Bach - Bereite dich Zion

[majortom51970]

Probably my favourite recording of this! Excellent!

[Christoph251188]

Die letzten drei absteigenden Töne einfach abgeschnitten... So ists keine runde Sache, tststs...

[artois54]

Wie sieht die Schlampe denn aus???

[MrQUEBONITO]

@artois54

besser als du !

[engelbertschoormans]

Ist das nicht eher von der Matthäus Passion...?!!!

[MrQUEBONITO]

@engelbertschoormans

du scheinst das mit dem Radetzky Marsch zu verwechseln

[toushiroufreak]

Wonderfull song :) Have to learn it till christmas.... hope it'll go well :)

[ADIPURB]

Because the recording was inside a room, some echoic sounds gave a drawback. Anyway the song and the singer's voice are excellent.

[AprilDimmick]

Such a beautiful performance! I'm learning this piece for an audition, so I've played this video about 30+ times now and counting. (:

[quagapp]

"oh mann leute, was soll der mist über israel und palästina? hier gehts im bach und um ein wunderbares werk, eure diskussion hat unter dem video überhaupt gar nix verloren. konzentriert euch lieber auf die musik und cillt mal ,geht echt gut mit dem stück" Humans, despite Bach and our (fond?) belief in our "highness" of our "progress" seem always to bicker! Palestinians and Israelis could well both love to hear this music...

[bobo678100]

But the best performance on youtube offers Britta Westerholt I think

[mswalnut11]

@bobo678100: I totally agree with you and hope those who are still searching for their favorite version will find chance to listen to Britta Westerholt's and that they will find it as delightful as I have.

[tristan01101]

Nice wife beater dress....

[sophelet]

Wonderful performance! The singer is spectacular, and the instrumental ensemble is fabulous. I must agree with another commenter, though--it is quite awful that this video omits the final two chords!!!

[everl0l]

love the japanese sub

[HerrWarja]

Why cut out the final chord in this nice aria?

[capucina1]

très belle voix

[omoetamo]

Kirchschlager?

[Looksandmake]

Perfect *-*

[23peteful]

Bereite dich Zion - auf Deinen Untergang vor !

[fcsp1910fabi]

@23peteful

Antisemit!

[diabolico5]

Lovely music

[6134447]

In this interpretation Bach is Angelika & Angelika is Bach!

[2226ed]

Angelika, der schonste , der liebste, der beste

[barasz84]

wonderful:)

[Ghyglenz]

Sublime autant que j'aime !

[irfrapg]

gorgeous, gorgeous and even more gorgeous. I am totally in love with this.

[straumeeee]

обалденно!!!tanto libera!!bravissima!!!

[lenchenXOXO]

Ich habs gestern abend erst wieder gehört..:) wundervoll..

[voldemeert]

Ich mag normalerweise diese Art von Musik nicht aber dieses Lied gefällt mir ungemein und meine Mutter versucht es letzter zeit immer wieder zu singen doch es hakt etwas.

[CryingChamber]

Das ganze Video ist so wunder, wunderschön.

[XXZZ2244]

+++

[jmfaure4]

Tes aussi d'ouzouer?

[steph411000]

elle est bien bah boffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

je suis obligée de l'écouter pour la musique :( mais c bien d'écouter d'autre langes que l'anglais et l'espagnol :)

[quagapp]

Her dress seems good - she seems to to have natural dignity and quite some beauty. She sings beautifully.

[loredinusa]

Caballe described once how... before a performance, she found her dress all fringed. There she was in her dressing room, with no dress. I dont' remember what she did next.

[loredinusa]

She is a very good singer, but couldn't she put on a more apropriate dress?

[hereyescio]

what are you, a fashion designer??

[loredinusa]

Oh, no sir. I am not, but they teach us in the Conservatories how to dress for stage.And not only this, but if I am to enter a Catholic church, I am asked to cover my shoulders. And no, I am not muslim :)

But as I said, she is a very very nice singer!! Learning how to sing as she does is far more difficult than learning how to dress for different occasions.Maybesomehting happened to the ment to be dress , and she had to get one on the spot...it happens.

[jpstenino]

loredinusa .. perhaps you should stop eating prunes...it seems they are affecting your mental state.

[sophelet]

@loredinusa Hello. I understand your point about dressing modestly in churches. However, there is nothing risque about how she is dressing, and it does not distract from her wonderful performance. By the way, this might be a Lutheran church with no such requirements for dress.

[floydrharper]

Wonderful music!

[Ebersheim88]

oh mann leute, was soll der mist über israel und palästina? hier gehts im bach und um ein wunderbares werk, eure diskussion hat unter dem video überhaupt gar nix verloren. konzentriert euch lieber auf die musik und cillt mal ,geht echt gut mit dem stück

[LaFeeVerte1209]

Good and clear, though I am sorry she cut the phrase starting at 3.07, to hear that sung in one can be truly amazing.

[petzi200]

Thats really Pop Music. Thanks Johann.

[ichmalealsobinich]

Hhmm, die Kirchschläger klingt hier stellenweise wirklich wie ne Popsängerin. Zumindest deren Stimme. Sauberes Alt ist das nicht.

[atut5]

zu stratec ,wo ist dein beweis ,dass palästina den israelis gehört .wo steht das geschrieben ? palästina hat den arabern immer gehört und nicht den juden aus aller welt seit 60 jahren .mit welchem recht kommt ein russe oder tchesche dahin und sagt das ist mein haus .was würdeset du sagen ,wenn die türken hierher kommen und sagen deutschland ist unser land ,da wirst du ausflippen oder ?

[stratect]

Zu atut5. Nein, weil die turken haben nie etwas zu tuhn gehabt in Deutschland, niemals. Es ist kein Vergleich, Unsinn...fanatischen Araber sind die Feinde der Menscheit! wirklich, Hat angefangen mit Ischmael...vor langer Zeit(?) Aber was hat das alles zu tun mit Bach????

[framaulo]

Bach = shivers

[atut5]

breite dich zion mit den zionisten,den israelis ,die palästina geklaut haben und jetzt bombardiern im Namen Gottes .die Israelis (die Zionisten sind wahrlich die Feinde der Menschheit .

[josevdwal58]

Wow, a German who dares to criticize Israel!

[stratect]

Keiner hat Palaestina geklaut. Das Land gehoert Ihnen und nicht den Araber! Sie bombardieren in Name der Gerechtigkeit!!!

[nemoneminis44]

Ihr strunzdoofen Dummschwätzer. Genießt die Musik und erspart uns euer dümmliches Geschwätz. Als ob es Bach um das für und wider des Zionismus gegangen wäre! Lächerlich!

[nemoneminis44]

Soli deo gratia!

[saturne46]

Angelika Kirschschlager est merveilleuse dans cet oratorio. Sa voix s'allie à la perfection à sa gestuelle légèrement sensuelle. Bravo et merci

[archiecat989]

What is the name of the singer?, please.

[cptnunderwhere]

Angelika Kirchschlager, under info.

[cptnunderwhere]

Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben,

Make yourself ready, Zion,with tender desires

Den Schönsten, den Liebsten bald bei dir zu sehn!

to see with you soon him who is most beautiful, most dear!

Deine Wangen

Your cheeks

Müssen heut viel schöner prangen,

must today befar more beautifully resplendent,

Eile, den Bräutigam sehnlichst zu lieben!

hasten, to love your bridegroom with the greatest longing!

[BPanther]

Thank you for Sharing !

[lovinglollipops]

my dad listens to this every sunday

the song is ok but when you hear it EVERY sunday you gonna hate it.

[bubblykings]

I wouldn't hate it... I never get bored of Bach.

[keinmensch90]

i can understand both of you =]

[thinkingsnotillegal]

i had to sing this for Bel Canto choir 08. It was a piano accompaniment tho... not actually hard to learn even if u mainly speak english

[gaunilo1]

Sehr schöner Gesang - aber welcher Vollidiot hat das Video so geschnitten, dass die letzten 3 Sekunden Musik fehlen? Einfach stümperhaft und ärgerlich. *kopfschüttel*

[la200o]

ausgezeichnet! fehlerlos!

[eboli2805]

warum ist die Frau so bekannt?????

die kann nicht singen- so singt jeder Student auf der Hocschule...

wo ist die STimme????

[Corlagon2]

XD wie kann man nur so einen schrott reden

[Anika21889]

^^ wie kann man, wenn man keine ahnung hat so einen mist schreiben??? glaubst du wirklich sie wäre bekannt, wenn sie nicht singen könnte? ich glaube das lassen wir lieber die experten entscheiden...

[Dalexa26]

maybe she just woke up and was late, even more impressive imo :)

[jamesphiliplyons]

I'm playing this for my final woodwind test. It's on a clarinet, though.

[i12chim]

Wunderschön, einfach wunderschön! DANKE JESUS, dass DU Musik erschaffen hast! :-)

[Corlagon2]

jesus haha

[Gigglingatagas]

Amazing; she sounds terrific (even if girlfriend needs a stylist, in my opinion).

[contessabrilliante]

l.o.l. My sentiments, exactly!

Her dress should match the caliber of the orchestra AND the music (her voice included).

[goranvu]

How inappropriate to sing Bach in such a dress. You can see in her manners she has no clue what she is singing about. Good singing, though.

[OleAdrian]

It's inappropriate only because you think so, I find nothing inappropiate about it. Nothing says that you can't sing bach unless you wear a hijab. Open your eyes to the world.

[hacbeograd]

Ok, I will be direct here... her dress (open shoulders) is sexy, and her movements are as if she sings about lost love. However, the music is to draw the listener's attention to other things which, may now be disrupted by her kind of erotically aggresive style.

[OleAdrian]

Well, I don't see it as sexy, and her movements does not look as she was singing about lost love in my opinion. I would guess that you take it to be that because you are expecting perfomers of Bach to be dressed "properly". And, if you find this style to be erotically aggresive I would recommend you to see some present day musicvideos. This is nothing.

[laughsingdance]

Awesome Vid....thanks....Does anyone know where this was filmed?

[Mimameior]

Beautiful singing by Kirchschlager. In response to a few earlier posts, I would say this: the question of 'Greatest Composer' is unanswerable, but it is certainly true that Bach and Mozart were among the greatest composers, and both of them had a wonderful knack of writing for the human voice so that it sounds completely natural and effortless.

[Griwhoolda]

She is my favorite mezzo singing today. Thanks for posting this!

[heidelberg1980]

wundervoll!!!!

[Mashadorman]

thank you very much. She's great. I've been on her concert on the 5 of december.

[buxtehude07]

Fantastisk musik! Jag håller på att studera in continuoorgel-stämman till Juloratoriet. Tragglar fortfarande med "Jauchzet, frohlocket". Längtar tills jag kommer till den här arian. Soli Deo Gloria!

[scatterbrainedfloozy]

this is practically a lovesong.

[Corlagon1]

adorable part from 2:49 to 3:17

[Corlagon1]

<3<3 I just love it :))

[olympia024]

Preciosa aria, preciosa voz, maravilloso, gracias por colgar este video.

[stafford4797]

the greatest german composer.

[trevino1946]

if not the greatest composer...

[stafford4797]

yes,

bach is with mozart the greatest compsoer in the world.

[trevino1946]

I couldn't disagree with you there. Actually though I don't like stating that one composer is better than another as at the end of the day it's down to personal preference. There are many great composers but I would say, Bach and Mozart would rank as two of the truly greatest composers that ever lived.

[stafford4797]

fantastic

[jpstenino]

fantastic orchestra superb soloist. who are they, who is she, where are they performing ....and what pitch are they playing in? bio info CD's available?

[mariandelochs]

From the video titles (looks like a program aired on Japanese TV), it's mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager singing a piece from JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio, with the Freiburger Barokorchester. No info on date (maybe early-mid-90s?) and availability on CD - you might want to do a web search for that.

[mariandelochs]

Just found out that this excerpt from the Christmas Oratorio of J. S. Bach is included in Kirchschlager's "Bach Arias" CD.