What are you listening to?

[barliman2001]

@ssmith1226 You can't beat the Hungarians in showmanship... at one time in Hollywood, most showbiz recruiting agencies had signs, "It's not enough to be Hungarian".

[SSmith1226]

@dr-go said in What are you listening to?:

An amazing example of teamwork:

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1587756054984781

Another example of teamwork!

[Trumpetb]

A simple folk song that is fitting at this time of year but I include it not because of its subject or timing but because of its elegance.

It shows an understated beauty of ancient instruments alongside the human voice and with a purity of tone and a quality of presentation that exceeds that which is normally expected or delivered.

The whole weaves a rich sound tapestry of haunting delicacy and artistry.

For me this is so simple and yet so sophisticated and at the same time highly developed.

[GeorgeB]

@trumpetb
I couldn't agree more. Excellent choice, sir.
George

[Kehaulani]

For sure purity, I default to Shelby Flint (Sings Folk).
Youtube Video

If you go to Shelby Flint Sings Folk. full album, you get all tracks.

[Trumpetb]

@Kehaulani

Utterly beautiful

Thank you Kehaulani.

I love this, the recorder, a difficult instrument, is played so masterfully.

And her singing is utterly gorgeous, her articulation and enunciation is fabulous and effortless and she is nailing the pitches.

May I in return introduce you to Phillipe Jaroussky

I never tire of hearing him

[Kehaulani]

Lovely. I wonder if that's true castrato or phenominal falsetto.

[Trumpetb]

@Kehaulani

I very much doubt he is a castrato.

The last known castrato was Alessandro Moreshi, he died age 65 in 1924.

The castrato procedure was I believe outlawed in 1870 partly because not everyone undergoing it survived the procedure.

I have heard a recording of Alessandro and as I recall the pitches of his upper range sounded quite different to Phillipes pitches and were noticeably higher and with a sweeter quality to the timbre.

Presently Dimash Kudaibergen is said to have the highest singing voice, with a six octave range although I have not heard him sing in his upper register.

I hesitate calling Phillipes range falsetto, falsetto is I believe said to have characteristically breathy flutey and hollow tones airy and lacking a purity of vowels.

I feel that the vowels are strong in Phillipes singing with a lack of airiness so I would suggest something other than falsetto may be more accurate or appropriate but I am not a singer so I am floundering in deep water here.

[Kehaulani]

I believe that falsetto, from a singer's perspective, is around that register where, going progressively higher, the voice goes over a break and has to continue by singing "head tones". It is higher than the "normal" or "modal voice".

[Trumpetb]

Ahhh that makes sense, thanks

[barliman2001]

Of course, there are still people around who have been through puberty but retained their boy voices, sometimes through relevant training. Most of these are nowadays called "counter tenors" or "male altos". One of the best known is Jochen Kowalski, here singing the alto aria "Bereite Dich Zion" from Bach's Christmas Oratorio:

[barliman2001]

[Discount Bassy]

I've been digging on Miles Davis' "Tutu" of late...various versions of Marcus Miller playing it live and the original with the '80 synth stabs in the beginning. I play electric bass, flute and sax competently and finally picked up a trumpet. I know this isn't the idea tune to start with, but man, it is sweet.

[SSmith1226]

If you think Bots are scary, and you are old as me, you might find this even scarier as you do the math

[Kehaulani]

Well. somebody went to a lot of trouble putting that together, but I wonder - what criteria? No:
Carol King
James Taylor:
BS&T and Chicago
Barry Manilow (sorry)
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin?

The list could go on.

[SSmith1226]

@kehaulani said in What are you listening to?:

Well. somebody went to a lot of trouble putting that together, but I wonder - what criteria? No:
Carol King
James Taylor:
BS&T and Chicago
Barry Manilow (sorry)
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin?

The list could go on.

This is the compiler’s personal opinion, and only includes one song per year. As a result, many songs that you, I, or others would pick are left out. Below is the “Description” the compiler posted with the video on YouTube.

[administrator]

Mahler, Mozart & Bach. That's what I've been listening to, lately.

[J. Jericho]

[Discount Bassy]

[barliman2001]

At the moment, I'm listening to a continuous stream of a number of arias and lieder, every day, live... my wife is having a solo recital on 9 February...