0:44: I. Requiem et Kyrie. Introit 12:50: II. Dies Irae 18:34: Tuba mirum 26:11: III. Quid sum miser 29:31: IV. Rex tremendae 36:33: V. Quærens me 41:53: VI. Lacrimosa 53:28: VII. Offertorium 1:04:39: VIII. Hostias 1:08:30: IX. Sanctus 1:20:27: X. Agnus Dei
When the four brass ensembles come in, I feel that the legendary soprano Patricia Janeckova(who died of cancer last year) is being welcomed into Heaven by the Almighty.
Hector Berlioz was the son of a liberal physician and philanthropist. He did his secondary studies in Grenoble, while learning the rudiments of music. He enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine, but he was an infrequent student, preferring to attend opera and the conservatory library. Despite family opposition, he managed to bring together 150 musicians to perform a Messe Solennelle. He won the Rome prize, presenting his Symphony Fantastic, under the direction of Habeneck, before leaving Villa Médicis. In 1830, he began a brilliant career as a music critic. His career had many failures, being largely compensated by the successes achieved by the Fantastic Symphony and by the Requiem created in 1837. Suffered several family setbacks, dying in 1868, after a long agony. This music touches us very deeply for its sadness, but at some time for its unequaled beauty and grandeur. The choir and the orchestra are combined in a divine way, moving us in an intimately felt way. It is an unrivaled and glorious masterpiece of sublime quality. The choir, orchestra and direction are magnificent. Thanks for this fabulous and unforgettable interpretation.
One of most beautiful performances of the Hosanna of this mass that I have ever heard. And the Royal Albert Hall is also a star here: perfect acoustics. Without forgetting the masterful Sir Colin Davis!
Stupefying ("Mors stupebit et natura" indeed!) performance of a sublime masterpiece, by forces commensurate with Berlioz's specifications. With such a great choral body, sound truly is turned into light, as Alma Mahler said of the first performance of her husband's "Symphony of a Thousand." Bless Colin Davis!
J'ai eu cette chance extraordinaire d'assister au Requiem de Berlioz sous la direction de Collin Davis dans le théâtre antique d'Orange un soir d'été 1974 ou 1975... Inoubliable expérience! Berlioz est un de mes musiciens français préférés et c'est son requiem qui me touche le plus ! (Juste devant celui de Gabriel Faure) Et c'est aussi à la Côte St André que j'ai rencontré mon premier amour...Collin Davis reste ici indépassable pour rendre le génie musical de Berlioz.
Je découvre votre message !!! Nous devions être ensemble ce jour de 74 ou 75 !!! au Théâtre Antique ... quelle merveille dans le théâtre. Tout simplement inoubliable. Merci pour votre témoignage ... On ne s'en lasse pas ...
Ein Meisterwerk, eine absolute Krönung. Ein unschätzbares wertvolles Geschenk für den Musikliebhaber. Vielen herzlichen Dank für die Veröffentlichung bei RU-vid.
I performed this as a chorus member in college. There were brass choirs positioned in the audience as well as on stage. The climax of the Tuba Mirum was rock-concert loud. Ever since, I’ve thought of Berlioz as kind of like the Led Zeppelin of his day.
'Rock concert loud'? OK, but I think there's a difference. In the flesh this is 'real' sound, not just electronic sound with a volume control; so many hundred times more thrilling!
IMO the greatest Requiem of all. What an incredible achievement by these amazing young musicians, a difficult work to perform but they had of course the guiding hand of one of the best Berlioz conductors of modern times, and perhaps of all time. I’m reminded by this that it was Colin Davis who introduced me to the genius of Berlioz with a performance in the RAH of “Les Troyens”, never to be forgotten, I was very young yet spellbound the whole time.
I think I attended this performance. The great outbursts of the Dies Irae, Rex Tremendae and Lacrymosa grab all the popular attention, but there is so much writing that is contemplative to the point of austerity that the piece can only be properly appreciated when heard in full. I believe Berlioz said that if all his music were threatened with destruction, the Requiem is the one for which he would plead salvation.
A superb performance. The only way it could have been better would have been to be in the auditorium to personally experience the power of this monumental piece.
What is so miraculous to me is how this came out of someone's mind. How did all this erudition fit in there? On an unrelated note, does anyone know why there seems to be a lone woman singing where all the men are situated?
Hi Joe from e.e.e.I am playing this now are you still playing this peice as a favorite music?it still ranks way up on one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever listened too, and I think about you very often.
When Berlioz composed this there was nothing ever before like it; maybe the closes would be the antiphonal music of the Gabrieli boys in Venice. But nothing like this. There is always a "sound" to Berlioz themes and melodies, not to mention his orchestral timbres, that exist in no other's composer's music. same in his Romeo et Juliet and his operas.
Actually, there were MANY massive public works like the Requiem being composed in Paris at the time (Mehul, Gossed, etc), to celebrate or memorialize every conceivable event or cause. I was disappointed to learn this, since I thought Berlioz had invented this type of gargantuan work out of thin air. You'd have to go through hundreds of them to see if anyone else had called for brass bands and percussion QUITE as extravagantly as Berlioz did...but he was definitely building on a musical format and custom that was already in full swing when he wrote his Requiem. LR
@@HassoBenSoba I’ve heard the “Chant National” by Mehul however unlike Berlioz his music is very much rooted in the late 18th c whereas Berlioz was writing something much more visionary and unique.
Exactly, and it is not the sheer forces, but the quality of the piece that has ensured its survival when others have fallen into obscurity. However, it would be interesting if nothing more to hear some if the scores have survived.@@HassoBenSoba
"Merveilleux orchestres" et "merveilleux chœurs" car dans cette œuvre là, il y a un doublement de tout, les pupitres et les chœurs, et que dire des timbales ! tout le monde est mobilisé et pour le chef d'orchestre aussi finalement, car même si on ne le voit pas, que de répétitions avec le chef de chœur (qui est là... en coulisse, soyez-en sûrs) 😏
I don't know were you first heard this counce and I do mean the younger one If you enjoy this beauty then I am sure that you could transfer the feelings to other things in your life, if you are listening then you are the most enjoyable far away partner I could imagine now and maybe a time will come when when hear it together, you have to watch out tho because I am affectionate with any music considering who you are, you could always reject my flirting but I can get very persuasive-so fair warning....why don't you come over at first opportunity and we'll turn it loud and then see what happens?
Having to control such vast forces leads to pedestrian sections, especially the ‘Lacrimosa’, where the tempo is too slow, and Sir Colin actually counts beats at the chorus!
Esta interpretação de Sir Colin Davis, é absolutamente insuperável. Não conheço melhor... Berlioz, fosse vivo, ficaria muito certamente encantado da sua obra prima ter sido tão bem tratada.
This is an unbelievable performance!!! Sir Davis is incredible, and he interprets Berlioz brilliantly. However, the chorus did go flat half way through the Quarens Me movement....
I would have enjoyed this great performance more had it not been for the fact that RU-vid’s parent company, Alphagreed, inserts commercials every ten minutes, never between movements, but always in the middle of a stirring moment. I can understand that Greedabet must pay for the rights to post the video, so I’d be willing to endure an ad at the beginning, but enough is enough!
THOMAS MARTIN - Alphagreed is asking me $15.99 per month to end the annoyances. Isn’t that something like _extortion?_ I have no desire to contribute to the world’s richest company. In fact, I spend much of my screen time trying to evade their information gathering on me. I use DuckDuckGo for search and the Firefox Focus browser. For $192 a year, you could _buy_ a lot of CDs, DVDs and rentals. Many of the videos on YT turn out to be something I didn’t want or had no interest in, but clicked on in error. I should pay for that?
O RÉQUIEM DE BERLIOZ É UMA OBRA INCLASSIFICÁVEL. NESTA COMPOSIÇÃO, BERLIOZ JAMAIS PRIVILEGIOU O SENTIMENTO SACRO, MAS SIM, COLOCOU EM RELÊVO O EXAGERADO APARATO ORQUESTRAL COM TODO O SEU RUÍDO SINFÔNICO. OBRA TÍPICA DE UM ESPÍRITO PERTURBADO, AGNÓSTICO E SEM EQUILÍBRIO EM SUAS IDÉIAS MUSICAIS.
You go out there and conduct it yourself then. If only you knew the preperation and logistics of putting this on at all... it's actually a brilliant performance...
Each classical music video at RU-vid typically has a troll comment from some adolescent fellow (it’s always a guy) criticizing the performance by the world’s finest musicians, as if such sneering criticism somehow boosts the critic’s stature as some sort of supreme intellectual. Of course, if you then visit the critic’s channel, there is never anything there to demonstrate the critic’s own accomplishments.
Невероятно изпълнение на невероятен музикален шедьовър- разтърсващ, извисяващ-това е трансцедентално!!!Благодаря за този много обичан от мен Реквием.Дълбок поклон!!! Академик Валентин Бобевски...
