"The Cold genius song" - Purcell - Gérard Lesne / Juliette Roumailhac - Le Concert Universel

"The Cold genius song" (Air extrait de "King Arthur") de Henry Purcell.
Gérard Lesne, contre-ténor
Juliette Roumailhac, direction et violon
Tami Troman, violon
Myriam Bulloz, alto
Magdalena Probe, violoncelle
Matthias Spaeter, théorbe
Jacopo Raffaele, clavecin
Le Concert Universel
@leconcertuniversel7647
Marie Delorme, prise de son
Grégoire Fillion, vidéo
Laurence Lesne-Paillot, coordination artistique et communication
Avec le soutien de la Commission culturelle de la Ville d'Aigle et de la Fondation Centre Patronal Vaudois (Suisse).

[@francescojsb]

In this sea of mediocrity and squalor that is KZbin, every now and then you come across some precious pearls

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

I do believe this is what is what Henry Purcell would have heard in his day. It's an 'acting' voice, a mix of raw chest voice with falsetto, switching between the two when required. Also a great characterful face!

[@mamascarlatti]

Yes it's very interesting and affecting, I have heard Andras Scholl sing this in pure countertenor which is very beautiful, but this approach is very striking and emotional.

[@Kiltedbear]

Except for the original sheet music as written is sung an octave lower. It was Klaus Nomi that popularised the counter tenor interpretation of this piece, but it's supposed to be sung by a bass.

[@mirellaczajkowska-turek5819]

I am sorry, that I hear Gerald Lesne for the first time in my life. Absolutely stunning performance. I am touched into deepest❤

[@teekey1754]

Why is he seating ?

[@weiterimtext8134]

@@teekey1754 Performance?

[@teekey1754]

Standing up is better for "performance" when singing, especially classical music, and the whole scene doesn't look like it needs a "performer". @@weiterimtext8134

[@NikoHL]

Likewise... I've only recently discovered Gerald. Incredible artist. We have lots to catch up on ! ❤

[@katogoria]

@@teekey1754 Because he sings in falsetto (counter-tenor), he doesn't have to stand.

[@jgdasa]

Never have I heard such an intense and deep interpretation, the singer's sensitivity to the nuances in emotions, the ensemble with such pure and resonant sound! It's incredible!

[@thewandererza]

Agreed! Klaus Nomi is also right up there in delivering an intense and beautiful rendition :)

[@markusgasser3884]

Robert, that was exactly what I wanted to write. With this one finally there is one en par with Klaus Nomi.

[@markusgasser3884]

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[@thewandererza]

Agreed!@@markusgasser3884

[@henryjohnfacey8213]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Yorkshire.

[@TheSammadan]

the best version ever heard 💕 thank you Lesne

[@conemadam]

Un miracle… moitié voix humaine moitié instrument de musique. Mon cœur déborde.

[@thierryespitalier2230]

Le meilleur fausset/falsettiste ("contre" diront nos contemporains - contra tenor altus) : le passage (le saint Graal) est une merveille, il ne détimbre pas entre tête et poitrine !! Sa discographie (Virgin Classique) est extra et est à l'origine de mes plus belles émotions musicales

[@ferminsalaberri]

Sa voix de poitrine n’est vraiment pas bien produite. On n’ecoute apeine le premieres notes en voix de tete. Je pense qu’on n’a pas de bons chanteurs aujourd’hui mais vous trouverez très jolies executions de cette air avec les voix des chanteurs du passé.

[@thierryespitalier2230]

@@ferminsalaberri : on ne va pas être d'accord du tout, ce qui n'est pas bien grave ! :)

[@user-jq6xr2oh2d]

Спасибо вам!

[@downfromkentuckeh]

​@@ferminsalaberrithe reason you think there are no good singers today is because you keep increasing and imposing your own demands on what constitutes a good singer, replacing the human and unique aspect of them and turning them into little more than an object to be used in your own mind. There are plentiful good and great singers all over the world, regardless and irrespective of your idealisms.

[@ferminsalaberri]

@@downfromkentuckeh i do wonder if you would apply the same reasoning to any other profesión such a mechanic, a doctor or an architect. Im trying to Talk about the Craft not about our personal preference which i totally understand.

[@pipelare4715]

Now a day without hearing Gérard's voice is a day wasted... How could I live for the last 20 years without it?

[@altar7885]

This man looks 70. I hadn't imagined you could sing like that at that age. Mind blowing

[@Muumimamman]

​@@LOKEY-Giant_Atomлучше тогда стул хокер. А то композиционно не пропорционально с камерным оркестром

[@elllemmartalola3380]

Самое приятное на мой вкус исполнение. И оркестр очень красиво играет

[@carlodanteconti465]

Born july 15, 1956

[@francine-michelerousseau8831]

Fragile, intense et tellement beau ! Merci

[@jwstube-ez8oz]

I first knew the countertenor through him and his unrivaled voice is unimaginable and imitable to no one. He is old, but his passion is eternal. Please stay healthy ❤

[@user-zb1mb1hg9c]

I can feel the genius' fatigue. One of the most beautiful interpretations of the cold song ever heard!

[@jeffreysmith591]

Another KZbin gift!! Really didn't know what to expect when the singer sang from the sitting position, but the position, with the lyrics in mind, "what power, who from below has made me rise" fits perfectly and reinforces the singers plea. Beautiful rendition!! The harpsicord and strings were perfect by the way.

[@alrobvy]

Cette version est magnifique❤ aussi puissante que crepusculaire !!Et je ne la decouvre que le mois dernier...Comment ai je pu ne pas la connaitre avant ?? La question est la...merci c est grandiose...TOUT y est sublime !!!❤

[@alrobvy]

Je crois que vous avez connu mon frere Michel Levy qui etait dans le groupe Organum au debut...🎵

[@tigranmikayelyan3963]

My goodness!!! Only a real talent can combine maturity and youthful flexibility in such a dramatic way... painfully dramatic! Bravo!

[@user-ve3tp4zx9w]

Заворожил ! Пением ,выражением лица. Я перенеслась в другое время и страдала вместе с исполнителем ...Браво

[@elenamalakhova9713]

Глубокое, проникновенное исполнение. Нет игры голосом, только трагедия и страдание. Очень хорошо.

[@13021969]

Merci, Monsieur Lesne. Mon coeur déborde de reconnaissance! Je suis un fan de vôtre art depuis 30 ans.

[@benedictelacour9525]

Moi aussi!!!

[@gerhardpetertopp1482]

A brilliant interpretation, intense, without pretentious effects. In my opinion one of the best recordings of this piece that I have heard so far. (and excellently recorded ensemble!)

[@anaruizguti]

That piano … !!! And the violinists pure perfection

[@elizabethclark394]

Haunting, soaring, clear, so beautifully sung and played. Thank you

[@annegouyette2803]

De mon point de vue toujours la plus belle voix de haute-contre: cette profondeur!

[@bernadettamf]

Es gibt wenige Stücke die mich so berühren... Danke für die wunderbare Interpretation... Eine Stimme die in das Mark erfasst. Danke 🙏.

[@wordscapes5690]

And that is REAL countertenor singing. Thank you.

[@Siritos]

A man of his distinguished age brings an entirely new level of conviction to performance.

[@veroniquejubeau-blanc1420]

BRAVOS MONSIEUR JE N AI JAMAIS ENTENDU UNE SI BELLE INTERPRETATION

[@olgaboulova8251]

Какой драматизм и интерпретация! Благодарю!

[@annegreen9499]

Hauntingly beautiful. Bravo x

[@prototropo]

In both Purcell's compositional gymnastics and the athletic performance by Gérard Lesne here lend incredible muscle and blistering intelligence to an unassuming melodic structure, empowered otherwise only by the harmonic crescendo. I love this accomplishment and salute the musicians! Fantastic recording that I will save and savor for the future.

[@geoffwalters6055]

As a backwoods hillbilly, secretly a voracious consumer of art, beauty and music, and when it can be found, a delicious stew of all 3, I was warmed by this. It's 9 degrees in my house and there is ice on my windows inside. I'm quite comfortable under my quilts as I seek the glowing embers that kindle inner warmth such as this. Would enjoy him singing Arvo Parts heart in the Highlands.

[@susannabonke8552]

Sounds nice.

[@perseus9428]

Only in America will a person feel the need to be a “secret” consumer of art.

[@oedaya]

only in the mind of the beholder. @@perseus9428

[@polyshells]

Great comment, thank you! What els have you stumbled upon in KZbin that combines such art, beauty and music?

[@oedaya]

Philippe Jaroussky - Lascia ch'io pianga, Händel [BEST QUALITY] Stefano Landi - Canta la Cicaleta, Marco Beasley, L'Arpeggiata Anke Chen_Age 6_Plays Marcello-Bach Concerto in D minor BWV974_ Adagio Vivaldi Vedrò con mio diletto - Rick Stotijn Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@lovelight1]

THIS SINGER IS PERFECTION.

[@MrGREYMATTERS]

In a word, BRILLIANT! A SUBLIME performance by all! THANK YOU! ❤

[@gagaimnaishvili7298]

Bravo Maestro. Thank you maestro. A great sound that will last through the ages.

[@farinooshaskari3383]

Mr. Lesne, your voice is wonderful, I have been listening to your performance for several days and I am more and more surprised every moment. This performance is truly memorable.. and the best wishes for you.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

I have never heard this before. Purcell was a genius. What a performance! His harmonic progressions are astounding. and rather like those in Vivaldi's Four Seasons 'Winter'?:-)

[@TonyBittner-Collins]

Most probably the opposite as Purcell was earlier than Vivaldi.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

@@TonyBittner-Collins Thanks. was lazy and didn't check. I shouldhave known anyway. Best wishes. :-(

[@Edgtheow]

Holy hell, I'm suddenly feeling emotions I wasn't even aware existed. If this isn't what true. genuine musical experience is about, I don't know what is!

[@balaenicepsrex21]

Stessa cosa per me. Ho pianto e mi sono sentito sollevare in cielo. Ero in estasi e in disperazione allo stessa tempo. È come se volessi morire per vivere. Dio

[@KyraKaisla]

This is really incredible.

[@th.jacquesbecker8405]

Bouleversant. Lorsqu'au début des années 1990 j'habitais Utrecht une semaine sur deux, j'avais toujours dans mon sac quelques disques, des Vivaldi, Bach, Charpentier, Pergolese (avec Veronique Gens)... chantés par Gérard Lesne, dont la voix me plaisait beaucoup. Par je ne sais quel hasard de la vie, j'ai moins suivi le chanteur et voici que trente ans après je retrouve ici cet air, si approprié, cette voix. Merci.

[@mareemacpherson9454]

So extraordinarily beautiful. Thank you!

[@JasonJason210]

Certainly this is the best rendition I have both seen or heard. The song itself is indeed genius. I love the opening chord progessions that resolve in a manner evoking a sense of coldness and awakening.

[@Scimmiotto.Bruxelles]

Mais absolument génial!!! Toujours cette voix de velours à l’intensité exceptionnelle… 😮

[@ricardollorente]

Merveilleux, monsieur Lesne, merveilleux!

[@rickburke7167]

I cannot think of another song like this in any discipline, staccato yet fluid, unearthly yet so full of earthly passion.

[@riccardo50001]

Wow! I've never heard the before. This is such a haunting and expressive performance. Thank you!

[@pascalmassie4706]

This is the most amazing version of the cold song I ever heard.

[@lornakook4917]

Still absolutely amazing! Brilliant. 👏👏👏

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

I have watched many versions and they are incredibly varied and enjoyable, but this is just stunning. All round! .The treatment is superb. :-)

[@etienneleuridan3547]

Inouï ! Cette une terrible splendeur sortie de chaos de larmes . . . C’est fou !

[@zbigniewwysocki5951]

Wspaniały,wspaniały, wspaniały. Mistrz. Dziękuję 💐💐💐💐💐

[@danielruckert58]

einfach ganz große Klasse. Vielen Dank

[@mariovalenzuela6657]

Es una hermosa interpretación dramática, gracias KZbin, muchas gracias Gérard!!!

[@deuxmainssansmaitrestephan1160]

J'en frissonne encore...! Hors-concours...! Un régal pour les oreilles et pour l'âme...!

[@danterichardson374]

Absolutely phenomenal. Well interpreted. Well performed. Fragile, vulnerable, and sincere. Bravo !

[@anne-marietisserand850]

Sublime . Subtilité des nuances de la voix . intelligence d'interprétation étonnante tout en restant dans la sobriété.

[@cherryblossom4.0]

This never gets bad. Can just hear it over and over and over again.

[@paolobigi59]

Gerard you are a genius with a big heart. Thank you!

[@jisfwww8850]

Unglaublich toll! Vielen, vielen Dank! Abonniert. Merci beaucoup, c'est très impressionant!

[@NicoSensei]

Sublime ! Je ne suis pas grand connaisseur ni vraiment amateur des contre ténors mais la maîtrise de la transition et de la zone entre les 2 registres de voix m'ont complètement retourné !

[@Dhha]

Breathtaking...I'm speechless...

[@GillesLEBRAY]

Que c’est beau. Quelle belle interprétation. Merci

[@jamesholiday1116]

beautiful voice from old man. never expected

[@cromwell.is.awesome]

Singing and emotion go very well together when it comes to Baroque opera

[@musictalk6421]

What an exceptional performance!

[@LuizHenrique-bm2er]

Isso é ARTE!!!

[@Ishasathya]

Il est fantastique, il touche au cœur. Admiration 👑

[@user-iv5qq9lx8p]

Який зворушливий спів! Дякую Вам! Так сучасно.. Велика класика!❤

[@terttukivi3297]

The best. I have watched every performances I found in youtube

[@frakognome4434]

La meilleur version que j'ai ecouté. Bravo - e bravissimi, tutti quanti!

[@x4ms]

How wonderful! How fascinating. Beautiful. Thank you!

[@opinion71273]

Whao! Impressionnant et magnifique !!

[@michaelmcdonald3057]

Depressingly beautiful.

[@user-ot3od3hh3r]

Лучшее исполнение! Настоящий! Искренний! Браво!

[@r1p2m32]

Sublime! Envy the audience.

[@AntonioAgenoPulido]

Maravilloso!!

[@nonnaabelarda9953]

😮Da brividi.... 😅 Stupefacente..

[@marinabusskamp]

Потрясающее! Incredible! ❤❤❤🤗🤗🤗🥰😍😘

[@leilasesmero5910]

interpretation plus forte que beaucoup d'autres! Je ne connaissais pas cet artiste merci!!

[@jakir.1072]

Bliže sam uzvišenom,sve prestaje i počinje.❤

[@ev5450]

OMG❤ - outstanding performance! Thx so much!!!

[@breizhdroop]

Beau, poignant, humain, habité. Point d'affèteries, mais le coeur vibrant, par-delà ses angoisses. Touché au plus profond. Bravo, et merci.

[@thalassaouranos]

Bravo!!! I have just experienced excellence!!!🙏🙏🙏

[@tcmtheatredelacomedie8054]

Merveilleux, magnifique, sublime !!!

[@giuseppeblasotta4378]

Fantastico!!!❤ amazing- voice, interpretation, technique… everything superlative BRAVISSIMO 💐🎶❤️💐🎶❤️🎶💐❤️

[@jean-pierreturco8379]

La plus belle interprétation à ce jour de ce chek d'œuvre de PURCELL et pourtant il y en a de très belles. Bravo Gérard, quel talent!. Jean-pierre TURCO

[@VladimirRadiomay]

Браво. Прекрасно.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

Wat is het toch een dramatisch stuk! En die dramatiek wordt perfect uitgebeeld door de zanger. Fantastisch!

[@eraclyon]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful performance. It’s a gift.

[@mauschger]

Heute zum Ersten mal kennen gelernt. Bin sehr beeindruckt. Danke

[@tumppuuu]

This is absolutely magnificent.

[@francescojamonte5186]

Bellissima interpretazione di un classico che sfida i secoli.

[@honesty3440]

By far most extraordinary interpretation! DIVINE !❤

[@ApplepieFTW]

Wow, this is phenomenal. Very well done. This is now my new favourite version.

[@fredericlegros6690]

Quel talent.... Grandiose, je ne trouve pas les mots.!!! Sincères salutations depuis Cracovie et merci.....🤩🤩

[@AfroPoli]

Very well done. Thank you!

[@nicholasrobertson-art]

Stunningly good version of this idiosyncratic Purcell piece

[@marym.garcia4147]

Sublime. As creativity should be. Thank you ever so much.

[@sachabourguignon5274]

très belle voix et belle interprétation vocale... saisissant

[@HannaARTzink]

Excellent. thank you.

[@kirvaf]

Шикарный голос.👍

[@nnahler]

Bravissimo! Klaus Nomi performed my favorite rendition but this was quite beautiful!

[@itopus1]

La plus belle et la plus sensible version. Bouleversant.