Jakub- consider the dramatic challenge offered by the message.... this is not an announcement of a coming garden party serving thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches
JJ Orlinski has the most fire out of them all. And this clash point with the orchestra is, in my opinion, fantastic. Scholl is my favourite too. However, Orlinski wins, I think. His recording was made and broadcast live. The other countertenors here are also fantastic but only Orlinski can keep his masculine colour throughout the whole register. The contralto is great too (very energetic). According to my preference: 1. Orlinski . 2. Scholl (close second).3 Mera, Summers, Mead-all great, though hard to choose the best for me...
They are all amazing singers, but emotionally I feel closer to Orlinsky and Schol. I don't know which one of the two moves me the most. Thank you Daniel for your great job.
HILARY SUMMERS. She is so attuned to the baroque sensibility of theatrics as well as precision. There is often a temptation with baroque singing to keep it smooth and even, focusing on straight tone and melisma, and it just flies in the face of what baroque music should be in my opinion. But Hilary is able to find the life, fire, and FUN in this song. Because my god is it a fun song.
Of these five, Jakub Józef Orliński for the high notes, Hillary Summers for the low notes. I want to hear sublime high notes in 'for HE appeareth' and an earth shattering low note for the final 'FIRE'. Most of the men end in a whimper, rather than a bang, and Summers doesn't add a lot of colour in the higher parts.
All great but Mera wins hands down for me. Such a shame he stopped singing this sort of music, and Richard Strauss too. Four Last Songs by him would have been magnificent.
They are all very appealing . I prefer the Summers voice . Its more emotional . But they all make for repeated listening . The colours the phrasing . ❤❤❤❤❤
Gostaria de corrigir a apreciação que fiz há umas semanas atrás pois, na verdade ,e ouvindo novamente acho que,Bem hajam neste caso, a melhor interpretação é a de Andreas Scholl. Gostava ainda de agradecer a todos estes contratenores por nos presentearem com as suas belíssimas vozes, produto não só de talento natural como também de trabalho longo e árduo. Bem hajam🙏🙏🙏
For me, Andreas Scholl is the best counter in the world, but still behind Yoshikatzu Mera. He's absolutely alone in his class. I also appreciate Tim Meat and J.J. Orlinski very much. With these two, Tim Meat is just the all-rounder, no matter which composer he interprets, it's perfect. JJ Orlinsky is the most characterful. He has his own unique way of singing. But it doesn't suit all composers. Hilary Summer's voice as a female alto is not comparable to the male voices in its perfection, but she completely lacks this special countertenor sound.
Todas las versiones son muy buenas, es difícil decidir, pero me encanta la voz del japonés Mera, su voz me enamoró cuando le escuché en las cantatas de Bach. Lástima su temprana muerte.
Andreas Scholl has a lovely rich tone throughout his range, with the necessary firepower for the fast sections. I liked Summers’ ornamentation, but after the countertenors, I found her voice a little too fruity. Mead (or his conductor) sets a good pace in the slower sections - no danger of dragging. Great ornamentation. An interesting exercise listening to the various interpretations.
When judging (lol) we need to take into account that Orlinski's rendition was recorded during a live concert. So most likely it has not been filtered (much)... I do not know what it is like in the case of the others performing here... I can hear different (a bit strange, artificial) sound in the recordings of Mera and Summers... Is it only my hearing (hallucination) or in fact something has been done? Especially in the fast tempo parts...
@@baroqueandbeyond And so was the Summers. Her rendition is from the Cleobury/Brandenburg Consort/Choir of King’s College version found here: th-cam.com/video/YU7VxFoPIeI/w-d-xo.html To me, this is the best interpretation of Messiah I've heard.
In this collection I would prefer Team Mead's performance. But in my humble opinion namely Sara Mingardo performed the alto part in Handel's Messiah really convincing.
Pawel, I too love Sara Mingardo but not in this instance as her English pronunciation is just not convincing enough. I think we need two lists one for the countertenors and one for the contraltos/mezzos. Just so many wonderful interpretations to choose from! Summers doesn’t have the biggest voice (fortunate enough to have seen her several times on stage) but as well as the unique timbre she delivers a lovely line. And for the gents, what about Iestyn Davies?
En tant que petit Français qui maîtrise mal la langue de Shakespeare je pourrais traduire maladroitement la prestation de Mister Orlinski en mot-à-mot : "But who may abide" par "Mais qui fait un bide?". Vous aurez beau le placarder en format affiche 60x80 cela ne changera rien. Ou alors, payez lui un vocodeur. Ah bon? Il en utilise déjà un? entendons nous bien. Cela n'est pas tant à Jakob Orlinski que j'en veux. Il fait ce qu'il peut et ce qu'on lui demande de faire, c'est plutôt votre faux jeux dégradant qui consiste à influencer nos pauvres têtes molles en placardant la photo d'un concurrent en format du double de ses "adversaires" (qui n'ont strictement rien demandé à personne, en outre). Bas rock from beyond.
The alto version of this was written for the Castrato Gaetano Guadagni - Emma Kirkby sings a transposition for soprano. This was not designed for bass - that was a very different version.
Yoshikazu Mera !!!!!
No countertenor can come close to Yoshikazu Mera's melting tone, ease of line and sensitivity.
Orlinski's is the most dramatic. Sung with real feeling.
Listening to Andreas Scholl
is pure joy .
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Hilary Summers does it for me❤ The rich sound of a Contralto feels like it's been ripped from the depths of the Earth😍
I agree
Stimmt! Tolle Stimme! Irgendwie saftiger als die Männer! Ganz anders, dramatischer!
Tolle Tiefe
Jakub- consider the dramatic challenge offered by the message.... this is not an announcement of a coming garden party serving thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches
They all have their own idiosyncrasies but they all sound wonderful. Great singers, all of them.
Yoshikazu Mera
JJ Orlinski has the most fire out of them all. And this clash point with the orchestra is, in my opinion, fantastic. Scholl is my favourite too. However, Orlinski wins, I think. His recording was made and broadcast live. The other countertenors here are also fantastic but only Orlinski can keep his masculine colour throughout the whole register. The contralto is great too (very energetic). According to my preference: 1. Orlinski . 2. Scholl (close second).3 Mera, Summers, Mead-all great, though hard to choose the best for me...
Yoshikazu Mera, magnificient!
They are all fine performances but Yoshikazu Mera is a revelation!
Yoshikazu is my choice.
🙏 All very beautiful but Orlinski and Scholl are my favorites, can’t choose between them 👏👏👏🥰
Jakub Józef Orliński !!!
who is goodlooking, but has a hopeless voice
My favorite is Yoshikazu Mera closely followed by Andreas Scholl 😊
Да!
Yoshikazu mera ❤❤❤
They are all amazing singers, but emotionally I feel closer to Orlinsky and Schol. I don't know which one of the two moves me the most. Thank you Daniel for your great job.
HILARY SUMMERS. She is so attuned to the baroque sensibility of theatrics as well as precision. There is often a temptation with baroque singing to keep it smooth and even, focusing on straight tone and melisma, and it just flies in the face of what baroque music should be in my opinion. But Hilary is able to find the life, fire, and FUN in this song. Because my god is it a fun song.
Tim Mead very beautiful and stark
Yoshikazu will always be my favorite - it's almost magical.
Hilary Summers.. They all have great voices.. but I had goosebumps listening to Hilary.. I totally felt the emotion and drama in this piece!
Of these five, Jakub Józef Orliński for the high notes, Hillary Summers for the low notes. I want to hear sublime high notes in 'for HE appeareth' and an earth shattering low note for the final 'FIRE'. Most of the men end in a whimper, rather than a bang, and Summers doesn't add a lot of colour in the higher parts.
All great but Mera wins hands down for me. Such a shame he stopped singing this sort of music, and Richard Strauss too. Four Last Songs by him would have been magnificent.
Andreas Scholl of course
Jakub Józef Orliński is still the best!
Andreas Scholl😊
Choć mocno różni ( ogień i woda) jednak dla mnie nr 1 to p. Jakub i p. Andreas 👏👏👏
They are all very appealing . I prefer the Summers voice . Its more emotional . But they all make for repeated listening . The colours the phrasing . ❤❤❤❤❤
Hilary Summers ❤
Hilary is my favorite.
I love Jakub but Andreas Scholl in my opinion.
Tutte belle queste versioni, ma per me vince Yoshikazu Mera❤
HILARY SUMMERS beautiful contralto
Sorry sorry sorry, i can't make a choice. They are all so fabulus ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hilary Summers 💙💛💚
And the most beautiful voice, ANDREAS SCHOLL ♥️❤️♥️
Andreas Scholl by far !
1 - Scholl
2 - Orlinski
3 - Summers
4 - Mead
Summers and Mera are the ones I liked the most :)
Gostaria de corrigir a apreciação que fiz há umas semanas atrás pois, na verdade ,e ouvindo novamente acho que,Bem hajam neste caso, a melhor interpretação é a de Andreas Scholl. Gostava ainda de agradecer a todos estes contratenores por nos presentearem com as suas belíssimas vozes, produto não só de talento natural como também de trabalho longo e árduo. Bem hajam🙏🙏🙏
In this selection A. Scholl tender legato. But Emma Kirkby is AMAZING beautiful diminutions and vocal core.
Emma Kirkby
Yes! ❤
For me, Andreas Scholl is the best counter in the world, but still behind Yoshikatzu Mera. He's absolutely alone in his class. I also appreciate Tim Meat and J.J. Orlinski very much. With these two, Tim Meat is just the all-rounder, no matter which composer he interprets, it's perfect. JJ Orlinsky is the most characterful. He has his own unique way of singing. But it doesn't suit all composers. Hilary Summer's voice as a female alto is not comparable to the male voices in its perfection, but she completely lacks this special countertenor sound.
You have said it all Sir
Hilary Summers!
Most beautiful voice A. Scholl
Mein Liebling ist Andreas Scholl 🎉ich liebe seine Musik 🎉
Orlinski rifa x siempre, vatos locos!! 🤘🏽👨🏽🦲🎼🎹🎶🎵
I like Scholl's voice the most but I think Summers conveyed the message of the song best
Exactly
Hilary Summers
Jakub! Andreas is a close second.
Andreas Scholl.
Andreas Scholl
-1 Scholl
-2 Mera
J.J.Orlinski
J adore JJ Orlinski?
Jakob is the best
He is often out of tune. And his runs are awful
@@jandamskier6510 his runs are fantastic and very clean!
Including Hilary Summers was quite simply unfair to everyone else as she outsang all of them!
#contraltosrule. (I’m not a contralto myself lol)
She ate it up
Too much vibrato in my opinion.
En esta ocasión Hilary gana! lo hace excelente
Jakub but all are good
Jakub is the best
Todas las versiones son muy buenas, es difícil decidir, pero me encanta la voz del japonés Mera, su voz me enamoró cuando le escuché en las cantatas de Bach. Lástima su temprana muerte.
I think he is still alive (according to the Wikipedia)...
He is still alive
th-cam.com/video/IpV1olCiMjA/w-d-xo.html
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Tim Mead. I didn't expect him to sound like that (first time hearing him)
1. Scholl
2. Mead
3. Yoshikazu
4. Orlinski
5. Summers
Andreas Scholl has a lovely rich tone throughout his range, with the necessary firepower for the fast sections. I liked Summers’ ornamentation, but after the countertenors, I found her voice a little too fruity.
Mead (or his conductor) sets a good pace in the slower sections - no danger of dragging. Great ornamentation.
An interesting exercise listening to the various interpretations.
Emma Kirkby - please do yourselves a favor.
When judging (lol) we need to take into account that Orlinski's rendition was recorded during a live concert. So most likely it has not been filtered (much)... I do not know what it is like in the case of the others performing here... I can hear different (a bit strange, artificial) sound in the recordings of Mera and Summers... Is it only my hearing (hallucination) or in fact something has been done? Especially in the fast tempo parts...
The Summers audio was taken from a live performance.
@@baroqueandbeyond And so was the Summers. Her rendition is from the Cleobury/Brandenburg Consort/Choir of King’s College version found here: th-cam.com/video/YU7VxFoPIeI/w-d-xo.html
To me, this is the best interpretation of Messiah I've heard.
Orlinsky!
Tim mead! by far!
Jakub błagam Jakub !
тим❤
100 comments including various singers not on the list, and it seems no-one’s mentioned Russell Oberlin.
Nah bro Andreas number one fr fr
Michael Chance
Why is the 1st one tuned sharp? Pretty much a semi tone higher
In this collection I would prefer Team Mead's performance. But in my humble opinion namely Sara Mingardo performed the alto part in Handel's Messiah really convincing.
Pawel, I too love Sara Mingardo but not in this instance as her English pronunciation is just not convincing enough. I think we need two lists one for the countertenors and one for the contraltos/mezzos. Just so many wonderful interpretations to choose from! Summers doesn’t have the biggest voice (fortunate enough to have seen her several times on stage) but as well as the unique timbre she delivers a lovely line. And for the gents, what about Iestyn Davies?
米良さんの若い頃の歌声は本当に素晴らしいけど、ご病気になられてとても残念ですね。今の私の一番は、Tim Meadです。
1. Jakuk Josef Orlinski
2. Yokizasu Mera
Los demás no tienen ningún interés para mi.
Definitely needs to be sung as a bass aria to give the necessary drama. Try Bryn Terfel or Matthew Curran.
Hier ist Scholl brilliant, aber Mera noch besser!
Мера
Andreas Scholl wins !
It's nothing without Sara Mingardo! She's the only one with proper technique and with CHEST voice at those low Gs!
Андреас Шолль совершенен.
Andreas Scholl mi zní nejvíc jako Handel.Ale asi to záleží na tom,co máme naposlouchané.
En tant que petit Français qui maîtrise mal la langue de Shakespeare je pourrais traduire maladroitement la prestation de Mister Orlinski en mot-à-mot : "But who may abide" par "Mais qui fait un bide?". Vous aurez beau le placarder en format affiche 60x80 cela ne changera rien. Ou alors, payez lui un vocodeur. Ah bon? Il en utilise déjà un? entendons nous bien. Cela n'est pas tant à Jakob Orlinski que j'en veux. Il fait ce qu'il peut et ce qu'on lui demande de faire, c'est plutôt votre faux jeux dégradant qui consiste à influencer nos pauvres têtes molles en placardant la photo d'un concurrent en format du double de ses "adversaires" (qui n'ont strictement rien demandé à personne, en outre). Bas rock from beyond.
In my opinion It os bad. None was able to perform the fast part. All cut to take a breath. This aria, I think, was designed for bass Voice
The alto version of this was written for the Castrato Gaetano Guadagni - Emma Kirkby sings a transposition for soprano. This was not designed for bass - that was a very different version.
El mejor intérprete del aria BUT WHO MAY ABIDE, se llama Michael Chance.
Yoshikazu Mera
Andreas Scholl