I've just started listening to Brahms... if I knew what I was missing...! This is absolutely beautiful. So haunting... this is now my favorite requiem after Verdi's
The recording process here is seriously flawed....truly terrible distortions...the 'Reqiem' is a fantasitc & beautiful work and this recording does no justice to what it should really sound like. However, the live performance was probably very good....I just can't hear that here.
I had the honor of singing this under Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and chorus back in the early '90's -- an experience I will never forget. Check out the performace of the ASOC with the Berlin Philharmonic in this piece. It's on the Berlin Phil's "Digital Concert Hall" site. It's a pay site, but the performance is stunning -- definitely worth a couple of bucks.
Thank you Johannes Brahms for this masterpiece. I love live music, it is so vulnerable. Good work from All the musicians. I make no differenties between the singers, soloists, orchestra musicians and conductor. They just have given me a lot of . pleasure. Tank You.
The first line, I believe, is 'you shall be comforted"--Brahms didn't go for all the terror and damnation of other Requiems--that's why his is the best (among other reasons).
I don't know if I completely agree with you there. The second movement "Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" basically is about how human flesh and all our human magnificence is like grass that will eventually wilt away, the flowers fall off. Those seem like pretty standard requiem lyrics. Of course, it's also just plain AWESOME. 13:40 when the choir steps in with that line is just amazing.
It was my priveledge to sing in this immortal, comforting work at UW--Milwaukee in the early 80's. I'll never forget it--to take responsibility for singing everything as good as you can--being part of something great. I still can sing certain sections of it--
Theres an example of what art and music its all about. Heavenly conected, a pursuit for human condition. One of the humblest composers ever. And this orquestra does a very good job on beeing faithful to his concept!
Quality so bad. Not enjoyable when listening to it loud, when I listen to it quiet i miss half the beauty. Not really worth the hour imo, in better quality sure but like this it just hurts my ears :(.
There are a number of pitch problems for the chorus for many of the movements, which is extremely unfortunate. Brahms wrote such beautiful melodies that didn't require a terribly virtuosic sense of pitch, but can pretty easily be distorted by the occasional off pitch note.
I will be performing Brahms' Requeim at Carnegie Hall on Memorial Day (5/30/11)! Anyone in the NY/NJ/CT/PA area who loves this piece should come and enjoy it! I'm also on the Teldec recording of Westminster Symphonic Choir's 1995 performance of this at Lincoln Center with Kurt Masur conducting us and the New York Philharmonic..search for it on Amazon..it has been lauded as one of the best, if not THE best recording/performance of Brahms' Requiem, I'm elated to have just discovered! Cheers!
@LaineyTsang That's so cool! Hope your performance went well! I just performed the Brahms Requiem, too (but at a local church - NOT at Carnegie Hall! - as a 1st violinist.) However, I DID perform at Carnegie Hall in December, 2010, and will be back there again in December, 2011, as part Tim Janis' Orchestra. Would love to do Brahms or Mozart or Beethoven (or any classical composer!) there, someday, too!
@Elainelps0421 Hi Elaine!! That's my name too! Congrats on your Carneige gigs! I will be back there again as well..not sure when and what we'll be doing, but the choir director who invited me to perform this past Mon is an old friend and fellow Westminster Choir College almnus, and he told me he will be asking me to join his choir again at Carnegie in the future. He does a lot of work there. Who knows..we may end up performing there together! Do you live in the NYC area?
@LaineyTsang Hi, Elaine! (Nice name :) ) Hey, maybe you'll sing with Tim Janis...he had a choir in addition to the orchestra, so I am sure there will be another one. I think the performance is December 2. Actually, I was born in NJ and have lived in suburban Philadelphia since age 10. I teach public school orchestra and perform in the area. I also love to sing! I sang for 13 years...from grade 5 through grad school! Best of luck with your Carnegie Hall gigs, and all of your gigs, too!
I am also grateful for this full performance. I bought the CD of Klemperer, one of the Bibles of the Requiem, but there's nothing like watching a live performance, especially for us violinists, who like to watch bowings, etc., in addtion to getting an idea of how our parts sound when they are not as audibly obvious in a recording.
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I am sorry but I gave these artists a try and while you fanatics may be in love with them, I cannot enjoy full masterpieces such as these. Any song over 20 minutes is just unbearable These works of art are put together to tell stories without the use of visual images, allowing your minds' eye to formulate the movie; we as a modern society CANNOT popularize this as it takes far too long. We have things to do, not enough time to do something such as this, therefore, this will not get credited.
@Kugrox I understand what you're saying and you're right about the storytelling at a time when there was no visual media outside of stage plays. That said... your comment about modern society doesn't make sense. People sit in a dark theater for three hours watching movies that, let's face it, are often substandard in the storytelling department. As for me, I've sought out this video because my chorus is going to sing it. I'm not overly familiar with Brahms or this movement.
@Kugrox if I may give a suggestion, music like this was never intended to make you "see a story" in your mind. for some reason our society, I will use your term, wants to think this. Music is all about the emotional experience. If someone says that a particular song makes them see marshmellows roasting over a camp-fire, then they are probably full of it. hopefully this lecture I just gave (apologies) will enlighten you and perhaps open new doors for you like it has so many others in the past
@chrispharis1 Well, some music is program music and meant to tell a story, like Peter and the Wolf or even Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, but not all music. What music means to each of us if different and personal. Some composers would disagree with your assessment that even some music is an emotional experience, as that is not why they wrote it at all. But, again, how each of us choose to interpret any music is highly personal and interpretations cannot fairly be judged by anyone else.
@Kugrox Your assessment of this performance fuels my concerns for today's generation - a generation of impatience and a demand for instant gratification brought on by the onslaught of technology which allows a lazy society to grow lazier with the click of a link. It takes intelligence and depth to appreciate music such as this, not just room in one's schedule. This music has withstood the test of time. It needs no approval from anyone, and it will outlive anyone from the Me Generation.
So because this song is more complex than anything Justin Bieber, The Jonas Brothers, or Miley Cyrus could ever dream of singing, it isn't worth listening to? What a sad state today's generation is in.
Although probably is not a best performance yet sincere heart of the players are felt. Ein Deutsche Requiem, was said to be written by Brahms in memory for his mother. It is a great gift that he left for German folks ( I'm not German by the way ) so that the Requiem can be understood in their mother tongue. Unlike the great Mozart's REQUIEM sang in latin with awesome atmosphere, this work is full of domestic warmth which is Brahms' familiar signature. A VERY TOUCHING MUSIC, A MASTERPIECE.
is so difficult coral music. Shows that the tenors are running in the escape but the sopranos help correct the pulse. Although in various parts of the work, the pulse is not homogeneous, because they do not see the director, so you hear muddy. It is a good attempt.
It is a great piece of music - but the quality of the recording is so bad - it is like eating a fine exquisite meal out of a paper plate from McDonalds!
Horribly recorded. There is so much distortion on the choir's crescendos mostly from the Soprano section who weren't equilized correctly or something. Maybe even a misplacement of the microphone. This isn't very good when compared to the Carmina Burana or even Verdi: Requiem.
im playing this at my high school concert this week and i am so excited. The choir is great and the music is so difficult. I play violin. Its interesting how the entire first movement has no violin part, just viola. I never herd of that. Well i am super excited.. thanks for posting.
All that information is listed in the credits that run before the piece begins. If you want to know the names of people in the production I suggest looking at the credits at the end of the production.
Took me a long time to find some 'full works' sites on You Tube, but your concerts, and those of North West, which I've discovered so far, provide hours of pleasure, for which much thanks
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the orchestra is fantastic! the choir is slightly flat though...throughout much of the opening...
phantomfn8 3 days ago
this Requiem has something weird... As brahms wasn't Catholic, he made a twisted version of the Requiem. that's why it's so wonderfull.
Glocnor 1 week ago
UC sucks.
whenitknocks 2 weeks ago
@whenitknocks Do you think anyone really cares about what you have to say?
reykjavik8866 1 week ago 3
I've just started listening to Brahms... if I knew what I was missing...! This is absolutely beautiful. So haunting... this is now my favorite requiem after Verdi's
brawrnie 3 weeks ago
some really good stuff here
bribribri56 3 weeks ago
congratulations to this young orchestra
seponvi 4 weeks ago
love the work here
MrJonkelp 1 month ago
forget this and listen klemperer
GA4N 1 month ago
The recording process here is seriously flawed....truly terrible distortions...the 'Reqiem' is a fantasitc & beautiful work and this recording does no justice to what it should really sound like. However, the live performance was probably very good....I just can't hear that here.
UkeOne 1 month ago 2
sorry, i had to dislike this ugly singing... not that i hate brahms or anything
necrowizzard 1 month ago
BEAUTIFUL!!
Nganguenf 1 month ago
My song
goasmuch 1 month ago
Operation "Find Studying Music": Success!
witherspoon1995 1 month ago 2
for some is boring, for others amazing. beautiful!!
MetallicaJulio 2 months ago
Filled with enthusiasm !
I like this Requiem
AAarianeAA 2 months ago
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7catstied2gether 2 months ago
@VUO4E LOL a common mistake. You know how it is when your fingers type something different then what's on your mind.
goss525 2 months ago
@goss525 Than*
shenkeey 2 months ago
sound quality probably couldn'b be more awful :(
mikanio 2 months ago
So beautiful. This video makes my day :)
MrDayDreamer168 3 months ago
18:07 will ferrell ladies and gentlemen
TheBigsam75 3 months ago
@TheBigsam75 lol
daveheel 3 months ago
Back in college, did anyone get there "I made it through Ein Deutsche Requiem certificate."
goss525 3 months ago 2
@goss525 did anyone get THEIR '... and I won't make any remarks containing the words "college" - "certificate" and "spelling"
VUO4E 3 months ago
David Arnold's voice is so powerful!
712Stephen 4 months ago
Beautiful. Thank You.
whiteguycash 4 months ago
Yeah!! Youtube rules!!
ssbraga 4 months ago
Emouvant, stirring
menuires 4 months ago
¡¡¡MARAVILLOSÍSIMO!!!
Javier141145 4 months ago
15:21.. so fucking epic
xNEGROxDOMUSx 5 months ago 3
@xNEGROxDOMUSx my speakers couldn't take it.
punkypenguin321 4 months ago
Having sung (alto) in a performance of this astonishing work of art, I definitely applaud your wonderful rendition! Bravo bravissimo!
Hieran1436 5 months ago
Crazy ass ASIA on drums...Why? Verdi wants to slap the shit out of her now back to ASIA!-he's pissed.
lty2k84 5 months ago
I want this masterpiece at my Funeral.
VaishnavaZ 5 months ago
Love this, it knocks me to my knees!
mwhite0313 5 months ago
I had the honor of singing this under Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and chorus back in the early '90's -- an experience I will never forget. Check out the performace of the ASOC with the Berlin Philharmonic in this piece. It's on the Berlin Phil's "Digital Concert Hall" site. It's a pay site, but the performance is stunning -- definitely worth a couple of bucks.
Higgins2723 6 months ago
Sublime. Possibly the most goose-bump inducing choral piece ever.
gefnanroolz 6 months ago
Even we, the people ALIVE, are consoled by this requiem... Thank you very much.
automatic84a842 6 months ago
My high school took on Brahms Requiem and did a fantastic job, as well as this choir and orchestra. Beautiful!
erinlikestoPARTY 6 months ago
Thank you Johannes Brahms for this masterpiece. I love live music, it is so vulnerable. Good work from All the musicians. I make no differenties between the singers, soloists, orchestra musicians and conductor. They just have given me a lot of . pleasure. Tank You.
Ramakrishnademeester 6 months ago
The first line, I believe, is 'you shall be comforted"--Brahms didn't go for all the terror and damnation of other Requiems--that's why his is the best (among other reasons).
windstorm1000 6 months ago
@windstorm1000
I don't know if I completely agree with you there. The second movement "Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" basically is about how human flesh and all our human magnificence is like grass that will eventually wilt away, the flowers fall off. Those seem like pretty standard requiem lyrics. Of course, it's also just plain AWESOME. 13:40 when the choir steps in with that line is just amazing.
SoundNextDoor 5 months ago
It was my priveledge to sing in this immortal, comforting work at UW--Milwaukee in the early 80's. I'll never forget it--to take responsibility for singing everything as good as you can--being part of something great. I still can sing certain sections of it--
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Theres an example of what art and music its all about. Heavenly conected, a pursuit for human condition. One of the humblest composers ever. And this orquestra does a very good job on beeing faithful to his concept!
Jhandell83 8 months ago
this definitely needs re-uploading. at some parts the sound gets horribly distorted, and it can't be fully enjoyable...
vicanflo 8 months ago
Quality so bad. Not enjoyable when listening to it loud, when I listen to it quiet i miss half the beauty. Not really worth the hour imo, in better quality sure but like this it just hurts my ears :(.
HateTht 8 months ago
Thanks for getting me through my exams x
beanhands 9 months ago
Brahms is the best at making me cry...
oblifan132 10 months ago 3
Thank you U.C television for helping me get through overnight homework assignments =)
safewaysecurity 10 months ago 20
There are a number of pitch problems for the chorus for many of the movements, which is extremely unfortunate. Brahms wrote such beautiful melodies that didn't require a terribly virtuosic sense of pitch, but can pretty easily be distorted by the occasional off pitch note.
thedarknessrock125 10 months ago
Skip to the beginning: 1:46
Bulasz 10 months ago 42
I will be performing Brahms' Requeim at Carnegie Hall on Memorial Day (5/30/11)! Anyone in the NY/NJ/CT/PA area who loves this piece should come and enjoy it! I'm also on the Teldec recording of Westminster Symphonic Choir's 1995 performance of this at Lincoln Center with Kurt Masur conducting us and the New York Philharmonic..search for it on Amazon..it has been lauded as one of the best, if not THE best recording/performance of Brahms' Requiem, I'm elated to have just discovered! Cheers!
LaineyTsang 10 months ago
@LaineyTsang That's so cool! Hope your performance went well! I just performed the Brahms Requiem, too (but at a local church - NOT at Carnegie Hall! - as a 1st violinist.) However, I DID perform at Carnegie Hall in December, 2010, and will be back there again in December, 2011, as part Tim Janis' Orchestra. Would love to do Brahms or Mozart or Beethoven (or any classical composer!) there, someday, too!
Elainelps0421 9 months ago
@Elainelps0421 Hi Elaine!! That's my name too! Congrats on your Carneige gigs! I will be back there again as well..not sure when and what we'll be doing, but the choir director who invited me to perform this past Mon is an old friend and fellow Westminster Choir College almnus, and he told me he will be asking me to join his choir again at Carnegie in the future. He does a lot of work there. Who knows..we may end up performing there together! Do you live in the NYC area?
LaineyTsang 8 months ago
@LaineyTsang Hi, Elaine! (Nice name :) ) Hey, maybe you'll sing with Tim Janis...he had a choir in addition to the orchestra, so I am sure there will be another one. I think the performance is December 2. Actually, I was born in NJ and have lived in suburban Philadelphia since age 10. I teach public school orchestra and perform in the area. I also love to sing! I sang for 13 years...from grade 5 through grad school! Best of luck with your Carnegie Hall gigs, and all of your gigs, too!
Elainelps0421 8 months ago
I am also grateful for this full performance. I bought the CD of Klemperer, one of the Bibles of the Requiem, but there's nothing like watching a live performance, especially for us violinists, who like to watch bowings, etc., in addtion to getting an idea of how our parts sound when they are not as audibly obvious in a recording.
Elainelps0421 10 months ago
Beautiful presentation and congratulations performace maestro..........
Rosmai07 10 months ago
Brahms must haved loved his dear mother a whole lot......what a epic tribute to her this music.........
hemnetjer 11 months ago
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I am sorry but I gave these artists a try and while you fanatics may be in love with them, I cannot enjoy full masterpieces such as these. Any song over 20 minutes is just unbearable These works of art are put together to tell stories without the use of visual images, allowing your minds' eye to formulate the movie; we as a modern society CANNOT popularize this as it takes far too long. We have things to do, not enough time to do something such as this, therefore, this will not get credited.
Kugrox 11 months ago
@Kugrox I understand what you're saying and you're right about the storytelling at a time when there was no visual media outside of stage plays. That said... your comment about modern society doesn't make sense. People sit in a dark theater for three hours watching movies that, let's face it, are often substandard in the storytelling department. As for me, I've sought out this video because my chorus is going to sing it. I'm not overly familiar with Brahms or this movement.
justmissjulie 11 months ago
@Kugrox Maybe this describes you, but our symphony's audience would prove otherwise.
amesville 11 months ago
@Kugrox if I may give a suggestion, music like this was never intended to make you "see a story" in your mind. for some reason our society, I will use your term, wants to think this. Music is all about the emotional experience. If someone says that a particular song makes them see marshmellows roasting over a camp-fire, then they are probably full of it. hopefully this lecture I just gave (apologies) will enlighten you and perhaps open new doors for you like it has so many others in the past
chrispharis1 11 months ago
@chrispharis1 Well, some music is program music and meant to tell a story, like Peter and the Wolf or even Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, but not all music. What music means to each of us if different and personal. Some composers would disagree with your assessment that even some music is an emotional experience, as that is not why they wrote it at all. But, again, how each of us choose to interpret any music is highly personal and interpretations cannot fairly be judged by anyone else.
Elainelps0421 10 months ago
@Kugrox Your assessment of this performance fuels my concerns for today's generation - a generation of impatience and a demand for instant gratification brought on by the onslaught of technology which allows a lazy society to grow lazier with the click of a link. It takes intelligence and depth to appreciate music such as this, not just room in one's schedule. This music has withstood the test of time. It needs no approval from anyone, and it will outlive anyone from the Me Generation.
Elainelps0421 10 months ago 3
@Kugrox
So because this song is more complex than anything Justin Bieber, The Jonas Brothers, or Miley Cyrus could ever dream of singing, it isn't worth listening to? What a sad state today's generation is in.
ThePurplebabe10 10 months ago
@ThePurplebabe10 thats a lie. i am in today's generation and i thoroughly enjoy this music
Aiel2805 10 months ago
@ThePurplebabe10
Your ignorance is overwhelming.
mangacrazy07 9 months ago
@Kugrox you, sir, fail.
jim4pam 10 months ago
Great Performance, substandard sound.
franciscolopezus 1 year ago
This song always makes me pop a woody
loganbutler16 1 year ago 3
FELICITACIONES A YOUTUBE POR DARLE TANTA PIORIDAD AL ARTE!!!
lespaulred 1 year ago 2
Oh gosh, the things music can do...
Pevensify 1 year ago
Although probably is not a best performance yet sincere heart of the players are felt. Ein Deutsche Requiem, was said to be written by Brahms in memory for his mother. It is a great gift that he left for German folks ( I'm not German by the way ) so that the Requiem can be understood in their mother tongue. Unlike the great Mozart's REQUIEM sang in latin with awesome atmosphere, this work is full of domestic warmth which is Brahms' familiar signature. A VERY TOUCHING MUSIC, A MASTERPIECE.
TheVaccumtube 1 year ago 2
Must be really hard to sing all the text this without speaking German.
Great Composition. "Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" gives me goosebumbs everytime I listen to it.
riesenratte 1 year ago
@riesenratte you would think so wouldn't you? In all actuality you end up just memorizing the phonetics and it becomes second nature.
mss47150 1 year ago
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lol they had like 11 mistakes th0~
TheJackHarkness 1 year ago
is so difficult coral music. Shows that the tenors are running in the escape but the sopranos help correct the pulse. Although in various parts of the work, the pulse is not homogeneous, because they do not see the director, so you hear muddy. It is a good attempt.
chomitomi 1 year ago
It is a great piece of music - but the quality of the recording is so bad - it is like eating a fine exquisite meal out of a paper plate from McDonalds!
fwbz 1 year ago
Horribly recorded. There is so much distortion on the choir's crescendos mostly from the Soprano section who weren't equilized correctly or something. Maybe even a misplacement of the microphone. This isn't very good when compared to the Carmina Burana or even Verdi: Requiem.
vladpavlov 1 year ago
15:30
feel the power
abuseforapie 1 year ago
Gracias por poner estos videos !
almacuevas 1 year ago
im playing this at my high school concert this week and i am so excited. The choir is great and the music is so difficult. I play violin. Its interesting how the entire first movement has no violin part, just viola. I never herd of that. Well i am super excited.. thanks for posting.
6615sweet 1 year ago
That black man better sing! GO HEAD!
yungkeyz 1 year ago
Hermoso.
gennyychris 1 year ago
All that information is listed in the credits that run before the piece begins. If you want to know the names of people in the production I suggest looking at the credits at the end of the production.
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spikethepoet 2 years ago
What is the name of author and title of this "song"?
pashelus 2 years ago
Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsche Requiem
moonbeaches 2 years ago
@moonbeaches Better correct it then if you must repeat the information anyway:
Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)
wwwsant 1 year ago
Took me a long time to find some 'full works' sites on You Tube, but your concerts, and those of North West, which I've discovered so far, provide hours of pleasure, for which much thanks
Clivejvaughan 2 years ago 116
I second that!
drummerboy36 2 years ago 35
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This is the trial: men have loved darkness more that the light, because their deeds are evil-Gv 3,19
Now I want to meet you and all the good in a universal and permanent prayer all good for your heart and all that is good for the world every Monday of your life, from 20 to 21 I will be with you in spirit, with my love until the end of the world!
No matter your religion or your atheism I am still near you in your prayers! God bless all mankind, protect you and help you throughout AMEN ALLELUIA
lorenzojhwh 2 years ago