PURCELL // Strike the Viol by Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
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Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, guided by François Lazarevitch’s virtuoso flute, have already led us along the roads of Ireland and Scotland, notably the High Road to Kilkenny (ALPHA 234), a great success in 2016. This time, they venture into England with an essentially secular programme devoted to Henry Purcell (1659-95), varying the mood by alternating between instrumental dances and songs performed by the English countertenor Tim Mead, including ‘O Solitude’ and ‘What power art thou’. While Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien have chosen these celebrated pieces for pleasure above all, with this English programme they also fill in a new piece in their jigsaw map of the United Kingdom. At the same time, they demonstrate the musical porosity of Ireland, Scotland and England - and the atypical colours of the small string ensemble complemented by two flutes, a harp and harpsichord/lute continuo further underline the fact. The common thread, dear to Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, is that of folk music lying at the heart of art music, in a mixture of origins, practices and repertories. We can easily recognise ‘Scotch and Irish tunes’ that Purcell incorporates in his overtures, jigs, hornpipes and chaconnes. The countertenor Tim Mead punctuates the dances with songs composed for the operatic or dramatic stage or for chamber performance.
Release date → October 12th
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Best performance of "Strike the Viol" ever, and I've listened to a lot of them! Ornamentation is what makes baroque music amazing. I love the dialogue between the strings and the recorders in the ritornello! It's a baroque jam session.
@regardextreme-official4029
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree.
@studioonox7749
3 жыл бұрын
could not agree more.
@ingapevzner3002
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@CATHERINEGERBER
2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with the notion of a ´baroque jam session’ , yes!
@Orfeus80
2 жыл бұрын
Too fast for my taste, verging on violent. Listen to how Michael Chance graces the words and how elegantly he sings. The secret is in the phrasing and text.
I love Purcell's music. What a fantastic performance.
Apparently Purcell had some happy days in spite of his health. Joyful, like it.
I’m obsessed with this video ! Grips me every time ... You can really feel this singer’s passion and the orchestra’s passion .... How heavenly they blend together .... it’s absolutely divine .. They really make history come to life ! We need more people like that !
@simonsmith5849
3 жыл бұрын
I'm more obsessed than you! Promise! It's my favorite thing ever. BAM beat that.
@alifig1
3 жыл бұрын
@@simonsmith5849 also my favourite thing EVER EVER!!
@rapidarespondo
2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@catherinepelle2073
2 жыл бұрын
really true ! real harmony between Tim Mead and St Julien musicians !!
@ingapevzner3002
2 жыл бұрын
Often I am waking up singing this myself….
The hapiness on their faces is umbelievable. Music is still an universal language.
I love seeing the joy on their faces as they play together
@akumaki88
2 ай бұрын
Es una verdadera alegría verlos disfrutar. Se contagia y me encanta!! 😂🎉❤
I do not tire of listening and watching this beautiful rendition.
@svetlanahuseynova9743
Жыл бұрын
Me too!!!!
@virginielafrench3921
10 ай бұрын
Me too !! Prefering Logan Tanner only by a small bit
The best instrumentalists in the world. Tim Mead is shockingly gorgeous. This is it.
Слушаю в пятидесятый раз. Осталось тысячу. А потом ещё миллион. Вы лучшие.
@olgasalih6162
7 ай бұрын
И со мной то же самое :)))
@ostapbender6511
4 ай бұрын
Странно, почему до сих пор Ричи Блекмор не использовал эту песню в своем проекте "Blackmore's night", идеально легла бы под гитару и флейту.
@heddwyn3914
Ай бұрын
Totally new to me but I get what you're saying 😊
OMG that is SO beautiful! Tim and the Ensemble! Take you to Heaven!!!
That could bring me back to life as a dead person. The kind of beauty, that my heart is yearning for.
Glorious. Tim Mead is just amazing, and the musicians are so passionate and expressive. Best version ever recorded
@virginielafrench3921
10 ай бұрын
I tend to prefer Logan Tanner 's version but yes ,i agree
Это прекрасно!Прекрасный голос и ансамбль! Любимый Пёрселл! так серьёзно и вместе с тем так игриво☺.
Pure Joy lifts the heart, mind and spirit - a thousand thanks, Tim and players all ❣️
heavenly
MAGNIFIQUE! Quel dialogue, conversation entre les musiciens, avec le chanteur!
@virginielafrench3921
10 ай бұрын
Oui, c 'est vrai .Et ils ont l 'air de prendre beaucoup de plaisir
these instruments TALK to each other you can hear the conversation lovely !
This is one of my favorite songs on the inter webs, must have listened to it 50 times. Thanks to these astonishing musicians for the gift of this incredible rendition ❤
ONLY Henry Purcell could compose such wonderful music
They're having a lot of fun! Nice to see it. Congratulations.
What a brilliant performance! Such a pleasure to see these gentle smiles and pure joy to play this masterpiece music. And, of course, Tim Mead is always perfect and soulful.
Oh thank you all! What musicians you are! It makes very happy just to listen to you and watch your joy and temperament!
Astounding impact! Love the ornamentation! Older English renditions of zhis used to be about half the speed, but this goes with a bang - well, you are called on to 'strike the viol' and not to 'stroke it' to sleep ...
@hetedeleambacht6608
2 жыл бұрын
ha! right so, at the beginning i thought this is way too fast but then i realised it actually fits with the text quite well
Just marvellous! I've heard it over and over again.
Une très belle énergie pour une interprétation juste, servie magnifiquement par des musiciens au top!
Music videos don't get any better than this. Beautiful performance, engagement between the players and dramatic camerawork. Purcell, with his involvement in theatre, would have loved it. So very well done. CD purchased.
@bonniemacbird
5 жыл бұрын
Totally agree,!
@nextlifeonearth
4 жыл бұрын
The camera work leaves a lot to be desired. No visual of the performance, unflattering close ups, shaky camera.
it’s absolute perfection! ⭐️👏👏
Strike the Viol, touch the Lute; Wake the Harp, inspire the Flute Strike the Viol, touch the Lute; Wake the Harp, inspire the Flute: Sing your Patronesse's Praise, Sing, in cheerful and harmonious Lays.
@acyutanandadas1326
4 жыл бұрын
I like the line ''praise your Patreons......
L'esprit de deux grands talents Les musicines de St. Julien et Tim Mead!!! Bravo!!!!!
Tim Mead você é meu cantor favorito, adoro suas interpretação com sua voz
I’m here again! Because I can’t get enough of this piece. And although I also have it on spotify, I return here to see the video: The joy and enthusiasm in each of their faces; the lightness and liveliness of the musicians' hands - they are all so beautiful. I love it.
MARVELOUS ... a great counter tenor, makes me long to live the opulent baroque era just for the music
I came across this video by chance. And I was shocked. How beautiful! Both music and performance. Looked at about five times. Now the melody never leaves me. Perhaps forever.
Wonderful! I love the good mood between musicians and the permanent smile in their faces. Great!
Woke up in the middle of the night because I NEEDED to hear this song. And this performance is wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder wunder schön
@cynthiaweininger8643
3 жыл бұрын
nachtsucherin Kann ich nachvollziehen:)
Quelle musicalité, à la fois si simple et si travaillée. Chantée et jouée avec beaucoup d'esprit, de joie, d'exultation croissante, qui apparaît aussi bien dans le jeu que dans la communication des musiciens. Que de bonheur de vous voir et vous entendre. inévitablement on se réjouit avec vous. Un tout grand merci. Le CD fait désormais partie de ma bibliothèque.
Es la mejor interpretación de Purcell que he escuchado.
Suddenly, and with a little imagination, I'm transported to the court of Charles II. Superb performance.
Eargasm and new love.Beautifully balanced sound,beautiful passionate rich voice😍🤩
Thank you so much for this brisk and highly ingenious rendition ❤
Feel good music, amazing playing, so joyful, Tim is magnificent. I just want to dance when I listen. Superb.
Absolutely hooked. Magnificent. Love the deliciously overwhelming elegance of the music (despite the backdrop), the tempo, the infectious joyousness and impassioned brilliance of all the performers, especially Tim Mead who is incredible.
Oh the joy in this and the musicians Tim is such an expressive singer
Cette vidéo met de bonne humeur. Elle respire l harmonie... Le chanteur et l orchestre sont au diapason. Chapeau !
Everything is perfect here! Great musicians, beautiful faces, beautifully filmed video! I would like to endlessly watch, listen and thank for this miracle.
c' est magnifique , je ne m'en lasse pas et le chante sans cesse ...
What a delicious feast of music scene... even so cinematogrphic! Maybe coz all are here look somehow familiar to me. I'm smitten by the brilliant vocalist who has such a talent to express every bit of tunes with not only voice but face. I highly recommend another heavenly piece of his performance to all here, Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott ( Have Mercy My God) from Bach BWV 244. KUDOS to all exqusite members of this feast of art !
As apparent, with their collaboration, the Musiciens de Saint-Julien and Tim Mead, each already superb in their qualities, even potentiate their capabilities. What a luck that François Lazarevitch is also a historical musicology researcher, thus being able to reconstruct the original elegance of the baroque decorations. The performers give a demonstration, as to why Henry Purcell was named the Orpheus Britannicus, and why it is written on his grave slab, that only those in paradise can exceed his harmonies. It is wonderful that this video has been produced, and we can watch, how much pleasure it was for the artists performing this masterpiece. An absolute Ohrwurm, once heard and seen, it will never ever leave your phonological brain loops again: top of the pops! Thank you for giving it to us!
@bernardmcavoy1864
2 жыл бұрын
Please rewrite this in English.
Terrific musicians and singer.
Divo Tim Mead's timbre is of a supreme contralto quality! Superstar!!!
@scottrichard2735
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Is this your favorite song from his entire discography?
Es imposible mejorar el sentimiento que despierta esta perfección . Hace confiar en la sabiduría humana. Enhorabuena a los músicos .
Phenomenal! Enthusiasm from every artist! Fabulous Counter-Tenor timbre; amazing agility through the Coloratura lines!
Tim Is great!
¡Me encanta y me emociona la conversación de los violines con las flautas! 😍
Oh my God this is an Angel. Very very very fantastic beautiful voice and very beautiful man :-)
Love this. Singer and musicians just brilliant x
Excelente versión!! Maravillosa la interpretación del maestro Mead!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@virginielafrench3921
10 ай бұрын
Je préfère so Nisi Dominus de la Sainte Chapelle de Paris
Strike the viol, touch the lute, Wake the harp, inspire the flute. Sing your patroness’s praise, In cheerful and harmonious lays.
@saularellano4473
9 ай бұрын
Golpea la viola(2), to-ca,to-ca,toca,toca el laúd Despierta el arpa(3), inspira la flauta; Canta alabanzas a tu patrona(2) Can-tá,caaa aanta, caaaa aanta, con cantos alegres y armoniosos.
какие счастливые люди!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Je ne m'en lasse pas. MERCI et BRAVO François & Cie !!!
I’ve watched this too many times. I’ve come to really love the visual engagement, which initially annoyed me. I fell in love with Andreas Scholl years ago and, I have to say, Tim Meade is on this evidence his equal. Many thanks... here it goes once more. Perfect really. Thanks to everybody.
Fantastic, It sounds like they've been playing together since elementary school.
If this isn't music from heaven then it doesn't exist. What a superb performance!
It's strike 10 из 10, очень здорово! :)
What joyous music-making! Like being at an Elizabethan folk festival!Mead's vocal agilita is stunning, with most spectacular ornamentation. And what a fabulous ensemble of brilliant musicians! Thanks so much?
Magnífico. Exquisito equilibrio entre los instrumentos y el juego vocal de Tim. Me estimula un sentimiento lúdico y alegría inusitada.
Sempre splendido!
... da möchte man auch so singen und musizieren können ...
A wonderful performance with great ornamentation The musicians played with a beautiful lightness and brightness
Beautiful song... Handsome singer xxx
NEVER get bored listening to this beautiful piece of music, and Tim Mead's sublime voice. That voice has such power and depth. The musicians are so gifted, too. 10/10
I discovered you a couple of days ago and I am already a great fan. This is Music with capital letter!
Incredible performance! Bravo!!!
Very nice Tim. Great Team. Great video.
Great! a brilliant countertenor and a performence....
They all look stunning. Divine performance.
Wonderful! Bravo Tim! Bravi musicians )
Purcell...wow Lully, him, Vivaldi, Rameau forever ❤❤❤
we are singing this in school, just beautiful
The best voice Tem Mead!!
I would gladly listen to them all day long!
Bravo mille bravos ! Tous et toutes excellent.es. Oserais-je dire que le chanteur est vraiment parfait ? Ben oui, je le dis.
It'so very-very beautifull!
Impressionnant !! Quelle beauté...
Thank you Tim for sharing. Beautiful!
Superb!
Sublime. Quel art, quelle technique, quelle science des harmonies, des mélodies et des interactions. Et donc quelles émotions. Merci, c'est devenu une drogue quotidienne.Tant de personnalités, de compétences, d'art, d'élégance et d'engagements au service des émotions musicales. Un voyage perpétuel. Les prises vidéos sont tout aussi inspirées. Un million de mercis. Qu'est devenue la contrebasse (sauf erreur) que l'on devine en pizz ?
XVII century music but sounds as if composed yesterday
These uncensored renditions of naughty parchments are precisely why witch hunting became popular back in the day
Complimenti! Strumentazione d'eccellenza e controtenore veramente preciso e pulito nella dizione! Bravo!!!👍👍
Imagine going to a party in 1670 after Purcell drops this banger? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Most Wonderful this is...!
This song was dedicated to queen Mary II of England who died later the same year it was composed for her. She died of smallpox.
@wetqerterterqyer
3 жыл бұрын
thank you for that insight . Sir or Madam
환상적인 목소리~ 편안해지는 음악입니다
Pour moi le plus beau CD de l'année! Merci alpha, F.Lazarévitch et Tim Mead et tout l'ensemble pour ce précieux cadeau musical.
Stirring! Absolutely wonderful!
MAGNIFICENT!!!!! MAGNIFICENT! MAGNIFICENT!
An outstanding performance, a joyous delight
Quelle interprétation dynamique ! Bravo !
Well done, great rendition.