Philippe Jaroussky: Porpora, Alto Giove

[JecyMezzo]

God, He is so good.

[AndrePaulDurand]

The Neptune is Tiepolo

[MIMIFORSAGE]

I've listened to this video many, many times as it's my favorite voice for this poignant aria. He's also my favorite countertenor. I especially love to watch him perform with Spinosi & Marie Nicole Lemieux.

[MIMIFORSAGE]

I heard Derek Lee Regan perform Alto Giove, and I could hardly tell the difference between his voice and the computerized voice. He was also an extremely nice & charming person.

[sfkcbf]

@MIMIFORSAGE That is because the Farinelli audio track of Alto Giove is sung entirely by Derek Lee Regan with the exception of the final vocal ornamentation which is sung by soprano Ewe Mallas-Godlowska. I like the addition because I feel that is enhances the aria emotionally as well as musically. I never had heard anyone sing the contrasting B section and da capo A section.

[ikelleners]

@sfkcbf Which painting is on 2:51 ?

[MIMIFORSAGE]

Agnolo Bronzino is the artist who painted Neptune. He was the court painter of the Medici. I think this is a portrait??? of Andrea Doria???

[sfkcbf]

@MIMIFORSAGE Yes, you are correct.

[ganimedes1700]

rendido quedo a tanta belleza .... quien no reconozca la grandeza de Jarousky es que no tiene gusto . PERFECTO.

[jxnboy007]

Just discovered this guy today. I've been a fan of the movie Farinelli for years and listening to this guy is breathtaking. I am as of this moment a HUGE fan and will be buying all of Phillipe's works.

[sfkcbf]

@jxnboy007 If you have not heard them yet, do not overlook an A+ countertenor from the previous generation, Paul Esswood, who had an even warmer, richer voice, along with great Baroque musical sense and technique, and a premier countertenor today who is in his 40s, Andreas Scholl, who has a very clean, focused voice, remarkable vocal agility (hear his performance of an aria from Mozart's "Mitridate"), and good musical sense.

[CanadaPisces]

Lovely countertenor singing! Thank you Steve for the posting!

[makechyucatan]

BRAVOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[northernfag]

yeh sfkcbf i know NOTHING about music at all, i just loved this. The only thing I play is the euphonium..badly!..more about soul than technique and this was wonderful.

[northernfag]

ok i cried all they way through this....!

[sfkcbf]

@northernfag Although people only recently have begun to more fully appreciate the compositions of Porpora, this aria is quite popular and frequently performed. I love it so much that I learned to play it on my piano. I have yet to hear, however, someone sing the complete aria including the contrasting B section and then the da capo A section with additional vocal ornamentation.

[dudddis]

nice job, but he still lacks control over his trino and vibrato sometimes

[PaulMurphyJazzDrum]

Beautiful ! !

[PashaPetrovich]

Awesome.

[jabaroque]

Bravo au talent de Philippe Jaroussky, à sa sensibilité, à sa culture et à sa gentillesse.

[illiade1952]

Après René Jacob,voiçi Philippe Jaroussky,une voix d'ange;merçi Philippe

[DulceGabyArg]

Bellísimo, sfkcbf, muchas gracias!

[heartology]

fantastic composition

Nicola Porpora does not recieves the popularity he deserves



[amycello]

Great to hear some Porpora! He was a big rival of Handel in London, so he must have had something to offer out of the ordinary. It seems to me that there are lots of Baroque composers "hiding out" i.e. no one has taken the time to find their manuscripts and put them into playable form and then recording them so we can hear them. My favoite example is DallAbacco, whom no one had heard of until he was recorded by one of the fabulous early instrument groups.

[zoomlock]

In some parts, he reminds me to Alessandro Moreschi, despite Jaroussky is not a castrato

[aravis123]

where can i find an instrumental version???@_@ i want to sing this on my audition in a choir @_@ pls help me

[kinchtheknifeblade]

hey, hey, and the pics. whose pics did you use, please tell... thx and best greetings! k

[rudafer69]

where did you even find this recording? cant find it anywhere.... there are many other versions from other artists, yet this is my very favorite.

[sfkcbf]

@rudafer69 This recording was from a live broadcast from Sydney, Autstralia, July 2007. A friend sent an MP3 file. The file probably still is floating about the web. Actually, I prefer Philippe's voice with quicker, higher arias, such as with Vivialdi. A richer, warmer voice, such as Paul Esswood's, would be stunning with this "pathetic" (emotional) aria. 

[maartendas]

He sang this as an encore last night in Amsterdam... It was heavenly :)

[tonykeywest08]

can you clarify who is the composor, the title and the singer

[sfkcbf]

@tonykeywest08 The information already is there; it's confusing for some because of the newer way that YouTube has set up the page. Just click on the arrow to the left of the number of viewers. All the info then show ups.

[clarepawling]

@sfkcbf -- The "other left"

[sfkcbf]

@clarepawling YouTube changed the format yet again.

[Nicrossmen]

Superbe! Magnifique! Je t'aime Philippe

[LaciSusman]

A világ egyik legnagyobb előadó művésze (Hun) Great artist

[Larta2009]

Alto Giove

è tua grazia e tuo vanto

il gran dono di vita immortale

che il tuo cenno sovrano mi fa.

This aria has a soul only with the singing of a castrated. The voice of Phiippe is one that comes closest. Since I can't hear women singing the Alto Giove.

In my opinion, Philippe is the only one that sing to perfection this kind of repertoire. And he has kept his male attributes. KIKIRIKI! COCORICO! He his French and Slavic...

[PJisPureJoy]

Philippe darling brava. Real French diva. You look gay and so hot. I love you. I cry every time I hear your voice. Your full feminine lips and soft hands drive me crazy. I want to make love with you and marry you. Are you interested?

[Jefficusmagnus]

Very beautiful, and the art is quite suitable too.

[alikisssa]

Simply beautiful...voice, paintings etc.

[lyeeeeee]

2:45 philippe's boyfriend

[percyrsmu]

the art is quite interesting :)

the music....simply beautiful!!!

[Tazo91]

божественно!!!

[uphoyaax]

Perfecto!!!

[ganimedes1700]

Por casualidad hace unos meses descubrí a este maravilloso cantante . MARAVILLOSO . Una caricia para el ama .

[phainopepla95]

I've exceeded my comment limit twice since listening to Jaroussky videos! Another *****.

[fanoperayou]

Maravilloso cantante, exquisita musicalidad y voz bellísima. BRAVO!!!!!!!

[mililaniguy]

I believe this piece was also in the movie Farinelli.

[sfkcbf]

Yes, a small portion of what you hear was in the film. What everyone who recently has performed this aria has chosen to do, however, is to sing only the first of the three parts (A-B-A). They leave out the contrasting middle section and the repeated them (da capo) with the opportunity to add ornamentation dependent upon the individual singer's skills and taste.

[isiscampogrande]

I can't get enough of Jaroussky's voice. Such a dream! Does anyonte know where to find his performance schedule?

[wienw]

Look at Emi classics , there you can find his homepage

[Laynewasawesome]

so this is what singing is...

[Sekhmet18]

Great video! I love the pictures. So beautiful!!!!!

Could you please tell me what the picture around 4:20 ist and where you found it?

[symmaque]

it is a portrait of Molière by Nicolas Mignard

[Sekhmet18]

Oh,

I typed the wring time. Sorry. Meant the picture in 2:40! But I found it already. Thank you very much anyway!! :-)

[AloeVeraAquila]

i do hope to hear him live soon!!

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Wouldn't we all like to hear a countertenor/high male voice like Jarrousky's live soon?

[asisecanta]

I've heard Jarousky live last week. An experience that EACH opera-lover should prove at least once in his life :-)))). STUNNING.

[BernardProfitendieu]

not really.

[bucefalo1986]

Es simplemente sublime. muy bueno gracias por subirlo a este medio y permitirnos escuchar una voz tan bella como esta. FELICIDADES.

[killerbunny123123]

angelic voice, really but his trills are awful!

[pincet7]

Who cares?

[killerbunny123123]

someone who knows what a trill is

[carlosariars]

What's a thrill?

[killerbunny123123]

TRILL not THRILL. when it comes to singing, a trill is when the vocalist sings 2 notes (B-C-B-C-B-C-B-C-B-C...) but very quickly, making it sound like a heavy vibration in his/her voice....for example at 2:02 that's a trill (but it's a bad trill) i hope you can understand now what a trill is :)

[pincet7]

Thank you for explaining. I'm not an expert, I will do with a bit of knowledge

[carlosariars]

Ah thanks a lot. Yes I think I also noticed his trills were a bit disappointing (even if I didn't know what they were called). Do you think he'll be able to improve in that regard?

Thanks for the info anyway!

[killerbunny123123]

well first off ur welcome and im glad i helped ^_^

Secondly, no i dont think he will be able to improve that much because the vocal chords of a man contain a lot of collagene, which makes them hard and not flexible and therefore, they can not vibrate much

[KamalMic]

Oh thanks ! Now, I understand better the Devil's Trill by Tartini ! :)

[91gonzascount]

Aaaah, un TRINO

[toisabella]

beyond words. jeeeesus, that's beautiful

[sfkcbf]

I think so, too. I learned to play it on the piano for my own enjoyment as well as that of my friends. Nicola Porpora certainly was a brilliant teacher of voice and music, conductor, and also composer. There is a fine portrait of him available on MaleSopranos com (which is in stark contrast to how he is portrayed in the film "Farinelli.")

[vijaypush]

un ANgelo BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Tizafernes]

¡Qué maravillosa voz! La voz humana, el primero y último instrumento musical del Universo...

[rrfahrer]

no, he is a counter tenor. he got the echo 2008 for the best lyric voice

[Korea4Me]

Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.

[bassdrummer91]

is this guy a castrato?

[lapanen007]

no =) I gather that there aren't any castaratis nowadays

[fishinthebubble1]

I most certainly hope not ^^

no he isn't. And he is one of the nicest people I ever met if you want to know ^^

[pincet7]

Did you meet him in person ? Tell us pleeeease :-)

[fishinthebubble1]

Yes I did meet him, at a concert in Paris, his singing was so wonderful and then I talked to him a little bit and he was soooooo charming!!!!!! very polite, reaaallly gorgeous and he talked to me a little !! As I'm french we didn't have the language frontier... he was, is so adorable really; if you have a chance to see him, please do !!! have a lovely day ^^

[pincet7]

YOu were so lucky.! Unfortunately., he was in Poland only once, in Cracow (I live in Warsaw) even though he has a lot of fans here. I hope that one day ...Jaroussky speaks English too:-)

[MehdiCaps]

He should be in Katowice on 30 November 2009 with Concerto Köln, and in Kraków on 3 April 2010 with L'Arpeggiata, although it is not definitive and the venues are unknown to me.

[bluespangle1]

He must have a really busy schedule - he has concerts in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka in November. I hope he takes good care of his throat/himself, for he is such a gift to us.

[MehdiCaps]

He indeed has a busy schedule. I maintain a website with a list of his concerts, that may be of interest (the link is on my channel).

[luduspuerorum]

excelente!

[GMJ7]

Who is the painter of Neptune at 2:00?

[LiMaoTang]

the author of this painting seems to have been influenced by the mannerists, seeing the works of bellini. He must have visited 16th century venice too, being influenced by Palma Giovane.. Im not too sure though.. best if the maker of vid tells us.... any help video maker? :P

[scampb14]

Its Bronzino's portrait of the admiral Andrea Doria as Neptune

[doddsalfa]

Nicola Porpora must be seriously underrated composer.

[sfkcbf]

Plus, consider the remarkably great singers that he helped to create and mentored as a music and voice teacher.

[xarietta]

I love Jaroussky's voice - this was beautifull moment in movie "Farinelli" when he was singing Alto Giove - he made sun sunshine again :)))

[gigies007]

it wasnt jarousky who sings this in the movie, is a computarized mixture of a soprano voice (ewa malas godlevska) and a countertenor voice(derek lee regan) anyway jarousky is great here

[xarietta]

Yes, of course - you are absolutely right :)

[emperoroberon]

One of the best renditions of Alto Giove that I have come across. Bravo!!

[DervisciRotante]

si trova di meglio in giro

[italwines]

SUBLIME!

[italwines]

DIVINO

[antonioacl]

Ai meu deus... simplesmente não consigo viver sem suas musicas... Eu te amoooo muito Philippe Jaroussky e essa canção pra mim é nota 100... Perfeita... simplesmente.. Perfeita!!!

[ruedelac]

The paintings that accompany this video enhance it very beautifully _ I have been trying to identify them -- one, the forth is Neptune (Andrea Doria) is by Il Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori) and there is also a panel from the Alter at Ghent by Jan Van Eyck. The others I have not been able to pin down and would appreciate any help anyone reading may have to offer.

[tamina59]

The picture at the end (the one before the last one) is a portrait of Molière, playing Cesar in "La mort de Pompée", painted by Nicolas Mignard in 1658. It belongs to the Comédie française in Paris.

This music is splendid!

[sensor2008]

the last one is by François Boucher - The Rising of the Sun - from wallace collection,

the sitting man, after Neptune, is Patroclus by Jacques-Louis David, from Musée Thomas Henry, Cherbourg

[Caffarelli81]

Does anyone have the full score of this aria?

[Yeargdribble]

After much searching I was finally able to locate this piece. I ordered it from Cantata Editions.

[Caffarelli81]

Well meanwhile I found some piano reduction of this and 24 other arias sung by Farinelli in an old book from 1920s on the internet...

[jnajy]

Truly soothing. Just beautiful..He has an angelic voice. A true gift from God..

[hagoonagose]

Stunning-- Porpora, Jaroussky, musicians, paintings-- so seamless-- so moving-- so beautiful. Thank you.

[LoneConformist]

Thank you so much, Sfkcbf.

I have been waiting ages and ages for record companies to finally get around to A. Scarlatti and Porpora -- the true kings of the Baroque!

Each composer of the Baroque becomes different the more you listen. Scarlatti is the Religious Divine, Hasse the Poppy Entertainer, Porpora the Intellectual Artiste, Handel the Utilitarian Businessman, Vivaldi the Inspired Dilettante.

[sfkcbf]

Well known composers like Handel ARE great. It is just that many other really good composers have been neglected. I am amazed at how forward-looking and beautiful Bononcini's orchestrations are in addition to his vocal lines. Caldara (e.g., "Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo") could write one glorious aria after another. Porpora could write music that truly moves the heart. Remember, 80% of all operas, cantate, oratorios were written before the year 1800.

[flaviotrue]

Baroque was really a great period for music. So many composer, in almost every european country, all of them great in different ways.

[adriathika]

Can you writte the lyric for this aria?

[BachLoveNat]

It's sooooo beautiful.....

Never heard this aria with Philippe...

thank you

[thalos2z]

otra grandiosa canción en la magnífica voz de Philippe Jaroussky.

[essenciademusica]

Bravissimo, congratulations for your video!!!

Amazing!

[sfkcbf]

Thank you for your comment. I hope that this video emphasizes to listeners just how talented Nicola Porpora was as a composer as well as a voice teacher and conductor. Philippe Jaroussky, of course, deserves much praise.

[compay2407]

Bravo, yo opino lo mismo,