Robert Merrill - O Holy Night
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Robert Merrill sings "O Holy Night" from his Christmas album "Hark! The Harold Angels Sing," recorded in London in 1974. He is accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Strangely no conductor is named. - เพลง
The best baritone version I know of. Merrill has no competition here.
He has an absolutely beautiful voice!
A great baritone, but more importantly a great human being..RIP sir....
Merrill and Bjoerling were perfectly matched for beauty of sound.
I am Jewish. But can never sing or hear "fall on your knees" without getting all choked up. I have sung John Rutter's "What Sweeter Music." I can never sing "We see Him come and know him ours" without choking up.
A musical line or chord that grips the heart has no denomination. Music joins many in love, where unfortunately too often organized religion itself separates and hurts.
da cristiana cattolica ti ammiro.
And why shouldn't you? Jesus is Jewish the bible says he is a light to the gentiles and further in Philippians 2:10-11 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Robert Merrill was Jewish too. And so was JESUS!
@@allenjones3130 As was Jan Peerce.
Merrill was a class act. When Milnes arrived, Merrill told him, "Don't worry kid, there's plenty of room at the top"!
I always enjoy Robert Merrill’s singing. His bariton voice is the best, from my point of view. This rendition was beautiful! And we know that his bariton together with Jussi Björling tenor voice is smooth, and is something that belongs to the eternity of 1st class in opera music.
"The best" - that is a slight exaggeration, but the voice is really wonderful and one of the best among the American baritones of the generation following Tibbet.
Hermosisima voz de baritono, voz redonda, rica en armonicos, perfecta voz en mascara, de admirar y escuchar 1000 veces!!!!! no he escuchado un baritono tan perfecto como el .
The power and brute strength of BARITONE is SORELY missing these days. THIS is a MAGNIFICENT rendition of this song.
Such a rich, velvety tone. Has there ever been a baritone with a more beautiful voice than Mr Merrill?
Bravo Maestro Merrill!
Magnificent voice thank for sharing Jesus Christ bless you Amen ✝️🙏🏻🌹❤️🎄🌺🌹🌹🌹
Pure genius!!
just a wonderful baritone singing from his heart
What a beautiful rendition of this soul lifting carol. His voice is quite exceptional, and I feel blessed listening to it.....Many thanks Gary
One of Merrill's finest performances!
No words come to my mouth, only tears to my eyes.
What a voice!! What a complete sound!
Wonderful. What a great voice
Merrill, a singing lesson for all baritones. S.Tovar
Santos Tovar
Sounds so good. So wonderful. He doesn't even need a Jussi in there. doesn't hurt of course
Haha good comment! Jussis version is gold standart
Sublime. Unquestionably one of the most beautiful baritone voices I've ever heard. thank you for posting!
Robert Merrill...
June 4, 1917....Oct 23, 2004.
His parent were Polish Jewish Emigrants.
Had a son and daughter.
He was a very nice man.
Merveilleux! Voix merveilleuse!
Merci
Jackylen
Beautiful💕💕💕💕
Merrill had a beautiful voice. Warren was great, but I prefer listening to Merrill.
Magnificent!
Lovely voice
Beautiful voice and really suits this hymn. Lovely
Well done, Bob!
Thank you for mentioning MacNeil! I always feel like no one ever really cares about his voice or career even though he always brought such fantastic acting and a huge (mostly) even voice for more than 30 years!
Beautiful 😍 .
An American gift to the world. Vale Robert Merrill.
everything touched, Gold, how inspiring, how deeply touching, Golden baritone, American Proud! Bravo!
In this classic, for sheer vocal glory, none can equal, nor surpass Merrill, Bjoerling, Blegen, - and Robert Goulet.
(Judith Blegen's gorgeous, angelic-toned rendition was on TH-cam years ago, but somehow vanished. Love to hear her again.)
Elvis hated Robert Goulet, he used to shoot the TV when he came on.
@@raymondturner1478
Yet they were both great singers.
I didn't know Judith Blegen had recorded "O Holy Night"! I'd love to hear her rendition.
Bravissimo
Great version! Great voice!
Mr. Merrill sounded the same onstage...A Musical Cannon.....
heavenly sound from s great baritone
Merrill - one of my top boyhood idols.
now THIS is what real, manly singing sounds like. something most voice teachers are afraid of these days and label as "straining", "over singing" or "belting". to remedy this, they will say things like "lighten up", "smile" or worse yet "go into falsetto". with technique like that in the last century, we would have had no great dramatic voices like Corelli or Flagstad.
anyway, I'm complaining too much, great singing! =D
You do not compare, 'fore if you do you are of this world. Robert Merrill, my idol, my mentor, teetered on the edge of ,,,,,," the beyond" . arguably the most beautiful baritone voice of the century,,,,,,,,,,,along with, Bastianini, Sereni, Nucci, MacNeil,,,,,,,,Bonelli,,,,,, get my drift? don't compare ,,,,just enjoy!
Wonderful!
I wonder if the conductor for this recording was Stanley Black, who had conducted the album of highlights from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF featuring Merrill a few years before. GREAT recording; thank you VERY MUCH for sharing this with us!!!!!
Stellar version! :)
dblair1258
Does anyone remember him singing The Star Spangled Banner? Made me forget to breathe.
It's on YT. The same version as the one sung at Yankee Stadium.
@@sgnmath1234 Thank you for this information. I watched it and still have goosebumps! Hope we don’t have to suffer Roseanne Barr and her narcissistic disrespect ever again!
Thank you and Merry Christmas everyone ! Best Greetings from Philippines :)
Merrill has been dead for at least 4 yrs. Hes still the greatist american baritione.
It must be the music. The TWO saddest songs I've ever known, and I love them both: 1. Richard Strauss' Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen. Beautiful, sad, profound. I relate.
2. Theme from Schindler's List. There's saddness, beauty, and longing. My father is a Holocaust survivor, losing near all his extended family. But once they were neighbors, communities. My father running w/ brothers & friends thru fields in Vilna. All kids of Europe in normal lives. Mamas cooking. All in this music.
Ich bin der Welt was composed by Gustav Mahler not Strauss.
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth;
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
'Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn;
Chorus
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices!
O night divine! O night when Christ was born.
O night, O holy night, O night divine.
What memories.
WOWWWWWWWWWWWW,
I just love this song Beautiful.
Why have a picture of him scratching his leg?
What I would really like to see on TH-cam are some of Merrill's appearances on Jack Parr and Johnny Carson. He had a lot of personality on TV as well as a lot of voice. He did a funny impersonation of Pinza for example.
It itched!
Without Doubt One of the best versions of all time.For lovers of good music, also have a listen to Maureen Hegarty's pure,simple and restrained version here on YT.
Bee-yoo-tee-ful!
@Ettoredipugnar I agree though my feelings are the greatest American baritones (and opera singers in general) have been retired or dead for more like 30-50 years.
Hmm.. I'm Catholic but seem to only seem to get chocked up when I hear Peerce or Tucker sing a beautiful Hebrew or Yiddish piece!
@jmccracken1963 I somehow doubt it as it was released in 1974 by some label called Unison. If I recall correctly Black also conducted on Merrill's terrific earlier album "Americana," released on London Phase 4 Stereo.
An Angel in Velvet-
@Ettoredipugnar Let's just say that Robert Merrill was one of the greatest American baritones of all time, and justly belongs in a vocal pantheon which includes Lawrence Tibbett, Robert Weede, Richard Bonelli, Leonard Warren, Cornell MacNeil, and yes, Thomas Hampson. (But not Milnes, whose intonation was too often suspect right from the beginning of his career.) Any "unsung heroes" among AMERICAN operatic baritones whom I may have missed, gentlemen?
jmccracken1963
one great favorite of mine: earl wrightson, who some might also remember from the sunday morning tv show, "american musical theater". he hosted it, often gracing the program with his magnificent baritone voice, in various favorite selections.
John Charles Thomas, a phenomenal voice!
Agree when it comes to Milnes. And Merrill is awsome!
Hampson is much worse than other singers you mentioned.
@VinylToVideo The first baritone voice I remember hearing was nelson Eddy. My dad loved him. First . Your opinion of Sherril Milnes ? My top six. Nelson Eddy , Yuri Mazurock ,Piero Capuccili , Aldo Protti ,Matteo Monaguerra , Cornell Macneil.
La voz Llena de Pastosidad!!!
@Ettoredipugnar Many of my favorite baritones have already been mentioned. Other than that, my videos reflect my taste in singers.
@VinylToVideo True. I was makeing a comment on the lack of good american baritones. Ie Hampson. I had the oppertunity to meet him and his wife 4 yrs ago .
what a strange photo. he looks like he's fainting off his chair.
i think he's just scratching his leg or pulling up a sock during a break of a recording session.
@VinylToVideo so true! Tuckers Kol Nidre is is best singing.
E' UN PORTENTO.
It's kind of weird hearing a Jew singing "o night, when christ was born...." but I'd bet no christian ever sung it better!
+Dick Drewes Merrill must not have thought it "weird" or he wouldn't have sung it.
It was composed by a Jew, sung by Madame Nathan-Treillet (jewess) ... I guess fervency comes from the soul, not the race or religion :-)
JB?
@Ettoredipugnar Actually, Leonard Warren, Lawrence Tibbett, Robert Weede, and Richard Bonelli have been dead many more years than that and in my opinion are just as good or better than Merrill.
Effortless!
Yeah but weren't ALL the good Christmas songs written by Jews?
But isn't he Jewish? Jking! OMG LOL WTF?