Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa - Kirkby

[elbaclar]

Esta pieza me sobrecoge. Me gustaría poder compartir con alguien lo que siento escuchando esto, pero desgraciadamente pocas personas apreciarían lo bellísimo que es este madrigal, y menos personas de mi edad.

[Mastergymnast1]

Wauw erg erg mooi!

Wow very very beautiful!

[guitartonno92]

Il brivido più lungo della mia vita..

[TheMule48]

Wonderfully sung....hers is the best I've ever heard!

[Cantormatis]

the soprano is terribly flat all over the place; but it's such beautiful music!!

[civileso]

@Cantormatis Yeah, right! Kirkby, of all sopranos!

[MrGipeto66]

Monteverdi e Rinuccini:zaubere Verbindung!!!

[anisometropie]

this piece conceals an utmust artistic beauty

[MrGipeto66]

Monteverdi ist unerreichbar!

Ausgezeichnete Vortragung!!!

Bravissimi!!!

[jeffg2020]

There's nothing else like this, anywhere.  Che belta'...

[Katherine85]

Grazie...bellissimo!

[MsGreenthings]

Also so lovely tenor voices - it's amazing music!

[carrieflauta]

best version ever (L)

[Dominicussen]

My new love: "Lamento dello ninfa". A great wonder why I have not stumbled upon it before! I adore this version. I think MehdiCaps are right about the dictum regarding Dessay vs. Kirkby. Perhaps it is because Monteverdi is pre-baroque and should be interpreted as such, or perhaps because the song in itself bends more towards the sombre and inwards suggestions of the human heart.

[Alfgard1]

@Dominicussen Lamento della Ninfa

[Animalia00]

A mi parecer, la mejor de las versiones!!!

[yngwiejesus2]

civileso, Thank you for sharing all of your music! 

[binkster19]

i love chicken

[Jude616]

Je trouve que les parties 1 et 3 où la Ninfa ne chante pas sont encore plus incroyables que le reste !!

[sciaticnerve1]

Amazing.

[Fedez1879]

la migliore versione in assoluto.. :) Bravissimi!

[codacorta]

Molto bello. Eccelsa la Kirby, come al solito, davvero molto utile lo spartito che scorre. Grazie

[musicat1984]

La musica delle sfere celesti...

[gavelpulcsi]

Gyönyörű

[ArsExcelsaEnsemble]

He escuchado demasiadas interpretaciones de esta obra, pero lejos, esta es la mejor de todas. Emma Kirkby interpreta de manera perfecta el sentimiento de la ninfa. El trío masculino acompaña ese dolor con un caracter compasivo, pero manteniendo el papel secundario.

Maravilloso!!! Magnífico!!!

Lleno de afectos, traspasando ese dolor.

Impresionante!!!

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

thank you very much for providing the score !!!!.... i've been having trouble finding it.... :-)

5/5 and favorited !!! :-D

[roalgoro]

con razón a Emma Kirkby la llaman "La Musa Monteverdiana"

Preciosa la obra... hermosa intepretación...

=)

[chela008]

Hermosa obra....

[LindoroRossini]

While listening to the movingly beautiful piece, I finally understood just how much a compliment to any musical lament is saying that it possesses "Monteverdian greatness". Perhaps, the most stunning feature is the simplicity of the idiom the composer uses here: the soprano's plaintive appeal is given over a constant bass line that only helps to underline the sustained sadness of the varied vocal part (interestingly enough, at 3:37, the bass line wonderfully mimics the soprano's descent).

[LindoroRossini]

Moreover, the "chorus" is featured most prominently, and its' constant repetitions of "miserella", given in a distinctive series of effects (2:16 - a simple parallel statement, 2:42 and 3:10 - a gradual rise of line, passing from one singer to the other, 4:45 - a beautiful concentrated passage), becomes almost an answer of the unfaithful lover to his nymph.

[LindoroRossini]

This particular version (I've listened to most of those presented) has to be the definitive in both the interplay of the trio of men and the distinctively mournful singing of Kirkby. Thank you so much for this piece :).

[abelanna]

After listening to all the uploads of this piece, it is clear that this Kirkby version stands out. It is extremely balanced in sound and rhythm, and Emma Kirkby fits this music so naturally. It is absolutely electrifying.

[Beecognate]

THANK YOU.

[stapleincomp]

awesome

[zakr07]

anthony rooley is my dads brother so hes my something i cart remember but im related to him

[SiloMour]

I'm normally more into techno and hip hop, some rock/folk, but I love this stuff! Keep it up, thanks for helping me "expand my horizons", ha ha.

[MTCason]

This is my favorite interpretation. I think it is because of Kirkby's more subtly, gently emotional portrayal of the nymph. I first downloaded this rendition on iTunes about a year ago, and have listened to it hundreds of times since then. It never gets old, and almost always reduces me to tears. It's such a perfect expression of grief and longing. Great catharsis for the soul!

[SsteinwayS]

I liked the tenors and bass in the 2008 "Lamenti" version, but Dessay in that is less than stunning :(

[MTCason]

Dessay is a little too breathless and frantic in her interpretation, for me.

[SsteinwayS]

Probably too much arm exercise from moving about! ;)

[grenouilleGG]

This is the delight of these "compare and contrast" exercises. For one,lamentation includes public self-disembowelment, another bites her tongue until it bleeds (though no one sees it). All valid interpretations of the same madrigal (and I'm learning a lot). Thanks, Eser!

(I did a quick check to see how long the series might be -- there are about two dozen recorded versions of this!!)

[SsteinwayS]

Simply fascinating. ;) Thanks for the info!

[tommax26]

You must have an incredible heart and soul, Eser, to choose the YouTube musical selections you post. I pray we all can step up to the plate from which you broadcast love of fine art.

[civileso]

Thank you very much for the kind words. Beauty only multiplies as we share.

[MehdiCaps]

So beautiful. Who said that Emma was not able to move? She does that with pure singing, no pathos, the anti-Dessay on this one (I'm not saying that Dessay was bad, only at the other end of the spectrum). See her pianissimo on the last "mai", and the last "taci"... Gorgeous.

[civileso]

Well said! She is not the hysterical kind of abandoned nymph; she is faint with grief. And she does it so well! I love it!

[SsteinwayS]

Although I enjoyed Dessay's passion, I found it overdone and this was a refreshing change. The male voices in the "Lamenti" voices are more ethereal in my opinion, though.