0:39 gets me every time

Voica8 was not featured. Anyway all sounded marvellous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Nigel Short for sure

It is like a rocket launch, starting with the countdown and building up of intensity. You are then suddenly thrown into outer space and you long for a soft landing. The high C has to carry the element of surprise, soft as cotton but hard as steel. The boy sopranos did it with ease and to them, it is like a game. The 1994 Tallis Scholar did the best job. Many singers screwed up the landing.

Ok, I have to go back through, Byrd? Silky, mmm. This is a nice comparison format, thnx for a fine field. 🎉

Byrd Ensemble soprano is best in my opinion. So pure.

I’m not well versed in this type of music, it’s so beautiful. But I had no idea young boys could sing like that - no wonder there were castrati back then (and thank God that practice has stopped!)

Das ist Gänsehaut pur!...die Qualität des Chores ist Weltklasse,einfach phantastisch!!!😍👍

It is one of the most Beautiful compositions i have ever heard in 43 years of my life! Tears..

Tenebrae and Byrd Ensemble

Von ganzem Herzen vielen Dank!!!

Todo maravilloso.sencillo emocionante. Refleja lo bueno del ser humano, belleza,paz frente al odio . Abel frente a Caín

Everyone did great but the Byrd Ensemble was great here. And that Coro Iride group which took it a note higher, hitting High D instead if the usual C.

As someone who knows nothing about music other than how beautiful that is, I kept trying to guess which person would be the high C and never guessed right. Also the variety of the mouth position and body movement was different each time.

MAESTRO PALESTRINA SHOULD BE CANONIZED FOR THE MIRACLES OF HIS COMPOSITIONS!!!

Although singing like this has its sacrifices...you don't know how much I envy you. But even more, I admire them.

I generally prefer treble performances of this but my all time favourite is Voces8

Tennabrae are the only ones who sing the c without a break un the note and the new version from the 16 is stunning.

The sixteen were the first choir i heard sing this it called out to me and I've returned x Thankyou . Since then everyone ive heard are just as good x

Hats off to everyone who attempts this id love to be able to do it .

Very nicely sung, but I do think the tempo is way too fast. Yes, it's alla breve, but you have to take into considering, that this was to be sung in St. Florian's monastery church with 11 seconds reverb! So if you take it alla breve, then it's to be Largo if not Adagio. Bruckner's motets always transport the mystery of faith, especially in the piano and pianissimo parts, and that can only be transported at a low speed.

Ummm, they’re not all high C’s. Some groups take it down a half step to align with how music was keyed at the time this music was written. The soprano in the second excerpt, for example sang a high B.

Incredibly awesome!

The last one

Seems to be using traditional English Latin pronunciation, very cool!

Revisiting this piece again, the altos at 4:00 have to jump more than an octave wow

Tenebrae 1st, The Sixteen 2nd But then I stumbled upon the 2006 version by Tenebrae (can't find a video where you can see them perform). It is simply devine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqWZYoieqL50hsU Quartet: Soprano 1 (top) - Grace Davidson Soprano 2 - Julia Doyle Alto - Ben Turner Bass - Matthew Brook Grace Davidson is also featured on a different performance by The Sixteen (2020): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSsg4RrhtCgqLs

I've found that in "casting" choirs for broadly-split pieces like Lauridsen's (or Whitacre's), it's advantageous to have many more men women (if possible). Generally, the lower the pitch, the more singers needed to project it. As few top sopranos as possible, on down. The most successful grouping I've had with this particular piece (without having to take it up a half-step): 8 B3, 8 B2, 7 B1, 6 T2, 5 T1, 4 A2, 4A1, 3S2, 2S1. Sometimes I would have the A2 sing with the T1s and vice versa...but this division allowed for each pitch to resonate at generally the same volume. Another helpful hint: when auditioning voices, if people insist on always singing a certain part (because they always sang that before), I'd advise not working with them at all. You need people who are flexible.

absolutely divine. The recapitulation with the addition of the Hallelujah (04:30) is fantastic

What a great sound ! Thank you so much for posting

I would say the best one ive ever heard in 45 years is Voces 8 which isn't on here! Andrea the soprano is the best of the best imho. Of these though I would say the 1994 version from the Tallis scholars.

Absolutely divine!

I loved hearing all the different groups and versions but the best top C wasn’t included in this video clip. Do a search for - Roy Goodman & Kings College Allegri Miserere, 1963

The one choir which should be here is Voces8.

This gorgeous! I hope you'll post the whole missa!

What a beautiful culture

The best performance of this piece I've ever listened. Beautiful!

The 1994 Tallis Scholars had the cleanest rendition. Everybody's good on the high C itself but the notes around it matter too.

#1 is #1 here... Josephine Stephenson's melody just blossoms and transforms into something etherial. Although, all were wonderful, and this was the best video ever made on KZbin.

I was amazed by the ease, power and accuracy brought by the singer of the bird ensemble, that's my favourite, but also Tenebrae is one of my favourites. I missed Voces8 and loved the less known recordings. Thanks!

I am not talk about this Gregorio I’m talking about do you know Southwest Elementary not like Southwest Elementary, Southwest Elementary, like Savannah and Savannah I go there and this is not the one I listen to I listen to Gregório from Columbia

Another vote for Andrea Haines and VOCES8 (not included in the video, but linked here!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX3XnmN6prODfq8si=iT4vghfS6PL3iTmc

Most reaching for the note which works but Cleobury 1987 didnt even strain. Indicates to me the piece mb was written for a boy soprano.

1) Tenebrae-Josephine Stephenson 2) Sixteen-2010 Elin Manahan-Thomas 3) Sixteen 2021 Victoria Metyard 4) Sixteen evolution Victoria Metyard & Alexandra Kidgell. (at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) Historically the version that probably 1st brought this piece to public attention was King's College solo treble Roy Goodman (in English). All fine voices! 😂

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6Sng4iMediNiMk Soprano sings the whole phrase without an obvious pause for breath, amazing control. Then they did this version too..kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX3XnmN6prODfq8 😊

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I still can't believe that humans can make sounds like that.....😮

My favorite isn't here. Listen to Voces8 with the wonderful Andrea Haines. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6Sng4iMediNiMk

My fav is Ars Nova with Paul Hillier (at 0:42)

Choir of New College, Oxford - Edward Higginbottom