There is something exceptional about this - truly exceptional. Have two or three drinks and listen to it over 3 or 4 times, then read the text in Latin and English over slowly 5 or 6 times. Have another drink, listen and watch again, and you will understand.
They are actually cambiata voices, boys who are beginning to have deeper tone and or pitch as they progress through puberty, without a sudden break in the voice. There may be an element of falsetto in some of the older ones. Many continental boys choirs use these voices for the alto parts, and the can be unbelievably beautiful in timbre.
Immer wieder eine grosse Freude euch Escolanias erleben zu dürfen. Behüt euch Gott.
Magnifique interprétation! Merci
Straordinaria esecuzione!
Großartig!
There is something exceptional about this - truly exceptional. Have two or three drinks and listen to it over 3 or 4 times, then read the text in Latin and English over slowly 5 or 6 times. Have another drink, listen and watch again, and you will understand.
divine voices.
Maybe two boys are still (very ripe) trebles, the rest are falsettists - it's the tradition.
They are actually cambiata voices, boys who are beginning to have deeper tone and or pitch as they progress through puberty, without a sudden break in the voice. There may be an element of falsetto in some of the older ones. Many continental boys choirs use these voices for the alto parts, and the can be unbelievably beautiful in timbre.