Yes, Colin! I DO expose myself to tenors! Often in public! EN Colin Reed <colin-reed@l...> wrote:Do you expose yourself to many tenors? Do you do it in public?
I was able to sing with James Bowman when I was at university (John Taverner's Akathist of Thanksgiving). I was impressed by his power and breath control, since I had always thought of him as a hooty falsettist. He could really fill the building, even singing very low in his head voice / falsetto (whichever it is that he uses.)
What do people think of Christopher Robson? Great actor, but I'm not entirely convinced by his voice.
Colin Reed, tenor Newark, UK
>-- Original Message -- >To: Edward Norton <belcantist2003@y...> >Cc: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> >Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:19:16 -0500 (EST) >Subject: Re: [vocalist] Did Somebody Mention Counter-Tenors???!!! >Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com > > >I also like Daniels very much - just bought his recording (with Ian >Bostridge, a tenor I'm currently exposing myself to) of Britten's >Canticles - but I must admit my #1 countertenor favourite is male alto >Andreas Scholl. There is such a sweetness and purity to his sound, which >from all I can learn about him is entirely reflected in his personality >and character - I always feel like I'm listening to a voice that is >somehow the "missing link" between the human and the divine. > >It's interesting to compare Scholl's GIULIO CESARE (which I have in a live >recording) and Daniels'. Daniels seems to be a bit more flamboyant, a bit >more of a risk-taker - yet the absolute perfection of Scholl's >performances isn't, as one would expect, at all alienating - but rather >tends to lift one to another plane. Scholl is sort of the countertenor >equivalent of Micaela, and Daniels is the countertenor equivalent of >Carmen (does that make sense?). And yet, I saw Scholl's Bertrarido on >video in Handel's RODELINDA, and didn't feel at all that he was "too >ethereal" or lacked either the machismo or earthiness one needs in the >role. I'd really like to see more of him in opera, which is a domain he >has only performed in rather rarely. > >I'm developing more of an appreciation for James Bowman, though he is of >that slightly earlier (and thus slightly "hootier") English countertenor >"school" that was pioneered by the late, great Alfred Deller. Michael >Chance is another English counter I can appreciate, but who I don't really >feel passionate about. > >I wish there were more solo recordings available by French countertenor >Dominique Visse, whose voice is truly androgynous and quite lovely. > >And then, for another supremely beautiful countertenor voice, I urge you >to listen to Japanese countetenor Yoshikazu Mera. > >I'm also waiting for more recent "comer" Bejun Mehta to record more. > > > >Karen Mercedes >http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html >________________________________ >One must be something if one >wishes to put on appearances. > - Ludwig von Beethoven > > > > > > >
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