in general nice, but you do too many accents. The music don't flow.
Pity the virginal dont makes imitations: like the tenor "aqua madonna al foco": she only made scales. (finguering??)
This music is more beautiful whit the correct accentuation of the text, for ex: "Aqua" the accent in the firs A not in the second. The singer dont make any doble consonants. Wrong accents.
But really is a nice work, congratulation. Only a litle superficial. But, a very nice voice!
forgive my ignorance in this style of music... but is it common for a male singer to sing in that register? incredible tone and great intonation, but it was a little shocking. was peter lee in falsetto? i'm no singer, but his sound suggested that the pitch of his voice was completely natural for him.
countertenors sing in their falsetto register. his comfortability in that register can be attributed to a falsetto much more developed than the average person and so it does not have a raspy or unsupported sound that is generally associated with falsetto
Yes, it actually was fairly common back then. Its called being a counter-tenor. Much better tradition to follow compared to castrati, which from its name should give you a clue how THEY sang high notes...
[1] having a very high natural broken voice, effectively a freakishly high tenor (called by the French "haute-contre"), that can sing in the low alto range - cf. Rodrigo del Pozo, Dan Auchincloss, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Paul Agnew, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt.
[2] having a voice that never broke, and so singing soprano "naturally" - cf. Michael Maniaci, Radu Marian.
It's not so easy to appreciate in solo, but if you would listen to, in example, the Messiah, when performed by an all male choir in comparison to without then I think you should see the advantage. The male voice's timbre has a vigor befitting of that same character found in and worthy of the Baroque instruments.
@dolofonos "O Thou That Tellest God Tidings to Zion" from the "Messiah" features the counter-tenor as soloist. I personally prefer counter tenor to the alto, as you said due to the richness of the timbre.
Very interesting. Thank you for uploading.
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lildadecounty305 2 years ago
in general nice, but you do too many accents. The music don't flow.
Pity the virginal dont makes imitations: like the tenor "aqua madonna al foco": she only made scales. (finguering??)
This music is more beautiful whit the correct accentuation of the text, for ex: "Aqua" the accent in the firs A not in the second. The singer dont make any doble consonants. Wrong accents.
But really is a nice work, congratulation. Only a litle superficial. But, a very nice voice!
sorry for my English
santibarna 2 years ago
wonderful! :P
thesacrament77 2 years ago
Ottima esecuzione eccellente!
musicantica 2 years ago
forgive my ignorance in this style of music... but is it common for a male singer to sing in that register? incredible tone and great intonation, but it was a little shocking. was peter lee in falsetto? i'm no singer, but his sound suggested that the pitch of his voice was completely natural for him.
TheMonkeyTookMyHat 2 years ago
nice performance.
Of course it's normal. He's a countertenor
BTW, just see how some pop singers sing today (M. Jackson, Bee Gees(falsetto though), Franki Valli, and the list goes on.
romuloVG 2 years ago
countertenors sing in their falsetto register. his comfortability in that register can be attributed to a falsetto much more developed than the average person and so it does not have a raspy or unsupported sound that is generally associated with falsetto
khbgkh 2 years ago
Yes, it actually was fairly common back then. Its called being a counter-tenor. Much better tradition to follow compared to castrati, which from its name should give you a clue how THEY sang high notes...
grantco1313 2 years ago
there are some rare cases where countertenors can sing in that register without falsetto.
DancingMonkey12 2 years ago
@DancingMonkey12 Indeed. There are two ways this can happen.
[1] having a very high natural broken voice, effectively a freakishly high tenor (called by the French "haute-contre"), that can sing in the low alto range - cf. Rodrigo del Pozo, Dan Auchincloss, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Paul Agnew, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt.
[2] having a voice that never broke, and so singing soprano "naturally" - cf. Michael Maniaci, Radu Marian.
molealto 1 year ago
It's not so easy to appreciate in solo, but if you would listen to, in example, the Messiah, when performed by an all male choir in comparison to without then I think you should see the advantage. The male voice's timbre has a vigor befitting of that same character found in and worthy of the Baroque instruments.
dolofonos 2 years ago
@dolofonos "O Thou That Tellest God Tidings to Zion" from the "Messiah" features the counter-tenor as soloist. I personally prefer counter tenor to the alto, as you said due to the richness of the timbre.
cromorne 1 year ago
Bravo !
V.
Luthval 2 years ago