Mozart Requiem Rex Tremendae (Karajan)

[Krapenhoeffer]

My protestant friends don't understand why Catholic Masses often have horrifying sounding movements such as this. I ask them what part of, "O King, O King of awful and terrible majesty," they don't understand. The very concept of God is supposed to be horrifying; it is horrifying. It is not supposed to be a comforting idea. The Good News of Christianity is that this terrifying entity happens to *like* us.

[spikeyhead9]

thanks for uploading... i like this song

[Glossatore]

Rex tremendae maiestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me fons pietatis...

[MrPanormus]

fantastico



[TheBast51]

On la a chanter --'

[BigJewOnFIre]

@autumntree2011 you sound like hitler

[luigi1989100]

superhuman music

[natoPAC]

sin palabras

[BINGFRYSRDUN]

Never before has even a chorus of angels created such beauty. The very fate of existence hangs in the balance, illustrated by this illustrious piece.

[BigJewOnFIre]

@BINGFRYSRDUN you're a retard

[BINGFRYSRDUN]

@BigJewOnFIre Not my fault ur name is bigjewonfire.

[wookeye]

REEEEEX

[Armando1735]

Humano, demasiado humano.

[laurasvids333]

the zombie song. duh dun duh dun duh unnnn... BRAAAAIINNNSSS

[vilxan]

@laurasvids333 Haha :D I wish I was making a film that included zombies now, I've got the soundtrack sorted XD

[msrociochan]

yo creci escuchando esta misma version, aun me emociona, y aunque no soy creyente, la magia de esta musica cala en lo profundo de mi corazon.

[DSmolievskaya]

King of tremendous majesty,

who freely saves those worthy ones,

save me, source of mercy.

[foerster]

Mozart+Karajan. Quando le grandezze si incontrano.

[sgrleoleoleo77]

meraviglioso

[LizzyBBYCakez]

love it.

idk why thow, but its awesome.

[cowbertnet]

there is major clipping, did the OP run this through a pre-amp before re-encoding it or something to screw up the dynamic range or something? only reason why I had to hit dislike :|

[churcillcrocodile]

I know Gardiner and Marriner, and while being much more respectful of the original and technically correct they sound less powerful and forceful.

This piece is technically awful, no debates (the choir!). Why do we like it? I guess we are people with no musical education, and judge this piece from other parameters than technique. I think this version is kind of more "appropriate" to express that epic and terrible scene that is the Apocalypse. Conceptually good, philologically horrible. Full stop.

[georgefrazier1967]

@churcillcrocodile 2 years ago: "This is the best version in my opinion." And "...absolutely majestic and striking." And

" The second part is beautiful as well: the prayer." @churcillcrocodile 3 months ago: "This piece is technically awful, no debates (the choir!). Why do we like it? I guess we are people with no musical education, and judge this piece from other parameters than technique." What happen church? Did Karajan fall out of the favor of the snobs at The Classical Review?

[churcillcrocodile]

@georgefrazier1967 This is less adherent than others. Nonetheless, it is better. It sounds better. It recreates the nightmarish Judge better than versions with faster (or even slower) tempo. It's like the Celibidache's version of Verdi's Requiem. They may be less adherent to how the piece originally sounded, but they bring the message in the most powerful of ways. It was the answer to all those who were ranting "oooo this is so uncorrect!", which you can well find in previous pages.

[TheBlueelectric]

I'm going to play qith the viola this Requiem :DD

[TheViolaMaestro]

I'm an atheist, and I love mozart's Requiem with all my soul.

[usuqamadiq]

@TheViolaMaestro

All your what? ;)

[m3xsi0n]

@TheViolaMaestro I thought Atheist believed that they dont have souls? O_o

[SAPI3NS]

Those "Rex!" do more for Christianity than any old saint. Chilling.

[Heshadras]

FANTASTICO MOZART

Rex tremendae majestatis

qui salvandos salvas gratis,

salva me fons pietatis!

[villy1780]

ma per scaricare come faccio

[ippilotto]

molto schifoso

[gfilch13]

@ippilotto

Perche? cosa ce di brutto qui?

[gfilch13]

@ippilotto

cosa ce qui di brutto? sei pazzo?

[ippilotto]

molto schifoso

[ippilotto]

@ippilotto e' MERAVIGLIOSO caro mio , io lo ballo al saggio

[valoroso82]

I just don't understand why forte and later fortissimo on rex aren't respected properly; on the other hand piano on salva me is very good.

[OliveCarr]

Best 2 minutes and 30 seconds of my life

[valoroso82]

I'll add that Bernstein with the Bayerischen Rundfunks it's the insuperated version.

[andrewalyacoub]

yes this is realy brilliant

[voilierp]

Tous les poils qui se dressent à chaque écoute... Quelle puissance !

[ziafumina]

La migliore versione in assoluto. Immortale.

[marcelosobra]

karajan is best

[valoroso82]

Tempo is too slow and chorus is not "powerful" on rex. Bad in my opinion.

[ubmk1]

@valoroso82 actually this one is very loyal to the original music sheet and vocally this tempo is harder on the singers

so it really shows the vocal quality

[valoroso82]

@ubmk1 I think that the best interpretation of this sequence is the way the chorus say "rex" and "salva me" where the majesty of God compared to the mortality of human is shown.

[MARTINKUK1]

It is slower but it helps to concentrate on every moment of this glorious piece of music. I can't believe that such a genius as Mozart was died so early and in such an obscurity

[seeriktus]

@MARTINKUK1

Just in time for him to not become undervalued, quality not quantity.

[escobar777100]

OUTSTANDING! KING OF AWFUL MAJESTY AMAZING LYRICS.

[escobar777100]

OUTSTANDING!

[ramirodespagne]

le jour ou je rendrais l'ame a Dieu, je me ferais bruler sur ce chef d'oeuvre!!!

[jazzdanijazz]

Brillante la orquesta de Karajan! Mozart, que genio!!!!!!

[Mr80bambino]

acojonantemente hermoso

[xxxRaKixxx]

i got shivers down my spine listening to this.... just epic....

RIP Karajan

[tigre1carracedo]

gracias mozart por todo lo que aportastes al mundo.- cuanta belleza escuchada una y otra vez,cuanta emoción .-

[tigre1carracedo]

gracias mozart por todo lo que aportastes al mundo.- cuanta belleza escuchada una y otra vez,cuanta emoción .-los humanos no somos tan detestables .-

[FernandoRici]

Karajan version is best

[newyorkman95]

@FernandoRici its too slow but still good

[haggardband]

Definitely the best version. Karajan conducted this unbelievable piece of art in a slow and majestic way. And also the "salva me" is interpretated in a way I never heard before. My deepest respect.

[outletaj]

1:08 just perfect

[imthethriller]

slower is better

[DEC0RAX0]

TOO SLOW!

[NatteGuilty]

@DEC0RAX0 Then fuck off. best eva.



[DEC0RAX0]

@NatteGuilty

Well obviously that was an inspired response. But seriously, the tempo of this rendition sucks all the feeling out of it, not to mention the poor levels. Mozart would probably be vaguely amused by his work in such a form.

[NatteGuilty]

@DEC0RAX0 1st, I tell you...we don't know shit about Mozart's technical thinking, and for me, it's a kinda Wien-style performance. /Do not forget, its conductor is Karajan.../ Will you tell me more information about "the poor levels"? I simply don't get it. ^_^

[StevenShields29]

Yep, still a dreadful reading. Blecch. Orchestra conductors should have people who understand choirs prepare the choirs for them.

[gh103]

@StevenShields29 It's not the choir or Karajans fault you muppet....it's the sound engineer!! They have been dreadfully miked, that's why they sound so brittle in comparison to the orchestra.

[StevenShields29]

@gh103 You seem to know nothing about choirs. There is a difference between a good choir miked poorly and a poor choir miked poorly. This choir may be miked well or poorly, I just don't care for the tone quality--and lack of blend.

[davlor86]

this my favourite requiem part

[madmedestael]

rex tremendae majestatis qui salvando salvas gratis , salva me fons pietas..

me too think the best interpretation is this, i think von karajan had infused in the core and orchestra all pwerfull of his conduzione...great

[StevenShields29]

This is a truly shitty performance. Someone commented on a Gardiner recording post that we should listen to Karajan if we wanted a laugh. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. What a pathetic atrocity von Karajan makes of this piece!

[Cancrizans]

@StevenShields29 take your 18th century reproduction violin out of your ass, the Gardiner version is amazing, and so is this. It is sad how some people have lost their ears by listening to academic discourses over proper performance technique instead of music in general. I can guarantee that if you ask Gardiner his opinion, he may tell you that he prefers to interpret this or that a different way, but he'd never be as ignorant as to imagine that Karajan didn't do his most sincere.

[StevenShields29]

@Cancrizans What an appropriate name! Crabs are known for not only their nastiness small brains as well! If you look through my comments, I do not mention criticism of modern instruments. I am not a period-instrument freak, so your first comment merely displays your knee-jerk reaction and complete lack of thought. I'm sure Karajan put his utmost into every one of his performances. Note, I merely state that the choir, a VERY different thing from an orchestra, sounds horrid. You are a fool. 

[narguileur]

This song make me remember that the music has been art. I don't understand why today people listen to bullshits... Where is the real music ??? Thanks Mozart, what power in this tragedic song, it's simply wonderfull.

[tommyIglesias]

too slow for my taste

karajan = Beethoven, not mozart

Bhom = Mozart

[Ryuorly]

Yes, it's too slow

[aristosconstante]

"The literature of religious experience abounds in references to the pains and terrors overwhelming those who have come, too suddenly, face to face with some manifestation of the mysterium tremendum. In theological language, this fear is due to the in-compatibility between man's egotism and the divine purity, between man's self-aggravated separateness and the infinity of God."

R. Otto

[Paszuly77]

This piece gives me goosebumps. Such a masterpiece! Mozart is one and only...

[churcillcrocodile]

This is the best version in my opinion. Slower than others, and, probably thanks to that, absolutely majestic and striking (remember, it's a Rex Tremendae Majestatis deciding the fate of the universe ). The second part is beautiful as well: the prayer ("salva me, fons pietatis!" ) is almost whispered, merely an impotent pleading to a Judge whose decision is inquestionable. Atheists, Catholics, everyone, admire how human mind, godly inspired or not, can create such beauty.

[ecorobo]

great comment

[Paconator]

In my opinion, the best version is directed by Karl Böhm. A bit slower than this, but much more greater.

[StevenShields29]

@churcillcrocodile Are you fucking kidding?! Are we listening to the same recording? Do you like the sound that comes out of the choir (notice, I didn't say 'music') even on the first note?!

[Romansteel13]

@churcillcrocodile

I will concede the fact that Karajan's rendition is only second to Mozart's own. I agree that Atheists and Religious-folk should just agree on the fact that some of the most talented people in history were driven by godly influence.

[Cancrizans]

@churcillcrocodile beautifully said, brought a tear.

[skellez83]

@churcillcrocodile sadly...the Earth will become a burned rock in a cold and empty space...for how long will we remember this music?

[psicoflash]

@churcillcrocodile

I agree with you. This is the best version ever. Karajan with Mozart is the perfect combination.

[creamie123]

@churcillcrocodile Slower than others, probably thanks to that, absolutely striking and majestic. The second part is beautiful as well: merely an impotent pleading to a Judge whose decision is inquestionable can describe the prayer ("salva me, fons pietatis!" ). Catholics, Atheists and everyone can admire how the mind, inspired by god or not, can create such beauty (remember, it's a Rex Tremendae Majestatis having decided the fate of the universe).

[Dodo251]

@churcillcrocodile Too slow for standards of classicism. Marriner and Gardiner nailed it, Karajan should stay away from Mozart.

[supercaraged]

@churcillcrocodile the best version is the ace combat 4 version :D

[shinyray01]

@supercaraged I totally agree with you there. Mobius 1, Ace of all Aces.

[fridadeluca]

@churcillcrocodile

secondo me solo karajan è capace di interpretare nel modo perfetto il requiem di Mozart... complimenti!

[varfordogjesus]

Mozart is a miracle!! Just look at the fact that he produced 626 known works (first one at the age of 8!!!) under a life time of 35 years. At seven years he could play any piece whatsoever from the notesheet. Amadeus means "loved by God". He was indeed, cos his music is divine and salvation. "Mozart is the Christ of music" - Pjotr Tjajkovskij

[KungVanargand]

Nothing can truly describe this overwhelming masterpiece! Feels like a floating wave of emotion that gently overwhelms you with its tremendous energy. Wonderfull! And with that certain taste of dramatic tragedy that follows Mozarts Requiem. He realy must have had an amazing mind that he partialy tried to unlock with his music.

[gesichtsmoped]

Herbert und Wolfgang.....Um wie viel schöner wird der Himmel jetzt mit beiden sein .

[AnarchistInTheUK]

well rock me amadeus O___O!!!!

[carlosaint666]

the best played requiem mozart is from herbert von karajan, all ways

[PurpleHazeGoofyGrape]

Very Awesome, Original rock n roll ! lol.

Luv this vid/music!!!! thx

[TheColoradoan]

I love the implacable feel of this rendition. Not too fast, but still intimidating, awe inspiring and reverent.

[pomponi0]

For this particular piece i prefer a faster tempo but you're right.

I'd wish Mozart hadn't died so young...

[lopillasotravez]

Los pelos de punta. El mejor Requiem de Mozart, el de Karajan

[WizardofBosphorus]

L'oeuvre de Mozart est Majestueuse, Von Karajan est le Grand Maitre..

[alfiku]

:O!

[CristoeslaPiedra]

Rex tremendae majestatis

qui salvando salvas gratis

salvame fons pietatis

Rey de grande majestad

que salvando salvas gratis

salvame, fuente de piedad

Great Majesty King

that saving you save for free

save me, source of mercy

[ckeledjian]

Perfect tempo

[Mandy2403]

Ufffff!!!! Magistral

[HK1367]

brilliant!