Waft her, angels, through the skies by Richard Croft as Jephtha
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2016
- Listen to one of the most beautiful and most famous aria's from Jephtha, sung by Richard Croft as Jephtha.
Händel's Jephtha tells the biblical story of a commander-in-chief who had to sacrifice his daughter because of a rash promise he made to God. Who will save her? bit.ly/ytJephtha - Zábava
Handel changed my life. Big time. An Awareness of something else that makes life very beautiful despite "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune". Waft your angels thru the skies, indeed
La Musica di Handel è carica di senso dell'onore e della dignità e sprizza Benignità e Gioia. Risplende di una Luce Divina 🙏❤✨🎇🌌🌞
@@valtergilenardi2639
Very well said ✨️
I was there for the live performance and everybody around me was crying at the end
Richard Croft's voice is truly a thing of beauty. The length of his career and the caliber of his performances is truly remarkable. One of the great artists and singers of our day. Bravo!
I agree
Fabulous voice and such a beautiful area 😍
tmThanks
As usual in Haendel's arias, the more the melodic line seems "easy", the more it is hard to be sung. This performance is wonderful.
One of the most moving performance ... Thank you Richard ... Händel would be proud of you ... Heaven on Earth.
Magnificent, moving, sublime! Richard Croft - oh, perfection, I'm speechless !!!
Man...this guy is outstanding!!!
"If you let me win the war, I will give you the first person I greeted when I return home"
I feel Jepftha's agony of having to sacrifice her daughter. Richard Croft's voice is sadly beautiful.
Eine zu Tränen rührende Szene ! Die wunderbare Musik und diese herrliche Stimme gehen voll unter die Haut. Danke...👏👏👏❤️🌻
The singing is tender and carries strong emotions! I also love the silent acting by Prohaska here!
Gerbrand Visser
No one can compete with this performance. No one.
Just heart-rending. What music and what a performance. A combination of exquisite harmonies full of gorgeous suspensions and a tragic story. Typing through tears.
Sung with such control and restraint
Rare in performance!
This guy is untouchable in this repertoire.
Tenor001 Grande he is absolutely wonderful. I think he is best tenor around
@@victorroux493 Mark Padmore
@@dnfm6228 Not as good
@@thesaucegroup1877 Imo, it's not even a comparison. Padmore is probably the best barock tenor of the past 20 year
@@dnfm6228 while I do like Padmore, his upper range is too light for my taste. I prefer Croft because he has bit more heft in his sound, but he can also sing delicately like he does here.
Non conoscevo Qu'esta bellissima area !! Lui ha una voce incredibile e la musica e bella da piangere ! Stupendo barocco!!
Cried all afternoon after hearing several renditions of this sublime aria. Transports you to paradise. Thank you Hanel and and singers all.
listen to it over and over again. just unbelievable. pure beauty..
We totally agree :)
@@DutchNatOperaBallet I agree too. ;=)
The pain is sweet and the beauty excruciating! This was one of the hardest pieces I ever worked on . 2nd hardest. First was "love in her eyes", also Handel.
My heart is crying...
He is one of my all time favourite, what a voice
Wonderful music
Love this beautful singing of a lovely Handel aria.
This aria is such a beauty and hete sung nu the best!!! I had the privilege of seeing his performance live and or was a thing never to forget. Bravo!
Croft is a great artist. TRULY GREAT
I am in tears!
Exquisite, as always. Thank you!
Wonderful - many thanks for posting this!
Been there. Utterly moving.
Richard are the best of the best.
This is singing of truly magical beauty, but, other than the opening and repeated phrase, 'waft her angels ......', I find his diction distinctly iffy. Today's English singers find terminal Rs difficult to pronounce. Listen to Heddle Nash in the same piece: words like sparkling jewels on a rbbon of
beautiful sound
This is singing! Such beauty!
Handel, Bolton and the heavenly voice of Richard Croft; listening, I think the angels have already wafted me through the skies. Is there any hope whatsoever that this production will be revived in the future?
Loved it!
Ok now I have goose bumps.
This is too much for one person... amazing.
Magnificent performance! Such a pity there is no DVD release
Una de las arias mas dulces e inspiradas del maestro Haendel. Saludos.
Magnificent!
I first heard this aria when sung by Patrick Power in Hanover St Baptist church, Dunedin NZ in mid 1973....
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Pure art.
Richard shone like a beacon in “Theodora”. alongside the the amazing Lorraine Leiberson Hunt. That was a marriage of music made in heaven.
This is Jephtha -- not Theodora.
A MICROPHONE by his left ear. Maybe not the beginning of the end, but the more and more frequent use of amplification WILL change opera.
This is of such pure beauty that it hurts. Can’t stop listening to it. I wish I had been to this performance!! Obviously it was recorded: where can I get a copy?
Sorry there isn't a recording on DVD. The only recording we have is on CZcams.
@@DutchNatOperaBallet Is your entire recording on youtube? (Or any other places online?) I only see a few excerpts here. Such a shame to have recorded Mehta and Croft but unable to see the entire piece.
@@DutchNatOperaBallet I know i coming late to the party, but is there a possibility to watch the whole piece?
Magnífico tenor, inigualável.
Sublime music not to be beytered in the Canon ofusical composition . Sublime rendition of it. Paradise on earth.
Godlike!
Heavenly,
Croft è un puro miracolo di bellezza e musicalita......assolutamente unico. Paradiso assoluto !!
Yes, I heartily agree with all the sentiments expressed on this forum about his performance. The voice is sweet, tender, effortless, the effect utterly sublime. However, I wish he'd decorated the da capo more noticeably... The aria feels incomplete.
decorando il da capo avrebbe sicuramente reso meno terra terra l'esecuzione, la bellezza qui sta nella semplicità della voce e delle gesta non nella decorazione. In fondo ci sono già gli strumenti musicali che "decorano" no?
No other like him
Truly a glorious voice. But it seems Croft was so moved himself, he messed up the lyrics in the B section. Still, quite exquisite to hear.
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beautiful singing but you're singing on a lower octave.
Hjerteskærende smukt.