Handel 'L'Allegro' - fluttery soprano

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  • Tony Halstead
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1717

    Handel 'L'Allegro' - fluttery soprano

    Am I alone in thinking that the intermittently beautiful soprano voice of Gillian Webster is seriously compromised if not totally spoiled ( spoilt?) by her nervy, tremulous, fluttery vibrato?
  • Old Grumpy
    Full Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 3642

    #2
    Perhaps - never a great fan of vibrato, myself.

    Much enjoying duet at the moment though!

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    • Barbirollians
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 11751

      #3
      Lucy Crowe and Mark Padmore's version is a desert island disc for me .

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26569

        #4
        Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
        Lucy Crowe and Mark Padmore's version is a desert island disc for me .
        Oh yes!! One of my favourite 'tracks'!

        I did catch some of the solo singing slightly distractedly during this evening's performance on the way home after a busy day... it got on my nerves a bit, I must say
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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