Simone Kermes! Her interpretation of this composition is truly unique!

You have probably already listened to Julia Lezhneva's Super Electrifying Rendition of this awesom composition. I vote for Jula Lezhneva.

Simone Kermes distinguishes from all ! Just miracle !

Simone Kermes of course! Because this is about anger and she is interpreting it with true passionate anger.Then Sandrine Piau.

Julia Lezhneva! and the Giardino Armonico is her fantastic energetic ground!

KERMES!!! None of the others come close to the thrilling passion in her voice! Obviously all four are brilliant musicians, and I love Ciofi (especially in the Classical and later Galante repertoire in which she excels), but for me Kermes gives the most exciting and virtuosic performance here.

Simone, Simone and ... Simone !

Sandrine Piau, beautiful voice and excellent technique!

My favorite is the lovely Russian Julia Lezhneva, to me the best Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi interpreter,

Kermes is really giving the tone of furore, the other singers are very good but don t give the same passion and anger that the song needs. Very difficult song to sing. Well done to Kermes 👍

All are the best, and I like Simone.

Piau is a very special artist. I wish I could have also included Roberta Invernizzi in this contest, but I don't know of a recording...

Sandrine Piau for the authenticity without emphasis ( and the beautiful voice, as well as amazing technique and control ). Cheers to all though, Vivaldi's a demanding maestro..

Lezhneva absolutely

Simone Kermes

I think the four sopranos give an special touch to this master piece. All sopranos are wonderful so, they like to me all. Thank you.

I really love Simone Kermes !!! I think your voice and technique is just the best to sing baroque music. She has vehemence and power, hate and love, all together when she is singing.

Julia Lezhneva

Julia Lezhneva! I love her

Julia Lezhneva!

Piau's recording was my first exposure to this allegro, so there's an emotional connection that makes it so much sweeter. I'm glad you enjoy these particular videos, and will think of some other great arias to add to the collection. Warm wishes, Daniel. :)

Sandrine Piau, riesce a modulare la voce sempre al meglio e senza dovere per questo 'urlare' come fanno le altre. mi piace molto questa versione 'raccolta'. Eccellente

In both technique and interpretation, definitely Simone Kermes. They all do an amazing work but Simone is always the best. Sandrine Piau would go 2nd with those beautiful colors.

Kermes sans hésitation!!!! Quelle puissance et une interprétation au plus près du texte

I like Simone the most. She has indeed all the qualities for this music and it's not just perfect technique, while I feel that the other three amazing performances are more technique focused.

Sandrine Piau

Julia is amazing already, and she I can only imagine how far she will go. Just got her recording of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" with Jaroussky. But for" In furore iustissimae" I think Sandrine cannot be surpassed. I hear her live singing with Tafelmusik in Toronto last season, I was stunned by her performance

FANTASTIC MUSIC!

I think Simone Kermes has more "furore" in her interpretation. Besides, Kermes and Röschmann sing in a higher pitch than Piau and Ciofi. But Piau rendition is beautiful!

For me no contest!!! Sandrine is so expressive and yet controlled throughout the performance.

Piau does have a lovely tone. :) Thanks so much, dear Evgeny. :)

Simone Kermes, by far!! She makes me think I can end up a vocal soloist myself, even though I've never sung anything in my life. That's how amazing she is! If you scream hard enough, you can be a soloist too! Just like Kermes! Give it a try! And if you're keen on making a show out of baroque music, then choosing her is a no-brainer! Ja, genau!

julia

Almost impossible to pick one of those four, when there are so many other fabulous performers out there ... but ... for the sake of your contest ;o) Patrizia Ciofi gets my final vote ... closely followed by Sandrine Piau. Thank you for the compilation!

Before I found your compilation, I thought Simone Kermes did the best rendition. Then I listened to Sandrine, Patrizia, and then Dorothea. Now I'm not sure anymore...they all sounds so distinct yet so good.

De las que aquí estan: Simone Kermes por lejos!!

Julia Lezhneva's electromagnetic version

Sandrine Piau, pour la finesse et la couleur.

Definitively Kermes. Her voice is just dazzling, flawless, and she's the one, among the four, who really seems to understand and to "live" what she's singing. It's strange, I hear this, I would think : "Of course there can not be the most little doubt, everybody will say 'Kermes', it's obvious..." And I see it's not the case... (On the other hand, Ciofi's da capo is just perfect, it's true...)

Sandrine Piau gets my vote.

Just my opinion of course, but I think Ms. Kermes does the best job. The reason being she combines technique with interpretation in a way that the others don't quite match. Her voice also has a certain "bite" which suits this piece. As to Ms. Lezhneva, beautiful voice and incredible technique (I think she sings the fastest version), but at times, that seems to be all there is, incredible technique. Which again I'll admit, at times is enough for me (think Dame Sutherland). Again, just my opinion.

Julia Lezhneva - the best by far!

Sandrine Piau without any doubt

They're too different to pick one!!!! I love how marcatto Sandrine is, I love Simone's energy, Patricia Ciofis ornaments at the da capo are incredible.And Dorothea such impecable singing. I like different things of them, so picking one depends on the very particular taste of anybody.

Sandrine Piau ofc

Pour l'expression de la "fureur d'une juste colère", Kermes, sans conteste, même si j'ai une grande tendresse pour l’interprétation et la voix de Patrizia Ciofi.

Can’t choose the only best one. Love them all, great masters of coloratura, high level performances. The only problem is too slow tempos for Dorothea Roschmann.And don’t forget Julia Lezhneva, who is absolutely wonderful singing this music as well

Try Lezhneva. She is amazing too.

beautiful voice

In the process of seeking the English text to give some insight in making a choice, I chanced upon a version by JULIA LEZHNEVA. But I digress. the choice here is difficult to say the least. If it were a horse race I would say it's a photo finish, but it isn't a horse race; and for me there are no losers! Given the choice of stating my preference, or walking the plank I would have to say Simone Kermes. Why? I found the passage from: 06.20 to 07.30 captivating. Thank you for this video!

The four of them are fantastic but my favourite is Piau, whose voice and technique, like Julia Lezhneva’s, are in my opinion the most appropriate to baroque music

Beautiful amazing the four singers. For me, I’m not a musician, is very difficult to say the best interpretation but I like Simone so much

I love all but I prefer Sandrine Piau for your tone:) Of course it is only my opinion:) Thank you very much for posting so beautiful performance dear Daniel.

I love voice

For THIS kind of aria no doubt: Simone Kermes. She becomes the impersonation both of "ira" and of "furore"... ;-)

Sandrine Piau !!

Simone Is the Best!!

E Roberta Invernizzi?

Que voz bela!

In preference from THIS video, I'd have to say Sandrine takes overall first, with Kermes taking in second. She had a very captivating interpretation. Ciofi sounded nice, but it didn't grab my attention. It just sounded like a lot of melismas, but in the B section, her legato lining was nice and beautiful. Roschmann did a lovely job but whoever was directing the ensemble dragged it so much!

Excellent ! J'y vois une influence de Nella Anfuso, essentiellement chez Sandrine Piau, ce qui n'est pas déplaisant

Extraordinaires voix (et ce ne sont pas les seules). Chacune a son caractère et son "feu intérieur". Chacune donne une version personnelle à la limite des possibilités humaines. Chacune habite la musique à sa manière et façonne son interprétation par son caractère génétique et la conduite de son chant. Du très grand art. C'est merveilleux. Le grand vainqueur, pour moi, c'est sans contestation aucune : VIVALDI !

favoloso

I adore Simone's voice. This may sound strange but she comes very close to sounding like how a castrati would have sounded back in the day, to me. Hard to explain why I think this.

Kermes, for the contrasting/B section

Что лучше: апельсин или грейпфрут? И так, и так классно!!! У каждой своя прелесть...

I listened many times and I like Ciofi the best. Her ending is the most electric. I wish I could many more sopranos sing this aria.

I prefer Patrizia Ciofi, but I love the others as well. However, my favourite performance is by Julia Lezhneva on KZfaq.

Patrizia Ciofi in my opinion.

Kermes and Ciofi :-) Do you have any suggestions for more music like this? I don't know a lot about opera, and I really loved this piece! :-) Thank's for sharing!

Deborah York is my favorite performer of this masterpiece!

i like Julia Lezhnevas version :)

Sandrine Piau! Always.

They are all good. I think that Kermes is more angry here but personally I choose Dorothea Roeshman in this particular piece as IMO it's the most beautiful rendition!:-) Thanks caro for a very beautiful contest.

Sandrine Piau !!! una dulzura de voz. Después Patrizia Ciofi, hermoso vibrato.

Sandrine Piau sans dout

They're all excellent, like gems of different colors and cuts. As the Romans used to say, "De gustibus non est disputandem." Translation: You can't argue about personal taste.

Patrizia Ciofi is my favourite❤ I like her version best.

S'il fallait absolument ne faire de choix que parmi ces quatre icônes, je dirais Sandrine PIAU. Maintenant s'il est permis de sortir du cadre de ces quatre propositions, alors j'accorde sans la moindre hésitation la palme d'or à Julia LEZHNEVA

Es dificil opinar si Sandrine o bien Julia Lezhneva pudiera considerarse "la mejor" al cantar pieza tan dificil de entonar tomando en cuenta el perfeccionamiento interpretativo por coloraturas, aún cuando posiblemente me inclinaría por Julia

I like Ciofi's ornamentation in the da capo repeat. Her voice has a somewhat hooded quality, through. I think Kermes sings with panache, and benefits from Marcon's accompaniment. Piau suffers a bit from Alessandrini's rather conservative approach, but you're right, Röschmann's is just too slow, leaden.

Sandrine Piau est la plus contenue et finalement la plus émouvante

Piau. She is perfect technically, perfect in tuning, and she doesn't go overboard with the interpretation. I don't know about Ciofi, there is something not quite right about her, some notes are not ok, her arrangement of the ending is the best, but it doesn't seem right.

La primera es Sandrine Piau, despues Simone Kermes, son dos grandisímas divas .

First Cecilia Bartoli, second Julia Lezhneva.

Julia Lezhneva,

I like Piau and Ciofi...they are fantastic..Piau is more expressive..Ciofi has a very nice technique..

Simone Kermes of course !!

I like the voice of Sandrine Piau the most and the Orchester which she sings with plays it the best. But as her voice is more lyric the interpretation of Simone Kirmes plus orchester expresses more the power of furious anger and is probably the better interpretation.

Sandrine :))

Lezhneva, always Lezhneva!! ❤️

there is something kermes does no one else does maybe a virtuoso sort of thing or something moreover the voice is very strong !

In this set, Dorothea followed by Sandrine.

While Sandrine Piau's singing I can feel a deep warm message. In my opinion she can depict properly the tex of the motet and in this way I'm not afraid by the "irae furore" and I can understant that it's a prayer to someone that is "piissime" and "dulcissime" ... but this just my point of view. (these playlitsts about "who sings best" are great ^-^)

Julia Lezhneva for me…electrifying.

With these beautiful performances, I would include the slower performance by Magda Kalmar, for beauty of sound. Great music itself expresses so much that there is little room for interpretation and emotion without distortion. But it is usually instrumental soloists, not singers, who occasionally distort music by squirming and grimacing interpretation, which is sometimes expected by audiences who want a spectacle.

Number 1

I don't understand what you mean by suspension.

Sandrine Piau. Far ahead.

The 3 of them are really great singers, the thing in my opinion is that Sandrine has exactly the right voice for this kind of music. The music goes with her voice like she was doing no effort!!