As someone trained in Tudor choral music, I find the voices here too fruity and Italianate. Personally I much prefer a drier and more English-style tone for this style of music. Clearly a talented group, but not convinced that this is the right repertoire for them. Perhaps better suited for more Romantic works?
@@patrickpaganini True. Personally I much prefer the old bel canto style. I'm not a fan of the huge vibrato so popular today, especially for Renaissance and Classical works.
@@patrickpaganini I recently discovered these three lasses performing one of Dowland's biggest hits - Can She Excuse My Wrongs. They are German but are Renaissance specialists and epitomise my view of how Dowland should be performed. Entrancing stuff: ua-cam.com/video/LB9USv8VYvA/v-deo.html Or how about this terrific performance of another Dowland hit Now Oh Now I Needs Must Part: ua-cam.com/video/5l6jF8v_Wus/v-deo.html Iestyn Davies killing it with Flow My Tears: ua-cam.com/video/ixF7foAZsmw/v-deo.html He's mainly known for his lute songs, but here's one of his rare choral works in a reasonable performance: ua-cam.com/video/4FYV0X7IwJQ/v-deo.html As a rule of thumb, look for British performers. They are more likely to understand the period.
Beautiful balance between the solo voice that soars slightly above and the choir that melts into one. Just as it should be.
Wow. Unexpectedly and insightfully balanced voices. Wow again, for there is no more I could say
Lovely soprano voice
Gorgeous.
Amazing!
great range of pitch very nice
Why does the bass singer look Andy from "The Office"?
Carnegie Mellon isn't that far away from Cornell ;)
Agreed
Agreed
As someone trained in Tudor choral music, I find the voices here too fruity and Italianate.
Personally I much prefer a drier and more English-style tone for this style of music.
Clearly a talented group, but not convinced that this is the right repertoire for them. Perhaps better suited for more Romantic works?
Listening to early 20th century recordings, you can hear that singers from the 19th century didn't sing anything like this either.
@@patrickpaganini True. Personally I much prefer the old bel canto style. I'm not a fan of the huge vibrato so popular today, especially for Renaissance and Classical works.
@@tullochgorum6323 Any good recording interpretations you could suggest for Dowland?
@@patrickpaganini I recently discovered these three lasses performing one of Dowland's biggest hits - Can She Excuse My Wrongs. They are German but are Renaissance specialists and epitomise my view of how Dowland should be performed. Entrancing stuff:
ua-cam.com/video/LB9USv8VYvA/v-deo.html
Or how about this terrific performance of another Dowland hit Now Oh Now I Needs Must Part:
ua-cam.com/video/5l6jF8v_Wus/v-deo.html
Iestyn Davies killing it with Flow My Tears:
ua-cam.com/video/ixF7foAZsmw/v-deo.html
He's mainly known for his lute songs, but here's one of his rare choral works in a reasonable performance:
ua-cam.com/video/4FYV0X7IwJQ/v-deo.html
As a rule of thumb, look for British performers. They are more likely to understand the period.
Yes, beautiful sound but they make what should be a bouncier tune very dull.