This work was one of my wifes first experiences with classical music - she had known i had a deep love of classical and that i play the piano and we went once to a concert of Beethoven's 4th symphony. she loved it. Not long after her father, after a long illness, passed away and hurt her deeply. A few months later the local symphony and chorus announced a performance of the Brahms Requiem. I had explained to her what a requiem was and gave some examples of Mozart and Durufle. She wanted to go to the Brahms Requiem. I told her the background of how Brahms discarded the traditional latin text, and instead replaced it with texts from the german bible, and that he had said he wrote it for those who were left behind to cope with their loss, and that it was entirely in german. Monitors were around the concert hall to give the translation in english. the first beats of the opening movement started at at 1:51 here, where the chorus enteres saying (in english) "blessed are those who mourn..." she burst into tears and cried silently. she was enraptured by the entire work, especially the 4th movement. She said after the concert how she felt so peaceful and relieved, and i said "THAT is what Brahms intended". she now loves Brahms and cant wait to go to another concert of his music.

@issakariet558

2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful story ... Thanks for sharing!! Music has the power to sometimes trigger some deep emotions ...

@ivanbarbaric5722

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias

@daviddanielbowes4076

2 жыл бұрын

I am a viola played theRequiem a month ago. It has always been one of my most-beloved works. I had the same reaction as did your wife; it always moves me!

@brianlopez8855

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Try Richard Strauss's 4 Last songs. Reni Flemings version is my favourite kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqSj07ePnK7Rcrg.html&ab_channel=Gabba02

@mcaito

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story.

I am a Jesuit priest. While writing the funeral homily for the Jesuit whose impact on my life can never be overestimated, indeed it was second only to my dad's who had been for over forty years at that point, I was struggling to put thoughts on paper. Had this playing as I wrote. At the middle of part VI "Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?" I lost it completely, sobbing at my desk for twenty minutes. And then the homily wrote itself. It will be ten years in November since George died. I still can't hear this chorus without tears. The only change is that they are no longer tears of grief but of gratitude and great joy.

@johnroberts18651

Жыл бұрын

@Raphael John Stoll Thank you. George died in 2013 but the memory of writing the homily has become one of comfort. He was ill, over 80, and failing fast. Death was a mercy. The memories of all I learned from him between 1992 and 2013 are a source of great joy.

@sergiobernardo1280

Жыл бұрын

It's astounding how powerful the union between music and the Word is, because so many times, what human words can't describe, music conveys that. May God rest the soul of our brother in the faith.

@charlessaydah3868

4 ай бұрын

Having appreciated this work for many decades and finally having sung it not too long ago, I can fully understand what this Jesuit priest experienced in listening to that sixth part as he wrote his homily. And in subsequent listenings to this requiem (and, it is hoped, performances) before I cash in my own chips, I will bring his experience to mine. Thanks for pointing the way.

@xotan

11 күн бұрын

I have sung in this work on quite a few occasions. It always stirs me to the core of my senses. I retain the feeling that it is consciously Protestant, perhaps in response to other Requiems that are notably Catholic in nature. But at the end of our lives, as we face the certainty of eternity, is there time to debate such niceties? All we can do is cast ourselves on the mercy of our God and hope for his Mercy. But to be be honest, the majesty and awe inspirited by the Verdi. Requiem is hard to dismiss as just bombast. Certainly it is 'in your face', but there are many subtleties too that all too often escape attention. Operatic in style? But then Verdi was supremely an opera composer. And is not a requiem the supreme expression of the end of a life? But of all requiems, I lean towards that of Fauré which, in its gentle approach to the final test, expresses out hopes for a hereafter that is calm and tranquilly attained. I sang this once in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin - Ireland - as one of two basses in a choir of small proportion. As a singer the experience was transcendent.

@lowcountry0719

10 күн бұрын

I found this. I’ve listened and I was moved.

Proud to say with 19years of age, I sang this song with a choir in Berlin. One of the best moments of my life. I was definitely singing along🌷

@javierburin

9 ай бұрын

who?

@boeos9427

3 ай бұрын

@@javierburin tu vieja preguntó jajajajjaj

@javierburin

3 ай бұрын

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Wow! what a stunning performance. I too sang this many years ago in college. I remember our conductor while introducing this piece to us said if ever there was a piece of music that will have an everlasting effect on your life this is it. And how true. Fifty years later I am still in awe of this music. I am listening to this while at home under the covid19 quarantine . How appropriate this requiem is now as I think of all the souls that have been lost to this viscous pandemic. May they all rest in peace , and may this music give peace to their families forever.

@stephenmessick865

3 жыл бұрын

Quite a beautiful comment.

@Mormon_underwear

3 жыл бұрын

We are all going to die. Time to think of the afterlife.

@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949

3 жыл бұрын

I also sang along with this work. It's been 20 years. It was in "Neuengamme" near Hamburg. The Nazis killed many innocent people there. That was a very special moment for me. God bless you ! Greetings from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in Germany

@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mormon_underwear It is our destiny to die. We are only for short time here. Then we return home to our Heavenly Father.

@jerrera45

3 жыл бұрын

@@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949 As sung in the text "Death where is thy victory? death where is thy sting?".

All of Brahms' genius is encapsulated in this work. His use of the chorus; his mastery of the orchestra; his amazing melodies; his deep sense of occasion. It is all there.

@canalesworks1247

Жыл бұрын

the 2nd movement....

@bgdrt561

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Just brilliant. And this is the best version I've heard.

Its a shame I can only upvote this once.

In 3 weeks I will be singing this master piece as a tenor with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music to sing. It is very challenging but it is a true treasur! Lovely performance! It makes you melt inside as you sing it

@thornishhen

9 ай бұрын

How was it? Did you melt inside while singing? (I get it, I've sang in choirs before, the place to listen to the performance is inside the choir!)

@the_jen_guo

8 ай бұрын

@andreashoppe1969 I was there July 28!

@andreabollinger9932

6 ай бұрын

So true. I also had the good fortune to sing this masterpiece as a soprano - indeed, a challenge (quite high for sopranos almost throughout, which I like), and absolutely wonderful to perform.

J'ai 58 ans, c'est la première fois que j'entends ce requiem de Brahms, hé oui tout arrive dans la vie, je n'ai pas de mots assez fort pour vous décrire ce que je ressens, c'est divin. Merci Sinfonierorchester MDR-Rundfunkchor. Merci au chef d'orchestre, merci aux musiciens, aux chanteurs.

@yankeeinlondon

Жыл бұрын

Oui. Aussi, merci beaucoup Johannes Brahms.

@joellepodwysocki9558

Жыл бұрын

@@yankeeinlondon Oui Oui, vous avez entièrement raison. Je suis impardonnable.

@bemagnetic224

Жыл бұрын

Moi egalement

@jeanbellivier7209

Жыл бұрын

BRAVO félicitations

@pascalpoussin1209

3 ай бұрын

​@@joellepodwysocki9558 Cher ami, ne soyez pas si dure envers vous-même. Nous pouvons être comme cette musique, belle est sereine.

Incredible performance. I sang this work under Robert Shaw's direction in the early 1990's in Maine. My now deceased wife and I sang it together in 2014. And I sing it again in March.

If Brahms had written nothing else, he would still have the genius status he now has and so rightly earned. Stunningly beautifully done.

@Nostalgicavenue2000

11 ай бұрын

That exactly what people say about the third sonata, and the first and second piano concerto. Every piece of his is a masterpiece :)

Es ist überraschend, wie unterschiedlich das deutsche Requiem von Brahms im Vergleich mit den "lateinischen" Requiem Mozarts, Cherubinis, Berliozs, Verdis klingt. Als Katholik der Nachkonzilszeit, ich muss bekennen, dass die Protestanten uns viel über die Beziehung mit dem Tod lehren könnten.

@user-ph6yh4hs9z

4 күн бұрын

That is a very spiritual realization you have described. I’m sure you know the German text is entirely from the Lutheran Bible. It describes precisely how a true believer in Jesus Christ has nothing to fear from death, and everything to look forward to entering into His presence after death. There is a tremendous amount of comfort in that, primarily because it all depends on Jesus finished work on our behalf, in other words GRACE. Believers are now under the grace of God. Just read the text that is being sung, it is full of God’s amazing grace.

During my 70 years of choral singing I've sung this several times--in English, in German, with organ, with orchestra, in churches medium sized and large, in great concert halls--and, God willing, I'll get to sing it in my next life. I love Bach and all the others, but this piece has a sublimity achieved by no other work that I know. Thank you for another beautiful performance.

@josealejandrocouttolenc4338

2 жыл бұрын

This afternoon is raíning while I listen music. Wow its great

@nageurnordik

2 жыл бұрын

Only this is not Bach but 200 years later. Brahms.

@srenthuesen4519

2 жыл бұрын

@@nageurnordik Read again: "I love Bach and all the others, but (!)

@henboker3

2 жыл бұрын

Jody, you will sing Brahms again in your next life and in lovely German. I read and speak German, learned in my church service there in 1961-64, I Bring that deep affection to German literature and music. God Bless/Larry

@markpalavosvrahotes5575

2 жыл бұрын

@@henboker3 Larry my mother was from Germany and she passed away in 2014. She loved the German Requiem. I am still in a great deal of emotional pain.

Ich höre das mit Tränen in den Augen. Besonders das Stück „Selig sind, die da leit tragen“ Das hatte sich mein im letzten Jahr verstorbener Vater für seine Einäscherung ausgesucht.....

Danket dem Hern, denn er ist freundlich, und seine Gutte wahret ewiglich.

@SirVTropic

6 ай бұрын

Amen

@elgar104

4 ай бұрын

A kindness that randomly gifts babies with incurable cancer.... ? I think I'll pass...

For me this is a masterpiece. I have listened to it 40 years of my life. When my father died, my sister and I sat beside his bed and listened to it

@angelaconifer6107

3 жыл бұрын

how beautiful

@rsjmd

2 жыл бұрын

First time I heard this was july 5, 1985. Having just hooked up my very first CD player, it was the first CD I purchased and played. I was listening to it when the phone rang-my sister-to tell me that my father had just passed away! What a way to be introduced to such a beautiful piece. I'm Jewish, but no matter. The piece lives with me forever.

@runningmama4793

Жыл бұрын

@@rsjmd I first listened to it on my father's record player, in 1988-89, and it is also the first CD I purchased (years before I even owned a CD player), and the first CD I played when I finally did purchase one! Kindred spirit : )

@rsjmd

Жыл бұрын

@@runningmama4793 thanks for the comment

@carolmills5422

10 ай бұрын

A joy to read all the comments

Fantastic. Best brahma piece ever. Beautifully presented God bless you all

This music is just fantastic! So wonderfully played and directed! I thank this channel so much for this and for having a chance to listen music without terrible interruptions from advertising! My deep gratitude!!!

@watutman

6 ай бұрын

You are so right, it's great that there are no ads in it.

I firmly believe the very, very best camera crew for classical music is in Frankfurt.

@todundmaiden

2 ай бұрын

I think so too. Very impressive filming.

@Dionysus_333

Ай бұрын

Indeed

I really missed the days when we could go to concerts freely whenever we want..

@BloggerMusicMan

3 жыл бұрын

So do I. It will come again. Hopefully sooner rather than later. :)

@DanielKRui

3 жыл бұрын

freely....hardly lol. My bank account certainly never thought of it that way XD

@josedonadito

3 жыл бұрын

In my case, it is not as different as it was before the pandémie. Guatemala is a country with total lackness of symphonic appreciation, and the minority who are devoted to this art usually don't accept low quantities of money, they take advantage of people like me.

@galahadthreepwood

3 жыл бұрын

@@BloggerMusicMan For me, the price - getting an untested vaccine - will be too high

@TheVaughan5

3 жыл бұрын

@@galahadthreepwood Then you should get a tested vaccine :-)

How many listeners, I wonder, notice that the wonderfully deep, somber timbre of the opening movement comes from the fact that the violins-all the violins-are silent, as if mourning, throughout that one part. Then, their brighter, a bit drier, tones yield the higher voices of the second movement, particularly starting with the phrase, "Das Gras ist verdorret und die Blume abgefallen. So seid nun geduldig, lieben Brüder..." _The grass is withered and the flower fallen away. Therefore, be patient, dear brethren..._

@christophlieding734

Жыл бұрын

When I read "All flesh is grass" immediately I think of the terrible war going on next door and all the suffering of pretty much everybody at this time the world lives in. I dont understand how we as humans do something like what they are doing right now in the war. On the other hand when I read comments here and other you tube music. Their is something deeper in all of us. What unites as in a loving and peaceful way. Maybe I dont trust in God enough or maybe their is no God. But their is good and evil.

@radiotelegram

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for pointing that out, very interesting. I have heard this a hundred times without noting the artefact.

The biggest hour of Brahms and one of the biggest for the German Classical Music.

@mateuspereira9288

4 жыл бұрын

In case you're interested, I posted the score to read along kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIx4tJaOoLipZNI.html

Of all romantic music this is the most moving piece I know. If ever I die (and I assume I one day will), I hope my loved ones will listen to this music and feel comforted by it. I remember singing Brahms' requiem myself as member of a choir in The Netherlands. It is very difficult and I admire the choir and orchestra in it his superb recording for making it look so easy. I have heard many recordings but this one is one of the best I know. Bravissimo maestro Zinman! Thank you!

@mateuspereira9288

4 жыл бұрын

In case you're interested, I posted the score to read along kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIx4tJaOoLipZNI.html

@maelughran6981

3 жыл бұрын

Lukas, there are (only) two certainties in life, the first is that you will be taxed, the second is you will die!

@rsjmd

3 жыл бұрын

Speaking of everlasting effects from a piece: This requiem was one of the very first CD's I purchased, in 1985, when CD's had just hit the market. Being Jewish with limited exposure to liturgical music, I had never heard it before. I was listening to it when the phone rang...it was my sister letting me know my father had just passed away. Everlasting, indeed.

@anandsamuel1978

3 жыл бұрын

Sir, I am sorry this is not romantic music. This is Requiem or in other words "repose of the dead". However this Requiem is super and you are right about it.

@Russell_Huston

3 жыл бұрын

Lukas Burgering: I think you are right in calling this romantic music in that it comes from the passion of the heart. I think everything Brahms wrote came from that place. Some ugly souls have created beautiful art, but I am convinced that Brahms was one of the beautiful souls. I sometime say " I love Brahms " and I know I'm not just talking about the music. I agree also with your feelings about David Zinman. His career may not have the same "hype" about it that others have had, but I've rarely been disappointed with a performance he has directed. Really good Mahler, Brahms, even Rachmaninov. The folks in Frankfurt, and Zurich have been fortunate to have him. I wish he would come to Los Angeles, I'd buy a ticket immediately!

Göttlich ! Mögen sich alle Menschen wieder erinnern an das wahre Göttliche 🫶

Ein Spitzen-Orchester, würde ich sagen. Perfekter Klang! Der Chor entsprechend.

@margaritagandia1124

2 жыл бұрын

Una magnífica obra y bella orquesta con un coro que acompaña y destella. En general un deleite para el alma!!!

@sergiorosticucci3559

Жыл бұрын

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@h0pesfall

Жыл бұрын

@@sergiorosticucci3559 Bbbbbbbbbbbbbb

@frankchentaiwan

Жыл бұрын

@@margaritagandia1124 覺得ㄓㄐㄔㄐㄑㄓㄐ˙ㄚㄐ

@marciathehooligan9967

Жыл бұрын

👍

If only I could like this infinitely many times!! Sublime music, sublimely performed by my favourite orchestra

I just sang this in Bethlehem Pennsylvania USA under the direction of Steven Sametz his last concert . He created a community choir and we sang it as his sending off into his retirement. The performance is so much more than a Performance. It is a communion of hearts and souls of everyone on the stage lead by Doc Sametz who makes it happen. I look forward to doing this again someday.

@markedgar84

Ай бұрын

I attended the concert at Lehigh University and enjoyed it immensely.

Mir gehen die Worte aus, nur: Herrlich, glänzend, prächtig, erhaben...

Tolles Stück, sehr schön dirigiert und gespielt und richtig gut Produziert! Auch ein großes Lob an Christiane Karg, wunderschön! Danke!

When I was 14 or 15 years old, we had a summer youth choir at our little church in Hickman Mills, a suburb of Kansas City, MO. The director was a college student, home for the summer. We all knew him, he had graduated from our high school just a year or two earlier. He taught us to sing "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place." He didn't tell us it was hard, so we just learned it and sang it, including the fugue, LOL. I have sung it many times since, in English and German, in various choirs over the years (I'm 84 now). I still don't have to look at the music. Dave Zinman was a classmate at Oberlin. He probably wouldn't remember me, I was in the College, he was in the Conservatory, but I remember him. So glad to see him still working.

@StanGay

3 жыл бұрын

I know Hickman Mills - I grew up in North Kansas City a few short years behind you, I'm 76 and recall that awful tornado wiping out much of Hickman Mills, you must have been there then. I moved on to New York by 1968 to pursue career goals and that is where I smacked head-on in the music scene and came to love Brahms especially his Requiem which has by now become my one most cherished music work.

@franzjohnston

3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely memory! Thanks for sharing. I have been a professional pianist all my life, playing and teaching. It's so lovely to hear from students that remember your work with them. At 67, my music is still my lifeblood.....and always will be!

Wunderschön. Ich habe es schon mitgesungen und singe es wieder. Und dieses wunderbare Stück Musik ist daran "schuld", dass ich jederzeit Rockmusik und andere Stile gegen Klassik eintauschen würde. Jederzeit. Und es toll ist, seine Gefühle da hereinlegen zu können.

I plan to have the 2nd movement played at my celebration of life which, I hope, is many years from now. This music is simply stunning. So many moods and aspects of the end of life.

this is one of the crowning achievements of the western art music tradition. from Johann Sebastian to Johannes.

This brings back so many memories. I had the wonderful opportunity to sing this with the Texas All-State Choir way back in 1989. Masterpieces never cease touching our hearts no matter how much time passes.

@TheVillageCarolers

3 жыл бұрын

I so barely missed being in that choir. Unfortunately our idiot teacher warmed us up at the State level auditions after the cuts were posted and our entire school was disqualified. I am so envious you got to sing in that concert. I had a recording of it (I graduated in 1989) and listened to it for several years. It was excellent, and you should be proud of the beautiful job you all did. Fortunately, I got to sing it as a member of the Westminster Choir a few years later. It's an astonishingly beautiful work of art.

@stanleysack7806

2 жыл бұрын

...and I played flute in our college orchestra when we did it. Fond memories.

@helenready1310

Жыл бұрын

@@TheVillageCarolers oh shit. that's terrible.

I really think this choir is the most balanced and well rehearsed of any I have heard ding thi

@raytregoning5254

2 жыл бұрын

I think this choir is the most balanced and well rehearsed of any I have heard singing this beautiful work. Excellent !

@f.r.6835

7 ай бұрын

I AGREE

@watutman

3 ай бұрын

For once the tenors are loud enough. I still think the sopranos are a bit too loud, drowning out some gorgeous strings in parts. Could be mic placement and mixing.

Although I have no belief in God, gods, an immortal soul, or an afterlife, I have a powerful attraction to requiems. They touch on emotions rarely found in other music, and they often are among the greatest works of the greatest composers, as in this case. I can never listen to "Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras" without tears because loss and consolation are part of the human condition. A wonderful performance and recording all around. It's strange that this is the first time I've ever seen Zinman perform.

@robinblankenship9234

3 жыл бұрын

Brahms was not a believer either. Or, so he said.

@watutman

3 жыл бұрын

@@robinblankenship9234 A father told his two sons to work in the vineyard. One said Yes, sir, and did not do it. The other said No I will not, but he ultimately did.

@waterkingdavid

3 жыл бұрын

I have come to the conclusion that the statement "I believe in God" is pretty much as meaningless as "I don't believe in God". It's kind as if the mind has created a problem its now trying to solve. This is probably not quite correct but when asked about God the Buddha was silent saying that if he said there was one people would follow that and a denial would have a similar response. Your problem he said isn't about whether there is or isn't God. Your problem is that you're suffering (dissatisfied) and want to overcome this. And he then proceeded to say if we look nakedly and honestly at our experience we can find a solution to it. Lecture over and apologies!

@waterkingdavid

3 жыл бұрын

@@robinblankenship9234 My guess is he rejected the established position on the matter. Not sure why but I always associate Brahms with Hegel who clearly spoke of spirit but in ways totally different from established religion.

@leopoldomontoya8754

3 жыл бұрын

Your sad confession points to the possibility of washing it with your tears before it is too late.

Super Orchester, beeindruckender Chor, schöne Solostimmen, ganz große Leistung des Dirigenten, für mich ein besonders schönes Erlebnis.

I'm a baritone and this will be our next concert with the choir I sing with, on April 20 in Florence. I'm so exited

@tomasaguirre.l

3 ай бұрын

😍💪🏼

Yes, I am listening to this while at home under the health crisis- covid19- which has affected my brother in law and my two nephews, and i have lost my father in law just today! . How appropriate this requiem! thank you very much for posting this video

@nicolettebramley4163

2 жыл бұрын

I am very sorry for your family losses as I am sure many others would be. How devestating for your family. May you be comforted deeply.

@bma1955alimarber

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolettebramley4163 thank you very much dear Nicolette Bramley for you compassion

@mars7054

Жыл бұрын

My tears are with you

@johnmckenzie5471

Жыл бұрын

🙏❤️😪

@user-ph6yh4hs9z

4 күн бұрын

😢

Herzlichen Dank an jede/-n Mitwirkende/-n dieser grandiosen Aufführung! Sie berührt mich von allen gehörten bzw. gesehenen KZread-Versionen am meisten! Die Darbietung ist so ausgewogen, ausdrucksstark und präzise, dass es sich für mich einfach überwältigend anfühlt, Musik intravenös! Mehr geht nicht! Ich habe dieses Werk selbst mitgesungen und behaupte, dass man emotional und spirituell nicht mehr derselbe Mensch ist wie vorher. Es kommen Dimensionen der Spiritualität, der Betrachtung, des Erlebens und der Verarbeitung hinzu, die ich als wertvolleres Geschenk bewahre als jeden materiellen Reichtum dieser Welt.

I sang this in the Fleishmann Choir in Cork, Ireland about 15 years ago or more and I know every line. It's so beautiful and is almost unworldly. For me its the nearest thing to heavenly music I will hear on earth. The final movement is redolent of the ascent at the end. I am forever grateful to the wonderful Dr. Geoffrey Spratt for introducing the Requiem to the choir. I missed the opportunity to sing it again in 2018. Lucky choir. This particular version is one of the most perfect renditions I have heard. Very well done to the Orchestra, Choir and the man who makes it all happen, the conductor. The work that goes into a performance like this is immense.

@Pavamingo

3 жыл бұрын

Did you join the choir in travelling to Cologne in 2013 to perform Tippett's "A child of our Time"? That concert was my debut in the Cologne Philharmonic Hall - I was the "narrator"...

Et les voix de soprani et tenori sont exceptionnelles de pureté, et de justesse, je suis aux anges !!!!

Ειναι ενα απο τα δυσκολοτερα ερμηνευτικα εργα και εδω εχουμε μια αριστουργηματικη εκτελεση .Μπραβο.!!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Last night, our choir sang this wonderful music in Exeter, UK.... So so gorgeous.... Heavenly.... 🥹

Wow! David Zinman was the conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic while I was at Eastman circa 1984-1986 and we sang a rehearsal with the RPO of the Cosi fan tutte finale of Act 1. A great experience and a very compelling conductor. What an amazing thing to see him here 30+ years later, and to think I sang in the Alte Oper a couple of times as a soloist. What a great hall!

Merveilleux, sublime plus je l'écoute et plus je l'aime ❤ merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo

This choir did an absolutely incredible job. With big choirs, a bunch of people doing excessive vibrato can make it sound awful. But this choir had a nice clear tone, perfect blend , and overall a wonderful job

@Gottenhimfella

2 жыл бұрын

I agree this performance is exceptionally clear - normally I don't enjoy (in particular) Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen with orchestral backing because my first exposure to it was with the organ transcription as used in the C of E tradition, and the clarity of a well registered, well played organ part is not achievable by an orchestra. I think your point illuminates for my why that piece in particular works so well with boy sopranos, who are not taught to wobble. Despite their relatively naive interpretation and (usually) inferior musical judgement, I personally think they tend to make a better job. This performance, however, comes a close second, both in the singing and in the instrumental accompaniment.

@gangflow9139

Жыл бұрын

@@Gottenhimfella nobody is ever taught to wobble. Singers learn how to acquire a well-balanced voice with a proper breath control, and vibrato is a natural sign of success. Chorus with vibrato struggle more to achieve a good blending, but when they succeed the result is way richer. And these folks here definitely vibrate

@Gottenhimfella

Жыл бұрын

@@gangflow9139 says "nobody is ever taught to wobble" . Hmmm ... I am always being reminded never to use the words "always" and "never" when trying to make a point.

@gangflow9139

Жыл бұрын

@@Gottenhimfella I am pretty sure you see the point here. Anyone can come across a bad singing teacher, but those who do so don’t end up singing in such a good choir

@olaflieser3812

Жыл бұрын

The "Rundfunkchöre" are among the best choirs in this country. "Rundfunk" is the public broadcasting stations (TV and radio) and a place in one of those choirs is very coveted. They can afford to only take the truly best singers, those that fit in their mold of how choral voices should sound. They do a lot of recordings as well (as "Rundfunk" would suggest) and just sing wonderfully.

My choir at Nortwestern participated in this with the Chicano Symphony under Bruno Walter . I cannot believe it to this day. I cannot forget his beautiful and gentle face.

I played this piece in concert the day after I found out a friend of mine from a community band had passed away. The text and music was extremely moving for me that day. Sublime playing, thank you for sharing.

Sehr edel und schön aufgeführt! Mir wurde ganz warm ums Herz

Here I am, back to listen to this again.

@stephenmessick865

4 жыл бұрын

and again!!!

@cristianequiteria773

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenmessick865 and again.

@Mormon_underwear

3 жыл бұрын

@@cristianequiteria773 Go the distance.

@cristianequiteria773

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mormon_underwear.... and spaces between us...

@margaretlavender9647

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Eine unglaublich beeindruckende Aufführung. Der Chor ist großartig und stimmgewaltig. Das Orchester ist für mich faszinierend. Das disziplinierte Zusammenspiel zwischen Chor, Orchester, Solisten und Dirigent mit einer so großen Aufmerksamkeit ist einer der besten Werte und Fähigkeiten, die für mich in Deutschland zu finden sind. Die Kameraführung macht das Video sehr lebendig. Vielen Dank

I cannot comment on the musical qualities of these broadcasts (to my shame). However, I marvel at what I perceive to be the magnificent sound engineering, creating a truly immersive experience. Thank you for making these publicly available.

@mr-wx3lv

4 жыл бұрын

It's music making and producing at the highest level.

@timw2498

4 жыл бұрын

The orchestra’s ensemble playing has been much better in the last few years. Discipline has been restored.

@rayhornblower9590

3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent performance and work of art!

Another stunning trendsetter from the HR. This performance will stand forever!

I've only lived for 20 years and this is the most fascinating music in my life. I was impressed. Dankeschön!

@scapedebate3730

2 жыл бұрын

Bitteschön mein Herr oder meine Dame!

My favorite forever. This is the version you want, folks.

@fenestrapain

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! And I was in the University of California performance that currently has 1.2M views. This one is far superior!

What a fabulous performance - the best one I've been able to track down on KZread so far. I'll be singing this once again at the end of March. One of my all time favourite pieces, and it has been since I first heard it as a child.

Was für eine begnadete Darbietung -in jeglicher Tiefe und den kleinsten Details. Seelennahrung. DANKE an Alle Beteiligten.

That was marvelous performance. The Choir outstanding....

Oh my, what a beautifully stunning performance. From the start to the end I could not turn away. The choir, soloists, and orchestra working so well together and so expressive. Bravo, maestro, soloists, and all of the musicians! Their sounds will resonate in my mind and heart for some time to come...

At first I thought it was too slow but almost immediately I was pulled into it and felt the deep beauty of each note so carefully placed. It reached into the very depths of my heart. This is the most beautiful rendition of the most beautiful requiem. I have so many things to do right now and I cannot leave this.

@kidmarine7329

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

Arguably the most beautiful piece of choral music ever. I was fortunate enough to sing this on stage with a full orchestra earlier this year after only nine rehearsals, first time in 22 years singing in a choir. This performance by these incredible musicians of Frankfurt were indispensable to my learning of the music and diction. God bless this piece and all those that perform it 💚

Is there music ever created more overflowing with grief than "Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras"? Incredible.

@margaretlavender9647

3 жыл бұрын

In English please if you can?

@sanguisbibimus

3 жыл бұрын

@@margaretlavender9647 “Because all flesh is like grass.”

@margaretlavender9647

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanguisbibimus. Ah yes, thankyou.

I 0:44 Selig sind, die da Leid tragen II 12:05 Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras III 27:08 Herr, lehre doch mich IV 37:06 Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen V 42:36 Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit VI 49:29 Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt VII 1:00:49 Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben

@baldwinangel1218

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@margaretlavender9647

2 жыл бұрын

How lovely are your ‘apartments’ Google??!! I think ‘dwelling places’ in this Requiem and the Bible cannot translate to ‘apartments’!! ‘Homes’ might be a bit better.

@antonsmid4362

2 жыл бұрын

@@margaretlavender9647 How amiable are they tabernacles - from the King James Bible

@Bob31415

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@vanbrabant6791

2 жыл бұрын

Danke aus Flandern

Indescribable sorrow Indescribable comfort Indescribable beauty Indescribable feeling and something indescribable

Beautifully done! This conductor is right up there with Abado, Solti, all the old school greats. Touched my soul!

@adelincatinean4784

3 жыл бұрын

Solti?? 🙄

Bravo bravo bravooooo, todos maravillosos, GRACIAS.

Tonight (17 november) I listened to this at Umeå City Church, Sweden. No offence, they did their best, and that is good enough. But back at home I listen to this, and I understand why it sometimes is better to listen to KZread. This uptaking makes the difference. In my headphones this sounds exquisite.

@staffanolofsson8201

4 жыл бұрын

P.S. Sennheiser Momentum, not at all the most expensive headphones you can by. D.S.

Almost 3 years ago my trophy wife from the Pacific Islands passed from covid in my hometown in IN. Sold our home and now live in shadow of Diamond Head, Honolulu, where she looks down on me from a heavenly Paradise, and guides my life. This requiem touches my soul

Ich liege mit Fieber und Corona im Bett und höre zum wiederholten Male dieses Requiem. Diese Harmonien berühren zu tiefst und eröffnen die Sinne für das Transzendente. Komm, Trost der Welt.

@a.schindler9387

3 жыл бұрын

Hoffentlich sind Sie wieder gesund!

@karinlauterbach3157

3 жыл бұрын

Geht es Ihnen wieder besser?

I will perform in this for the tenth time 9 weeks from this writing. This will by my swan song at 85 years old. It gives me deep peace to sing it, especially the 4th movement.

@urmorph

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy it. And reflect on the many who never had the experience of singing with a good choir. Music will never die as long as humans have functional ears. And I hope that includes resurrected ones.

@estherbreslau6075

Жыл бұрын

@@urmorph I envy you still being able to sing at 85. I am also 85, but I ruined my voice by, unknowingly, starting to sing whenever I felt the desire. It never occurred to me to warm up first.

@estherbreslau6075

Жыл бұрын

the above reply should go to Charles Sawyer

Gorgeous, stunning, superbly played and sung.

Delicious! Zinman sculpts the sound produced by these virtuosic musicians with precision and tenderness!

It's the first time I've heard the first movement played quite so slowly and yet it gives such a feeling of eternity that I was totally sold on the idea. Just a wonderful performance.

Ich höre dieses Werk schon zum xten Mal und bin immer wieder gerührt.

eine fantastische Aufnahme: durch die großartige Kameraführung und den tollen Schnitt kommen nicht nur die Musikliebhaber auf ihre Kosten. Man lernt jedes Mitglied des Chors und Orchesters im Detail kennen und genießt die hingebungsvolle Arbeit dieses begnadeten Dirigenten. Brahms war mir bis dato immer als allzu "schwerer" Komponist in Erinnerung - hier kommt er mit einer Leichtigkeit rüber, die mich sogar an Mozart erinnert...

@birdylove24

Жыл бұрын

Das haben Sie wirklich schön gesagt! 🙂 Und welche Kunst, ein Stück über Trauer und Tod so zu schreiben, dass es auch Trost und eine gewisse Leichtigkeit trotz der Traurigkeit vermittelt, was für ein wunderbarer und einfühlsamer Komponist Brahms doch war! Wenn ich daran denke, dass ich als junger Mensch Brahms langweilig fand... 🙊 Mein armer Musiklehrer bekam fast einen Herzinfarkt, als ich ihm das damals meinte mitteilen zu müssen...🙈 Aber es ist einer der Vorzüge des Älterwerdens, dass man inzwischen Dinge gelernt hat und aus einer anderen Perspektive betrachten kann, und inzwischen habe ich beim Hören dieses Meisterwerkes schon so oft Tränen vergossen, dass mein wirklich hochgeschätzter Musiklehrer bestimmt wieder beruhigt wäre! ☺️

@Zurvanox

11 ай бұрын

Die Chormusik von ihm kann sehr schön sein

This is the most elegant group of people I have ever seen in one place

Ich liebe Brahms`sche Musik, gerade in Zeiten wie diesen, die wir jetzt gerade haben. Corona u. a. Krankheiten, Kriege, Verbrechen... Die Musik ist samt dem TEXT SO TRÖSTEND!

Beachtliche Aufführung. Das HR Symphonie Orchester mausert sich mittlerweile zur Weltspitze. Danke für diese wunderbare, kraftvolle Interpretation.

Merci, de tout cœur merci! Un merveilleux chef-d'oeuvre interprété magnifiquement! Bravo à tous les interprètes et au personnel technique pour la qualité impeccable de ce précieux document!

I have listened to this version of the Brahms Requiem so many times over the last year. I lost a brother on 12/30/20 and have listened to a few requiems. Thought the Verdi or Faure Requiems were my favorite, but must say that this one tops all.

Was auch für eine brillante Aufnahme - filmisch, die Farben, wow ... sehr beeindruckende Kameraführung.

wonderful, how much we miss being able to watch these in person, sometime.

Zuerst habe ich gedacht: mit Krückstock, oh je! Beim Hören allerdings wünschte ich mir immer mehr, dieses Werk wenigstens einmal auch unter Zinman mitsingen zu dürfen. Ein großartiger Musikgestalter!

Eine der besten Aufnahmen, die man auf KZread vom "Brahms-Requiem" findet! Klare Aussprache, großartige Balance auch innerhalb der Chorstimmen, das (meiner Meinung nach) stimmigste Ritardando im VI. Satz, und als Krönung Bismarck als Dirigent ;-) Sehr gelungen, macht Freude beim Hören!

@susannestechow1009

3 жыл бұрын

Ich wusste gar nicht, dass es einen Dirigenten namens Bismarck gibt, wie der alte Kanzler im 19. Jh. Aber das war doch David Zinman!

@susannestechow1009

3 жыл бұрын

Ich ergänze: ...der das Orchester dirigiert hat.

@marcellotranchina8206

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, perfect performance. And Debussy as flute player.

Finally I have found a choir where I can hear the altos, and an orchestra where I can pick out the violas and harps! Your devotion to blending and joint expression is very, very wonderful, and very refreshing. Dynamics are instructive every measure, as is the rock solid pitch. No one is fighting for dominance, a rare quality indeed. Many, many thanks!

This is one of thee most beautiful pieces of music ever written. 👌👌.

Ein Deutsches Requiem written for German. Utterly moving piece. Johannes Brahms have written a Requiem that is very unique in it's own style breaking away from horrible, imposing Latin style of traditional Catholic format but found a new musical language which is more human, intimate and close to heart for German people, the warmth and spiritual consolation that emanates from this piece is none to match with other religious music in the European tradition. In that sense, one may perhaps able to call it a revolutionary piece of work. A deeply healing work of love and mercy for his countrymen and for all mankind. Ich liebe Brahms.

@phwbooth

2 жыл бұрын

Horrible, Latin, etc.? What an idiot...

'Heavenly' music from a composer who was an agnostic and a humanist. He believed that death was truly the end of life - but Joannes Brahms left us a wonderful legacy that will never die.

@SarumChoirmaster

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to tell you this, but I studied conducting with the god-son of Brahms and he was NOT an agnostic. Brahms believed deeply in GOD and in the after-life and heaven. He wrote this piece for his departed mother.

@cyrilclark5167

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarumChoirmaster Thank you for your thoughtful response. There seem to be differing views on Brahms' Christian beliefs. After many years of contemplation I now consider myself to be an agnostic humanist; although I am not happy with labels. To me Brahms' Deutsches Requiem is one of the most beautiful musical works ever - it moves me greatly and always will.

@watutman

2 жыл бұрын

It seems Brahms said different things to different people at different times regarding faith.

@Nikioko

2 жыл бұрын

Denn ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach. The body may die, but the legacy is eternal.

@Nikioko

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarumChoirmaster Brahms was Lutheran, and thus wasn't familiar with the Catholic Missa pro defunctis.

As a retired opera and choral Singer, amateur and then professional, singing this piece, it was nothing short of heaven! John - Mario Russo of City Opera, NYGO, etc.

This is possibly the most beautiful recording of the Brahms Requiem I've ever heard. Chorus, orchestra, tempos, all outstanding. Bravo!

Sang this beautiful work with the SUNY Fredonia Festival Chorus the Spring semester of Freshman year. An 18 year old from a rural area of Central New York at the time, it was an overwhelmingly beautiful experience.

@wb5267

Ай бұрын

Its not about you dear.

ha sido una de mis obras preferidas ,conmueve

Sang this work at school 60 years ago and never get tired of hearing it especially in a great performance such as this one. Well done David Zinman and all who gave us this gem.

This masterrwork, in this uptaking, is something to come back to, over and over. It never "ends", it exists beside us all the time. It will always be there.

Everything about this is fabulous. Zinman, soloists, chorus, orchestra, recording, camerawork... it's fantastically well done.

How can one man come up with such beauty! Michael McClary, Professor of Music /Trumpet, Georgia Perimeter College- Dunwoody Branch.

This is so good, I feel like Brahms Requiem is not known enough

@watutman

2 жыл бұрын

Though I like Brahms' symphonies, I think his top 3 are this Requiem, his concerto for piano and orchestra Nr. 1, and his sonata for piano and cello nr. 1.

@OlDoinyo

2 жыл бұрын

@@watutman Check out his other choral works (Nänie, Gesang der Parzen, Schicksalslied.)

@watutman

2 жыл бұрын

@@OlDoinyo Yes I know them, ty.

Ce Requiem est très émouvant d'autant plus que cette interprétation est somptueuse !!!! De tout coeur Merci !!!

@mateuspereira9288

4 жыл бұрын

Si vous êtes intéressé, j'ai publié la partition à lire kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIx4tJaOoLipZNI.html

Oh how beautiful. Tears of joy listening, watching and singing along. Thank you for this most outstanding performance.

While I am listening very carefully to this Eins Deutsches Requiem op. 45 , of this wonderful Johannes Brahms Symphony, played by this very nice Orchestra, and reflecting about the concept of Death, and thinking about my very good mother Zhor, who has died recently, last October, It is seems to me like, just if I have been present in the time where the orchestra was really playing that music... Thank you very much Brahms, the Orchestra, the Public, and MDR Rundfunkchor, and the information technology for alloying me to share this very interesting moment