Wonderful! I love this honest, sincere, loving performance. I've watched it several times and it manages to capture the huge emotion that this aria generates - it always moves me to tears. Never mind about professional judgements, I love this man because he sings that he loves music, Handel and the human race.
hard to believe you're not trained. The recording equipment you have doesn't do you justice but considering you're not trained, it's very impressive. Cara Sposa is very challenging for any countertenor. Tackling it is pretty ambitious and it's a very noteworthy effort, With better recording equipment (and less synthetic music) you would sound even better.
How hard it is to sing this! I commend you on your rendition. I'd love to do this song myself, however, I don't know if I could sustain the higher notes. WHat is the highest note sung on this? I know I can hit a G above male High C but that is pushing for me. Gosh I wish I was 20 years younger than that wouldn't have been a problem! Alas...
It is included in an anthology of Handel arias called "Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel" and was published by the Oliver Ditson Company in 1905.
I really like the ornamentation you used on the second A part. Well done. I would have liked to have heard a little bit more of the consonants, but it was well executed throughout.
Go Hard fella. Awesome to see people doing the walk. So many are quick with pointless genralised crictism. If everyone has to be Daniels or Scholl standard before they can carry their part of the musical tradition , then the tradition will suffer not improve. cheers Gavsta
this is just ridiculous!!! one of the most horrible things I've ever seen on youtube. The matter is not about technique,or being tenor or falsettist but about having good taste and respect for the music. The midi file, the constant vibrato..my God. What do you think Handel would say listening to this? He would just probably laugh on your face. Please don't post anything like this anymore pleeeeaseeeeeee
Thank you for your honest opinion. I, too, was not a little dismayed at the amount of vibrato that came through when I recorded this piece. Still, saying that it is one of "most horrible things I've seen on youtube" leads me to believe that you haven't watched many videos here :-) Again, thanks for your honest opinion, and may you always find music that you can enjoy!
Those of you who are questioning "countertenor" need to listen to recordings by David Daniels, probably the greatest countertenor ever. His "Handel Arias" CD actually contains "Cara Sposa". You will be blown away by the tone and technique he has.
Im so so sorry to be the one who tells you this, but you don't know how to sing. I can hear no technique in your singing.. You should consider continuing you vocal studying..
Thanks you for your honest opinion. Actually I have never studied, so to say I have no technique is probably close to the truth. If you have some specific criticisms, I would be happy to hear them!
Nice reply, but I find his or her criticism rather suspicious. While i'm here, the low "na" in ritorna just before 8:00, do you do it in falsetto or in tenor voice ?
The low "na" just before 8:00 is sung in the tenor voice. One of the hardest things I find about singing countertenor is "disguising" the break between head voice and falsetto. I am not always very successful.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but when it comes to criticism, it's actually better to have some credential. What is your formation so you can tell that he has "no technique" ? If you know what you are talking about, you could probably do a more specific comment.
I know of a Tenor aria from "L'Allegro ed il Penseroso ed il Moderato" called "Come and Trip It". Is the cantata you mention based upon this aria? Yes, I would like a copy of this cantata. I will send you a message with my e-mail address. Thanks!!
you are really nice, I'm mezzosoprano and this aria is really hard , but I love it because cara sposa define how should be the real love .
Your Voice is really nice I want to heard your real voice are there a Cantata From Handel for Tenor come and Tip it if you want send me your mail and I send you the cantata
Being a tenor and a would be falsettist, I think I can answer that one. If you are tenor, your high register is common with the lower register of falsetto. Training one is often detrimental to the other. I imagine that it works the same way as sprinters that wouldn't run a marathon and vice versa.
Still, many people from the classic singing field call it falsetto, just like it's called in the classic books of vocal pedagogy, like garcia etc, and books who adopted the terms.
While pop teachers tend to call head voice a mix of chest voice and falsetto, or how it could be expressed.
Well,those terms meant different things in different periods of time to different people ;-) today, some from the scientifical field argue that the type of "falsetto" used for singing, a small amount of the edges of the vocal folds vibrate and thus contribute to sound production. While, at least by them, falsetto is definded as pure "pipe" function, without movement of mass, to produce the tone. So they call this head voice to differentiate from the pure falsetto.
I've always asked myself how countertenors manage to get such a resonant voice. What natural voice type would you say you have? Someone told me being a tenor one would be already too *high* to make such a strong head voice, but I'm not quite sure I understand why, and find it a bit hard to believe...hehe
I thought countertenors sung in falsetto, a different mechanism from head voice... and that you didnt have to be a tenor to be countertenor, actually you could be a baritone.... but... that is what I thought... we would have to ask one to know for sure....
My "natural" voice is a fairly high tenor, so I do have some difficulty with the lower register of the contralto arias because the tessitura hits right at the break between my head voice and my falsetto.
Wonderful! I love this honest, sincere, loving performance. I've watched it several times and it manages to capture the huge emotion that this aria generates - it always moves me to tears. Never mind about professional judgements, I love this man because he sings that he loves music, Handel and the human race.
Rosie, Walthamstow
rjewles 3 years ago
BRAVO!!!!
coralrabida 3 years ago
magnificent
hadedorus 3 years ago
hard to believe you're not trained. The recording equipment you have doesn't do you justice but considering you're not trained, it's very impressive. Cara Sposa is very challenging for any countertenor. Tackling it is pretty ambitious and it's a very noteworthy effort, With better recording equipment (and less synthetic music) you would sound even better.
AduneStormwind 3 years ago 2
@AduneStormwind Very easy to believe he's not trained but I loved it. How could Handel not be lovely? But compared to ( eg) Philippe Jarousski??
HaroldHeslop 1 year ago
How hard it is to sing this! I commend you on your rendition. I'd love to do this song myself, however, I don't know if I could sustain the higher notes. WHat is the highest note sung on this? I know I can hit a G above male High C but that is pushing for me. Gosh I wish I was 20 years younger than that wouldn't have been a problem! Alas...
chris
mradaChris 3 years ago
where did you get the lyrics for that song?
jairoz930 4 years ago
It is included in an anthology of Handel arias called "Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel" and was published by the Oliver Ditson Company in 1905.
twalker742 4 years ago
Incredibly, hauntingly beautifully well done.
kalliopeamorphous 4 years ago 3
you are amazing
llum82 4 years ago
do you use finale?
Raybee 4 years ago
No, I use NoteWorthy Composer. You can download a demo version from the Internet.
twalker742 4 years ago
I really like the ornamentation you used on the second A part. Well done. I would have liked to have heard a little bit more of the consonants, but it was well executed throughout.
BoyJohnnyBoy 4 years ago
me he quedado sin palabras
ZaniaXirivela 4 years ago
Go Hard fella. Awesome to see people doing the walk. So many are quick with pointless genralised crictism. If everyone has to be Daniels or Scholl standard before they can carry their part of the musical tradition , then the tradition will suffer not improve. cheers Gavsta
perano 4 years ago
this is just ridiculous!!! one of the most horrible things I've ever seen on youtube. The matter is not about technique,or being tenor or falsettist but about having good taste and respect for the music. The midi file, the constant vibrato..my God. What do you think Handel would say listening to this? He would just probably laugh on your face. Please don't post anything like this anymore pleeeeaseeeeeee
fattone333 4 years ago
Thank you for your honest opinion. I, too, was not a little dismayed at the amount of vibrato that came through when I recorded this piece. Still, saying that it is one of "most horrible things I've seen on youtube" leads me to believe that you haven't watched many videos here :-) Again, thanks for your honest opinion, and may you always find music that you can enjoy!
twalker742 4 years ago
Don't mind him twalker742. He's ignorant. You did a good job!
Garry24 4 years ago
Just don't watch and get a life... Or let us see if you can do better. Useless comment.
cuicuimusic 4 years ago
I just noticed there are several videos by David Daniels on here. Watch and learn.
dbrel 4 years ago
Those of you who are questioning "countertenor" need to listen to recordings by David Daniels, probably the greatest countertenor ever. His "Handel Arias" CD actually contains "Cara Sposa". You will be blown away by the tone and technique he has.
dbrel 4 years ago
Wow!Your Voice is really nice!:)
Manonija 4 years ago
Im so so sorry to be the one who tells you this, but you don't know how to sing. I can hear no technique in your singing.. You should consider continuing you vocal studying..
counteralto 4 years ago
counteralto,
Thanks you for your honest opinion. Actually I have never studied, so to say I have no technique is probably close to the truth. If you have some specific criticisms, I would be happy to hear them!
twalker742 4 years ago
Nice reply, but I find his or her criticism rather suspicious. While i'm here, the low "na" in ritorna just before 8:00, do you do it in falsetto or in tenor voice ?
cuicuimusic 4 years ago
The low "na" just before 8:00 is sung in the tenor voice. One of the hardest things I find about singing countertenor is "disguising" the break between head voice and falsetto. I am not always very successful.
twalker742 4 years ago
I'm sorry to tell you this, but when it comes to criticism, it's actually better to have some credential. What is your formation so you can tell that he has "no technique" ? If you know what you are talking about, you could probably do a more specific comment.
cuicuimusic 4 years ago
I love this aria :p
If somebody has the partition.... :p
I am countertenor then I have already sung "lascia ch'io pianga" but "cara sposa"... not yet..
clemsimu 4 years ago
I know of a Tenor aria from "L'Allegro ed il Penseroso ed il Moderato" called "Come and Trip It". Is the cantata you mention based upon this aria? Yes, I would like a copy of this cantata. I will send you a message with my e-mail address. Thanks!!
twalker742 4 years ago
you are really nice, I'm mezzosoprano and this aria is really hard , but I love it because cara sposa define how should be the real love .
Your Voice is really nice I want to heard your real voice are there a Cantata From Handel for Tenor come and Tip it if you want send me your mail and I send you the cantata
thanks
llum82 4 years ago
I have heard that conter tenors are often baritone. I just asked myself why it's said that it's hard to impossible for tenors to be one.
And I wonder how they get the falsetto so powerful - but maybe the reason why I don't is because I might be a tenor hehe.
ega1mann 4 years ago
Being a tenor and a would be falsettist, I think I can answer that one. If you are tenor, your high register is common with the lower register of falsetto. Training one is often detrimental to the other. I imagine that it works the same way as sprinters that wouldn't run a marathon and vice versa.
cuicuimusic 4 years ago
Still, many people from the classic singing field call it falsetto, just like it's called in the classic books of vocal pedagogy, like garcia etc, and books who adopted the terms.
While pop teachers tend to call head voice a mix of chest voice and falsetto, or how it could be expressed.
ega1mann 4 years ago
Well,those terms meant different things in different periods of time to different people ;-) today, some from the scientifical field argue that the type of "falsetto" used for singing, a small amount of the edges of the vocal folds vibrate and thus contribute to sound production. While, at least by them, falsetto is definded as pure "pipe" function, without movement of mass, to produce the tone. So they call this head voice to differentiate from the pure falsetto.
ega1mann 4 years ago
Nice performance!
I've always asked myself how countertenors manage to get such a resonant voice. What natural voice type would you say you have? Someone told me being a tenor one would be already too *high* to make such a strong head voice, but I'm not quite sure I understand why, and find it a bit hard to believe...hehe
ega1mann 4 years ago
I thought countertenors sung in falsetto, a different mechanism from head voice... and that you didnt have to be a tenor to be countertenor, actually you could be a baritone.... but... that is what I thought... we would have to ask one to know for sure....
margotlorena 4 years ago
My "natural" voice is a fairly high tenor, so I do have some difficulty with the lower register of the contralto arias because the tessitura hits right at the break between my head voice and my falsetto.
twalker742 4 years ago