Bach,BWV 198,Der Ewigkeit Saphires
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This aria, along with the recitative that follows, is one of the most sublime pieces I've heard.
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Gorgeous
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Thank you for the advice. I didn't know Gurney's music. This is beautiful artistry ! One almost never hears that kind of British music on Swiss, French or German radios, the ones I listen to where I live. And Rolfe Johnson is a tremendous artist that I have always appreciated a lot.
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Well... sometimes 'actual' musicians can get bogged down in technical details and perhaps they could do with getting 'carried away' a bit more! There is a beautiful song by Ivor Gurney "Down by the Salley Gardens" sung by Rolfe Johnson on Youtube and I do advise you to track it down if you are a fan - the most heavenly singing imaginable.
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I agree with you that Gardiner and Rolfe Johnson are absolutely superior to Belder and Schoch. I am a great fan of Gardiner and have bought almost all his recordings. Still, the voice of Schoch in the Trauerorde catches me in a very sensuous way that I can hardly explain. One might think he has got a cold, nevertheless I get carried away... To be honest, I am not a musician, only a music-lover. So I am probably not critical enough.
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I can cope with 'not perfect' but not with Schoch, I'm afraid! Well, Gardiner's was the first recording I heard of BWV 198 so I had nothing to compare it with. If I'd heard another first perhaps I would be more troubled by the speed taken. Anthony Rolfe Johnson is one of my very favourite singers, so this does bias me, also.
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Schoch's voice might not be perfect, but I like the tempo very much. Gardiner's recording is definitely high quality but somewhat too rapid.
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This is a beautiful tenor aria, but I am not fond of Knut Schoch. He sings in a very monotonous way, and doesn't seem to have much control over his voice in the higher reaches. There is a recording with Anthony Rolfe Johnson singing this under John Eliot Gardiner which really does bring tears to your eyes.
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This is awesome!
Who's the tenor?
Gorgeous music.
firebreathone 3 years ago
Knut Schoch
plutarco7890 3 years ago