Absolute favorite soprano solo for Come Unto Him. So pure and angelic - she really makes it about the music/words and not about her performance. Hard to find a soprano who treats this with such respect and gentleness. LOVE YOU SYLVIA!!!

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100% agreed. I have heard scores of interpretations. This is my favourite

I LOVE the fact that McNair doesn't use vibrato excessively. You can actually hear the exact notes she sings. What a concept. My god, her voice is so pure.

Love Sylvia McNair here, but as a mezzo, I'm always thrilled to see/hear Anne-Sofie von Otter. She's one of my favorite mezzos of all time. Both voices are clear, pure, beautiful, with intelligent ornamentation. LOVE! Thanks for posting this!

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields gets it right all the time! This sounds like angels gently beckoning us into the strong and loving arms of Christ- absolutely beautiful. It's amazing to see (and hear) how many ways God has preserved His word and truth over the centuries.

Handel is a genius, this aria is so sweet and the whole Messiah is so musically clever!!! Sylvia McNair has a wonderful voice but I fell in love with Anne Sofie von Otter she is so sensual...

The two female soloists are absolutely Heavenly....................God bless them !

her voice and style is the purest & most pleasurable that I have heard. It's like listening to an angel

I like the clarity, the cleannesss of the soprano voice. But both are very good.

Sylvia's ornamentation is just beautiful and tasteful.

If there is a more beautiful rendition of Come Unto Him than this one by Sylvia McNair, someone please point us all to it.

This is one of the best piece in the whole Messiah..

¡¡¡Marvellous voices!! ¡¡Marvellous musical drama! ¡¡¡Wondeful colour!

Huge thanks to the person who posted this. In the last week I must have added 2000 to the counter. The first 3 songs are simply divine. Glorious.

Sylvia McNair is outstanding!!

Codonauta you and I think alike.... What a BEAUTIFUL part of Messiah you have graced us with... Bless you... And thanks....

Sylvia has unbelievable voice & control. Love 4.42

I am not singer, but one of the motives because I think the Sylvia McNair's performance here is superb is exactly because she doesn't exagerate in the vibrato. She sings clean, with purity. If it was Wagner, or Puccini I would think in a different way. But it Baroque music, it's Handel.

Sylvia McNair's voice is so pure and easy to listen too. She gives just enough vibrato. The message really comes through with her delivery.

I had luck when I got this dvd. It is a very good recording of The Messiah.

Many ways, as many as it is people Bless you Ingela

sylvia mcnair... wow.

Si dios existiera y tuviera ángeles no dudo que Sylvia y Ann Soffie serían dos de ellos. Maravillosa música, geniales intérpretes. Con ese arte, la vida merece vivirse.

There is a lovely story from Stefan Zweig "Sternstunden der Menschheit" about the compostion of Haendels "Messiah". It hits almost the same as the real music. Both together is more than I can stand. Greeetings to all listeners!

Shit, my mind was blown when I first heard how much a professional singer of classical music earns. Now I can’t but think of it each time I see one.

A mi humilde parecer, ambas son fabulosas con sus voces pero la sra. MacNair interpreta angelicalmente su parte como un canto de cuna como si el Señor nos arrullara para descansar despuès de un largo trajinar x la vida!!...las glorias al Señor por tales interpretaciones, por la direcciòn y por inspirar a Handel a escribir este gran Oratorio!!!

It is a big privilege to have classes with her directly. You're very lucky.

soooooooo pure truly

no puede cantar tan bien.... es una GRANDE

@mbrooks972 In my opinion, you have summed it up, accurately and succinctly. These two ladies are my favorite classical singers. Their voices are so beautiful, and without the display of excessive vibrato. Sublime!

QUE BELLEZA!!

thanks for upload..

You are welcome. Appreciate the people envolved in this great production.

Lovely!

un duo magnifique.

Acabo de ver el DVD de este Mesías y es maravilloso, gracias por ponerlo en youtube

Yes, Ruth Holton is related. Another singer who sings this way , clean, without excessive vibrato, and without strident singing - and have a very strong voice at same time ( which it seems paradoxical ) is Deborah York. And she has an admirable vocal technique.

Handel Messiah No 18a Duo soprano and alto: (Isaiah 40:11) He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (Matthew 11:28-29) Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him; for He is meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

D u know whats so special bout religion music? Compare to other musics, usually tell love between humans(eross), but religion musics tell the love of God to humandkind (agaphe), the purest and the most beautiful love, even he gave us his only son, died for our sins, so we can be saved. Thats why we celebrate Christmas.. Joy! Peace! Love! Hope! All of them are in religion musics... And if u know how Messiah Oratiorio was made, u will be more and more amazed! Praise The Lord!!

Divine :-)

Recording of Arleen Auger, 1988, is also very good. In any case, excellent DVD, I recommend to buy it. Thanks :)

good teamwork

@TheWisemonkey8 Exactly.

Take a look in the informations about the video, at the right side of the video, above.

C'mon, yall should listen to the greatly missed Arleen Auger on the Trevor Pinnock recording - incomparable!

@Liucilla I never said anything about her forcing vibrato. I would just prefer to hear the vibrato being allowed more often. I know everyone has a different opinion on vibrato styles and that is what helps us all be unique. Please understand that I am not just someone who doesn't know about the voice. I have my master's degree in vocal performance and am an emerging professional in the field. I'm just expressing an opinion.

It's my situation too. I am a not-religion person who likes religion music. I like the sonority of the religious music: the arias usually are sung with voices without excessive vibrato, in a more natural way, like in this video. And the choral music, which we find much more present in sacral music than in non-sacral one. Because that I prefer vocal music "sacral" than from Operas. I try not pay attention in what is being said in the lyrics in all these Oratorios and Masses.

Take a look in the channel of " " ferfel05yt " ( an you tuber ). I think he has uploaded the entire 'Messiah' in his channel - this same recording.

@Souperdot you're not supposed to force it. Vibrato is a sign of vocal age. You should never force it. Those that do will ruin their voices. It's not something you do... you can control it some, but it grows. It amazes me the people that don't understand the human voice.

Can you post the rest of this recording? This is great stuff.

This is Handel's Messiah and it is an English oratorio, not Rameau's Platée or Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro..... i agreed with codonauta that this is the way how it should be performed. The "English influences" in the performance seems just put things more in the right context for me... if you know what i meant.

I think this is rather lovely. But, I am wondering why Sylvia McNair does not use vibrato consistently. It seems to help her hold the phrases out longer but I would rather hear the vibrato used consistently. I am working on this piece right now for a performance in April and it has given me quite a few ideas.

Yes, but I am not not a religious person- anyway, I respect who is.

How does she do that??? :O i have to be as good one day!

I love Sylvia McNair, but to me it sounds like her voice would like to vibrate a little more and she prevents it. It makes her tone a little too cool for my taste. Still beautiful, of course. My favorite soprano in Messiah is Kathleen Battle.

Hoho.. yeah it is. And you also like classical musics y? Mee too! xD Thx, its no deal. ^0^

Yes, I like very much. Most of the videos I've uploaded in my channel are sacral. :o) Take a look in the videos in general of my channel. Thanks for your participations in the comments of my videos. You are a nice person.

Can someone please tell me what the part that starts at about 5:15 is called?

If you take a look in my channel, you will see a big amount of sacral music, maybe most of my videos are sacral. But it is because I like the sonority of that music, not because the dogma.

sylvia mcnair is un-believable. There is no better. Can you believe she doesn't sing classical any more !! What a loss

Really? I didn't get any problem with the sound of the instruments. For me is ok.

ooh... ok.. but you do like religion music right? im glad to know that! (^___^)

@Graviak Exactly because that McNair is better: her voice is cleaner and pure, how must be human voice in sacral music. I don't like strident voice, mainly in sacral music. Because that I don't like the performance of the tenor in this recording - too much "operistic."

Nice singer, but at least memorize the piece. Hated to see her mouth the wrong word then look at her book and correct herself in time.