Musical Vitamins

[Robert Newman]

1/10

J.S. Bach
Aria
‘Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’
From Cantata BWV 170 - (1726)
Andreas Schiff - Counter Tenor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Conductor - Philippe Herreweghe

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JmxTcuZaeUQ&feature=related

2/10

J.S. Bach
Partita No. 1 for Solo Keyboard
Second Movement
'Allemande'
BWV 825/2
Piano - Dinu Lipatti

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o17NggKYtFs&feature=related

3/10

G.F. Handel
Aria
'Ombra mai fu'
Opera
'Xerxes'
Soloist - David Daniels (Counter-Tenor)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JRCcCXkfQOc

4/10

G.F. Handel
Concerto Grosso
H.313

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Directed by Jan Willem de Vriend

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hjk0bXvia44

5/10

Film on the music of Ludwig van Beethoven

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJ5BzyJq7E

6/10

Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D Minor
(2nd Movement)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLoOmDddgk&feature=related

7/10

Antonio Vivaldi
'Summer'
4 Seasons

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-MIDDfckw

8/10

Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata
L.366

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbSgz-x5JE&feature=related

9/10

Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day
Op. 65 No. 6

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MicFum-kWnU

10/10

J.S. Bach
Aria
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SguNpDynB2k

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11/10

J.S. Bach
Chorus
BWV 147/7 -
Jesus bleibt meine Freude

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mn1ibFdXDU&feature=related


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[methodistgirl]

That's my favorite one of all. Jesu Joy of Man's Desire the last one.
judy tooley

 

[Dorsetmike]

I note you have a track featuring David Daniels, in my opinion one of, if not the best counter tenor currently performing.

Having sung counter tenor myself up to about age 40, I tend to listen closer to them than other voices.

 

[Robert Newman]

Yes Judy, 'keeping the best till last' !!!!! Glad you like it too.

Jesus bleibet meine Freude,
Meines Herzens Trost und Saft,
Jesus wehret allem Leide,
Er ist meines Lebens Kraft,
Meiner Augen Lust und Sonne,
Meiner Seele Schatz und Wonne;
Darum lass ich Jesum nicht
Aus dem Herzen und Gesicht.

Thanks Mike. Yes, I completely agree. David Daniels is a wonderful singer. I have a recording of Handel's 'Rinaldo' made in Germany with David Daniels in the lead role. It was hugely well received. A live recording.

Cheers

Robert

 

[Dorsetmike]

Robert, minor brain fart in my response, I forgot to mention the Japanese Counter Tenor Yoshikazu Mera, not too well known this side of the world but a fantastic voice and range

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=quy1bHQtS9Q&feature=related

Quite a few more of his tracks on youtube.

http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=yoshkazu+mera&search_type=&aq=f

I first heard him singing Greensleeves on the radio, got the CD with it on, but can't find that track on youtube.

 

[Robert Newman]

Oh, goodness, Mike, what a wonderful voice !!!!!!!! This Yoshikazu Mera. Just wonderful. That is surely very close to the great countertenors/castrati of Handel's time. (Smaller men in those days, of course). But the Japanese have some extrarodinarily talented musicians. This is the best I've ever heard of a Japanese singer. Glorious !

Thank you - I'd never heard him before.

Regards

Robert

I also heard this from him -

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o0teUMNC948&feature=related

 

[Dorsetmike]

I've got Ombra mai fu on the Cd of his along with Lascia ch'io pianga and some Strauss, Gounod, Bach, Satie, Dvorak Grieg and Rachmaninov.

 

[Robert Newman]

Thank you Mike. Yes, he has a very remarkable voice. Extraordinary. Such a small person. Such an amazing gift. No artificiality at all in that voice.

Thanks for introducing him here.

Robert

Found some Biodata on Mera Yoshikazu -


Born 1971 Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, Mera Yoshikazu is a Japanese counter-tenor. (The counter-tenor sings the part which is higher than tenor, but lower than alto). Yoshikazu is one of about twenty professional counter-tenors in the world. His register is three and a half octaves. Yoshikazu sings classical music, foreign music, Japanese Classical Music, a Negro spirituals,folk songs, and songs from musicals.

Yoshikazu Mera has liked to sing since he was child. Before he became a senior high school student, he had already learned many folk songs. He sang Enka and Japanese Pops, too. He was pretty good at singing, so he wanted to be a pop singer in his childhood. Pop singers in the past needed more strength in their singing than singers today.

When he was at university, Yoshikazu Mera learned about classical music and changed from tenor to counter-tenor during his third year in college when he was a junior. He used to be criticized by one professor because he was not a real counter-tenor. That is because Yoshikazu had a high voice by nature. Yoshikazu suffered from the difference of opinion between the professor and him, but he continued to go straight the way he believed.

After he graduated from the Music college, Yoshikazu Mera won the first prize in The Eighth Folk Songs Competition in 1994. Mera is a winner of the highest prizes at the eight Early Music Competition Yamanashi in May 1994 and the sixth Tochigi Music Festival award. His keen interest in Japanese Art Song led to third prize at the sixth Sohgakudou Japanese Art Competition in 1995.

In October 1993 Yoshikazu Mera sang the solo part in Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle, and in March 1994 he sang the counter-tenor solo part in Bernstein’s Skylark under the baton of Kazuyoshi Akiyama. Mera appears frequently as a soloist for the Bach Collegium Japan.

In 1997, Yoshikazu Mera became popular among the general public. That is because Yoshikazu sang the title song for The Princess Mononoke produced by Hayao Miyazaki. The movie became the most popular movie in the summer. After this movie, he began to sing songs from movies and TV.

He has made, to date recordings of some 18 Bach arias and 8 by Handel. With various others on Archiv.

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[sunwaiter]

i know Princess Mononoke had its deserved success, even if not proportional to its incredible beauty and depth, and that many people already know the film and the score to it, but i have to stress that i find the music of Joe Hisaichi really beautiful. i especially like the requiem. i had first discovered the "team" Myazaki/Hisaichi on Totoro, and after Princess Mononoke i had the luck to see Spirited Away on the big screen. each film represented a new step in quality and originality!

 

[Robert Newman]

Thanks Sunwaiter,

J. Hisaishi
Music for Film
‘Princess Mononoke’ - ‘Mononoke Hime’
Soloist -Yoshikazu Mera
Lyrics -Hayao Miyazaki

When released in Japan in 1997, ‘Princess Mononoke’ was the most expensive anime ever made with production costing approximately 20 Million US Dollars.

Computer animation was used during only 5 minutes of footage throughout the film, and a further 10 minutes used digital paint, a technique which is used throughout all subsequent Studio Ghibli films. The computer animated parts are designed to blend in and support traditional animation and are mainly used in images consisting of a mixture of CGI and traditional drawing.

http://www.mediafire.com/?joyznz1m51e

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