C. Monteverdi / Lamento della Ninfa [excerpt]

Track No. 13 from:
Profeti della Quinta / AMOR, FORTUNA ET MORTE
Madrigals by de Rore, Luzzaschi, Gesualdo & Monteverdi
Doron Schleifer, Roman Melish - countertenors
Lior Leibovici, Dan Dunkelblum - tenors
Elam Rotem - bass, & musical direction
Ori Harmelin - Renaissance lute and archlute
Sound producer: Karel Valter
Editing: Elam Rotem
Recorded on 8-12 April 2018, Studio Waldenburg, Switzerland
Pan classics JANUARY 2019

[@archnebula]

Thank you Castlevania for showing me this masterpiece 😭

[@IzzyTheGoat06]

ahah same here

[@lhitori]

blessed

[@vidimcboomboom]

Im here because of claptrap.😢

[@vitmatl9678]

Exactly😂😂😂

[@albertogarcia305]

❤️❤️

[@Blzrd224]

I love how Castlevania is bringing this beautiful song to a wider audience.

[@Utube8120]

Haven’t stopped singing since I CASTLEVANIA NOCTURNE episode 4. Absolutely love this song.

[@calebblack1420]

That demon in the cell Edourd is symbolic of everyone who’s ever chosen to be a light in a dark place rather than succumb to circumstance.

[@darkfeffy]

And all that, the backdrop to an absolutely fantastic fight sequence. I was like wtf - this anime touches my soul. Lmao. It's been some time I enjoyed something so thoroughly as this.

[@solonwilliams3626]

I love how restrained the vibrato is. It makes such a clearer and piercing sound, like the scream of a betrayed lover. This restraint makes this my preferred interpretation.

[@xoskeleton2]

I think it sounds great because of the church acoustic environment

[@kushgroover54]

Am quite thankful nobody sings Renaissance and early Baroque music like its Romantic Italian opera 😭

[@cosmikev7]

This performance is awesome. Even better than other versions I've heard from women singers. Props to all the musicians in the video.

[@Haudidau]

The song was written by a man

[@victorianojm24]

@@Haudidauand? What does writing the song and singing it have to do with anything?

[@mingertime]

I morn for the souls that can sit with this song in a dark, quiet, hidden space and still not get their eyes to water 😢

[@AoDxHazy]

That’s literally impossible

[@Can.I.go.home.now.o_o]

I love this version the most. Out of every other singer, this group is THE BEST!. Heard this song on Castlevania: Nocturne and fell in love. Besides the Castlevania version, this is my favorite to listen to. Absolutely beautiful❤

[@grobanite4ever85]

Castlevania Nocturne introduced me to this beautiful aria

[@AtamskArchadian]

This is what I’m talking about. I love culture. You never know what’s out there and when you experience it, it’s beyond simple words.

[@leooo5985]

Been listening to this rendition for probably over a year now (listened to others as well) and it is still my absolute favourite. It feels more...spoken and FELT than sung in an over-the-top way. It feels like I can hear the heartbreak. Lots of love to all of you, thanks for the great work!!

[@Amedeus1756]

This version of the 'Lamento' sang by a man is better than some other ones I heard on KZbin sang by a female soprano.

[@Haudidau]

It was written by a man

[@stonekitty]

Back in those days only men were allowed to perform on stage, so it makes sense that this sounds better with a male voice. It was first written with that in mind, I’m sure.

[@DogFoxHybrid]

The one in Castlevania Nocturne was performed by a man.

[@ElComendante1928]

Because it is not for soprano {however sopranos often perform this part} but mezzo-soprano, so contra-tenor can be better suited if have range. So check performance like: Regula Mühlemann - great voice agility - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6eZnX6Qep2qZsU ; Camilla Seale lyric mezzo-soprano - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJWmh6Fnpr2LrMk

[@simplenicky1737]

Usually, I listen to pop music, but this hits my emotions differently. I love it.

[@antoniofarinaccio541]

Now there is no way back.

[@auroraborealis4320]

And down the rabbit hole you go

[@calinguga]

please anyone correct me if i'm wrong, but this is not a period accurate rendition. it's based on the 'Round M album version as far as i can gather, in which the piece is sung with heavy glissandi, in a soulful, jazzy manner (which i personally find rather jarring, but that's just an aesthetic judgement). the original score doesn't include any glissandi and sounds very different. what i'm saying is that this kind of is pop music as well.

[@handavid6421]

​@@calinguga I must protest. profeti della quinta, seen in the video, is the leading group for historical performance and research. I can bet my life that this is one of the most accurate rendition in existence. I do not know where the concept of rigid performance came from- but early music is not at all like late romantic music. in fact it is one of the most freely interpreted of any kind of music among all of western music. the second practice led by Monteverdi, focused more on singing naturally, in a way that is more similar to speech. many early music treatises explicitly state that the length of the note should be varied on the judgement of the singer so that the singing is more natural, and also state that glissandos (then called portamentos, as the term wasn't used back then) can be as a diminution applied at the liberty of the singer. one of the singers in this video, Elam rotem, has a great channel called early music source on youtube, where you will find a great video on diminutions. it doesn't elaborate or explain portamentos, but still gives an idea to the amount of liberty the performers had and that the music score was just a tool to remember/learn/record the music.

[@lazarus_alonsius]

@@calinguga the original score doesn’t “sound” like anything though, right? Or did I misread that

[@ikonmediafilms]

Castlevania brought me here... This is so enchanting and emotional and beautiful!

[@nena2000034]

Thank you Castlevania for introducing me to his amazing voice @Doron Schleifer

[@shamlorad686]

I woke up out of my sleep when I heard this playing in a movie, had to find the baroque. Woke up the next morning looked at the sunrise and played this. Cried heavily

[@zxbn4566]

Flawless performance of this technically challenging piece. I'm forever amazed at the sophistication of the four hundred-year-old music of Claudio Monteverdi and Felice Sances.

[@punnk3d]

sem palavras para esse cara, na boa só agradecer a primorosa produção de Castlevania de achar essa preciosidade e apresentar para o mundo.

[@gabrielm2278]

Linda demais! Sensível demais! ❤

[@aaguero]

This countertenor is extraordinary. Such a dulcet tone, clear as a bell! Why have I never heard of him before?

[@ernestodiaz63]

This is absolutely beautiful! Like many people Castlevania introduced to this piece i love operas but this hit the heart hard!

[@ОльгаГалкина-т7ы]

Как же это божественно! Просто дух захватывает!

[@oleschmitter55]

Listening to this made me tear up spontaneously. So much painful languishing. Doron Schleifer is incredible.

[@anahitaart7701]

The most beautiful version I’ve heard. Thank you so much

[@leviAckerman-q]

Castlevania is art. Thank you so much !

[@andrewsidelo8221]

1. This guy opens his mouth and angelic music flows from him. Dude can burp and sound comes out. 2. Thank you castlevania for introducing some of us to this. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@OsvaCola]

Doron Schleifer , your voice is amzing, magic Grazie mille Responder

[@funkydisciple]

Stunning... Sometimes this KZbin algorithm unearths these rare gems that I can't get enough of

[@deanwinchester4324]

I Pray for you Ritcher Belmont...

[@roycebeggs4197]

😊

[@wakefulday]

Wow, I've only heard this song performed by a female voice, but this man's voice, his masterful control are just amazing. Of course, I loved the tenors as well. Very touching and impactful interpretation! Thank you.

[@suus1552]

Castlevania showing some classical music is genious. More people should be educated to it, it’s a powerful language and a huge flow of emotions.

[@Tuskalii]

Most beautiful! Unbelievable! Best performance of this masterpiece!

[@maXXer00]

Incommentabile, solo tantissimo amore. Grazie ❤

[@stheno3178]

This is so beautiful I can't stop listening. What amazing voices & that beautiful lute. God is great for giving us the gift of music ❤.

[@stheno3178]

This is a wonderful reminder humans are capable of such great things ❤

[@alessiogallerini5651]

Mah ! È da ierisera che mi sto ascoltando le varie versioni(e quanto variano!) del brano , e questa mi sembra sempre la migliore , per la bellezza della voce l'interpretazione espressiva senza strappi e la sua musicalità . 😊

[@7913965]

I do love him. Just amazing greeting from Chile 🇨🇱.

[@Euzebius78]

Eu nunca chorei só por escutar uma musica, essa foi a primeira vez, sem palavras!

[@leylajorquerasanchez8505]

Beautiful 👏👏👏 grand piece . Thank you Castlevania Nocturno

[@smexyboi2.085]

Thank you Castlevania ❤

[@kariele7952]

Esta interpretación tiene algo de sobrenatural... maravillosa ❤ mi versión favorita

[@Vera-h9c]

This voice is amazing!🤩😱

[@douglaspretsell3482]

i love this piece so much and somehow the substitution of the soprano with a sopranist queers the baroqueness of the music

[@CharleyFelino]

What a wonderful song, and what a magnificent vocal performance, listening to it brings so much sadness and at the same time happiness, emotions surface and all I want to do is listen to it over and over again. I don't usually watch shows like Castlevania but I was curious about it and so glad I checked it out, the moment the music began I was hook.

[@jasonhurd4379]

Interesting. Never heard the nymph sung by a sopranist before. Haunting timbre.

[@Karlito1118]

How about a wookie? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mImocqqMabqXj5o

[@WilliamFord972]

@@Karlito1118 That was fantastic! Genius.

[@hiriaith]

One day I'd like to hear it sung by a tenor

[@stormnuage]

Like a lot of us castelvania nocturne bring me here😂 I love the song so much and im happy the melancoly and the sadness i felt listening goes with the traduction ❤

[@BenedettaSaglietti]

Mio Dio, che bellezza. Grazie. Magnifica interpretazione!

[@Yoshimanssbm]

Beautiful! Just watching this makes me feel better about my own higher pitched voice.

[@coelhoigor]

Doron's voice is magical.

[@str8king0117]

Wow incredible made me cry

[@coolman1330]

I was here when it had 110k views.. will still be here when it reaches a billion views

[@kevinblk91]

I literally cried while watching and reading the music BEAUTIFUL Thank you

[@kingwolf9811]

I’m hooked on episode 4 of season one from this song alone and now to know what the words are saying makes the song even more powerful and passionate

[@flaviotripodi5542]

The voice of Angel ❤❤❤😮😮😮😢😢😢

[@joelzenny]

Wow. Such a clear and expressive countertenor.

[@PapaGermaine90]

Such a melancholy and bittersweet music and yet this gives me such life, I enjoy opera anyway but thank you to Castlevania nocturne for pointing me to this beautiful peice of music that makes my soul vibrate in its Harmony. The artist is truely transcendent in their performance, this is a song the world needs.

[@goikolkm]

This is mesmerising… 0rgasm at 1:30. The falsetto is impressive. Respect.

[@haroonsj59]

Never in my life have I had a piece of music evoke such a strong sadness deep inside me…it’s crazy idek what to make of it lol

[@razefkhan]

Exquisite singing ! No wonder,its Elam Rotem as bass and director.I love his channel Early music sources. The counter is amazing .

[@IR088Y]

Almost as beautiful as the night creature 🍷

[@tzw001]

Hands down, this performance of the Lamento is brilliant! Thank you so much for uploading, Elam!

[@maestroyang1]

Exquisite! It was probably one of the pieces that caused good old Artusi enraged.

[@thewildernessretreat01]

This is so good, tears are coming out of my eyes. That reminds me to listen this masterpiece on my studio headphones.

[@michielbeertje]

Beautiful expressions, mesmerizing! Excellent performance❤ The hope, the love, the disappointment, the naivety, the pain, the questioning, a little surprised and a bit reproachfull, the shame, the longing, the desperation. The all-out confusion of lost love. Impressive performance. A shame you can’t see it on the album/cd, would buy a dvd as well ;)

[@vandalsupper]

Such deep sadness captivates my heart and soul bringing tears to my eyes. Such beauty words cannot describe, I am broken.

[@nunomendes6988]

Absolutely the best interpretation ever!!

[@markosullivan4095]

Really lovely Elam. What a wonderful counter tenor. Many thanks!

[@mathieubolcato63]

I have rarely heard something that beautiful. I am speechless. Thank you for so much beauty.

[@everybodilies]

Es impresionante la belleza de esta obra maestra, despues dicen que los videojuegos no aportan nada, gracias Castlevania por haberme hecho descubrir esta belleza

[@pbdelmoral]

When I was 14 I bought Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, my first introduction into the Baroque music, and since then this piece has been one of my favorites ever. Even now I try to sing it while playing the basso continuo whit my ukelele... Thank you for such a great performance!!!

[@AllenGarvin]

Similar! I was taking a music literacy class in college in the late 80s, and one weekend I bought a Josquin CD with the Hilliard Ensemble, and a double CD of Monteverdi's libro 8--I don't remember the ensemble that performed it, but I immediately focused on the Lamento and listened to it countless times! I love the countertenor here. I'm a basso singer, so I can't possibly replicate this without falsetto, but I try, every time I hear it!

[@rashonshambry4574]

This is so beautiful

[@gunziro169]

Goosebumps pure unfiltered Goosebumps

[@alessiogallerini5651]

3:08 il passaggio "soavi , ah" è così espressivo e trattenuto come i più grandi dolori .

[@KarmaFranklin]

this is a beauty❤❤❤❤

[@gideonros2705]

Sends chills down my spine. Wonderful interpretation.

[@jhetttiernan2623]

Music sung by the voice of an angel. Such gifts God gives us

[@escarabajomayih]

Qué hermosa voz, y tema, las voces de los angeles.

[@NeilDENNEY]

beautiful

[@thiernodiallo9369]

No way a man can sing like that......wow 🥺🫡

[@superduper5698]

Dude… I’m seriously speechless. So beautiful.

[@nicoflight3982]

1:42 my favorite part I remember hearing it during s1 ep 4 of Castlevania Nocturne

[@pommaoshan]

Incredibile, da quando ho scoperto questo pezzo ne ho cercato ed ascoltato almeno una ventina di versioni diverse (ma sicuramente di più) ed è incredibile come la migliore (a mio modestissimo parere) sia questa. Sicuramente la miglior voce e tra le migliori interpretazioni, ed è un uomo!! I miei migliori complimenti ! P.S. mi sembra giusto aggiungere che anche il coro è il migliore che abbia sentito, sono fantastici. Si lo so, la primadonna ruba un po' il palcoscenico :D

[@lewisconrad5253]

Un verdadero cantante con una voz maravillosa

[@tylermaddix5267]

I pray for you, Richter Belmont.

[@Zach-gr4gh]

Anyone else here from the Castlevania nocturne trailer and after being told the name by Oroburos’s guitar cover?

[@yosisra]

The sorrow of love is the strongest emotion most of us fall into in our short lives.

[@MarcosVassallucci]

Que increíble, como imita la voz de una mujer, que hombre tan talentoso.

[@sideriusomago-ze5bu]

Escutei essa música mil vezes 😊

[@harryjoseph1802]

Like all the glorious edifices erected in Italy, its composers also kept abreast with the 'Zeit Geist' and what music they turned out! Thanks to the KZbin & consummate performers such as this ensemble, they have a deservedly wider audience.

[@brycestpeter]

This is the kind of song that can really get me into Monteverdi.

[@julaalt]

Me morí de amor Este Monteverdi es grande !!!!!!!🥰😍

[@tommasosimonettasandri]

Best version ever

[@thais-pianooldbeginners]

Awesome!! Marvelous!!!

[@saramon1017]

Precioso!! Magnífico!! Que interpretación 😍😍

[@666catanist]

Although hes an Italian composer the piece uses the Andalusian Cadence beautifully which originated in southern Spain. I love how regional music influences others. Props to the singer of this piece though, his interpretation is beautiful and very emotive!

[@brendatorres902]

Perfeição! 🤩

[@NatalyaLapina-u3m]

Fantastic performance❤

[@masteroftheassassins]

Thank you Edouard from Castlevania.

[@gegemec]

Wow, what an extraordinary fresh new take on this Monteverdi classic. Thanks so much for posting, it has given me much to think about with regards this piece.

[@alexeyulko]

Mesmerising, beautiful, haunting...

[@ricardosimancas6509]

Gracias Netflix, por producir Castlevania Nocturne....he podido conocer esta obra maestra

[@christiancroom3386]

The sadness and pain he projects is so profound when he sings this