To Saint Cecilia: Purcell, Handel, Haydn / Marc Minkowski

[olialto7]

Richard Croft is grabbing his ear again...

[andaluza8588]

increible!

[choirchub]

@lambojo1994 - the singer was undoubtedly modifying the closed "a" vowel of "flames" to "ah" so as to sing the word in his upper register. it's a very common trick among singers. Higher pitches require higher tension on the vocal chords, and closed vowels in the upper register add more but unnecessary tension. In the battle between maintaining a beautiful singing tone and maintaining absolutely pure vowels for sake of textual clarity, any singer will go for beautiful tone first.

[singsungify]

@choirchub Nonsense. Clear vowels can be made at most registers, especially by male voices.

[lambojo1994]

@principae122 - Sorry, but "Seraphic Flahms" is bad pronunciation. The native English speakers in this video have exemplary diction, but generally the English often sounds strange otherwise. It certainly ain't 17th century pronunciation, that's for sure!

[aethergoogle]

Beautiful voices; sumptuous tones from the orchestra; young, intelligent, radiant faces. What a wonderful feast! Must obtain a recording.

[mannvishnu]

Ah! comme c'est si vivant cette musique sous la baguette de Minkowski!! Vraiment ce sont touours des valeurs sûres avec lui...

[bearlauch]

ah! wie oft habe ich dies CD gehört, und wie oft habe ich Tränen gahabt.

i love Marc Minkowski! i thank you for you musical gift for us.

[acmoila]

De qui est le second opus, et de quelle mouvement s'agit-il?

[lambojo1994]

Some very strange English pronunciation in this video.

[principae122]

@lambojo1994 this is a very old english from the 17. century! Sometimes it´s sounds strange!!

[ralb15]

22 novembre 2009, fête de leur sainte patronne : Bonne Sainte-Cécile à tous les musiciens !