Auf Flügeln Des Gesanges -Yoshikazu Mera 米良美一, counter-tenor

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

good singer, awful "remake" (and unecessary)

[Amunhotep4th]

This rendition (imho) is comparable in beauty to the rendition by the famous tenor and former treble Peter Schreier. Not many counter-tenors have the quality and smoothness this counter-tenor has and in my opinion his voice is as unique (in a different way) to the first counter-tenor I ever heard way back in the early 60s and that would be Russell Oberlin.

[baldassare01]

I'm glad for this music. At my age, I still can sing the high notes with falsetto; though I feel it's not falsetto since I don't seem to be faking it.

[chibibucchinn]

この歌は、以前から大好きでしたが、米良さんの歌っているこのＶ­ｅｒが一番好きになりました。草原の中に生えている木々の間をそ­よ風に乗って白い羽が自由に動き回っている様子、羽が舞い落ちて­草原の草に触れるとまたどこからともなく風が吹いてきて羽が舞い­上がり、どこまでも、どこまでも飛んでいく様子が目に浮かびます­。私の勝手な想像ですが、とにかく爽やかで清々しい憧れが、いつ­か現実のものになることを暗示しているような声だと思います。

[lumiere137]

这是我最喜欢的歌。他的声音也很好听！I can't help but smile(grin?) when I listen to this:D

[todesbote]

no he doesn't

today there is no castration anymore... okay maybe in india i dunno...but normally they used the head voice or the falsetto.... u can go and ask wiki... but this is definetely possible... e.g. i can sing around 3 octaves... from the E to the f'

[Livisfunatic]

I'm sorry if I sound ignorant. But does a man need to go through any surgery to have such a voice?

[c1wang]

I am sure the answer is "No; people are built differently." You might as well google for a better answer to convince yourself though.

Regards,

Wendy

[morindhe]

They used to, 200 years ago - castration.

Nowadays, like c1wang says, it's a matter of limits set by inborn factors and external ones, like vocal training.

[zamyrabyrd]

It's actually very simple, simply develop the top of the voice at the expense of what is called the "chest voice" that EVERYBODY has. Very high tenors are rare who still retain the lower part of the voice. Notice there is hardly any vibration, actually closer to a white tone that was NOT cultivated over the 400 or so years of 'bel canto'. Castrati still retained the possibility of natural vibration. 'Counter-tenor' in this style is a middle to late 20th century phenomenon.

[thomastmwc]

@Livisfunatic falsetto is an approach, not really anything biological. You can also falsette.

[thechinadesk]

@Livisfunatic

There used to be a type of singer known as a "castrato." They underwent surgery before a certain age to keep their voices from changing.

[demarezmichel]

You can hear our arrangements for flute (or recorder) and guitar on YOUTUBE: duo DEMAREZ CASSIGNOL. Some of them are published in music sheets.

[studentinberlin]

er kommt aus japan und lebt auch dort. dort ist er sehr populär.

[c1wang]

Danke schön.

[Fuchsdame]

Aussprache:

Weiß jemand, ob der in Deutschland oder in Japan lebt? Das Deutsch, das der singt, ist ja der Hammer.

Gesang:

Countertenor? - Erstaunlich. Fantastisch. Wundervoll. *Gänsehaut*

[GarboFour]

O my god SO it is a Japanese countertenor singing... I actually HAVE this version im my computer. Someone gave it to me and I was told it is by a Swedish Soprano... Thanks for sharing the knowledge, or else I might not know it forever ;)

[mradaChris]

Awesome voice!

[fonderia35]

すばらしい

[philippechambers]

The singing is not bad at all--but I daresay Mendelssohn would be horrified by the artificial kitsch transformation of the piano part . . .

[BarNuun]

Well, this is a Virtuoso performance... no doubt really.

[maw065]

I was just thinking that...Mendelssohn would probably turn over in his grave if he heard what has been done with the accompaniment. The vocal line, though, is exactly as written.

[thechinadesk]

Dear maw066,

The accompaniment sounds like it was done by Ferde Grofe, or worse, Mantovani.

Surprisingly, as you noted, the vocal line was quite faithful to the score.

[Sunduc]

Someone should make a Wikipedia entry on him.

Aside form that, check out

bach-cantatas dot com

Bio

Mera-Yoshikazu dot aitsj tee emm

[vyf00203]

he hasa osteogenesis imperfecta, so,,,

[HSUHS2]

His pronounciation of the Heine-text is very good indeed.

[Scotty0011]

not bad. how old was he here?

[c1wang]

He was born in 1971. I just googled his name and found that out. Youtube comments do not allow hyper link so I could not have typed that address for you. Sorry about that.

[Scotty0011]

who is the singer?

[c1wang]

A Japanese artist, Yoshikazu Mera, counter-tenor.