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Ian Bostridge - "Every valley shall be exalted" - Handel

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Uploaded by on May 25, 2009

Ian Bostridge - Tenor

"Every valley shall be exalted" from Messiah HWV 56
by G.F.Handel

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  • one of the best I've ever heard!

  • Bostridge is splendid --

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  • Aha, the voice is too whitish for an oratorio.

    Gilchrist's fare better.

  • Very nice version -- not my favorite (that would be the late Anthony Rolfe Johnson with Sir Neville Marriner) but good. I love English tenors. One of my favorite Ian Bostridge recordings is "Vary the Song, O London" on the complete RAKE'S PROGRESS.

  • this singer makes me want to exalt in existence !!

  • @MrBbminor Thanks! Gah, I expected this. I was sort of hoping he had recorded 'Messiah' at some point...

  • Which recording is this from?

  • @clarinetist92 Well, actually, you have a point. "Baroque pitch" is, in a way a modern construction, since there was no standard pitch during the Baroque period. I suppose it's an approximation? I'm not really sure where A=415 was dug up...

  • @clarinetist92 Umm I don't believe so. And if that were true, a minor 3rd doesn't equal one half step.

  • @clarinetist92 "Baroque" pitch (A=415) is about a half-step lower than modern pitch (A=440).

  • slightly fast, but otherwise very nice :)

  • Why is it taken down a half step ??

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