I have sung this requiem in a choir. I have listened to several boy sopranos who may have the voice but do not have the technical mastery, Aksel is perfect . He has everything; the voice, the simplicity this piece requires and the control. What a treat. My only regret is that I have never heard him live. Bravo jeune homme, et un grand merci.

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am so glad I got the chance to sing this not only with an orchestra, but as part of a concert where the whole requiem was performed.

@karengarr8370

2 жыл бұрын

@@AkselRykkvin You are wonderful. A wonderful singer and a wonderful person

DEUS deu um dom angelical ao Aksel, que embala as almas em musicas cristãs. Que ele continue cantando como os anjos : para O Eterno

I know enough about this to say: that was an absolutely superb job. Great breathing technique. Great enunciation. Pure, transparent sound. I do not worry about you losing your treble voice anytime soon. Thanks you for sharing your magnificent talent with us.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sarairromani4719

7 жыл бұрын

Aksel Rykkvin wow you are amazing i wish you come to argentina

@bvdswqawe11

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Aksel,i just got your Baroque disc ;you`re a delight to listen to,keep up the good work.

@ieradossantos

5 жыл бұрын

What happens when he gets older?

@mortalclown3812

4 жыл бұрын

@@ieradossantos You can listen to him now - he's still a great musician. To answer your question in the larger sense, he'll have a happy life. He's an old soul. It'll all work out. 😊 Pax et lux

I am certain that this is exactly how Fauré would want to hear it, young sir! Congratulations on a wonderful performance.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that wonderful compliment :)

@thomasromano9321

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Faure's original intention was to have a boy soprano sing this part.

I asked my teacher if I could learn this song. But then I found this video and realized I'll never be able to do as fantastic a job at it as this 13 year old boy! Well, guess it's time to go back to pop songs and leave the great songs to the great singers! :'D

@margorice1

Ай бұрын

Don't give up using your lovely voice. Not all of us can be Aksels but use your gift!

Seeing Aksel performing this piece with such grace and dignity makes one feel humble.. He is a true proffesional.

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

It was a busy time with lots of concerts, I did feel almost like a professional :)

Pie Jesu。いつ聞いても胸を打つ楽曲です。本ビデオではボーイソプラノが実に耳に心地よく、陳腐な表現ではありますが、天上の音楽、天使のような歌声であると、そう率直に感じます。 本筋とはやや逸れるかもしれませんが、Aksel Rykkvinが最後に挨拶するシーンーー周りの方々の温かな表情もあいまって、大変素敵なシーンであると感じました。

Aksel - every performance you post on KZread adds to the sum total of human pleasure. Your gifts and hard work repeatedly say more about you than my poor words could possibly add. Thank you from your legion fans - Graham

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that is very kind!

@brunoclaude3641

6 жыл бұрын

Graham Olive i

Your voice is beautiful and pure like that of an angel. But what makes it great is your heart, because only in this way you can reach these heights. - Federico Faido (Italy)

@garywait3231

4 жыл бұрын

You've expressed my feelings exactly. Yes, a great voice and fine technique are a considerable asset; but in all music, but especially my field of religious music ,(I am thinking, e.g., of the late English contralto Kathleen Ferrier), and settings of great poetry, like Vaughan Williams/George Herbert's Five Mystical Songs, there is an additional quality that lifts an artist's performance from the merely routine to the sublime and you have named it : "heart" -- a spiritual affinity for what both text and music are meant to convey. It seems to me this young man has it, and is developing wonderfully as a baritone. I have just listened to his interpretation of a Norwegian "sea chanty" by Alnaes/Wergeland (still a soprano) and was utterly blown away! TRIPLE BRAVOS!!!

@DH-nr5om

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Angelical...pure and simple!

The only performance I heard from a treble with such command of the music, and of course beautiful tone. I heard only one soprano in concert who matched that pure simplicity, and it was magic. I was in the choir, and no recordings were made.

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Pity that other one wasn't recorded.

HERE AN ANGEL SING ON EARTH 💖💖💖

@TheSolsonia2003

6 жыл бұрын

🙏✨💫🌟💛

@Corviniana

6 жыл бұрын

Sonia D'oliveira 💖😇😇😇🌹💖🎶💖😘😘😘

@mhikl4484

6 жыл бұрын

heart melter, sad and beautiful... Joyous purity to raise such despair.

@Corviniana

6 жыл бұрын

Mhi kl ❤💖❤💖❤💖❤💖❤💕

Aahhh ,,,, estuve allí , que maravillosa interpretaciõn del Coro Clave de Si y la Orquesta d Lanús, bajo dirección del maestro Sergio Feferovich, la Facultad de Derecho regala estos momentos imperdibles. Bravo

Quelle belle voix pour servir ce grand musicien .

Heaven is on Earth. Thanks a lot, Aksel

Quelle sensibilité dans cette interprétation surtout à cet âge ! C'est reposant et appaisant et,procure un bienfait pour l'âme.merci !

With devotion and beauty. Bravo!!!

What a beautiful gift he has.

Such a pure and beautiful voice.

un des plus beau chant de Gabriel Fauré chanté magnifiquement par un enfant : difficile de rester insensible ... bravo !!

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Merci!

Beyond beautiful.

Aksel, you are a messenger of Heaven!

Harmony angelic voice, wonderful💗🎼😊✌

I love to watch you perform. You put such expression into each performance. Just wonderful. Looking forward to hearing you next concert.

That was supremely beautiful.

Beautiful and perfect as ever. Thank you so much, Aksel, for sharing the precious gift of your voice.

@martharobinson9273

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Thank you~

Excellent - open clear tone, beautiful phrasing...perfect performance.

Aksel, enjoy every second with those vocal chords... Hope your voice changes at 16 not at 14 pleaseee 😭😭😭💕💕

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Or maybe 15, that would be perfect :)

@influencer8757

7 жыл бұрын

Haha... SO IT MAY BE! (= according to your own wish)

@sheeep2697

7 жыл бұрын

Voice already changed since I was 11. And I'm in a choir.

Aksel, this is another of your very beautiful performances. It is nice to hear it, and even better to see it also at the same time. I think, for some few minutes everybody who hears it can imagine some pictures by themselves; I think that your singing can move the thoughts of people, same as it was intended by the composer!

Voice of an angle.

He is brilliant as much as Norge. ❤🇳🇴🇳🇴

Being able to see Aksel singing adds so very much more to a great performance.

Какое чудо! Услада души слушать его пение)

I'm so amazed at the tone and clarity. Just incredible.

Magnífico! Divino!

One of my very favourite tunes. Love the purity of Aksel's voice and soul.

This is the best treble rendition of Pie Jesu I've ever heard.

You have a very beautiful voice young man.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

du singst ein wunderschön reines Pie Jesu ! Danke nochmal dafür aus Deutschland.

Another wonderful performance. So happy you posted it. What a treat!

Heavenly beautiful voice !! Thank you for your song. I am happy this morning to hear your song. Long live you !!

Beautiful.

Can listen to this again and again, so beautiful

You sing like an Angel. God bless you.

I don't know how I have managed to miss you particularly as I do follow a couple of Norwegian singers. You are just brilliant Aksel. Quite the best that I have heard since Aled Jones, but he was a long time ago and you have probably not heard of him although he is still a fine singer and TV personality as well as a very nice man. I am sure that you will have an equally long and successful career.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I listened a lot to Aled Jones' recordings when I started to sing as a treble, he was my first singing idol.

That was beyond beautiful..

He is a marvel, a gift from God.

Absolutely sublime ! Bravissimo...

This is by far the best sound to ever pass through my ears. I could do nothing but lie down and listen while the music consumed me. I have heard great music before but this was the greatest.

Amazing. Literally perfection.

Beautiful voice, beautiful child! God bless you Aksel!

Das ist UNGLAUBLICH SCHÖN!!!! Weiter, weiter, weiter so !

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Danke schön!

For the life of me, I just simply can't understand why he hasn't made several albums yet. He has a voice of an Angel. He is truly a great Star with a voice that radiates the entire UNIVERSE. BRAVO!

@robbiecrossing9447

3 жыл бұрын

his voice probably broke not long after this

Thank you Aksel : wonderful purity perfectly delivered, what a blessing and privilege to hear and see you perform 👏👏👏

Beautiful. I loved performing this when I was young.

Aksel, Thank you, You reduced me to tears, and I drip now as I write this. Thank you. Hope your singing career goes well

@AkselRykkvin

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that! Now singing happily as a baritone :)

Aksel, your singing is so beatiful . It is out of this world!

Such beautiful voice !

Hermosa voz... gran interpretación..

I have goosebumps! What a beautiful performance and TREBLE!!!!! I love this song... 💖💖 Regards from Italy Chiara.

C EST DIVIN DE POSSEDER UNE VOIX AUSSI PURE !!!!UN DON DU CIEL!!!!BRAVO!!!!!!!

Hansel, HOW blessed you to have been trained and your voice protected so well. Your voice is simply put, a God-given gift and your teachers managed to guide you well without taking your love of singing. Bravo and whatever way your gift develops as you grow older, follow your joy!

in memoriam

After a somewhat rough start, Aksel settled down to deliver a superb performance of this iconic piece, one worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with that of Aled Jones, whose version I have long considered to be the Gold Standard. He has has an outstanding voice and a very advanced technique--delivered without artifice.

Perfect.

My goodness. Looks like an angel and sounds like one❤❤. Wonderful.

That is so beautiful..... just like an angel.

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I honestly don't think this movement from the Fauré Requiem could be performed better. Flawless phrasing, prefect tempo, wonderfully clear and true vowels with no affectation. Fauré didn't like his work to be overindulged. This is a modest and unaffected perfect performance.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, really appreciated!

Maravilhoso linda voz linda interpretação Deus abençoe abraços aqui do Brasil!

Aksel, you will forever be a national treasure

I've spent the last month watching trebles on KZread and every single one I think of you. No comparison, absolutely zero. I just listened to you and Cai Thomas sing Ave Verum on Spotify and it's like damn...sorry Cai. He's nowhere in the same league. I've heard him sing now as a baritone and the difference is still there. XD

You're lucky, a voice such as this would never be as appreciated here in Britain....

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Well, my album was very well received in Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine, etc, and they also wrote this: www.classical-music.com/article/six-bestchild-prodigies That being said, I do sing differently when I sing as part of a choir.

@influencer8757

7 жыл бұрын

I am a choir fan, but I am more a fan of incredible soloists.

@charlesfrancis4433

7 жыл бұрын

Aksel Rykkvin very true, I was more referring to the opportunities to have so many performances and events to attend and take part in. Trebles in the UK are never outside a choir.

@influencer8757

7 жыл бұрын

I have real difficulties with many boy choirs' attitudes (from my own experience and observation). They are greedy to fulfil their commitment as a unique voice with many facets (which is good at the one hand), but many choirs do not support able or specially talented and gifted soloists; and this is a sin, in my view.

Wow is great, amazing voice, beautiful classical piece

Magnifique. Peut-être la plus belle version que j'ai entendue.

Absolutely superb!

本当に素晴らしく美しい声

Absolutely beautiful

mans got an astounding voice, absolute blessing

what a beautiful voice, and great personality in the stage. I'll be really sad when his voice change, but until then I'll be glad to Hear more of you.

@bloodandwinearered

7 жыл бұрын

Not so sure. Yes he will lose his treble voice, but my money is on him becoming a tenor. What a magnificent rep he will have to sing.

@Antonpreis

7 жыл бұрын

Nicolás Leal Sad in a way, but he's laying the grounds for a long career in music. My voice broke over 60 years ago, but apart from a little confusion when i sang things in bass which my memory insisted I should be singing as a treble, I have enjoyed a great deal of music in different venues, choral, a capella, all genres, and so can Aksel.

@hrh2842

4 жыл бұрын

@@bloodandwinearered Most boy sopranos become baritones; most boy altos become tenors. Seems contradictory, doesn't it?

@williamhughmurraycissp8405

3 жыл бұрын

bloodandwinearered Actually a baritone but the musicality lives on.

two of Aksel's specialities are ... meeting all the half tones so nicely ... and wonderfully slow speed

Bravo for an absolutely amazing performance,

Amazing performance Aksel! Inspiring and magical!!!!

Absolutely outstanding!!!!

Wow awesome...so angelic

I was in the American boy choir and I had this same solo and it’s nice to hear it again great job 🤝😄👍

wonderful and amazing, it makes me smile and makes life shine

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Just beautiful.

Well Done, wee lad Aksel. God has definitely given you a divine gift, a voice like yours sounds like the voice of an Angel. Keep up the good work. I look forward to hearing more of your sweet voice. God Bless. Pax☦

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Lord Byron II Thank you!

simply breathtaking and an amazing stage presence.

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Timbro di voce meraviglioso, suono angelico.

You are amazing! Thank you! Congratulations!

My son is learning this piece. I think he can learn a lot from you. Than you Aksel, absolutely stunning performance.

Absolutely beautiful and emotionally mature.

Outstanding, thanks Master Piece of Soprano

La voix est tellement mature😱

I was able to reach high notes when I was in the boys choir, in junior and high school, until puberty hit. Love all your performance's, you are amazing, thankyou, enjoy your gift

@AkselRykkvin

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beyond beautiful

What a charmer you are, Aksel, with your full presence of mind and dedication of heart. Hearing the beauty of this music while watching you perform I am reassured that even young people can give themselves to something of a higher order. We search for transcendence in this life and then we hear something like this... gratitude is appropriate.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that my singing can mean something to people! That's my main reason for singing.

Thank you Aksel! Sublime rendition!

Du bist am meisten talentiert. Ich freue mich darauf, in den kommenden Jahren mehr von euch zu hören. Viel Glückseligkeit.

@AkselRykkvin

7 жыл бұрын

Danke schön!