The last time I sang this arrangement of Ständchen was for Graham Johnson in 2013 at Songfest. His response was… “interesting.” However, the diction of these children is more than just interesting, their diction is spot on and very clean, everything sound very forward with excellent diction.
After listening to the german interview one gets a very good sense of the ends of words. For example wichtig has a very unique sh at the end that gives one an idea on how to sing the same consonant. Also, from listening to native germans speak you can get an idea of word stress, and also how quickly they speak. Despite the speed, you still get a sense of inflection. It is more soft than people make it out to be stereotypically. The ends of words with an en ending or schwa sounds is almost un pronounced.
No comments:
Post a Comment