An exceptionally fine performance of this all too rarely performed oratorio in a beautifully rich and warm acoustic. The soloists were both outstanding, Gwilym Bowen articulating and breathing real excitement into his lovely warm tenor voice. Anna Dennis was exceptional as ever with extraordinary nuance in a voice of amazing clarity and bloom. The few duets were something else! The orchestra played with real panache reaching a level of baroque playing I've rarely heard before. But the chorus plays a significant part in this oratorio. Even by the very high standards of professional choirs specialising in baroque music, this was absolutely exceptional! The sheer beauty of their singing was matched by perfect rhythm, an infectious 'bounce' when needed and beautifully modulated dynamics. The clarity of their diction would have put an English-speaking choir to shame. I can't imagine anyone will ever equal let alone exceed this superb performance!
Rarely does one hear such an astonishingly beautiful performance of this work! There are moments of sublime perfection that move the human soul. Thanks for posting it here👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Privileged to be able to have the next best thing to a live seat in such a magnificent setting and such clean recording and so well filmed! Handel is a master of melody!
Excellently written and excellently performed . Bravo(!)34:26 Air (Tenore) - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; 51:36 Accompagnato (Tenore) and Chorus - Now strike the golden lyre again - you have achieved a superb performance of these arias.
Chi definisce il settecento il secolo della meraviglia e dello stupore dimentica di aggiungere che fu il secolo di Bach e Haendel, Kant, Leibniz Vivaldi, Voltaire, Hume, Federico il grande, Goya, Canaletto, Hogarth
I recall one time when a Bryan G. Levman, of the University of Toronto, Centre for the Study of Religion, and Music student, also a visiting scholar there, called the music of Handel "Bub Gum" to my face, I mean really!
Oh I do love Mr. Handel! You can identify Handel even when he's plagiarizing someone else's tune. It's even tastier when you have a good historically informed band and capable singers as we have here. I could listen to these musicians perform Handel all day and into the night.
Avant d'accéder à cette vidéo, j'ai eu droit à deux magnifiques publicités, dont l'une m'a rappelé les publicités que diffusent les hypermarchés sur des petits téléviseurs et que personne me regardent : des sommets de bêtise. RUclips fait bien de montrer ce qu'il est vraiment en rivalisant avec la plus bête des formes de promotion commerciale.
Such a beautiful performance...but someone has to tell the bass soloist that it is not an opera and that he is not the most important person in this work ...
I thought the bass did just fine. It's important to remember that though this is oratorio, Handel was first a writer of opera, who was forced to write non-dramatic works due to a church prohibition on theatre music. Even during the prohibition he still wrote very theatrical works, and it would not have been unusual during that time to have seen the soloists do a touch of "acting". Musically and in terms of balance, the bass did not overwhelm. He was right on target.
Das Zuhören dieser Musik ist wie ein "Geschenk des Himmels 😅❤"
An exceptionally fine performance of this all too rarely performed oratorio in a beautifully rich and warm acoustic. The soloists were both outstanding, Gwilym Bowen articulating and breathing real excitement into his lovely warm tenor voice. Anna Dennis was exceptional as ever with extraordinary nuance in a voice of amazing clarity and bloom. The few duets were something else! The orchestra played with real panache reaching a level of baroque playing I've rarely heard before. But the chorus plays a significant part in this oratorio. Even by the very high standards of professional choirs specialising in baroque music, this was absolutely exceptional! The sheer beauty of their singing was matched by perfect rhythm, an infectious 'bounce' when needed and beautifully modulated dynamics. The clarity of their diction would have put an English-speaking choir to shame. I can't imagine anyone will ever equal let alone exceed this superb performance!
Not an Oratorio, but an Ode
La prestation de la basse est fantastique également
31:16 How miraculous is it that we can listen to the thoughts of a great musician 3 centuries after he wrote the notes
What a delight to find this superb performance on RUclips! Thanks so much for posting
Zauberhafte Musik,und Freude, schön ist das,vielen Dank😊❤
I listen to this almost every day. She enjoys this so much. you cannot help but join her. What talent!!
Rarely does one hear such an astonishingly beautiful performance of this work! There are moments of sublime perfection that move the human soul. Thanks for posting it here👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Privileged to be able to have the next best thing to a live seat in such a magnificent setting and such clean recording and so well filmed! Handel is a master of melody!
MAGNIFICENTISSIMO!
Maestro Händel lacht förmlich aus dem Himmel. 👍👍👍
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE!
Beautiful recording of a great performance. First I've come across Gwilym Bowen, what a gem!!
Exceptionnel à tout point de vue : l'œuvre, les solistes, l'orchestre. Bravo à tous
Handel 🎉 bravo 🍾
So very well done definitely a number one it made me so happy well done to all !!!!
Anna Dennis !!! What an extraordinarily moving and beautiful concert. The joy on all their faces. 😍 🎶🙋🗣🎶
Complimenti bellissimo ! Bravi
Dasist ja wunderbar😌❤️
Magnifique!!!❤
Mi chiedo se Handel era un Angelo sceso dal cielo di Halle 😊❤ Questa Musica è Soprannaturale ✨🎇🌌🙏❤🎼🎻🎶🎶🎶🎶
Magnificent rendition of Handel's work, so very well done!!!
Freude groß,lassen Schmerzen vergessen,😊
Absolutely beautiful...
Bravo ❤️❤️❤️
fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!
Es war ein Genuss!
Très très bon
Exécution remarquable .
Превосходно!!! Профессионалы высшего уровня! Все так слаженно и гармонично! Брависсимо!!!
Excellently written and excellently performed . Bravo(!)34:26 Air (Tenore) - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; 51:36 Accompagnato (Tenore) and Chorus - Now strike the golden lyre again - you have achieved a superb performance of these arias.
Dodnes nepřekonaná hudba Händela a samozřejmě Bacha. Hudba těchto dvou velikánů baroka je balzám pro duši posluchače. Skvělý výkon celého ansámblu.
Una versión realmente extraordinaria !!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Chi definisce il settecento il secolo della meraviglia e dello stupore dimentica di aggiungere che fu il secolo di Bach e Haendel, Kant, Leibniz Vivaldi, Voltaire, Hume, Federico il grande, Goya, Canaletto, Hogarth
I recall one time when a Bryan G. Levman, of the University of Toronto, Centre for the Study of Religion, and Music student, also a visiting scholar there, called the music of Handel "Bub Gum" to my face, I mean really!
Oh I do love Mr. Handel! You can identify Handel even when he's plagiarizing someone else's tune. It's even tastier when you have a good historically informed band and capable singers as we have here. I could listen to these musicians perform Handel all day and into the night.
Prove it
Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery most composers past and present are guilty of a bit of plagiarism
Sehr gutes video
Praise Zeus the Allfather for the beautiful music
Choir of Angels in Heaven
This beautiful music will never play in iran.
Csodálatos
52:20
Avant d'accéder à cette vidéo, j'ai eu droit à deux magnifiques publicités, dont l'une m'a rappelé les publicités que diffusent les hypermarchés sur des petits téléviseurs et que personne me regardent : des sommets de bêtise. RUclips fait bien de montrer ce qu'il est vraiment en rivalisant avec la plus bête des formes de promotion commerciale.
What language do they sing in?
They sing in English🙂
@@ishizukaponko With all that "violent" rattling of the tongue tip?
@@slomo4672 That "rattling of the tongue tip" was a flourish of the Baroque period. It is something which performers of Handel's day would have done.
Such a beautiful performance...but someone has to tell the bass soloist that it is not an opera and that he is not the most important person in this work ...
I thought the bass did just fine. It's important to remember that though this is oratorio, Handel was first a writer of opera, who was forced to write non-dramatic works due to a church prohibition on theatre music. Even during the prohibition he still wrote very theatrical works, and it would not have been unusual during that time to have seen the soloists do a touch of "acting". Musically and in terms of balance, the bass did not overwhelm. He was right on target.
i nostri grandi maestri del passato!!!tutti maestosi