Usually I am not a great lover of romantic music and thus of Schubert but this piece is just wonderfully performed. Ludwig Mittelhammer, the soloist but also his comrades in the choir too are just excellent artists.
Well done Ludwig. I cannot help but move forward a few years to the valiant effort of a very young Alexander Lischke pitched against a full orchestra and Chorus.
It's a very interesting comparison. Ludwig's voice is more mature and rounded and the performance is more accurate and controlled, like an Audi in cruise mode. AL's is more like a Ferrari careering along a coastal road at the side of a cliff - exciting, with the element of uncertainty as to whether it will get safely to the end. Spoiler alert - it does. That intelligent, sensitive and very small boy, aware that he has to carry the weight of expectations of a top quality choir and orchestra and the hopes of a big audience, struggling a little in the lower register and giving it full blast at the peaks, carries it off, so it is a human triumph as well as a musical one. And remembering that this is Miriam's victory song after the Israelites cross the Red Sea, one of the most dramatic and important moments in Biblical history, that more dangerous performance is compelling.
This is perfect, the energy and passion shown here is amazing - a master class in how it should be performed. 5 stars. (I'm a bit indifferent towards most Schubert, but this is quite exceptional, I really like this).
A very good performance indeed, only marred by the fact that there are far too many upper parts (S + A) for the balance to be correct: one can barely hear the tenors and basses (throughout this performance); a shame, really, but this is apparently deliberate - and it doesn't work. Oh, and the soloist is wonderful, of course.
unbeatable!
I bet nobody can ever sing this with more energy and poesy!
Well done!
Usually I am not a great lover of romantic music and thus of Schubert but this piece is just wonderfully performed. Ludwig Mittelhammer, the soloist but also his comrades in the choir too are just excellent artists.
Magnifique! Merci Bran
Have read numerous references from correspondents in praise of Ludwig Mittelhammer and now it is not difficult to see why. Well done Ludwig.
Well done Ludwig. I cannot help but move forward a few years to the valiant effort of a very young Alexander Lischke pitched against a full orchestra and Chorus.
It's a very interesting comparison. Ludwig's voice is more mature and rounded and the performance is more accurate and controlled, like an Audi in cruise mode. AL's is more like a Ferrari careering along a coastal road at the side of a cliff - exciting, with the element of uncertainty as to whether it will get safely to the end. Spoiler alert - it does. That intelligent, sensitive and very small boy, aware that he has to carry the weight of expectations of a top quality choir and orchestra and the hopes of a big audience, struggling a little in the lower register and giving it full blast at the peaks, carries it off, so it is a human triumph as well as a musical one. And remembering that this is Miriam's victory song after the Israelites cross the Red Sea, one of the most dramatic and important moments in Biblical history, that more dangerous performance is compelling.
This is perfect, the energy and passion shown here is amazing - a master class in how it should be performed. 5 stars.
(I'm a bit indifferent towards most Schubert, but this is quite exceptional, I really like this).
Amazing performance.The soloist is fantastic and has a high C . The chorus, the pianist, the conductor.The best performance of this work!!!!
Himmlisch! Danke!
Actually, there's a fifth part. I have that one uploaded on my account. 5:04 minutes long.
A very good performance indeed, only marred by the fact that there are far too many upper parts (S + A) for the balance to be correct: one can barely hear the tenors and basses (throughout this performance); a shame, really, but this is apparently deliberate - and it doesn't work.
Oh, and the soloist is wonderful, of course.
Ok. I didn't realize