Cantique De Jean Racine - Gabriel Faure

[TrevorDaniels]

omg..ewwww

[lucdesarts]

tempo, tempo.....

[andrewc28]

Oh dear................... What a mess

[Choristenimes]

Allez écouter la version de la "Maîtrise de Nîmes" cantique Racine....

[Choristenimes]

Pas beau du tout !!

beeerk!

[donaldrose]

Erk! The basses ARE flat. Also the attack on the entry is sloppy. The basses stayed flat as the tenors entered and the whole thing was giving me bad shivers.

Sorry but this choir should do better.

[65renaissanceman]

Ouch, ouch, ouch... the bass section gets one of the rare chances a bass section gets to start off, and they muff it by being flat. It's hard enough keeping breath control in some parts of the Cantique to sustain long enough to get to the end of the phrase without it being so SLOOOWWW! and the choir cannot pronounce French properly. Even the amateur choral society I sing with has done this better.

[aperpetualsuffering]

This is excellent, however, I know a young choir that did slightly better than this. Then again, I'm biased :D

[emncaity]

rrrr....basses are molto flat...

[KatandErinbffFOSHO]

this is a very hard piece! but lovely! i sang this with my choir!

[lebjea]

Va voir "Dauphinelle" c'est super

[nenu485]

Normalement j'aime bien chanter du Fauré... mais avec ma chorale, on chante cette pièce seulement à deux voix et je trouve que ce n'est pas aussi réussi que ca devrait l'être

[sakurashaorancefiro]

devo essere sincera: il lavoro di un'orchestra è rovinato dall'intervento di bassi incompetenti! e poi sembra che tutte le sezioni gridino! peccato: bell'orchestra ma coro discutibile.Mi permetto di darvi un paio di consigli

1) i soprani dovrebbero gridare di meno

2) i bassi stessa cosa dei soprani

3)contralti siete ammirevoli, riuscire a cantare con queste trombe...

4) tenori idem contralti

[ledevau]

J'aime ce morceau , que j'ai chanté, les années dernières - il est plein de sérénité, se laisser prendre par l'amour de DIEU; -notre unique espèrance -

[publius3468]

The one thing I do like about this performance is the addition of the oboe to the orchestration of the introduction (and the clarinet to the interlude). The published score just calls for strings.

[andrevdbc]

there is an edition (I don't know for sure if it's this one) by Fauré himself that asks for double woodwinds and two french horns and piano in addition.

[jrdaniell]

incredibly flat, not doing a magnificent piece of music justice

[fippling]

This is to slow- Much to slow

[Pikkon22]

i sing on sats in my conservatoires choirs ...just beautiful!!!

[smileyrox92]

i love it and we r singing this on saturday then we are going to nyc and singing it at the statue of liberty and like 12 other churches

[BichaVerde]

It's a beautiful piece... it doesn't deserve to be so flat!

[reluctantteen]

I'm doin this next friday at @ concert and i absaloutley adore this piece!, but your right about the start their flat as a fly squashed on a wall!

[ShangoJamal]

I'm cool with the tempo,

but the guys are FLAT AS ALUMINUM FOIL.

[AnDieMusik]

Kudos on the orchestral parts.

[baritonepiercer1]

This has got to be the worst performance of this piece I have ever heard! It should not have been performed by this group.

[krprunitennis]

I just want to say that when I record myself w/ my camera, I sound way different.

That may have happened here.

[ladidiana]

Song is not written this slow. I read music, I know. I sung this in high school and we were wonderful! Song was good but people were flat and the tenors at the beginning. Verbe'.... mouth is TOO rounded. not loud either!

[xfallingxsnowx]

I agree. I read music too, it's too slow.

Song...well aside from being too flat men in the beginning...other stuff too.

I'm doing this song in my high school choir and we're doing a pretty good job too.

[WaffenKartoffel]

This would have to be one of my favourite renditions - completely flawless in its performance. I would have paid much to witness it. Bravo.

[marzigary]

Flawless? Apart from the fact that the tempo is too slow for my taste, the men are way too flat in the beginning.

[TombstonedM]

hehe well WaffenKartoffel, I'm proud to say i am part of amadeous choir :) and marzi gary, trust me, those are not the guys, that is cus the sound is crappy unfourtunatley :/

[zippyninny]

very true...that's cos the guys (especially the basses)did not sing tall enough... in short, the choir did not do justice to the wonderful sound of the orchestra

[xfallingxsnowx]

I agree the tempo is too slow for my taste too, and the men are painfully flat in the beginning. =[

[keliiib]

my choir did this song and we sound way better than you guys do.. sorry that a bunch of higschoolers sound better

[xfallingxsnowx]

My choir too. I'm a highschooler and mine is a high schooler choir too.

Sorry but we sound better than you, and we're still learning it.

Men are painfully too flat in the beginning..

And just overall...not so good. Sorry.

[AnDieMusik]

Pretty arrogant for a high schooler.

[AnDieMusik]

No offense intended, by the way.

[Fuliginosus]

Ew!

[guapobear]

OUCH!... i have always said i want this piece played at my memorial when i pass... i trust those planning the service will have the good sense not to select your rendition... basses... have a good time with the doorknobs..

[daHumbleOne]

Control. Inflections..Totally missing!

[ioynadiemas]

Puaj!!!!.... está horrible!!, así no se canta Fauré... realmente espantoso.

[choralconducter]

Great piece! Needs alot more work. Bad Phrasing, diction, and intonation problems!!

[choralconducter]

Not the best performance i have heard, by far. There is lots of potential there. You must be more sensitive with dynamics as well as intonation! Also, pick up the tempo! The French is muddy.

[roninalchemist]

Beautiful song, but their almost pompus professionalism gets in the way of the actual diction of the words, ruining the piece.

[billthegirl]

ever heard of dynamics...? and it was totally rushed at the end.

[jkhack]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too slow.

[ulyssesjj]

oh dear, oh dear, how desperately dreadful

[zinutile]

It is funny to notice how a whole choir can be tone deaf! This is sooooo horrible it is funny! Everything is equal, no movement in intensity anywhere... oh well ;)

[VIDALVAUGHN]

OMG YOU R SO RIGHT!

[lizziestew]

Please show us how its done?

[zinutile]

first, I'd need a choir. Second, I DID sing the Cantique. Third, if you don't HEAR how FLAT they are, you don't deserve anymore explanations, because you are ALSO tone deaf. Your question is plain stupid.

[HaitianFighter]

Faure is definitely my favorite composer he's just awesome!!

[GabriellaKrystal]

Same! He is a gorgeous composer!

[garjogo]

Congratulations! This song is very beautiful and you sing really good!

[ajaxhapsburg]

I don't remember the Oboe doubling the viola part....if it does, it's too loud in that case.

[pawelmazur]

there are different versions of the score by faure of this piece. One is with harp, another for only strings, another with harp and wood...

[poglay]

it's Fauré and not faure...

[badpab]

thanks

[poglay]

les choeurs sont abominables, the choir is awfull...pure massacre... c'est un massacre! Une insulte à G. Fauré...mes oreilles ne tiennent pas deux secondes apres que les chanteurs ont commencé...On dirait qu'ils sont un demi ton en dessous! enfin bref dommage!

[zinutile]

Plus qu'un quart de ton en-dessous des instruments, c'est très tangible. Je l'ai fait quand j'étais étudiant à l'université et, sans être professionnels, nous étions de loin meilleurs ;)

[moretg]

Quel dommage d'avoir d'aussi médiocres chanteurs perdus dans de la si belle musique admirablement interprétée par l'orchestre...

[clubcardpoints]

Oh dear what a disastrous performance! Too slow, too flat, too dreary. Sorry, but this amadeus chamber choir cannot be European. For a perfect version of how it should be sung, listen to the Canterbury Tradition recording by the Canterbury cathedral choir.

Sorry to be a mesery guts but this has just ruined my day!

[ieuz123]

Men are quite flat at the beginning unfortunately but it is a beautifull piece.

[cattleyafan]

Wonderful work of art. Pity about the poor male singers.TY for posting

[Texy88]

Some mispronounced words (final 'e', such as in 'le', should be like a quick 'uh' sound, not 'ay') and, as SweetApollonia pointed out, an off-key note, but otherwise great music. This is one of my favourite sacred anthems.

[BizarreSuzanne]

Love the music...video poor though...

[SweetApollonia]

Beautiful song! The men, though, should be more on the note in the beginning. Still beautiful.