♫ Victoria, O Magnum Mysterium (The Sixteen - Christophers) ♪

[bienenkind1]

wunderschön

[REV16665]

@roadkillsanchez The words are Latin, the composer was Spanish, the music is universal

[REV16665]

@REV16665 Smart arse

[REV16665]

@REV16665 I know

[TheJamesalden]

I don't know just how many times I have heard this wonderful piece, and of course, I never tire of hearing this or any other piece by this composer. Wonderful performance, wonderful music. Thank you...

[rhwesley]

i love this

[aquilesabadin]

O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum

O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum

Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum

Viderent Dominum natum

Jacentem in proesepio, jacentem in proesepio

O beata virgo, cujus viscera me ruerunt portare

Dominum Jesum Christum

Alleluja, Alleluja, Alleluja

Alleluja, Alleluja, Alleluja

Alleluja!

[itellmyselftobreathe]

beautiful performance. beautiful song.

[mosteiroespsanto]

Deve todo sacerdote catolico expressar na sua Igreja a Polifonia vamos dar um basta nesta liturgia do Vaticano ll de chinelagem. XO!

[REV16665]

@mosteiroespsanto Let's abolish the Vatican altogether!

[Welshkiteflyer]

stunning



[gyarakigy]

A superb performance of this excellent work of Victoria!!

Thank you! 

[hanyey3000]

THE BEST INTERPRETATION I'VE EVER HEARD!!!

[887523092]

There are two things that are universal Music and Mathematics...OK then, there it is.

[Servilio1000]

¡¡¡ Magnífica música espiritual epañola !!! Preciosa interpretación.

[REV16665]

@Servilio1000 This music isn't Spanish. Great art doesn't have a nationality

[paluhl]

I've loved this for 40 years and this is such a beautiful performance. Thank you!

[REV16665]

@paluhl You're welcome!

[oscaroscarful]

Incredible. So beautiful.

[sardegnaviva]

Quando venite in Sardegna?

[stevenjackson1958]

This is beautiful.

[mendy8511]

like.

[kwilsonjr]

Is this performance available on CD? Looking on Amazon and can't seem to find it.

[REV16665]

@kwilsonjr I don't know. This is from a BBC programme: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x21sc

[kwilsonjr]

I just don't know what to say. That is the most perfect performance of that song I have ever heard. And I have sung it before with a chamber choir. I am so grateful to you for posting this video. I'll be watching it over and over again.

[REV16665]

@kwilsonjr You're very welcome, Ken

[ferka07]

I had to listen to this over and over and then watch closely, the for men on the left are singing the Alto very impressive

[ferka07]

I have never heard anything so perfect in my life

[REV16665]

@ferka07 I think you'll like this one too: youtube.com/watch?v=y5S1RiSOPn­Y (Use headphones - good ones)

[ferka07]

@REV16665 that link just takes me back to the homepage

[REV16665]

@ferka07 Search: ♫ Duruflé, Requiem: Introit & Kyrie (organ version) ♪ (Second result)

[bghcomposer]

Simply Amazing! This is why they are rated the #4 choir in the World!!! (Grammophone Magazine)

[REV16665]

@bghcomposer Which ones are even better, according to GM?

[jakeyjazz]

@REV16665 The Cardinall's Musick, Polyphony and the Monteverdi Choir, according to the article.

[REV16665]

@jakeyjazz Thanks. The first two I don't know, but I don't think The Sixteen and the Monteverdi Choir should be compared. That's a bit like comparing a string quartet with an orchestra

[DJLiko81]

@REV16665 Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton, is a very similar group to The Sixteen, but they are generally more famous for performances of more recent works than The Sixteen. I have their Eric Whitacre "Complete A Capella Works" CD; they absolutely nailed every performance, and I think their performance of the Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium and Ave Maria are the best I've ever heard.

[musaraigne210450]

SUPERBE interprétation.

[george11419]

I felt the "r's" should have been rolled. For example, the "r" in mirabilis. Also the "r" in viscera. There are plenty of others. I appreciate that many singers cannot roll an r. But there are usually a few in choir that can.

[REV16665]

@george11419 I think they do roll them, but without stressing them

[george11419]

@REV16665 Being an amateur singer, I'm inclined to examine technique of my betters. I'm a stickler for diction and the way words are enunciated. I have a phobia for the word "and", prefering to pronounce without any emphasis, as in And with these stripes (Messiah). I admire semi-quavers that are articulated, especially in Handel and Bach. With the rolling of "r's", I find german singers are particularly good, partly because it's in their everyday speech.

[REV16665]

@george11419 Most Germans pronounce the letter 'r' as the French pronounce it (with the throat), and not as the Italians do (with the tongue). (In their everyday speech, I mean)

[hotwaterishot]

@REV16665 I thought they were flipping the "r"

[REV16665]

@hotwaterishot I think we're hair-splitting

[hotwaterishot]

@REV16665 Sometimes you gotta split hairs to be this good. ;)

[REV16665]

@hotwaterishot That's true

[fradomisoldo]

superbe !

[Dauphin35]

...such music....

[DJLiko81]

There's a lot of overlap between these various groups; Polyphony, The Sixteen, and the Tallis Scholars trade singers all the time. Between these three groups we're pretty much talking about the best professional choristers in the world.

[tomski3]

The middle woman who appears in the shot at 1:04, isn't she in the Tallis Scholars?

[Choirboyo]

Beautiful performance, all voice sections supporting, enhancing each other,

Very well done.

[EnsembleVocalWesley]

I don't like... I love, I adore.

[paulturcott]

Wow...That was unbelievable!!! I love the Harry and the Sixteen. The cinematography is also gorgeous and goes with the music perfectly.