Boston Baroque - "Comfort Ye" from Handel's Messiah with Thomas Cooley

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Tenor Thomas Cooley performs "Comfort Ye" from Handel's Messiah with Boston Baroque, led by Music Director Martin Pearlman. Recorded December 7, 2019. New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
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[@JoePalau]

Cooley’s grasp of Baroque embellishment is stunning and delightful for this listener. His execution near flawless - pitch, dynamics, enhancement of the deeper messages of the text. All there. My only wish is I could have been there that evening and drank it all in that night. Magnificent!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mattyd3079]

I like how the voice and the orchestra aren’t competing. There’s a lovely balance and the tenor voice here doesn’t use too much vibrato which means you can clearly hear all the instruments. I quite enjoyed this 😊

[@davidlucey1311]

Wonderful! I love how he starts without vibrato and then adds it at the end of the phrase

[@stenmoeller]

I couldn't agree more :-)! And I know of no other tenor with such great dynamics.

[@StephenBryen]

Thank you Isaiah and Handel and a wonderful performance. Kudos to Thomas Cooley.

[@dhenschel4]

And Martin also, I believe he is the one driving Boston Baroque for decades now. There is an old vid of Messiah by this group and it is my favorite version.

[@notrueflagshere198]

The best performances you don't even notice and the meaning shines through.

[@jeffarthur3046]

une des plus belles voix de ténor au monde! Merci Monsieur Cooley

[@guyherter5286]

Même avis

[@Liamoconnor1208]

Born to sing Handel

[@loveispatient0808]

Beautiful, breathtaking voice!!😮

[@Dr.GiselherBirk]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮m😢😢😮 4:23

[@DeanJoyceTenor]

Love how Thomas ornaments these two pieces. Engaging and controlled performance. Thank you 🙏

[@gracenote3]

Love his ornamentations!!

[@d_greatalex4198]

What a great tenor singer of pure and high clarity texture?

[@marshallmcconkie6598]

Heavenly. Thank you so much for posting this performance.

[@lauracompagnoni1239]

Great! These excerpts from the Handel's Messiah are really amazing. Thank you Boston Baroque for the many beautiful emotions you give us.

[@waldtraudblume3890]

Herrlicher Gesang und himmlisch schöne Musik, danke...Ich 🌻❤️👏🙏

[@raeannaroylance]

That voice though!

[@malrosee9450]

Amen

[@smartolufemi651]

Awesome!

[@mjk5807]

This recording made me realize how oratorio singing differs from opera singing! Thomas Cooley is great! I can imagine the ideal soloists of this oratorio today: alto - Jakub Józef Orliński; soprano - Fatma Said; tenor - Thomas Cooley; baritone bass - Philippe Sly.

[@svetlanakhodachenko3841]

Очень благодарна!!!

[@higinioalvarez9174]

Excelente interpretación Mr Cooley, soberbia orquesta una verdadera joya.

[@paulinepask3168]

So beautiful orchestra and Mr Cooley. 👏

[@perezparra86]

Amaizing glory to God

[@barnabasbabatunde5454]

Probably the best rendition.

[@HORIZON777Charlevoix]

fantastic

[@nataliasilverland8612]

Una auténtica maravilla. Mr. Cooley, canta usted como entiendo que se debe cantar Händel, con un estilo puramente barroco. Su interpretación es toda sentimiento.

[@abnerschmuller9968]

"Comfort Ye" (from Handel's Messiah) "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness; prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God." (Isaiah 40: 1-3) Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry moutain and hill made low; the crooked straight and the rough places plain." (Isaiah 40: 4)

[@leososa6976]

Lubię Tomka. Wygląda jak menel. Jak śpiewa, to miło, bardzo miło. Czysta przyjemność. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.

[@hectorbravo6862]

Otra forma de interpretación. Buen manejo de la dinámica haendeliana. Nunca había escuchado este tipo de variaciones. La duda es la siguiente: admite Haendel hacer variaciones o exige rigor a lo escrito en la pauta para cada cantante?

[@Forever.and.a.day.singing]

Handelian Dynamics ❤❤❤😊🎉

[@ephraimsappor7111]

❤️

[@antoninopirrone2541]

👏👏👏♥️💕

[@barnabasbabatunde5454]

Quite earnest singer

[@ayrtonfreitas159]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@Liamoconnor1208]

Is there a better tenor, if there is let him step forward

[@jakeyell]

ok.

[@thescrewtapeletters6406]

SLOW DOWN! It's meant to be stately and striding, not rushing to catch a bus!!!!!!

[@scottfhannigan]

Architecture.

[@dhenschel4]

Martin likes the Messiah with a high tempo - there is a full version of Messiah by Boston Baroque but its an old recording, the music is terrific, my favorite version.

[@Forever.and.a.day.singing]

​@@dhenschel4where can I find the recording?

[@dhenschel4]

@@Forever.and.a.day.singing Comments to the video indicate it is not Boston Baroque but Collegium 1704 Baroque Orchestra and Collegium Vocale 1704 conducted by Vaclav Luks.

[@dhenschel4]

@@Forever.and.a.day.singing I tried to include a link but I think YT doesn't allow links in comments. I will try a different way

[@RKBrown-sx9kj]

I don't like great masters re written

[@Azlite74]

Make sure to always scroll past such videos,so nobody grieves your soul.

[@Forever.and.a.day.singing]

​@@Azlite74I've got to stop eating like a Republican and start eating like a Democrat.

[@waltermarttinez9203]

Wonderful