zorlac86 

[shurluful]

MOST CERTAINLY NOT A CASTRATI

[gibshillpics]

I love this song and I collect many versions of it, but this is the most beautiful and haunting recording I have ever heard of "Flow my tears. Just in time for Fall.

[GothamWriter91]

I can't stop crying...

[aravis123]

is this really falsetto??@_@ it sounds natural

[MaksimLevinskyMusic]

Sounds BEAUTIFUL...thank for sharing this (:

[siervadedios1]

I love Andreas Scholl and his voice!!!! 

[Kerlerot]

Il y a eu Alfred Deller. Il y a depuis qq années, quand même, Andreas Scholl.

Simplement merci...

[b0ttomzone]

I just noticed the opening phrase is almost identical to JS Bach's Komm Suesser Tod... I know that Bach studied the Italians... did he also study the English?

Or maybe those two descending motives, ending on the leading tone, were a commonly accepted opening theme for these sorrowful arias?

And also, Scholl, as always, sings like an angel.

[polymath7]

@b0ttomzone Interesting musings. "...did he also study the English?"

I must say I'm delightfully surprised to see a theme from Dowland turning up in a piece by Bach, but I'm not well enough versed in Bach's musical influences to decide if I *should* be all that surprised.

Bach of course, like Picasso, like Shakespeare, took whatever he could use from other artists.

[Sammygirl7466]

Just starting to explore singing Dowland's music myself. I really like your attention to particular words i.e. 'sighs' 'groans' 'hell." I'm thinking of staring the "Hark!" verse strongly for this reason, like a full mezzoforte. Would welcome any thoughts :)

[zutal0rs]

He is quite in a class of his own. There is no sense of effort or strain in his singing and his voice sounds so pure and ethereal.

[rozalia67]

Thank you lasultancia!

[rozalia67]

In which CD can I find this song?

[lasultanica]

@rozalia67 "English Folksongs & Lute Songs"

(sorry, i was wrong)

[rozalia67]

What a voice....

What a peformance...

What a music...

[KiptaviusFuzz]

you put the "k" in "darkness" in the wrong spot. And there's only one "e" in "darkness".

[AngryLurikeen]

Melancholy and beautiful.

[HeartnSoul99]

Perfect, undoubtly a good one, but in a way too "perfect" in the sense of tightness, strictness, too cold also...can't surpass, I"m sorry Alfred Deller's early versions (circa 1954-60).Well, it's just my humble opinion...

[Singvoll]

btw it's "exiled for ever let me mourn" anything else doesnt make sense! or what does "exlide" mean?

[Singvoll]

btw it's "exiled for ever let me mourne"  anything else doesn't make sense...

[bernard1422]

Scholl has been given a great gift and he is obviously making good use of it. What a wonderful performer!

[Jude616]

Magnifiques musique et interprétation. Quelle musicalité !

[SpaceCaptainDaddy]

This is a thing of supreme beauty.

[Cardien18]

He has such a gentle voice (-__-)

[jardinsdecalude]

Absolument merveilleux, la meilleure version de flow my tears existante !! Je me régale et je l'écoute en boucle ! jardinsdecalude

[melisilus]

Bravissimo !

[KP1215MM3000]

@jardinsdecalude szkoda Francuzie,że Cię nie rozumiem,ale jednak widzę,że masz starodawnie cudną tkliwość duszy...

[emeraude7]

ya grusu=((((((((((( mne ochen nravitsa

[PlutonianBum]

Superb.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

well, this is actually in F sharp minor

[serenaluce]

Both Scholl's and Lesne's interpretations are just wonderful and very moving! Bravi! But I prefer Lesne's version a bit more.

[KP1215MM3000]

The best kontratenor I've ever heard-the Balsam one to my soul.

[rosovavoda]

exactly the same for mine too!!!!!

[chorister88]

He is nice..what about Jaroussky? You think he is one big commercial?

[saintandrews84]

I would love to sing this one day .......

[outsider950]

che bello! splendido...

[dani1978el]

muy bien

[macasoprano]

The perfect misicians for that wonderful piece .

[DarkNshY]

like sweeping silk over a childs cheeks

[playpetergriffin]

creepy

[DarkNshY]

oh yes it is

[chas5131]

beautiful

superb

[MrMagnificat]

Just the best...

[jennyrebekah]

I just discovered this guy. Where has he been all my life? I listen to him and imagine myself soaking in a tub with candles everywere drinking a glass of wine. He has the most soothing voice.

[adehmark]

Just beautiful.....

[MisterNumber6]

This is awesome!

[RoyalSnowbird]

A wonderful piece in Old English poetic prose - with a voice like milk and honey for the ears - absolutely superb!

[SquallPwnLife]

Anyone know where to get some sheet muic for this? (Just like a voice + piano version)

[AnimaMiaPerdona]

I got mine on art song central (just type in flow my tears art song to google)... It doesnt sound right on a piano though, it needs a guitar/lute or harpsichord

[bachgod]

Oh My GOD,,,, Those are two ANGELS, Dowland, and Scholl. The lute is wonderful too. Thank's for sharing..... Is Amazing Beutiful.

DAVID.....

[Kveldssang]

Supernal

[wolkowy1]

Excellent performance! Bravo!

[maiggy81]

habe das Lied in der Interpretation mit dieser

perfekten Stimme so nicht gehört,für mich bis jetzt die schonste,

Bernadette

[xtrememusic6]

Great John Dowland¡¡¡¡

Beautiful voice,Andreas...¡¡¡

[garcilaso1971]

Bellísimo, very nice.

[songblam]

Excellent. J. D. himself would have applauded this wonderful effort...

[OlivianBREDA]

This is a very beautiful song, I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing it.

[zerobox10]

I came to hear his voice because of Gregg Prichard from BGT.He has an amazing voice too!!!

[Achbar]

This is sweet, I need to find more music like this

[avatarprimus]

sublime voice!!!

[LOLADAMUSICA]

che veramente marvigliosa

[hotqueekboi]

Now that's the nicest timbre to a countertenor voice that I have heard.

Lovely! <3

[oliveranthonyrowland]

Scholl is probably my favourite countertenor and I think this song is lovely - but typically gloomy for John Dowland! I have posted a version of me singing it - if anyone wants to listen and tell me if you think I am any good at this kind of singing I would appreciate it.

[lasultanica]

that is the ancient lyric i found, dear : )

put yours here, if you want : )))))))

[kozzzh]

I guess "darnesse" lost its "k" )

[lasultanica]

thank you kozzzh ! ;-) very kind.

[lasultanica]

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[Aradeia]

That took my breath away. Simply perfect! Thank You for adding this song. :)

[sylersky]

I recommend English Lute Songs to you by Robin Blaze (Counter Tenor) and Elizabeth Kenny...

[lasultanica]

thank you : )

[RowanFortuneWood]

Stunning.

[mrmartinmartin]

I wish I could sing like that, sends tingles down my spine.

[DeHeld8]

Hey! I know this! at least, a Dutch version "Mijn ziele treur" (My soul's sorrow)

You can find it by searching for "mijn ziele treur" on youtube. you will find a movie that starts with an old fashioned version of the Dutch national anthem, followed by this song.

[SilkBoxer]

How sweet music !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Athrael999]

Amazing... I can't dry my tears...

[Cardien18]

This song speaks for me.

[1956MARIBEL]

Como puede que no dijera Cicerón en las Fidípicas, el que no llora no mama.

[gifu1960]

I really like Andreas Scholl's interpretation of this piece. His voice has a very pure sound that I enjoy hearing. I wish he would pronounce "Deprived" with 3 syllables in this song. But I am not an authority on this piece, it is just what I am expecting to hear..

[BesACB]

It's what Dowland expected to hear!

[Lohengrin]

several notes in his throat have an uncanny mysterious sound...

[pianoman1812]

@Lohengrin I noticed that as well, it's very beautiful, strange, and in a sense, somewhat castrati like. Or should be. Don't you think?

[LeaBruggen]

@pianoman1812.... The technique that Andreas Scholl use to sing is merely Technical singing, called FALSETTO is a TECHNIQUE used by ALL singers when appropriate and by countertenors most of the time.

FALSETTO is a voice production technique for singing high notes. It uses only part of the vocal cords plus the resonant spaces in the head and neck.

[LeaBruggen]

@pianoman1812 These days, no singer is deliberately castrated in the cause of music but there are a few endocrinological castrati whose physiology gives them the same combination of high voice and powerful projection as the 18th century castrati.

[saintandrews84]

Such a beautiful piece about darkness, sadness,mourning, no light and hell. Thats music !

[chinpolomalu]

今まで聞いた中で一番良い。chinpolomalu.

[SupermartinR]

Semjante bellza y claidad vocal solamente puede ser cantada por un hombre!

Aguanten los contratenores!

[bushcrap2019]

The man is a vocal machine

[TreckZT]

Incredible! This is sung by a man?

But it's really beautiful!

[WeziElliott]

yeah, andreas scholl is a man, he is in the picture, amazing voice

[pirx0]

to jest dopiero śpiew !!

[humbucker1000]

This is wonderful, but I will always prefer Deller's interpretation.

/watch?v=r_aR3cOUYm8&feature=r­elated

[cymro89]

Beautiful!!!!

[BytomGirl]

This is so beautiful in it's sadness, I too now have tears in my eyes.....

[Jakobus2007]

oh! now my tears flow too :-)... Wunderschön!

[Cardien18]

beautiful

[o0butterflyweaver0o]

such clarity and perfection! Sigh....

[Sofilajiraf]

I did not know this interpretation by A. Scholl.

Wonderful. I love it.

Thank you.

[bngwal20]

wow, this is really nice. I have to feature a Weep, o Mine eyes ( John Bennet) that was developed from this song in my choral lit class. like it alot.

[coloraturakae]

I love Andreas Scholl. He has a wonderfully strong, masculine tone. I would love to see him as Nerone in L'incoronazione di Poppea. He is dead sexy!

[rosovavoda]

it sings an angel...

[lostatsea775]

Scholl Vs Sting .....

I know which I prefer

[sophelet]

@lostatsea775 Scholl, of course, though both are fine musicians.

[tenebrousllama]

this makes me happier each time i listen to it

[marvinkmooneyoz]

My music history teacher once asked me to improvise on this for the class, but apparently my improvisation wasnt "jazzy" enough for him...as much as i love to play jazz, this tune is just too perfect in its own general feel

[ibnfahlan]

fantastic masterpiece

[hundingwelser]

great.

[muzicarka]

this is simply beautiful..the music,the voice,the combination...i could really let my tears flow to the sounds of this.

i just adore the way he sings..

beautiful..

[thoyo]

hi everyone, i was really turned onto dowland by the sting cd, but i notice that people say that his renditions don't exactly do dowland's music justice, could someone possibly post a message with one or two singers who sing in a traditional male vocal range who perform dowland?? thanks very much....

ps i can't believe a man can sing this way so beautifully!!!

[sophelet]

@thoyo This is a traditional male range...but perhaps you mean baritone?

[BubCar2]

The countertenor voice has become something of a cliche in "today's" early music. It takes the combination of Andreas Scholl & Dowland at his best to remind us how beautifully expressive it can be.

[cuckthefardinals]

Damn straight! David James is amazing as well. One of my favorite counter tenors

[sophelet]

@BubCar2 Cliché? How so? It is a voice type which has been used/performed/however you want to say it, for centuries. There just happen to be a lot more good and great countertenors now, and more are recording, than in the past era of the rediscovery of early music.

[joe983]

This is utterly beautiful..

[shambach]

same thing here

[jhvorotin]

SO GOOD! I do not like the type of voice very much but here I must admit that it's just DIAMOND!!!

[gehaktmolen]

Andreas Scholl his voice is always beautiful:) Listen to 'O Jesu, Nomen Dulce'. His voice is idd a diamond<3:D

[hanterkant]

Une voix extraordinaire, d'une pureté, d'une justesse et d'une amplitude émotionnelle extraordinaire. Non seulement beau, mais merveilleusement inspiré ! Merci.

[Davidoff73]

the most touching, the most beautiful and most sad piece of music i ever heard. seriously. i cant stop listening again and again... and again. sick for it. just ordered the the songbook and will learn to play the lute part on guitar. the voice of anderas scholl is divine. a genius simply. lasultanica, your postings are fantastic. thank you! greetings from munich, germany

[lasultanica]

you are welcome, david : )

[zeldalicious]

Beautiful beyond words.

[xXxSocorroDovesxXx]

Exquisite.

His voice overwhelms me with its beauty and perfection... yet such sadness breaks my heart!

[hexc0de]

the BEST countertenor in the world, perhaps in all history. any my most favorite song of all. so perfectly sad, yet so perfectly beautiful. dowland + scholl = beyond words.

[puppieluv101]

I did upload a guy with soprano voice, just write: Russian Farinelli

[ArbiterElegantium]

My favourite piece...

How deep,how sensual...how beautiful.

Thank you

[jewish1972]

se oye demasiado bajo, de no ser asi le habria dado la maxima puntuacion

[asisecanta]

could you please post barbara bonney's rendition of this song?

[tararep]

I have, search for it!

[lasultanica]

supongo q ya la viste, pero la tienes en el canal de tararep. la subió hace un mes. saludicos : )

[rosovavoda]

When I hear him,my tears beginn to flow too..

[montymike]

This was Philip K. Dick's favourite song.

[nohpiano]

one of the great songs in all of history, beautifully sung and played

[sirmattbelios]

this is totally beautiful. this song sounds good with a female singer but a male voice has more resonance and is bolder...i just think this is how the song was intended to be.

[ShoshanaYisraela]

beautiful song, beautiful voice!

[wujingcdh]

i did not really love renaissance music so much,but scholl made me love it,marvellous!thanks for uploading!

[lambicframbroise]

Ah, my favorite song from the moment I heard it. Those renaissance composers really knew how to evoke the affections of humanity.

[PadreAcaJoca]

This voice heals and brings you from death!!!

[chiaroscurofx]

I can't get over this voice - thanks to you and to civileso! Brings back memories of another fantastically pure singer whose life, unfortunately, had ended in tragedy. Golden. C.

[jewish1972]

i could have been as good as him if my voice were trained, i have a countertenor pitch too

[emalag999]

you could have been, but you are not.

so...

[jewish1972]

no, a pity.

[civileso]

No one does Dowland good like Scholl..

"Hark! You shadows that in darkness dwell..."

Sublimity.

[BachLoveNat]

:))))

Your voice is really beautiful too dear Eser btw:)

[civileso]

Thanks dear:) So kind of you..

[BachLoveNat]

my tears .... to John Dowland....

Beautiful song ....

Thank you dear Andreas!