Une merveilleuse pièce, superbement chantée. Avec toutefois un bémol à l'égard du baryton, dont la voix manque des harmoniques, aigües en particulier, qui éviteraient que nous ayons l'impression que l'intonation n'est pas tout à fait juste. Les instrumentistes sont superbes. J'ai la partition ... un rêve à réaliser .....
Wonderful performance of this piece. It's one of my favorites from Charpentier. The blend between the singers is remarkable. It is very difficult for any piece written over such a small ground bass to remain this interesting without a good performance. Bravo.
Éternel grandiose cette musique qui nous fait rêver qui vous emportes sur une autre terre en cette époque que l on vie qui est si triste merci Charpentier a bientôt au paradis vive le baroque merci you tube .
kostyel That Jay Carter is something else! But I still vote for the 1979 Jean-Claude Malgoire (Ian Partridge, James Griffett, Michael Georges). The tempo is just luscious.
Yes this is Trinity Church Manhattan and it was recorded in early May 2008. (Good eye peymaania!) The entire concert of French Baroque Petit Motet can be viewed at their website.
You need to listen to more Purcell ;-) - try "This does our fertile Isle with glory crown" from "Now does the glorious day appear" - 3 minutes of music over just 2 notes.
Interesting how Mr. Carter is changing gear around the D and E above Middle C - a very high place normally to do it for a C-T, but very appropriate for haute-contre parts where you need (forgive me) a strong bottom.
Why don't they use the Gallican pronunciation of the Latin? The countertenor occasionally uses it (e.g. "a progenie in progenies"), but the other singers not at all.
Jay makes it all look too easy. When he was in our choir in KC, I got the biggest kick out of watching the audience's reactions to him. In most cases it was because of the novelty of a countertenor, but I think it was mostly in response to his luscious musicianship. But what's the deal with the director in leather? How gauche.
Pretty good performance, I'd say, but I just heard Charpentier performed better today. That is his David and Jonathan opera which was performed at Georgetown in DC. What good fortune to have been there, because it was given a real performance and not just an historical investigation. In this way it was quite the opposite of the rather disembodied performances that are de riguer in early music circles. The conductor was exceptional, and kept the often languorous music exciting. Fine singers.
on doit les remercier pour entreprendre cette ouvre magnifique; le tenor etait bon, et les violinistes, la recordeuse, si animes, mais les autres, il faut plus effort
Une merveilleuse pièce, superbement chantée. Avec toutefois un bémol à l'égard du baryton, dont la voix manque des harmoniques, aigües en particulier, qui éviteraient que nous ayons l'impression que l'intonation n'est pas tout à fait juste. Les instrumentistes sont superbes. J'ai la partition ... un rêve à réaliser .....
Wonderful performance of this piece. It's one of my favorites from Charpentier. The blend between the singers is remarkable. It is very difficult for any piece written over such a small ground bass to remain this interesting without a good performance. Bravo.
Charpentier was a natural musical genius, his music fills the soul with warmth and "ascension"
One of my favorites! To hear it live during a mass is even better. Such an elavation of the soul
Wonderful performance of Charpentier and excellent Latin pronunciation.
Éternel grandiose cette musique qui nous fait rêver qui vous emportes sur une autre terre en cette époque que l on vie qui est si triste merci Charpentier a bientôt au paradis vive le baroque merci you tube .
This is heavenly music. These fellows are angels!
What a wonderful match of all the singers.
Sublime. Un instant de grâce.
Very good performance! One of the most touching works by Charpentier. Can't stop listening!
this is the best performance of charpentier's magnificat!
kostyel So true. The others are either too fast or not fluent enough. This is perfect.
You’re wrong. But there’s no video ;(
kostyel That Jay Carter is something else! But I still vote for the 1979 Jean-Claude Malgoire (Ian Partridge, James Griffett, Michael Georges). The tempo is just luscious.
Yes this is Trinity Church Manhattan and it was recorded in early May 2008. (Good eye peymaania!) The entire concert of French Baroque Petit Motet can be viewed at their website.
Stunning!
maginific, as te title says itself. the wonderful music of this great man MACharpantier always surprises me
jay carter wonderful voice !
c'est superbe
Wonderfull performance!
I love the tenor, has Paul Agnew style preciseness between the notes. I love this style of legato singing.
EXCELENT!
It's so great! I am not even Roman Catholic, but just a Christian.
This is basically my favorite work ever - mind you, the catalogue number displayed at the start is incorrect (it should be H.73, not H.78).
Daniel Mutlu is the newly-appointed Cantor at Houston's Congregation Beth Israel
Beautiful.
beautifull and very touching
No entiendo de música clásica, pero este tema me emociona sobremanera y me transporta a épocas maravillosas de nuestra historia.
Very good performance and very good piece.
encore plus haut!!!!!!!!!!!!! toujours plus haut............ :-)))))
I love this!
wow...i really enjoyed this!! 5 stars!!!
i love the countertenor
Meraviglioso !!!!!
man that was great! felt like the real deal from the Baroque era!
Esecuzione perfetta,le tre voci sono ben amalgamate, pronuncia corretta, senza il superbo gallo-latino
con il 'superbo' gallo-latino, sarrebbero veramente perfetto !
belissimas voices!
Beautiful version=)
Very very enjoyable!
Grand!
Celestiale - celestial
You need to listen to more Purcell ;-) - try "This does our fertile Isle with glory crown" from "Now does the glorious day appear" - 3 minutes of music over just 2 notes.
Enjoyed:-)
Interesting how Mr. Carter is changing gear around the D and E above Middle C - a very high place normally to do it for a C-T, but very appropriate for haute-contre parts where you need (forgive me) a strong bottom.
Having sung this recently as a C-T I tend to break around B flat, so that the final bottom Gs sound nice and big.
Prachtig gezongen
@MrSilvia61 Veramente credo si stiano sforzando anche questi di fare la pronuncia gallicana (proJenies..)
yes,is there any chance to find some of th works on this site? i have all cds
@trabalhosmanuais me too :) !!!!!!!!!!
who could have disliked this? :S
Does anyone know a good recording of this piece?
H 73 I believe.
Also called the "theorbo".
Why don't they use the Gallican pronunciation of the Latin? The countertenor occasionally uses it (e.g. "a progenie in progenies"), but the other singers not at all.
The one the conductor is playing is a small organ.
2008 bc?!
Jay makes it all look too easy. When he was in our choir in KC, I got the biggest kick out of watching the audience's reactions to him. In most cases it was because of the novelty of a countertenor, but I think it was mostly in response to his luscious musicianship. But what's the deal with the director in leather? How gauche.
Nope, I do too :)
I though that the last castrato died in 1922... :-/
Who was that in this recording?
Dan Beane
If you carefully pay attention, you'll note the presence of Joseph, his girl friend Mary, and their son the Carpenter.
hitman :d
that's a theorbo
Pretty good performance, I'd say, but I just heard Charpentier performed better today. That is his David and Jonathan opera which was performed at Georgetown in DC. What good fortune to have been there, because it was given a real performance and not just an historical investigation. In this way it was quite the opposite of the rather disembodied performances that are de riguer in early music circles. The conductor was exceptional, and kept the often languorous music exciting. Fine singers.
and its French !!
on doit les remercier pour entreprendre cette ouvre magnifique; le tenor etait bon, et les violinistes, la recordeuse, si animes, mais les autres, il faut plus effort
I wish the tenor didn't sing so loudly!
the harmony is terrible