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Handel: Ombra mai fu (Serse); Christopher Lowrey, countertenor, Voices of Music 4K UHD

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Countertenor Christopher Lowrey sings the aria Ombra mai fù, from Handel's opera Serse. 4K, Ultra HD video from the Voices of Music "Art of the Countertenor" concert, March, 2016.
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Ombra mai fù
di vegetabile,
cara ed amabile,
soave più.
-Nicolò Minato
Never was the shade
from any plant
more dear, more lovely,
or so sweet.
The Musicians and their Instruments
Voices of Music performs on original instruments: hear the music played on
instruments from the time of the composer.
Lisa Grodin, baroque viola by Mathias Eberl, Salzburg, Austria, 1680
Kati Kyme, baroque violin by Johann Gottlob Pfretzschner, Mittenwald, 1791
Carla Moore, baroque violin by Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, Austria, 1754
Maxine Nemerovski, baroque violin by Joseph Gaffino, Paris, 1769
Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello, anonymous, 1673
Farley Pearce, violone by George Stoppani, Manchester, 1985, after Amati, 1560
David Tayler, archlute by Andreas von Holst, Munich, 2012, after Tieffenbrucker, c1610
Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ by Winold van der Putten, Finsterwolde,
Netherlands, 2004, after early 18th-century northern German instruments
Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque violin by Lorenzo Carcassi, Florence, Italy, 1765
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@VoicesofMusic 6 месяцев назад

One million views...thanks, everyone!

@GabriGomFerr-kt9uh 5 месяцев назад

Gracias a vosotros por hacernos testigos de tan hermosas obras de arte.

@prodigy2385 2 года назад

The best part is how he started to sing the first note, it melted so well with the music and coming from distance to present. To be able to control his voice to this level, needs lots of skills. I heard many other versions, none of them could bring how Christopher using his voice to translate the master piece. Bravo

@gavinpatience8897 2 года назад

I am glad that someone is watching it in the past few weeks. I have just found tis version and agree that it is brilliant. I am supposed to sing it today and not sure its an encouagement - or best left to the professional counter tenors !

@francette19380 2 года назад

I agree. From the very first note, long, sweet and equal, we know if the singing will be good. Here, it is.

@Meadmon Год назад

The other ones I hear have too much vibrato. His plain tone to vibrato is awesome!

@ingeborghofmann5426 Год назад

Gavin P. Denke sie sind ausgebildeter Sänger und jeder Sänger, hat seine eigene Stimme die seine Anhänger hat, keiner hat die geniale Melodie gepachtet und ist für jeden, ob musikalischen oder nicht zugänglich, also rauf die Bühne durchatmen und singen 🙏

@richardcarter5314 11 месяцев назад

AGREED. But, I will refer you to a recording of this by Paul Robeson, if you can find one, it is equally delightful!!

@LaRush62 8 лет назад

One of the most beautiful renditions of this aria I've ever heard. Time stopped at 2:35 and I think I stopped breathing. Just stunningly beautiful.

@jansenepart 8 лет назад

I totally agree with this comment. This is heaven.

@user-en2fx3vl6h 7 лет назад

Lawrence Rush

@jansenepart 7 лет назад

stunningly beautiful it is ... heavenly ? -

@crewsadist 7 лет назад

Until I watched this, I'd always considered the Pathe News radio recording of this by Gigli as the absolute best. I'm no longer so sure. This fellow Lowrey is the most masterful countertenor I've yeard.

@dgionescu 7 лет назад

Ava Ttoir really? So, just pathenews ? Buy tickets to enjoy their performance... all over the entire world!

@dmssmd1522 6 лет назад

Words do not exist to adaquetly describe the beauty of this

@Johnmiller-rg3yo 3 года назад

So true…. I played this at my mother ‘s funeral….unforgettable…it described her personality and her love for Handel…❤️🌹🇮🇹

@AnjaHuebel1 5 месяцев назад

This performance makes me breathe more deeply. Something about the string technique, the ensemble, the tone quality.

@DavidSmith-ki2we 6 месяцев назад

Christopher has the perfect voice for this aria and this is my favorite version. My husband of 21 yrs who passed almost 2 yrs ago, loved video, n now my beloved cat of 15 yrs was put to sleep yesterday due to excruciating cancer. I am extremely depressed battling my own painful illnesses and loss of my cat. This music , I'm comfoted although crying endlessly 😢😢😢 I hope to see them in heaven...

@PaulineYao-dx1co 4 месяца назад

God be with you

@DavidSmith-ki2we 4 месяца назад

Thank you❤@@PaulineYao-dx1co

@rdd3660 2 месяца назад

let your heart speak because it is made of love, peace and joy, let your heart listen to the voice of the angels who are with you from eternity, let your heart fly joyfully into the eternity of life.

@VoicesofMusic 5 лет назад

Just going to mention that the strings sound mahhhvelous~!

@richardholland2356 3 года назад

That's it ... nothing more need be said. THIS is the definitive version for the Ages. This performance will be looked back on in decades to come as the most perfect rendition of this priceless gem. Blessings and peace from Melbourne, Australia on Christmas Day 2020 ....

@DavidSmith-ki2we 3 года назад

Thank u for that beautiful description 💕 as a rare illness pain sufferer, I listen to this often to relax a bit. Wish I was well enough to travel to see ur country.

@lvdovicvs 7 лет назад

Sometimes I need reminding that human beings are capable of goodness, and beauty, and, by working together, achievements beyond our greatest individual talents. This is that.

@janetteraven5463 6 лет назад

I agree

@garywait3231 5 лет назад

Well, quick, perhaps you need to get over your self absorbed cynicism.

@josephvazquez2487 5 лет назад

He's singing about his favorite tree. Jesus, stop being so damn deep

@prototropo 4 года назад

Gary and Joe are proof that sentiments about human goodness are premature. Wow, couldn’t you two try some courage on for size and say “No” when that little testicle posing as your brain tells you to degrade other people-and yourselves? After all, you’ll turn 17 someday . . . It’s never too early to prepare for the world of adult emotion.

@prototropo 4 года назад

lvdovicvs --Thank you for recognizing and sharing one of life’s venerable moments of earned wisdom. Christopher and the Philarmonia Baroque are perfect ark of delivery for Handel’s elegaicism. I never tire of hearing Christopher’s brilliant choice to offer an appogiatura at 2’36”, holding and resolving it like someone’s last breath through 2’44”. All the weary, lyrical sadness of human history is defined in those eight seconds.

@destinationdarren 2 года назад

I've been listening to this repeatedly for days. It's outstanding. And what an "ensemble"....watch how they watch each other. It's just so brilliant

@Zoomo2697 2 года назад

It is truly incredible... Watching and listening in love. 👍

@shadowofmyfutureself 2 года назад

It's brilliantly outstanding

@ashleighholmes8422 4 года назад

His tone quality is perfect

@karlsmith8212 4 года назад

Absolutely perfect, beautiful and as it should be Somber

@enriquesanchez2001 4 года назад

A perfect gift for my father who just passed away to the stars ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

@dennisdavis3919 2 года назад

Christopher Lowry does indeed have the perfect voice for this aria, but the overall performance shows one of the most magnificent displays of ensemble I've ever heard. Singer and orchestra TOGETHER make this such a heavenly performance.

@stevenmeldrum7014 4 года назад

Wow!! What a rich and warm tone this guy has. It's a while since I've heard a countertenor like this, he owns that stage. And the higher end of his vocal range - unbelievable!

@DavidSmith-ki2we 3 года назад

Isn't he incredible?? This is my favorite version of this aria.

@beatefackler3518 2 года назад

I agree 100%.

@samueljaramillo4221 Месяц назад

One of the most beautiful arias ever composed. Just close your eyes and let the music take to another beautiful world. The counter tenor has a gorgeous voice.

@keescouprie5968 Год назад

This song was played on both my parents funerals and it brings me to tears every time I hear it. 😢

@charlesrae3793 4 года назад

How ironic that a song addressed to a tree, intended to show him as a figure of fun, should be so beautiful. And of the several renderings of it, this is certainly one of, if not THE best. Christopher Lowrey performance is outstanding,and the way his voice is held and supported by the other musicians is something special.

@LobsngDmchoi 4 года назад

King Xerxes isn't necessarily a figure of fun at this point in the opera--actually this could be considered one of his saner moments. Among the elite of the Persian Empire (Achaemenid) botany/gardening, along with hunting, were the two most popular avocations & I gather status symbols. And contrary to what is often said or implied the character is definitely not "in love" with a tree--unless you count the single word "amato" in the previous recitative (not performed here--why not?). The aria text itself is very restrained tribute to what the tree provides: "friendly, dear" shade. Consider also the brutal subtropical climate of Persia.

@timhamblin6853 Год назад

And that’s what you get when the singer and musicians serve the music rather than make it serve them. Absolutely sublime.

@adriangoodwin-delgado5364 7 лет назад

This is probably the most sublime piece of music I've ever heard. I'm in love with it.

@garywait3231 5 лет назад

And with the incomparable soloist!!

@sapphire6722 4 года назад

@@garywait3231 check out Nathalie Stutzmann also

@user-ys1yq1dr7m 4 года назад

너무나 아름다운 음악 감사히 감상했습니다. 화면도 너무 선명하고 좋고 음향도 정말 훌륭합니다. 음악을 듣는 순간 만큼은 너무나 평화로운 느낌입니다.

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

감사합니다. 안전 유지.

@garywait3231 5 лет назад

Unutterably beautiful. Perfect tempos, orchestration. And the soloist is beyond perfection. Handel as it should be performed!!!👍👍 BRAVO !!!

@balbannock110 5 месяцев назад

I asked someone to sing this at my father’s funeral. I love it so much.

@DaveCalungsod 3 месяца назад

Handel creates such beautiful flowing melodies, when the violin enters after the singer's last notes I immediately got goosebumps BEST PERFORMANCE EVER NOTHING COULD AND WILL TOP THIS❤❤❤❤❤

@mariettenoel9236 3 года назад

Quelle voix pure et reposante une voix déposée en douceur émanant du coeur !

@alanfogarty1596 2 года назад

This is the only interpretation I want to hear, listen to now. The opening, when Christopher’s voice first blends with the instruments, and again at 2:36ff, causes me to suspend myself…and water comes to my eyes. This is an involuntary response in recognition of brilliance, with gratitude and from being genuinely happy for Christopher who possesses this gift he shares with the world.

@beatefackler3518 2 года назад

Same here. An incredible voice and such a stunning harmony in his singing. I'm melting away when he starts singing.

@MrTelescope1 5 лет назад

Excellent.....

@johnvoyce 4 года назад

Wow! Just WOW!

@johnvoyce 2 года назад

One year later, I still think this is unbeatable.

@mehranmosley 6 лет назад

I think this is the best interpretation among many. The musicians blend seamlessly with the voice.Thanks for offering this beautiful rendition.

@VoicesofMusic 6 лет назад

You are welcome!

@stephensmith5982 3 года назад

Is this what the angels sound like ?

@stephanebelizaire3627 2 года назад

BRAVO !

@loudkill_5644 4 года назад

Magnifique.

@francescocibelli1518 3 года назад

Perfetta pronuncia italiana, nessun accento! Bravissimo.

@jaybeeshultz 2 года назад

Imagine what this world would be like without classical music and the beautiful and talented people who perform it?? Thank God for each and every one of them.

@tkhaskin 6 лет назад

Seriously beautiful singing. Such a warm tone...beautiful quality. Bravo.

@VoicesofMusic 6 лет назад

Thank you!

@lukebannister828 4 года назад

usually not a fan of countertenor but I thought this was sung beautifully with a lovely simplicity and richness in the voice

@Phaedrax2 4 года назад

Same here

@danielperroni3884 5 лет назад

Oh My God... What Am I hearing??? What Amazing voice...!!! The control breathing, the projection, the timbre, the interpretation... Bravíssimo...! Abraços daqui do Brazil..!

@bluemystery-heron4159 5 лет назад

Que voz, né amigo! Que voz!

@danielperroni3884 5 лет назад

@@bluemystery-heron4159 pois é... respiração controle de sopro, timbre, interpretação, tudo maravilhoso...

@danielperroni3884 5 лет назад

E o melhor; ele não está no Brasil para morrer de fome com a sua arte hahaha...

@bluemystery-heron4159 5 лет назад

@@danielperroni3884 sim, verdade!..

@danielperroni3884 5 лет назад

@@bluemystery-heron4159 na década de 90 havia aqui no Brasil um contratenor maravilhoso chamado Edson Cordeiro... Se mandou para Alemanha e fez carreira lá... senão aqui meu amigo, ia ficar complicado para ele...!

@crazzee247 8 лет назад

I fall more deeply in love with VoM every day. This is one of THE BEST versions of this most important aria. Brava!

@eggshellskullrule7971 5 лет назад

@@margy649 Is there one?

@infledermaus 5 лет назад

They are the best!

@francoise2516 4 года назад

Quelle merveille Quelle maîtrise de la respiration. Vibrato discret SUPER ! Voyelles belles bien présentes. BRAVO

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

Merci!

@benhaslund5153 3 года назад

l just want to give Christopher Lowrey a huge hug - your voice is just like heaven to me.

@TheHeliogabalusene 8 лет назад

Wonderful. I thought I had already heard all the greatest countertenors, but clearly not.

@jansenepart 7 лет назад

stunningly beautiful ... this is absolutely HEAVEN .....

@lucianobezerra4380 6 лет назад

What a magnificente and sweet performance !!!

@VoicesofMusic 6 лет назад

Thanks so much.

@jonaszfajny12 13 дней назад

Pięknie, super !!! Mistrz !!!

@francoise2516 4 года назад

Bravo . Merveilleux. Sons superbes . Precioso sonidos bellisimos . BEAUTIFUL RENDITIONS

@gberthenson 3 года назад

Beautiful tone and phrasing. The entrance was perfect. The pianissimo on the F (più) at the wend was incredible. Bravo!

@VoicesofMusic 3 года назад

Thank you very much!

@ElCampiador 2 года назад

This is without doubt the version of this beautiful aria that I want played when I finally kick the bucket.

@elaineblackhurst1509 4 года назад

From the beautifully controlled messa di voce entry to the very last note, a fantastic performance.

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

We love messa di voice!

@petermullaney6438 4 года назад

Stunning JUST stunning

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

Thank you.

@ilbiancofiore 9 месяцев назад

Most beautiful of beauties. These artists, in their great generosity, transform me. Thank you forever!

@VoicesofMusic 9 месяцев назад

Our pleasure!

@chrisraymond4804 Год назад

This is still the best rendition of this aria I have ever heard. The final moment has given me chills for years now. Bravo.

@VoicesofMusic Год назад

Thank you!

@mew1216 Год назад

Beautiful

@VoicesofMusic Год назад

Thank you

@Meadmon Год назад

Played this on trumpet at a church. Beautiful piece. This is the best version of this aria I've ever heard! The variation in vibrato and dynamics is spot on.

@pipergj33 8 лет назад

Simply splendid ensemble and total commitment of all members!

@VoicesofMusic 8 лет назад

+Gorman Jones Thanks, Gorman!

@riccardo50001 4 года назад

Pure and beautiful voice! Beautiful rendition. Thanks!

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

Thanks for listening.

@cellocub 7 лет назад

I just can not stop listening!!! Lowery's tone, and the key, and all of your stunning playing...It makes the performance other-worldly. It is really emotional and lovely. Bravo tutti!!!

@Tommysmarblesandmachines2012 2 года назад

There are many great voices out there,but this interpretation is sublime,the adoration is there,it’s not about him,it’s about the other,you feel the love.Beautiful,thank you!!,

@richardforshaw8479 3 года назад

That major seventh! Fabulous.

@jackjosefowicz2975 4 года назад

Christopher Lowrey's voice and musicianship transports the listener to a heavenly vista; never has Handel's beautiful music radiated more brightly and more emotionally than in this performance; the magic of what is our humanity! Thank you Handel and Christopher.

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

Thank you.

@danmcglaun1 4 года назад

What a beautiful performance. Wow...

@ewennlesergent3625 3 года назад

Magnifique, quelle présence et quelle humilité... Bravo

@jeanmichelverret3473 4 года назад

La douceur du plus bel aria interprété par la plus belle voix jamais entendue de ma part...

@flelgrorf7577 5 лет назад

Makes me cry. what an utterly wonderful voice..

@trompetteharmonique5859 5 лет назад

Never heard such a beautiful countertenor like him...

@jainarineramkissoon4797 8 лет назад

Fantastic performance Thank You.

@ApastronRetro 3 года назад

Wow! Powerful, this blew me away!

@servinggodthroughmusic5996 5 лет назад

Sublime, Beatific - Handel brings you so close to God! What a gift to us from our Creator, I can hear this music in the mother’s embrace of her newborn baby, and I can hear it in the final breath of person’s life. It all makes sense.

@DavidSmith-ki2we 3 года назад

I agree. I have been battling rare nerve illness that caused insane pain for the last 8 plus yrs and sometimes I wish God will take me if I don't get better.

@user-gs6sg8zy1k 3 года назад

Very dolche countertenor! Bravo!

@fedorafajurinoemi9056 6 лет назад

La interpretación de Christopher Lowrey es absolutamente hermosa

@crawyler 3 года назад

Tout ici est magnifique, mais l'entrée de Christopher Lowrey est vraiment un très grand moment, qui m'émeut à chaque fois !

@normanchristie4524 3 года назад

Takse me back 65 years to Being a solo boy alto....

@100crowns6 7 лет назад

Handel is great,so is Christopher Lowrey. A great performance!

@may0210 5 лет назад

This is absolutely one of the best renditions of this piece along with his great technique. I particularly love his voice in piano. The first note that starts in piano then crescendo is fantastic.

@garywait3231 5 лет назад

Yes I fully agree, except not "one of the" best, but THE BEST.

@etresanchez 8 лет назад

Amazing. Pure beauty.

@VoicesofMusic 8 лет назад

Thanks, Eva.

@etresanchez 8 лет назад

+Voices of Music You are welcome. It is really a great pleasure to listen your music. Hope to see you some day in Spain. Best wishes and peace.

@markgates1513 5 лет назад

No words except magnifico!

@steerpike1359 4 года назад

This made me cry with joy ! So beautiful !

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

Thank you.

@korean.neri927 7 лет назад

Wow! Wonderful

@luchuybrechts317 3 года назад

beauty in its purest form!

@frmattos 8 лет назад

flawless! from heaven! bravo!

@adanieuwenhuis4324 5 лет назад

frmattos a,vivaldie

@Counterbalance_ 8 лет назад

This is so beautiful! Simply breathtaking! His voice...

@garywait3231 5 лет назад

And his technique !!!!!

@lorenzoparedes2306 5 лет назад

This is a very clear and succint example of the absolute beauty of the positive potential of the human spirit.

@mikeclarke6537 5 лет назад

positively outstanding version … wonderful …. and WHO the buggering hell would give this a thumbs down beggars belief..... I'm aghast

@gayforkurt 7 лет назад

Goosebumps! My father had a tremendous range and sang this in church when I was little. He was never referred to as a countertenor but he sang bass/baritone, whatever fit the song. A walk down memory lane, for certain. He was also the choir master.

@dianaroddis9234 6 лет назад

Beautiful. 👏👏👏👏

@garywait3231 5 лет назад

Many countertenors (myself included) may have a baritone range . Many years ago I enjoyed hearing one of the Delllers do this switch live in concert at Harvard. I had both, but abandoned the upper range to concentrate on low Russian basso. This artist is far,-and-away the best countertenor , both voice and technique wise, I have in all my 80 years ever heard I wish him every success.

@zorak964 4 года назад

I'm addicted to this delightful piece... Thank you Voices of Music!!!

@VoicesofMusic 4 года назад

Our pleasure!

@GillesLEBRAY 7 месяцев назад

Que c’est beau, que c’est bien interprété. Merci

@VoicesofMusic 7 месяцев назад

Our pleasure.

@bryanbath6848 11 месяцев назад

The sheer magnificence of his voice brings me to tears every single time I listen to this. Unbelievable!

@micmarcla 4 месяца назад

Merveilleuse interprétation. Mille bravos pour ce cadeaux lyrique ❤❤❤

@MihaiFloarea 5 лет назад

Frumoasă voce, impresionant tempo! Cu bucurie reascult această arie haendeliană. Mulțumiri celor care au postat înregistrarea

@corner559 8 лет назад

Not even 3000 views? I'm amazed this doesn't have at least 100,000. It's stunning.

@VoicesofMusic 8 лет назад

+Corn Fed Give it a few days :)

@rev.stephena.cakouros948 8 лет назад

+Corn Fed Well said

@VoicesofMusic 8 лет назад

+Corn Fed 12,000+ now, will reach 100,000+ in a year or so :)

@jansenepart 8 лет назад

views are now nearly 20.000 !!! what a beautiful velvet milky sweet shrouded muffled veiled voice !!!! This is the Genius of Händel : heavenly music ! the nicest aria ever written in Human History !!! So touching, so poignant in my world of feelings ! Händel is the joy of my miserable life ! His music keeps me alive !!

@dougary856 7 лет назад

Post it on social media.

@jwoodman 8 лет назад

Damn you, Voices of Music. My head will be filled with Ombra mai fu for several days - I knew it would happen, but I couldn't resist. Please pass on a Manx well done - jeant dy mie - to the sensational Christopher Lowrey.

@VoicesofMusic 8 лет назад

+John Woodman Thanks, John--will do!

@thomasherford9216 5 лет назад

Absolutely brilliant Chis xx

@kevinhickey3515 3 года назад

Beautifully sung.

@johnwarren992 5 лет назад

I have to agree with most people commenting here - this is a brilliant version and the words below help those of us who've never previously bothered finding out what was meant. Christopher works hard at his singing and it shows. Bravo!