Messiah - Handel ( 3 )

[TheWisemonkey8]

2:07 ...

[codonauta]

@TheWisemonkey8 Exactly. 

[knittingnickel9]

Sylvia's ornamentation is just beautiful and tasteful.

[VoiceClassical]

Sylvia McNair... just magnificent here...

[MrPaintball874]

Can someone please tell me what the part that starts at about 5:15 is called?

[pinchmeImnotdreaming]

I find the purity and lack of flourish so genuine and human. This is music for people who listen and feel; for those who eschew meretricious technique.

[SoyAnniemarie]

A mi humilde parecer, ambas son fabulosas con sus voces pero la sra. MacNair interpreta angelicalmente su parte como un canto de cuna como si el Señor nos arrullara para descansar despuès de un largo trajinar x la vida!!...las glorias al Señor por tales interpretaciones, por la direcciòn y por inspirar a Handel a escribir este gran Oratorio!!!

[silverlua56]

Name and Aria of this Please ...

[pianomags]

what beautiful music. Amateurs nit-picking the technical/interpretive choices of such an accomplished professional musician is so backwards. Grow up for goodness sake. Or find something more suited to your ability.

[mrnorrisnightmare]

Divine :-)

[chatbud]

C'mon, yall should listen to the greatly missed Arleen Auger on the Trevor Pinnock recording - incomparable!

[musikan1218]

thanks for upload..



[SilenceTheQuiet]

It feels strange to digress to this, but the vocalist (Anne Sofie Von Otter) does the absolute best Mozart Requiem I have ever heard! She is my favorite mezzo-soprano in the world!!!!!!!!:)

[lostpebble]

This is Handel's Messiah and it is an English oratorio, not Rameau's Platée or Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro..... i agreed with codonauta that this is the way how it should be performed. The "English influences" in the performance seems just put things more in the right context for me... if you know what i meant.

[JoyEvelynT]

The two female soloists are absolutely Heavenly....................Go­d bless them !

[zv03]

McNair doesn't stand a chance next to the unequaled von Otter McNairs voice is so thin and pinched and artificial, it sounds like a child's. von Otter's is so full and rich and assured, it leaves McNair in the dust!. .

[bagsjr1]

good teamwork

[bar0qu3]

...e quando ascolto questo brano mi viene subito in mente il Natale...

[TheWisemonkey8]

Well, it was a good solid performance. To be very honest… which I think we all know I am… I can say that I am and was delighted with this. Good stuff. I send my kind and warm regards,

[rodrigo28915032]

porreta

[MoaiMaea]

Shit, my mind was blown when I first heard how much a professional singer of classical music earns. Now I can’t but think of it each time I see one.

[orlandoswoolf]

Sylvia McNair is outstanding!!

[mbrooks972]

Love Sylvia McNair here, but as a mezzo, I'm always thrilled to see/hear Anne-Sofie von Otter. She's one of my favorite mezzos of all time. Both voices are clear, pure, beautiful, with intelligent ornamentation. LOVE! Thanks for posting this!

[MALP1231]

@mbrooks972 In my opinion, you have summed it up, accurately and succinctly. These two ladies are my favorite classical singers. Their voices are so beautiful, and without the display of excessive vibrato. Sublime!

[mbrooks972]

Lovely!

[alb84guitar]

Handel is a genius, this aria is so sweet and the whole Messiah is so musically clever!!! Sylvia McNair has a wonderful voice but I fell in love with Anne Sofie von Otter she is so sensual...

[oOoSweetDreamoOo]

wir haben das am weihnachtskonzert unsrer schule gesungen :) war echt super , vor allem dieses solo... aber bei uns war es iwie höher?!

[heulhoerer]

There is a lovely story from Stefan Zweig "Sternstunden der Menschheit" about the compostion of Haendels "Messiah". It hits almost the same as the real music. Both together is more than I can stand. Greeetings to all listeners!

[shanny64]

I'm so in love with God- I hear Him and feel so close to Him when I hear Messiah.

[30982992]

no puede cantar tan bien.... es una GRANDE

[animanatural]

la versión de El Mesías por The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields le ha dado a las versiones originales unas variantes sumamente hermosas tanto para las voces como los instrumentos, me encanta, y Sir Neville Marriner es sencillamente magistral.

[madziua90]

her voice is angelic. divine. I fell in love with Sylvia McNair :)

[rudly]

soooooooo pure truly

[elufologo]

Just check at 4:45 what this BEAST of singing does. Can't hold my tears every time I listen this show of vocal prowess, but above all a sublime rendition of spirituality and Art.

[dedovillegas]

How does she do that??? :O

i have to be as good one day!

[elufologo]

Dear Dedovillegas. Sorry, I can't tell you in writing. As you know, in baroque music, that kind of ornaments are important. A good performer must know how to interpret them, with technique but above all with taste and artistry. This girl McNair is at home be it Handel or Jerome Kern. A consummate artist.

[Lanark8]

Sylvia McNair 2:09 the best version I have ever heard of this work. I remember watching this performance as a child. A special performance (set in Dublin, Ireland) organised for the 300th anniversary of the composition of the Messiah. McNairs singing here is inspired. Simply inspired. Kind regards,

[missionpants]

Codonauta you and I think alike....

What a BEAUTIFUL part of Messiah you have graced us with...

Bless you... And thanks....

[querubearmado]

Si dios existiera y tuviera ángeles no dudo que Sylvia y Ann Soffie serían dos de ellos. Maravillosa música, geniales intérpretes. Con ese arte, la vida merece vivirse.

[Mensajera26]

ESta niña de cabello moreno parece un pajarito cantando, que Dios la bendiga...bella interpretación.

[animanatural]

yo también siempre la imaginaba, antes de conocer este dvd, como un pajarito trinando dulcemente en un bosque, mirando hacia las alturas.

[Lanark8]

Amen

[sleepinglikebaby]

Well, get to it! God bless you and your :}.

[smellybog]

Many ways, as many as it is people

Bless you

Ingela

[cbiswhite]

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields gets it right all the time! This sounds like angels gently beckoning us into the strong and loving arms of Christ- absolutely beautiful. It's amazing to see (and hear) how many ways God has preserved His word and truth over the centuries.

[paulthefan]

absolutely breathtaking, and the words likewise.

[WiseMonke]

Well, my honest opinion. We all have an innate disposition for the need and love of God. However, you will find no condemnation from me for not believing. You know I trust your own ability to reason and arrive at your own conclusions... I assume you are an intelligent and capable person. Your taste in Music is clearly a testimony of this :}.

[WiseMonke]

However, its always good to question oneself and ask oneself why we think the way we do. Be well and happy my friend in music. My warm and thankful regards for this post. Oh... and God bless.

[Lanark8]

When hearing this... how could one not be filled with love and longing for the love of the lord our God? Know a man by his actions. Thanks for this post... it fills me with such hope.

[Graviak]

yes McNair is very good and its a joy listening to her, but for all of you who like this kind of singing, i recommend listening to RUTH HOLTON if you may get a recording.

[codonauta]

Yes, Ruth Holton is related. Another singer who sings this way , clean, without excessive vibrato, and without strident singing - and have a very strong voice at same time ( which it seems paradoxical ) is Deborah York. And she has an admirable vocal technique.

[codonauta]

@Graviak Exactly because that McNair is better: her voice is cleaner and pure, how must be human voice in sacral music. I don't like strident voice, mainly in sacral music. Because that I don't like the performance of the tenor in this recording - too much "operistic."

[Souperdot]

I think this is rather lovely. But, I am wondering why Sylvia McNair does not use vibrato consistently. It seems to help her hold the phrases out longer but I would rather hear the vibrato used consistently. I am working on this piece right now for a performance in April and it has given me quite a few ideas.

[codonauta]

I am not singer, but one of the motives because I think the Sylvia McNair's performance here is superb is exactly because she doesn't exagerate in the vibrato. She sings clean, with purity.

If it was Wagner, or Puccini I would think in a different way. But it Baroque music, it's Handel.

[Liucilla]

@Souperdot you're not supposed to force it. Vibrato is a sign of vocal age. You should never force it. Those that do will ruin their voices. It's not something you do... you can control it some, but it grows. It amazes me the people that don't understand the human voice.

[Souperdot]

@Liucilla I never said anything about her forcing vibrato. I would just prefer to hear the vibrato being allowed more often. I know everyone has a different opinion on vibrato styles and that is what helps us all be unique. Please understand that I am not just someone who doesn't know about the voice. I have my master's degree in vocal performance and am an emerging professional in the field. I'm just expressing an opinion.

[WiseMonki]

McNair Is beyond praise here. Such a gift. Thank you for the post. Made my night... seriously. My warm and thankful regards,

[amandakasem]

Oh man, I love Ms. McNair. Her voice is just so pure! I am taking a class taught by her right now, and she is just an amazing person inside and out.

[codonauta]

It is a big privilege to have classes with her directly. You're very lucky.

[singer1924]

my only criticism is with the instruments, lack of expressiveness and poor sound quality - a minor issue, as the singers are so astonishingly good.

[codonauta]

Really? I didn't get any problem with the sound of the instruments. For me is ok.

[singer1924]

No words for this. Never heards the Messias like that. Heartbreaking. Please, somebody can tell who are the musicians?

[codonauta]

Take a look in the informations about the video, at the right side of the video, above.

[Jayasat]

D u know whats so special bout religion music? Compare to other musics, usually tell love between humans(eross), but religion musics tell the love of God to humandkind (agaphe), the purest and the most beautiful love, even he gave us his only son, died for our sins, so we can be saved. Thats why we celebrate Christmas.. Joy! Peace! Love! Hope! All of them are in religion musics...

And if u know how Messiah Oratiorio was made, u will be more and more amazed!

Praise The Lord!!

[codonauta]

Yes, but I am not not a religious person- anyway, I respect who is.

[Jayasat]

ooh... ok..

but you do like religion music right? im glad to know that! (^___^)

[codonauta]

Yes, I like very much. Most of the videos I've uploaded in my channel are sacral. :o)

Take a look in the videos in general of my channel.

Thanks for your participations in the comments of my videos. You are a nice person.

[Jayasat]

Hoho.. yeah it is.

And you also like classical musics y? Mee too!

xD

Thx, its no deal. ^0^

[tonadachi]

Nice singer, but at least memorize the piece. Hated to see her mouth the wrong word then look at her book and correct herself in time.

[Adamalgorithm]

Handel's Messiah is some of my most favorite and profound music and yet I am non-theist. I do not believe without reason and rationality. I love the music , but even the simplistic and sometimes absurd words I enjoy as fiction.

[codonauta]

It's my situation too. I am a not-religion person who likes religion music. I like the sonority of the religious music: the arias usually are sung with voices without excessive vibrato, in a more natural way, like in this video. And the choral music, which we find much more present in sacral music than in non-sacral one. Because that I prefer vocal music "sacral" than from Operas.

I try not pay attention in what is being said in the lyrics in all these Oratorios and Masses.

[codonauta]

If you take a look in my channel, you will see a big amount of sacral music, maybe most of my videos are sacral. But it is because I like the sonority of that music, not because the dogma.

[elufologo]

Bravo Sylvia! Can't hold my tears every time I listen to your sublime singing!

[findthebeauty]

anne sofie von otter has an incredible voice, and I think I like it better than the soprano's for tone and strength.

[codonauta]

I like the clarity, the cleannesss of the soprano voice. But both are very good.

[hiongg]

This is one of the best piece in the whole Messiah..

[vocalvideos]

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed this very much.

[codonauta]

I had luck when I got this dvd. It is a very good recording of The Messiah.

[pertrujo]

Who is she?

[tartinitrumpet]

Can you post the rest of this recording? This is great stuff.

[codonauta]

Take a look in the channel of " " ferfel05yt "

( an you tuber ). I think he has uploaded the entire 'Messiah' in his channel - this same recording.