Every valley shall be exalted- Messiah, Haendel.

[bbassjee]

Breathtaking!

[josmargmail]

Explêndido! Que expressão magnífca ! Ele não canta,ele fala altisonatemente "TODO VALE SERÁ EXALTADO !!". Expressa literalmente o grito do profeta ISAÍAS...

[Gary2837]

Magnificent!!! Thanks for posting.

[zattack62]

Wow that was amazing!

[ushireborn]

This is the best solo of this song I've ever heard. wow!

[sucemabiteconnasse]

Quite possibly the best I've ever heard! Loved it!

[dawong2010]

Great voice. I really love the way he sang this song.

[cooljason78]

he's so handsome

[classyteacherdiva]

Lovely! Is there another similiar video commentary of the Messiah available on youtube?

[Davccelion]

@classyteacherdiva , I have a couple of videos available in my channel, also with comments on the Messiah.

[spittal23]

Sharp

[marcosan66]

Realmente una interpretación sublime, no cabe duda de que la música es el lenguaje de Dios...

[mykyl0]

I cannot stop listening to this rendition...

[Ferrariman601]

Brilliant tenor!

[albina868]

This is the best performance in the world, ever. This voice and this music goes directly to the sky and to the God.

Thanks to God and to the genius Handel on this divinity.

[Gary2837]

Very well done!!!

[KaleidoscopeAct]

Why is this down a half step?

[10Amuffett]

@KaleidoscopeAct This is with a period orchestra at Baroque pitch. It is essential that Handel's Messiah is performed at Baroque pitch now due to the high lying tessitura of all the soloist's parts, Handel would have written this high at the time as it was approximately a semi-tone lower than today's pitch A=440

[preferfur]

Very exciting and beautiful singing, and quite masculine at the same time! And he sure looks good in white tie and tails! ;-)

[cromorne]

I really like the cadenza on the last vocal phrase.

[domesongwish]

Many people do not realise how difficult it is to sing this piece. And this is so fresh and exuberant to hear.

[dimboukas]

One of the best finales I have heard. He really does the ad libero in the end.

[notabadguy06]

what a vocal!

[batain]

Fantastic Control!!

[phenrod]

How sad it is that Mr Portillo must inject destrutive Marxist dogma into Christian culture. The Messiah is a celebration of Christian joy and Praise to God and Christ. It has nothing to do with 'social change.' A far better interpretation of 'valleys...exalted' and 'mountains made low' is wonder that Christains and others feel when they appreciate God's creations, Christ's works, and their own ability to make the valleys abunant and scale the mountains, if they should choose to do so.

[Davccelion]

@phenrod , just take in mind that this is a prophecy written by Isaiah and held in the bible book that has his name on the comming of the Messiah (hence, appropiate that Haendel placed it here, before the song praising the birth of Christ). According the prophecy, he was to make "the rought (to) get straight" and all that you can hear sung by the tenor.

[Nixonstheone]

@Davccelion Of course it is about change. the whole story is about a message of change. This was and is a critical component of the Christian story.  It shows up again and again throughout the scriptures. The Magnificat says almost exactly the same thing ..."He hath put down the mighty and exhalted the humble...He hath filled the hungry ... the rich he has sent away empty." Jesus is constantly calling for to change, to raise up the weak and the poor. It isn't socialism, it is Christianity.

[Davccelion]

@Nixonstheone , well said.

[Gary2837]

@Nixonstheone I couldn't have said it better. You are so well versed!! Thanks for clearing up misunderstandings many have especially the wealthy.

[TheConservativeArmy]

A good observation.

[hugfro]

@phenrod the valleys and mountains in this song are not the geographical features of our world - Isaiah 40 is message of change and comfort for the southern kingdom of Judah - and the prophetic work of Christ for all who would come.

Your interpretation would make Handel laugh...or maybe cry

[dawong2010]

This is really great and inspiring for me who is practicing and learn how to sing this song.

[ronaldfarson]

this is an incredible rendition - what a voice!

[Anatoliko54]

He is sharp during the second line !

[Ledfloyd15]

Sheer virtuosity, bravo!

[edwinzenun]

wow, what a voice, the best of every valley i've ever heard.

[Davccelion]

@edwinzenun , I agree with you; that's exactly what I thought the first time I heard him.

[bovingsted]

@Davccelion , I, too, must agree. This is excellent. Joyful and powerful.

[mykyl0]

@edwinzenun Same thought. The singer does some strange stuff with his face, but the sound is just so charmed and graceful.

[texasinger2]

I love his choice of word painting on "rough" and that he didn't overdo the embellishment at the end like so many others on YouTube.