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 😭

[Blzrd]

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

[solonwilliams]

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.

[Utube]

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

[cosmikev]

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

[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 😢

[grobaniteever]

Castlevania Nocturne introduced me to this beautiful aria

[aaguero]

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

[suus]

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.

[ikonmediafilms]

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

[simplenicky]

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

[zxbn]

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.

[jasonhurd]

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

[shamlorad]

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

[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.

[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❤

[punnkd]

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

[Amedeus]

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

[leooo]

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!!

[ernestodiaz]

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