Who Sang The "Music Of The Night" Pianissimo The Best?
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- From the musical "Phantom of The Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Hi re-upload, how are ya? Had to make some arrangements due to the video being blocked. Hope this is it! xx
Jeffree Star refrence ? (correct me if i'm wrong)
Oh okay... I was like “wasn’t this uploaded already”... darn it RUclips!!!
U forgot glee
Excuse me can you give me the name of the beginning song of all your videos? I think I like it!😀
@@thampham1560 Moon River! Sorry for the late response xx
Things I will do after watching this video:
1) Close my eyes
2) Let my spirit start to soar
You forgot purge your thoughts of the life you knew before.
I’ve always been a Karimloo fan but DAMN John Owen Jones I’m SPEECHLESS that was probably the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard
Camille Voyage omygoodness. Wasn’t it beautiful?
I got to see him play the Phantom live in London and I was totally blown away. He nailed it! Every aspect he was remarkable!
Excuse me “one of” he is the best phantom
OMG SAME! As a welsh person i feel kinds proud lol
TOTALLY agree! Both of them were fabulous but JOJ's was a one of a kind that shows talent AND artistry to the max.
John Owen Jones is the only one who can hold the pianissimo steady without going into vibrato or waning in the middle... what a voice!
MissFawlty He is the most technically perfect. And is so emotion-inducing
@@gypsysmiles that's where I got my version
You listen to Kwang Ho he managed to sing without the vibrato
Vibrato is totally fine, especially in opera and vibrato at the end of a sustained note helps to continue with good breath support. It's a REALLY common musical theatre technique.
I think Norm Lewis did the same
Why is no one talking about 2:57? That’s SO vivid and clear. Holy shit
Anthony warlow is friggn amazing
Anthony is my idol since I was young and I LOVE HIM AS THE PHANTOM AND ALSO JEKYLL & HYDE
Olis Ptak Lol since I put that comment, I started listening to more of him. How have I not heard of him before??? Damn
Anthony Warlow's soar was crystal clear.
I do like how he sung the bit before, but he needs to make that high note quieter. One of the reasons hitting that note can be hard is because you have to hit it softly and quietly. You can tell he tries not to belt it, but it comes out louder than the other notes he was singing right before that. He’s a great singer, but it’s not the best. That’s just my opinion though. If you think he’s the best then you do you. As long as we can both agree that Colm just can’t do Phantom well.
There is something so inexplicably captivating about Ramin's interpretation of The Phantom. He takes the crown every time, for me.
Ramin Freakin Karimloo. His rendition of Music of the Night is just all around heart melting and heart wrenching at the same time.
My neighbor loved Michael Crawford. She was his biggest fan, God rest her soul. So he has a special place in my heart because as a little girl, he was my gateway into such beautiful music.
I honestly didn’t know it was pianissimo this whole time. I thought the men just couldn’t be as loud in head voice as in chest voice. I should note that the first version of phantom I saw was Ramin Karimloo, 25th anniversary.
erin h it’s the same note as the belt later in the song isn’t it?
0:20 - Michael Crawford
0:44 - Ben Crawford
1:05 - Norm Lewis
1:28 - Gerónimo Rauch
1:52 - Han Ji-sang
2:14 - Peter Jöback
2:34 - Colm Wilkinson
2:56 - Anthony Warlow
3:16 - Yang Jun-Mo
3:36 - John Owen-Jones
4:03 - James Barbour
4:26 - Young Seok Yoon
4:48 - Stig Rossen
5:12 - Caleb Hyles
5:30 - Peter Hofmann
5:58 - John Cudia
6:24 - Hugh Panaro
6:50 - Ben Forster
7:10 - Earl Carpenter
7:34 - Brad Little
8:00 - Gerald Butler
8:26 - Ramin Karimloo
Amazing, thank you!
Norm Lewis and John Owen Jones. Man oh man.
Norm Lewis will forever hold my heart it’s so pure
The one dislike is Raoul
Ramin’s “close your eyes” is.........wow. I cannot believe him.
Mike Crawford-❤️👏🏻
Ben Crawford-Only the sore part he nailed
Lewis-I always love the man’s voice, fits so good with the phantom
Rauch-Really good
Jo-sang - Ok but good
Jöback- A bit high
Wilkinson- He’s better as Jean Veljean
Warlow-Decent
Jun-mo - Great control on he’s voice
Jones-Fantastic!
Barbour- Nailed it!
Seok Yoon/Rossen- Need to find better words for awesome
Hyles- Holy Shit Caleb’s in here!
Holmann-Weakest so far
Cudia-Good hold
Panaro-👏🏻
Forster-👏🏻
Carpenter-Too quiet for me
Little-Decent
Butler- Oh boy, stepping into the past with him ah? Look, he’s not the best and I’m probably the only one that likes him in the movie.
Karimloo-Like Lewis, love he’s voice.
Nick Kurtz we had the same reaction when we saw caleb lmao
and i dont get why everyone hates on butler, he sounds good
Ramin Karimloo, John Owen Jones, and Michael Crawford. My top three.
Something about everything wrong with Colm’s voice makes him a great Valjean, but not a very good Phantom.
Also Caleb killed it, Carpenter is better as a louder, more outwardly intimidating role, like Javert, and let’s talk about Butler. Butler’s not really a singer, but he’s...OK. I just don’t think he has the ability at his level to really sell the Phantom, since it’s such a not-easy-ish role. The film just really isn’t that great of an adaptation, it sits in that valley with Les Miserables. There are a few decent parts, but it’s nothing special at best, and abhorrent at it’s worst.
Can we agree that Ramin is one of THE BEST PHANTOMS!?!
Anyone who played the role on stage is the superior Phantom but Ramin is Defs the best
El Jordinio in your opinion.
@@boglitt6918 it's a fact
El Jordinio again, in your opinion.
Fantastic Fluffy Unicorm No... it’s a fact
I love Colm Wilkinson here. He sounds so ghostly and phantom-like, and I think his vibrato is phenomenal
H0LY PhAnToM I agree👌
Same!!! This is what I picture phantom to be like
Glad it's back up. I said in my other comment that I prefer to listen to Ramin Karmiloo and Norm Lewis,but sometimes I like to listen to Gerard. Thank you for re-uploading the video
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@@mastermind0981 thank you 🙂
ramin karimloo and norm lewis no question about it
My best is Ramin since i saw his Interpretation I fell in love with him
I gotta say, I think Anthony Warlow takes the gold here. I have always thought there needs to be little/no bravado on that high note. It just sounds so much cleaner as a steady single note and Anthony frickin NAILS it!
I’m ready to soar babey
Yes - 100%
Norm Lewis' voice for me is the perfect Phantom voice. Smooth, velvety, dark. His voice makes me feel things
Maybe this is just me, but I feel like Anthony Warlow is seriously underrated! There's just something about the tone of his voice that is really appealing to me. The others are awesome too (with the exception of Ben Crawford, who is still good, but his vibrato is a little much for me), but the skill in Warlow's voice just doesn't match up with the reception he's getting, at least to me.
His voice was really clear and beautiful, I agree.
I actually love Anthony's voice, he's in one of my favorite underrated musicals (Jekyll and Hyde)
RAMIN is my favorite!!! Nothing can top his amazing and soft singing!!
Repost of (approximately) my previous comment:
Best are Norm Lewis, John Owen Jones, and Stig Rossen. They nailed the pianissimo. Many of the others just did the falsetto, and called it a day. Just because your falsetto is a little softer than your regular voice doesn’t mean it’s actually piano.
Edited to add that Peter Hofmann doesn’t sing in falsetto, but does make an attempt at piano. It’s a different take on the note than is usually done, and I’m honestly not a fan.
Yeah, I had a problem with a lot of them because they sang high but not softly which is I guess what you just said only in my simple talk, lol. But thanks for putting it into better words. Also, I know there's better recordings of Michael Crawford singing it... he's unsurprisingly the first person I heard singing it and in the recordings he got it just right.
What about Anthony his was crisp and bright, most likely inspired by the movie rather than the play... no ones gonna comment on him QnQ??
Your average Witchy child I was holding the position that these were the best pianissimo notes. That isn’t to say that there weren’t other good performances here, just that the guys I listed did (I think) the best when it came to the very specific criteria of making the note as soft and quiet as possible. My personal favorites are Ramon Karimloo and James Owen Jones. Two very different singers, very different styles, and yet both have that same ephemeral quality to them that I find to be so very intrinsic to this particular aria.
@@youraveragewitchysoul I love Anthony Warlow as the Phantom, (especially the pianissimo note!) but have to point out, he sang it way before the movie- he premiered in the Australian production in 1990 :)
Michael Crawford should be in there
I'm a huge Ramin Karimloo fan and was waiting for him but wow John Owen Jones' was spectacular! I was already impressed but then that "soar" kept going and I was mesmerized! Beautiful. I also really liked Earl Carpenter's. It was really soft and gentle and lovely.
Michael Crawford! Wow so soft and beautiful 😍
I see you saved the best for last. Ramin is truly the angel of music 😭💙
he s not except when he sings all I ask of you reprise
Hugh Panero, for one reason and one reason only:
Close your eyes. BREATH. Let your spirit start to soar.
These are called sentences, instructions even. Have you ever had a conversation that went "close your eyesLEt.. your spirit start BREATH to soar". Acting, folks. Let's make the lyrics make sense shall we. And Hugh proves that you can still hold the gentle note beautifully at the end of a longer phrase, hell, OG Michael Crawford didn't even breathe between the two phrases!
as well as just,, having a beat at the end of "close your eyes" gives Christine time to react, the audience to hear and process it, and the connectedness of the second sentence really actually makes closing your eyes worth it cause the sentences itself soars. feels more genuine
You are so damn right!!! It's a song we all know so well, I didn't even think of that until you said it; being a singer myself, I usually catch those things. And that one breath really makes a world of a difference!!
6:25
1 John Owen Jones
2 Earl Carpenter
3 Colm Wilkonson
4 Ramin Karimloo
5 Norm Lewis
They also did great in Les Mis ;3;
Ramin is my favorite Phantom, although JOJ is superb. I think the reason why I love Ramin's Phantom is that a lot of the other portrayals of that character focus on the "Phantom", a killer and monster. Ramin's Phantom focuses a lot on Erik and his insecurities. Yes, he did do some horrible things, but you still sympathize with the character because Ramin humanizes him.
JOJ is the best when it comes to the 'soar'
2:57 Anthony...He's the best and the most underrated Phantom in my opinion
He’s not my fave phantom (I’m a Ramin girl tbh) but he IS one of the greatest performers on this list!! And just in general. He is ASTOUNDING in Jekyll and Hyde. His rendition of that show is absolutely incredible. What a talented person.
richest and emotional tone at the same time
The best is Anthony Warlow. Let me explain. I went and saw him years ago, and shit was going down in that performance. Christine wasn’t doing so hot that day cause right before he hit that pianissimo note, girl passed right out. My dude continued to sing while he was carrying her off the stage, and his voice didn’t waver. Like my guy bent down, picked her up, and carried her across the stage to the other side. Like what?? How??? It’s hard to sing that note and here he is doing that while carrying a girl across the stage. I’m sorry, but Anthony Warlow is a god. End of discussion.
That's insane. He's honestly just a legend.
His singing, his acting and his personality are god tier
I saw him in 92 wish I had seen him again in 06. I wept his voice was so beautiful
I love his voice so much. Jekyll and Hyde is one of my favorite underrated musicals
My personal favorite is Ramin, but John Owen Jones and Colm Wilkinson are also absolutely fantastic and emotion-inducing.
I must admit that in THIS video, the selection of voices are much better than in the previous one. Regardless, the majority of the voices are either too deep, too gruff, or just off a bit. Admittedly, John Owen-Jones brings a softness and warmth to his singing as does Ramin Karimloo.
I don’t see a lot of for Peter Jöback but I really do love him. He has grown so much as a singer and will forever be my favorite phantom
While Ramin is my favorite phantom I’ve seen, John Cudia gave me chills. It wasn’t so much the quality of the note he sang but more how he led up to it. Ramin performed this note next to Sierra which gave the note more intimacy. Cudia made me feel that intimacy without being next to Christine, and that was impressive to me
Norm Lewis 1:05
James Barbour 4:03
Earl Carpenter 7:10
Gerard Butler 8:00
Ramin Karimloo 8:26
Ramin, the one and only, the best Phantom ever
No one has perfected this part as well as John Owen Jones. Period!
Ramin Karimloo has the most beautiful soul ever to exist in this world! This man is the true Angel of Music
The thing about pianissimo is you have to expand, and support MORE using the smallest amount of air, for proper cord closure. But it’s not a straining of expansion, it’s big like falling into the ocean, and the voice is a tiny gold coin in All that space.
The best part about this scene is that the technique matches the text.
“ close your eyes let your spirit start to soar”
That’s pianissimo! That’s sustain!
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Oh Norm Lewis and Anthony Warlow will always have my vote! They’re so amazing and talented!
I don’t even care that this is a re-upload because now I have something to watch while I procrastinate
Purge your thoughts of the work you'll have to do. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to procrastinatEEEEEEEE
The Korean dude (Han) amazing but Karimloo is my fave oh my goodness he is good at singing
The way that norm lewis matched his pitch to the music was just beautiful 💙💙👏🏾👏🏾
Michael: The OG and has a very seductive and soft tone at the same time. Very well done.
Ben: A bit too deep pitch at first.
Norm: A still a bit deep but has a nice tune to it.
Geronimo: Really nice sway to his voice.
Han: Tiny slip up but he sounds so alluring.
Peter: Hit the notes well but his accent gets in the way of it.
Colm: Did well in Les Mis, and it really shows here too.
Anthony: A bit fast on the intro but came off stronger in the end.
Yang: Very interesting due to the fact that it's in another language.
John: Now this is close to Crawford but a bit too quiet at the end.
James: A bit of a belter, but he's still strong to a degree.
Young: Done very well for a language I can't understand.
Stig: Sounds a bit depressed.
Caleb: Very good for an amateur
Peter: Can't understand him but once again has the right notes.
John: Slight vibration at first but came off strong at the end.
Hugh: His slight belting combined with his voice makes it very close to perfecting it.
Ben: The first few notes are swung but it adds his own special touch to it.
Earl: A bit too quiet, I could hear the guy coughing.
Brad: Once again the ending is a bit quiet. Not asking for too much just a little bit louder.
Gerard: NO JUST NO! There's no passion and it sounds like he's bored. It's very clear he's not trained for ALW songs. What were the filmmakers and ALW thinking?
Ramin: Now this is what a perfect Phantom is. Crawford originated the role but Ramin's voice combined with his belting at the beginning and then the fall into gentleness at the end just perfected it.
Yess Ramin is my favourite!!!!😊
Why do you say deep as if it's a bad thing....a tenor's tone is supposed to be dark
Peter Hofmann sings; “Flieh weit fort von dem Zweifel und dem Tag. Schließ die Augen und schweb im Geist davon!” (It’s german)
The translation is: Flee far away from doubts and the day. Close your eyes and soar away in your mind (literally Geist means spirit)
Ramin is the perfect phantom. His voice is heavenly and he embodies everything that Erik is when playing him. JOJ was brilliant aswell
For me: Warlow, JOJ, Rossen, Carpenter, Karimloo...and Ben Lewis if he was on here 😚
Norm Lewis, John Owen Jones, Seok Yoon, Earl Carpenter were the best for me. I like listening to Ramin Karimloo, though he tends to come a bit strong on the vocals at times
Did anyone else think that Geronimo's "soar" sounded off? Like sound technically ? Maybe it's just me
Earl was very delicate, that was nice.
Gerard vocals are just... ugh. I could listen to him all day. But I know his "soar" was played with a little so Ramin definitely takes home the trophy for me. He is just incredible always. Live, recorded, he is perfect. and his vowels and placement is un-freaking-believable!!!!!
Stop hating Gerard I like his phantom, he has amazing emotion!
That’s great but he can’t sing.
yes! he’s an amazing singer
@@sammidenney6725 where
He is a really great actor! But phantom is supposed to be an incredible singer with proper technique. Gerard isn’t the best singer. If he had taken voice lessons for maybe a few months he would have fit the role perfectly but he didn’t.
@@sammidenney6725 yes!!!
You should do “who sang it better?” for Jekyll and Hyde!!!
It’s one of my favorites
Edit: *sOOoooOoAAAaaaaaaAaArrrrrRRRrrrrrR*
YES YES YES
Freaking RAMIN I cant-
John Owen Jones in this sounded amazing, like he held that note beautifully. My favourite phantom is Ramin and my favourite Christine is Sierra Boggess
Ben Crawford was pretty good but my all time favorites are Norm Lewis Ramin Karimloo, on a not completely unrelated topic, Sierra is my favorite Christine.
Edit: now that I watch it again, John Owen Jones was amazing like he nailed that. And who could forget Michael Crawford?
Michael Crawford is my favorite but all are wonderful. Gerard Butler surprised me in a good way.
Karimloo will be the death of me
*Ramin sings*
ITS SO SOFT! OMG MY HEART IS GONNA MELT!!
for this particular line my absolute favorite is John Owen Jones. Followed by Panaro, Karimloo, Lewis, and Cudia
Norm Lewis has the voice of an angel, my favorite phantom of all time
Gerard Butler because his emotion was so raw. His acting ability served him well in this part.
oh darn
time to watch it again
no complaints! 🤠
Ramin takes my breath away every time. Definitely my personal favorite phantom💕
Forgive me, I'm not an expert on music or singing, but I know what I like. After listening to all of these fabulously talented singers twice, I made a list of what it was that made me make my choices. 1. Full voice - when it gets to the "Close your eyes..." part, I liked it better with full voice, not high whispering. 2. Vibrato - some singers use vibrato for the full "Soar" note, others sing it steady and use vibrato at the end. I like melodic vibrato for the whole note. 3. Holding the note as long as they can - I like it better when they can hold it a loooooong time. 4. Power - I want to HEAR the "Soar" note, not have it whispered. 5. Just a personal preference, but those who go right for the "Soar" note at correct pitch sound like they are straining to get there, but those who go in slightly low in pitch and then quickly build up to correct pitch sound so much better to me.
The 3 who meet all those criteria are: 1. Ramin 2.Colm. 3. Peter Joback.
As for who had the purest "Soar" note, regardless of everything else: Brad Little.
Michael Crawford period. He is the phantom.
Agreed
Saw Little live 3 times. My favorite phantom ever. When he sings you could hear a pin drop in the theatre, he just has that much of a presence with his voice.
Norm lewis! Norm lewis!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! With all my heart
He has a BEAUTIFUL VOICE!! So seductive and he can do perfectly high notes! LOVE HIM ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
actually got goosebumps when john owen jones sang
For me it's definitely Ramin Karimloo, along with Paul Nicholas (who isn't featured on this list - I think he sounds absolutely dreamy 💕)
My picks are Michael Crawford, Ben Crawford, Young Seoul Yoon, Anthony Warlow, James Barbour, Peter Hofmann, Ramin Karimloo
I love Norm Lewis and John Owen Jones, but my all time favorite is Ramin! So much feeling!
Crawford shivers, my toes curl.
He is handsome too
oh, gerard butler tried so hard... 😂
Brennen Siemens so true but he just doesn’t got it
Brennen Siemens excuse you that’s my mans
Somewhere Rainbows tell your mad he ain’t got it then
xxAnimeMonkeyxx BAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
He definitely gets the award for effort. Honestly, he has to have balls the size of Texas to even consider taking on such an iconic role with no vocal training, and as much as I enjoyed a lot of his performance, his voice is... well... not so much.
YESS THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IK ITS LATE BUT IVE BEEN WANTING THIS VIDEO THANKS SO MUCH
Meus favoritos deste vídeo: Hugh Panaro, Norm Lewis, John Owen Jones, Michael Crawford.
Para mi no se trata de solo un pianissimo, es todo el fragmento, ya que fanthom quiere hacer entender a Christine todo la passion, sentimiento y fuerza que tiene su musica. Ramin es el unico que enseña este carrusel de sentientos y el pianissimo lo incorpora como si fuera el sentimiento que se le escapa, no busca el pianissimo como nota musical. Bravo Ramin💞y Sierra su mejor Christine.
Saw Ben Crawford live, he actually did really well!
Ramin and John Owen... I saw John Owen in London... Not only can he sing, he can also act. I was deeply moved!
Please make a video called "Who sang the 'I'm Here' Climax the best"🙏🏻🙏🏻
It's my all time favorite song. And I would absolutely love to watch that.
I Love Colm, He Is So Smiley! Look At How Happy He Is.
Karimloo and Warlow for me
hey mister golightly, if ya ever want some high school phantom videos...I’m ya gal 😉 hahaha but for real love your videos! always makes me smile when I see that you uploaded 💛
Gerard Butler is the BEST EVER... he is full of passion and his beautiful voice shows it!! He is the ULTIMATE PHANTOM!!!! ❤️
@charlotteh1583 Gerard Butler has an amazing voice, but he is an actor first.... He did his best and I think he did an INCREDIBLE job! 😜
My favorite song from any musical
Michael Crawford always for me
I saw Ben on Broadway and he nailed this song!
Gerard's voice is just so raw and holds much emotion an i personally like the deeper singing voice for the phantom...but I must admit he wasn't really fit vocally for the role..
It's just bad direction and casting from Joel Schumacher, ironically enough, the movie was in development hell since '89 because they couldn't find someone to play the phantom and Christine, at first they want Crawford and Brightman to reprise their roles, Brightman was divorcing Webber so that couldn't happen, they couldn't get Hugh Jackman because of scheduling conflicts, almost had Antonio Banderas but fans didn't want that, so I guess they said fuck it in the end
@@michaelboydston313 "It's just bad direction and casting from Joel Schumacher". Seriously??? I don't think you are an expert. Schumacher was a great director!!! ALW made the best decision by working with Joel and waiting for the right time and getting the right actors. The 2004 movie is the best version!
agree to disagree@@ingridmay66
@@michaelboydston313 Yes, we can agree to disagree. You don’t have to like it! I personally think he did sound angelic and emotional and everything a phantom needs to be. I think they did amazing job with acting and costumes and everything! The 2004 movie is amazing and got a many millions of fans! By the way, the 25th anniversary also has its flaws....
@@ingridmay66 will agree the 25th anniversary performance wasnt perfect (albert hall was not not a good venue), but i will still stand by it
The OG Michael Crawford
Gerard butler is my phantom 🥰
Chills this whole video. Amazing.
Michael Crawford
No one can reach the standard he set for the Phantom and I DARE to say that even Ramin couldn’t produce the same let alone similar haunting voice that Crawford had...
Phantom thank you! 100% agreed. Michael’s voice is so calming and beautiful
tbh i feel like Earl Carpenter is being overlooked in this like he’s got such good control and i could feel his passion in a way that was so much more moving than others.
1:34 I like how he sang it but honestly, all of them sang beautifully
that tranSITION WOAH
Love this, as it separates the true artists from the "performers". pp means very soft...and it would be soo SOOO hard to sing at the top of range, supported and NOT show it off with more volume. Some do it masterfully! Some don't quite get the idea of "dynamics", but it's different interpretation, I'm sure.
Ramin and Anthony Warlow are my favorites. Ramin is just a god, and Anthony has an amazing voice. I love Jekyll and Hyde, it's such an underrated musical
When I saw the Phantom on Broadway, Ben Crawford won over with the show.