Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Max Emanuel Cencic, sopranist, Handel: Rejoice Greatly

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
9,023
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Apr 8, 2009

This recording was made when Max Emanuel Cencics voice was transitioning from boy soprano to adult and, with special vocal training, was able to maintain his soprano for a while longer. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion, Messiah, George Frideric Handel. Max Emanuel Cencic, sopranist.

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion, shout,
O daughter of Jerusalem, behold,
Thy King cometh unto thee.
He is the righteous Saviour,
And He shall speak peace unto the heathen.

Category:

Music

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (sfkcbf)

  • It's nice, but he difinitely sounds much better now.

  • I was intrigued with Max's sopranist sound because it is unlike anything that I have heard before, a sound somewhere between boy soprano and adult sopranist / countertenor. If one listens carefully, one can hear certain distinctive features of Max's voice in someways similar to his earlier years and, at the same time, his later years. His tone, power, and vocal agility certainly were a noticeable contrast to the countertenor who proceded him in "He Shall Feed His Flock" (which I omitted.)

Top Comments

  • Wonderful!

    chris

  • beatiful...

see all

All Comments (11)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • wowwwwwwwwww nice

  • Thank you! How unique! This is the first thing that I listen on a newly installed computer . I like to listen to it every day! I know nothing about music, but I even like to try to sing it. When I sing it it's MY tenor rendition!! Bless Handel's heart!

  • He was a vienna choir boy!

  • For me it's the best version of this aria! I also think that he sounds better now but this is great too! That is his singing is even greater now!

  • If you are fascinated by this, I have something to recommend to you, The Better Land, a 6 CD collection of recordings of pre-WWII British boy sopranos. What is interesing is that some of these boys continued to sing soprano even to the age of 17 or 18, probably using the same special technique Cencic's mother supposedly "invented" for him. The results are amazing. The booklets included provide ample information on this as well as an explanation of why most of today's boys don't sound like this.

  • Wonderfully sung! How old was he then? And had he been entrained in a boys choir?

  • Very beautiful, Stephen. :-)

Loading...

0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more