Countertenor Andreas Scholl - Part 2/3

Sorry for the bad sound and visual quality. Andreas talks about his debut Decca disc, Heroes, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington - part 2

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• countertenor
• Heroes
• Roger
• Norrington

[Wildbillhitchcock]

In my opinion, Andreas Scholl is the best countertenor I've ever heard in my life

[wook6796]

Brilliant his voice

[Fredderickism]

Best countertenor I have ever heard, high notes but still sounds more masculine then any I've ever heard he has truely been gifted with a most beautiful gift.

[FanVitas]

@Wildbillhitchcock Wrong! The best counter tenor is Vitas!

[olialto7]

@charmedandnightwishl ... 'Hitting' very high notes is not the same as having them in your general tessitura... If you can sing them powerfully and beautifully, softly or loudly, and hold them for several seconds without screaming, then you're a 'mezzo soprano' or 'soprano'. Otherwise you're just an (over) ambitious countertenor... The notes to 'worry' about are the middle to low ones...

[signingupiseasyd]

For me personally, there is no more beautiful voice than the countertenor : ) Followed only by the boy soprano ... And third? Probably the tenor ... thinking of Baroque tenor singing style (such as authentic renditions of "Ev'ry Valley" and so forth). Male high voices are sublime : ) I feel an aspiration arising ... if possible, in some existence, I would love to be a countertenor like Andreas Scholl or a Baroque Dancer like Kaspar Mainz.

[Wimzig]

@signingupiseasyd Thanks. I've since been conducted by Sir Roger and I have to say he did a pretty good job. Still not a fan of his though. Conducting style is a little odd - difficult to follow at times, his no vibrato policy is still irritating though works in some contexts and is a good exercise as a violinist anyway, but he's still bloody weird and arrogant.

[signingupiseasyd]

@Wimzig Comments made me smile : )

[Lindow]

@Wildbillhitchcock Have you heard David Daniels? You might want to reconsider...

[okebaram]

@charmedandnightwishl, I think you can call yourself whatever makes sense and not let someone tell you "that's wrong" when in reality these terms have broad uses. Several terms apply to your voice such as "counter tenor" and "male soprano", counter tenor being the more popular and broader term. Maybe you don't want to call yourself a counter tenor because you sing those notes in your real voice not falsetto, but many other counter tenors also sing in modal voice.

[Guichotpresident]

@charmedandnightwishl ur in the same situation as me. I have a voice that would be more or less equal to a mezzo soprano. I like to call myself simply a countertenor :)