PURCELL // Strike the Viol by Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2018
- Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, guided by François Lazarevitch’s virtuoso flute, have already led us along the roads of Ireland and Scotland, notably the High Road to Kilkenny (ALPHA 234), a great success in 2016. This time, they venture into England with an essentially secular programme devoted to Henry Purcell (1659-95), varying the mood by alternating between instrumental dances and songs performed by the English countertenor Tim Mead, including ‘O Solitude’ and ‘What power art thou’. While Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien have chosen these celebrated pieces for pleasure above all, with this English programme they also fill in a new piece in their jigsaw map of the United Kingdom. At the same time, they demonstrate the musical porosity of Ireland, Scotland and England - and the atypical colours of the small string ensemble complemented by two flutes, a harp and harpsichord/lute continuo further underline the fact. The common thread, dear to Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, is that of folk music lying at the heart of art music, in a mixture of origins, practices and repertories. We can easily recognise ‘Scotch and Irish tunes’ that Purcell incorporates in his overtures, jigs, hornpipes and chaconnes. The countertenor Tim Mead punctuates the dances with songs composed for the operatic or dramatic stage or for chamber performance.
Release date → October 12th
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Best performance of "Strike the Viol" ever, and I've listened to a lot of them! Ornamentation is what makes baroque music amazing. I love the dialogue between the strings and the recorders in the ritornello! It's a baroque jam session.
Totally agree.
could not agree more.
Absolutely!
I totally agree with the notion of a ´baroque jam session’ , yes!
Too fast for my taste, verging on violent. Listen to how Michael Chance graces the words and how elegantly he sings. The secret is in the phrasing and text.
The hapiness on their faces is umbelievable. Music is still an universal language.
I love Purcell's music. What a fantastic performance.
I love seeing the joy on their faces as they play together
Es una verdadera alegría verlos disfrutar. Se contagia y me encanta!! 😂🎉❤
Apparently Purcell had some happy days in spite of his health. Joyful, like it.
I’m obsessed with this video ! Grips me every time ... You can really feel this singer’s passion and the orchestra’s passion .... How heavenly they blend together .... it’s absolutely divine .. They really make history come to life ! We need more people like that !
I'm more obsessed than you! Promise! It's my favorite thing ever. BAM beat that.
@@simonsmith5849 also my favourite thing EVER EVER!!
Me too
really true ! real harmony between Tim Mead and St Julien musicians !!
Often I am waking up singing this myself….
Это прекрасно!Прекрасный голос и ансамбль! Любимый Пёрселл! так серьёзно и вместе с тем так игриво☺.
Glorious. Tim Mead is just amazing, and the musicians are so passionate and expressive. Best version ever recorded
I tend to prefer Logan Tanner 's version but yes ,i agree
OMG that is SO beautiful! Tim and the Ensemble! Take you to Heaven!!!
heavenly
The best instrumentalists in the world. Tim Mead is shockingly gorgeous. This is it.
Pure Joy lifts the heart, mind and spirit - a thousand thanks, Tim and players all ❣️
Слушаю в пятидесятый раз. Осталось тысячу. А потом ещё миллион. Вы лучшие.
И со мной то же самое :)))
Странно, почему до сих пор Ричи Блекмор не использовал эту песню в своем проекте "Blackmore's night", идеально легла бы под гитару и флейту.
Totally new to me but I get what you're saying 😊
This is one of my favorite songs on the inter webs, must have listened to it 50
times. Thanks to these astonishing musicians for the gift of this incredible rendition ❤
I do not tire of listening and watching this beautiful rendition.
Me too!!!!
Me too !! Prefering Logan Tanner only by a small bit
That could bring me back to life as a dead person. The kind of beauty, that my heart is yearning for.
What a brilliant performance! Such a pleasure to see these gentle smiles and pure joy to play this masterpiece music. And, of course, Tim Mead is always perfect and soulful.
Oh thank you all! What musicians you are! It makes very happy just to listen to you and watch your joy and temperament!
MAGNIFIQUE! Quel dialogue, conversation entre les musiciens, avec le chanteur!
Oui, c 'est vrai .Et ils ont l 'air de prendre beaucoup de plaisir
Thank you so much for this brisk and highly ingenious rendition ❤
Incredible performance! Bravo!!!
Une très belle énergie pour une interprétation juste, servie magnifiquement par des musiciens au top!
it’s absolute perfection! ⭐️👏👏
these instruments TALK to each other you can hear the conversation lovely !
L'esprit de deux grands talents Les musicines de St. Julien et Tim Mead!!! Bravo!!!!!
Cette vidéo met de bonne humeur. Elle respire l harmonie... Le chanteur et l orchestre sont au diapason. Chapeau !
ONLY Henry Purcell could compose such wonderful music
I’m here again! Because I can’t get enough of this piece. And although I also have it on spotify, I return here to see the video: The joy and enthusiasm in each of their faces; the lightness and liveliness of the musicians' hands - they are all so beautiful. I love it.
Terrific musicians and singer.
c' est magnifique , je ne m'en lasse pas et le chante sans cesse ...
They all look stunning. Divine performance.
Tim Is great!
Just marvellous! I've heard it over and over again.
They're having a lot of fun! Nice to see it. Congratulations.
Je ne m'en lasse pas. MERCI et BRAVO François & Cie !!!
какие счастливые люди!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Es la mejor interpretación de Purcell que he escuchado.
Superb!
Quelle musicalité, à la fois si simple et si travaillée. Chantée et jouée avec beaucoup d'esprit, de joie, d'exultation croissante, qui apparaît aussi bien dans le jeu que dans la communication des musiciens. Que de bonheur de vous voir et vous entendre. inévitablement on se réjouit avec vous. Un tout grand merci. Le CD fait désormais partie de ma bibliothèque.
MARVELOUS ... a great counter tenor, makes me long to live the opulent baroque era just for the music
Impressionnant !! Quelle beauté...
I came across this video by chance. And I was shocked. How beautiful! Both music and performance. Looked at about five times. Now the melody never leaves me. Perhaps forever.
Everything is perfect here! Great musicians, beautiful faces, beautifully filmed video! I would like to endlessly watch, listen and thank for this miracle.
Oh the joy in this and the musicians Tim is such an expressive singer
Tim Mead você é meu cantor favorito, adoro suas interpretação com sua voz
Suddenly, and with a little imagination, I'm transported to the court of Charles II. Superb performance.
Most Wonderful this is...!
Music videos don't get any better than this. Beautiful performance, engagement between the players and dramatic camerawork. Purcell, with his involvement in theatre, would have loved it. So very well done. CD purchased.
Totally agree,!
The camera work leaves a lot to be desired. No visual of the performance, unflattering close ups, shaky camera.
As apparent, with their collaboration, the Musiciens de Saint-Julien and Tim Mead, each already superb in their qualities, even potentiate their capabilities. What a luck that François Lazarevitch is also a historical musicology researcher, thus being able to reconstruct the original elegance of the baroque decorations. The performers give a demonstration, as to why Henry Purcell was named the Orpheus Britannicus, and why it is written on his grave slab, that only those in paradise can exceed his harmonies. It is wonderful that this video has been produced, and we can watch, how much pleasure it was for the artists performing this masterpiece. An absolute Ohrwurm, once heard and seen, it will never ever leave your phonological brain loops again: top of the pops! Thank you for giving it to us!
Please rewrite this in English.
Absolutely hooked. Magnificent. Love the deliciously overwhelming elegance of the music (despite the backdrop), the tempo, the infectious joyousness and impassioned brilliance of all the performers, especially Tim Mead who is incredible.
Eargasm and new love.Beautifully balanced sound,beautiful passionate rich voice😍🤩
Чудесно! Спасибо!
Wonderful! I love the good mood between musicians and the permanent smile in their faces. Great!
Feel good music, amazing playing, so joyful, Tim is magnificent. I just want to dance when I listen. Superb.
... da möchte man auch so singen und musizieren können ...
Love this. Singer and musicians just brilliant x
Oh my God this is an Angel. Very very very fantastic beautiful voice and very beautiful man :-)
An outstanding performance, a joyous delight
Pure joy ❤
Es imposible mejorar el sentimiento que despierta esta perfección . Hace confiar en la sabiduría humana. Enhorabuena a los músicos .
Magnifique !!
Sempre splendido!
I would gladly listen to them all day long!
Magnífico. Exquisito equilibrio entre los instrumentos y el juego vocal de Tim. Me estimula un sentimiento lúdico y alegría inusitada.
¡Me encanta y me emociona la conversación de los violines con las flautas! 😍
Beautiful song... Handsome singer xxx
The best voice Tem Mead!!
Astounding impact! Love the ornamentation! Older English renditions of zhis used to be about half the speed, but this goes with a bang - well, you are called on to 'strike the viol' and not to 'stroke it' to sleep ...
ha! right so, at the beginning i thought this is way too fast but then i realised it actually fits with the text quite well
Divo Tim Mead's timbre is of a supreme contralto quality! Superstar!!!
Absolutely! Is this your favorite song from his entire discography?
what joy
Fantastic,
It sounds like they've been playing together since elementary school.
NEVER get bored listening to this beautiful piece of music, and Tim Mead's sublime voice. That voice has such power and depth. The musicians are so gifted, too. 10/10
Strike the viol, touch the lute,
Wake the harp, inspire the flute.
Sing your patroness’s praise,
In cheerful and harmonious lays.
Golpea la viola(2), to-ca,to-ca,toca,toca el laúd
Despierta el arpa(3), inspira la flauta;
Canta alabanzas a tu patrona(2)
Can-tá,caaa aanta, caaaa aanta, con cantos alegres y armoniosos.
Woke up in the middle of the night because I NEEDED to hear this song. And this performance is
wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder schön
nachtsucherin Kann ich nachvollziehen:)
I discovered you a couple of days ago and I am already a great fan. This is Music with capital letter!
A wonderful performance with great ornamentation
The musicians played with a beautiful lightness and brightness
Purcell...wow
Lully, him, Vivaldi, Rameau forever ❤❤❤
I’ve watched this too many times. I’ve come to really love the visual engagement, which initially annoyed me. I fell in love with Andreas Scholl years ago and, I have to say, Tim Meade is on this evidence his equal. Many thanks... here it goes once more. Perfect really. Thanks to everybody.
What a delicious feast of music scene... even so cinematogrphic!
Maybe coz all are here look somehow familiar to me.
I'm smitten by the brilliant vocalist who has such a talent to express every bit of tunes with not only voice but face.
I highly recommend another heavenly piece of his performance to all here, Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott ( Have Mercy My God) from Bach BWV 244. KUDOS to all exqusite members of this feast of art !
Wonderful! Bravo Tim! Bravi musicians )
What joyous music-making! Like being at an Elizabethan folk festival!Mead's vocal agilita is stunning, with most spectacular ornamentation. And what a fabulous ensemble of brilliant musicians! Thanks so much?
Phenomenal! Enthusiasm from every artist! Fabulous Counter-Tenor timbre; amazing agility through the Coloratura lines!
If this isn't music from heaven then it doesn't exist.
What a superb performance!
Strike the Viol, touch the Lute;
Wake the Harp, inspire the Flute
Strike the Viol, touch the Lute;
Wake the Harp, inspire the Flute:
Sing your Patronesse's Praise,
Sing, in cheerful and harmonious Lays.
I like the line ''praise your Patreons......
powerfull and beautifull
MAGNIFICENT!!!!! MAGNIFICENT! MAGNIFICENT!
It's strike 10 из 10, очень здорово! :)
Great! a brilliant countertenor and a performence....
Oh so good!!
It'so very-very beautifull!
Perfection ❤
Bravo
Pour moi le plus beau CD de l'année! Merci alpha, F.Lazarévitch et Tim Mead et tout l'ensemble pour ce précieux cadeau musical.
we are singing this in school, just beautiful
Complimenti! Strumentazione d'eccellenza e controtenore veramente preciso e pulito nella dizione! Bravo!!!👍👍
Magnifique ! Depuis Alfred Deller, nous avons fait des progrès énormes dans la compréhension et l'interprétation de cette musique ! Bravo Team, bravo aux musiciens de Saint Julien.
Sublime. Quel art, quelle technique, quelle science des harmonies, des mélodies et des interactions. Et donc quelles émotions. Merci, c'est devenu une drogue quotidienne.Tant de personnalités, de compétences, d'art, d'élégance et d'engagements au service des émotions musicales. Un voyage perpétuel. Les prises vidéos sont tout aussi inspirées. Un million de mercis. Qu'est devenue la contrebasse (sauf erreur) que l'on devine en pizz ?
Excelente versión!! Maravillosa la interpretación del maestro Mead!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Je préfère so Nisi Dominus de la Sainte Chapelle de Paris
wonderful and of the time
Bravo mille bravos ! Tous et toutes excellent.es. Oserais-je dire que le chanteur est vraiment parfait ? Ben oui, je le dis.