Bach: mass in B minor BMV 232 - Laudamus Te - Joyce DiDonato

Here is an excerpt from Bach's mass in B minor performed at Notre-Dame de Paris in 2006, conducted by John Nelson.

Soloist : Joyce DiDonato
Violonist : Deborah Nemtanu

Love DiDonato's expression while looking at the violonist :)

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[leporello89]

Incredibly performance! Beautiful voice, and a superb violinist!

Thanks for posting it ^^

[llum82]

joyce is the best I love her

[chubaboo]

DiDonato is absolutely the best!

[malbertmacl]

@DauphinSuppleChirp I have very limited singing experience, as i am mainly a pianist and moreso a composer - I can remember a choir director HARPING on about the long e vowel when we were singing Handel's Dixit Dominus - so, for example, I wouldn't know about 'um' but if it was 'Im Paradisum' my instinct would be 'oom' in a very front, forward, french way.

[DauphinSuppleChirp]

@malbertmacl Interesting you should pick out the pronunciation of the vowel in "te." I always pay a lot more attention to the consonants and endings such as -um, which are of course pronounced very differently here than in classical Latin.

[telephilia]

Best Laudamus Te that I've found on YouTube. Part of this is visually the rapport between singer and violinist.

[telephilia]

Best Laudamus Te that I've found on YouTube.

[malbertmacl]

@wanzenettl I wasn't trying to imply that it was 'wrong' as I wouldn't expect Ms. DiDonato to do anything of the sort - simply curious as to the reason why. Your reason makes sense, but I enjoyed the response of AnonBatch - made sense to me.

[malbertmacl]

@AnonBatch this is more so what I meant - thanks. :)

[wanzenettl]

@malbertmacl She's not "mispronouncing" it. She "modifies" it for maximum resonance and tone production. The "eh" sound is very difficult to maintain full resonance and pitch control, so modifying the vowel helps her control the pitch and resonance.

[AnonBatch]

@thecelticspirit

You mean that she uses a closed 'e'? It's more Germanic to use a closed 'e' and it may very well be period to do it that way.

[olympicfreak678]

I am just in love right now with that middle B at 1:28!! The violin's accompaniment is just so lovely and perfect with this tone. It's as if it could never be sung incorrectly.