W.A. Mozart: REQUIEM, KV 626 in d: I: Introitus: Requiem

[SEHC95]

Oh, this gives me a nostalgic trip,

I really loved to sing this, i love the basses here...

[sgkfilms]

@MateiAlexandru ... Einstein mumbled about with equations? Now, I prefer music to science, but I think you greatly underestimate the imaginative leaps that Einstein was capable of. With no formal training.

[MateiAlexandruBogdan]

All the other great thinkers (Einstein, Newton, Hawking, the guy that proved Fermat's last theorem - forgot name, etc etc etc) mumble about in their equations for years before coming up with something.

Mozart would compose the piece in his head and just write it down on paper. He didn't have any sketches. He would just think it and write it down. Can you imagine coming up with this in your head? This is why he was the world's greatest genius.

[TheBrando382]

@MateiAlexandruBogdan the other guys are scientists so i think it's harder to come up with a mathematical theory, etc. But i agree, Mozart was a complete genius. I don't think theres was or there will be anyone capable of doing what he did.

[TheKaryobin]

@MateiAlexandruBogdan Fallacy, I'm afraid. 'Geniuses', as we refer to them, normally take ten years to reach their world class peak (a possible exception being Bobbie Fischer who some think took nine years). Mozart produced nothing world-class until the age of 22; his training began at 4 - 18 years' gap. (All the 'concerto at the age of four' stuff is nonsense, they were variations on extant pieces.)

Seen in this light is has been argued Mozart was an UNDER-achiever.

Too much 'Amadeus'.

[MateiAlexandruBogdan]

@TheKaryobin Good point but at the end of the day, what matters most is Mozart's ability to produce incredible emotion in me while listening to his music. No other thing on earth can produce this, say the sight of your child smiling or something like that.

[TheBede003]

This group really know how to do Mozart!!! Definitely the best take of the Requiem out there right now. Take a listen to how they do the Coronation Mass as well. It's fantastic!

[MacyMabelle]

Sir Neville Marriner, the Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields and this version of Mozart's Requiem A R E S I M P L Y T H E B E S T !!!!

[yan2292008]

When i listen to this piece i cannot concentrate on any other thing for the entire day ....i wish i could listen to this song forever :)

[E102gamma7]

@yan2292008 that is why the first movement is amazing

[Abaris379]

I'm not a huge fan of Neville Marriner, but his Mozart Requiem is a great accomplishment. Sylvia McNair simply shines in the soprano solos.

[koyunbaba73]

Composition simply does not get better than this, my friends. On a personal note, it was this piece (along with some Bach cantats) that beat the faithlessness from me. I just can't buy the idea that these pieces are some cosmic accident. But that is just my opinion.

[hahastandupcomedy]

I wish the United States had a system like he lived in. Be comforted, although you're certifiably crazy, you write such great music that we have to pay for it... Now we have a socialist system that says: "If you don't have the money to do it, you can't be crazy or write music or both."

F-the Obamaesque United States and its New World Order Agenda based on currency and wealth.... MOZART is your new king!

[jafigueroa41]

¡ Qué interpretación !

[celebrei]

Just the right tempo

[MrGeneralJB]

So epic, wish it was down-loadable...

[Manzeron]

Utter Magnificence has a synonym: Mozart's Requiem !

This version is a little bit too fast according to me but it's still great !

[nemoGQ]

Thank you for posting this. I lost my best friend last night and this helps.

[oliviarocker123]

Am I the only one who gets chills when the tenors sing "requiem"?

[Hoppla2]

@oliviarocker123 no, you are not :)

[travelsbypiano]

@oliviarocker123 I don't get chills. I just cry. I can't stop the tears and I can't stop listening either because the music is so beautiful...

[oo0OoAnGiEoO0oo]

Genio!

[faleru]

they just mess up the exaudi

[JarheadPatriot0311]

Riding on horseback through the Black Forest in Germany on an overcast morning in Autumn. Thats what I think of when I hear this piece of music. Beautiful!

[lejnamail]

dobry text muza słabsza:D

[KarlBonner1982]

Which movies besides AMADEUS and SLC PUNK! used the Requiem intro? I seem to remember it from somewhere else but not sure...

[vDcbaby]

para mim so ha um mozart sabem porque por que nao ouve uma pessoa que sofreu como mozart

[Hardrada88]

superb, thanks for uploading this

[Siberiaeterna]

BEST VERSION (in my opinion).This the one of the movie Amadeus anyway.

[ShakedBaked]

my class is doing this song and its inredible

[k9maxie]

This is just heavenly music, so powerful and emotional, it makes me cry every time I listen to it.

[seoul3]

domination

[davlor86]

this is what i call real music

[csheff1014]

it sure is. thnx 4 ur comment.

[FOOLYCOOLY]

I like Marriner's versions of this Requiem most. He gives proper slowness and power to everything, while I think a lot of other composers try to rush it and not let it creep in.

Much appreciated post :)

[csheff1014]

You are SO right!

[aweitzer1]

FOOLYCOOLY, you mean other conductors?

[FOOLYCOOLY]

Oh! Yes. sorry for the typo there. It's like the words parallel and perpendicular-- I use them interchangeably sometimes!

[memonk11]

@FOOLYCOOLY You are so right. I have this CD. Every other recording I've ever heard is always a little too slow here, a little too fast there, a little too forte in bits. This is the best recording of the Requiem ever.

[camdaddy09]

thats so weird, i just heard this on symphony hall xm and realized that this was the intro to xman 2.

[ThroughMusic]

Thank you for this, this is my fav. recordering!

[csheff1014]

thanx... my favorite, too