Franz Joseph Haydn, Te Deum n.2 in C

[TheAlExAnDrElEcOoL]

c trés bien fait voila a+ gg

[MrSilber1]

Awesome the very nice choral sound -Ok

[cclairm95]

Ce Te deum est super, je le préfère au te deum de Charpentier, pourtant plus connu

[omega49000]

Interprétation magnifique, énergique, ça bouge, c'est beau, rien à redire!

[Darkboy2525]

G.R.E.A.T ! 

[murff1960]

I didn't know Jack Black was a choral conductor!

[mikeloredo08]

It's still C lol A= not 440 Haha look it up

[bkmustang07]

this is not in C....it's transposed a step down...argh I like it in the original key check out my video of the 1999 texas all-state choir singing this

[tehaueter]

Awesome performance of a work I'm listening to for the first time...WOW!!

[hgw0601]

Composed for the austrian empress Maria Theresia. But....... SHE wasn´t exicited by this work! The ol´ bigot (cited: Frederic II Hohenzollern) ;)

[Sil5ie]

Am I the only one to hear a windows error-sound right at the end of the video?

[kyfotak]

krása! úžasný zvuk sboru.

[justinundamy]

langweilig!

[MoMuES]

Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur. Te aeternum Patrem omnis terra veneratur. Tibi omnes Angeli, tibi Caeli et universae Potestates: Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim incessabili voce proclamant: Sanctus: Sanctus: Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae. Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus: Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus...

[mbommoy]

this is in latin

[calarooni]

Check out that mole at 3:41

[cclairm95]

magnifique !!

[Krisdeg]

the tune gives it the original and greater sound.. i love it also very well played. it is without a doubt the best on youtube. Haydn admired mozart but mozart admired him too :-) it was really a two way admiration.

sans conteste la meilleur interprétation que j'ai vu ou entendu :-)

[wilbury22]

Excelente.

Michel Platiní es el director?

[BurpsTurnMeOnSoWhat]

@wilbury22 Mirá en 0:22, dice

CONDUCTOR: Sigiswald Kuijken

[sophelet]

Fabulous!!! What a great performance--clear, agile, stylistic, gorgeous and appropriate sound. Wow. Yes, the pitch is slightly under 440, but what of it? The performance doesn't suffer at all.

[TEgnoto89]

I love this piece but hate that's it not tuned to a440

[jcth0mas]

@TEgnoto89

This ensemble has tuned to A=430, which among original instrument players is known as "classical pitch". A=440 is "modern", and A= 415 "baroque". This why the instrumentalists are using reproduction of historic instruments; natural trumpets, skin covered timpani, small bore alto, tenor & bass trombones (sackbuts).

[x3Heroiinex3]

@jcth0mas LOL !! is this english ? :D

[indians032691]

The three people who dislike this must have had a bad experience with singing this piece, either that or the just have a hard time admiring epic hair.

[xPOWNxSAUCEx]

Ahhhh my choir performing this on Tuesday with about 6 hours of practice under our belt. It is a really difficult piece and requires a lot of musicianship but it is beautiful!

[Raichu234]

love it :D x

[shnimmuc]

The Handel Dettingen To Deum is the greatest setting I have heard. The Haydn is the finest setting of the classical period.

[BurpsTurnMeOnSoWhat]

@shnimmuc And Bruckner's the greatest romantic setting, right?

[Imsee2707]

very nice!!!!!! good interpretation!!!

[Cantormatis]

haydn's genius is so clarion clear here. the double fugue that concludes the piece is thrilling- and seems totally to grow out of the texture of the piece, rather than seeming like a fugue attached to a sonata.

[dtscott13]

Great Te Deum setting. I should point out that Michael Haydn did a pretty damn good job too.

[lplover441]

Absolument magnifique : son et image, en plus d'une performance musicale fascinante, précise et d'une musicalité étonnante et appréciée. Bravo !!!

[indians032691]

@Timrath I agree on everything, but what you say on the strings. I feel that they really help make this piece what it really is. But that is my opinion, and everyone has their own opinion and I respect that.

[olimcantaba]

Lovely to see a clear video of this high quality performance, it feels almost like taking part. La Petite Bande doesn't sound at all petite with that full sound! Félicitations au Choeur de Chambre de Namur: c'est vraiment excellent.

[Timrath]

Great orchestra, great conductor. The choir has a nice sound, but a bit too faint. They're overpowered by the orchestra. Maybe taking away some of the strings would have helped.

[Cantormatis]

@Timrath I don't know, I think the balance is perfect.

[301250]

Sigiswald and his sibling Wieland are two tremendous and gifted musicians with whom I had my first acquaintance when they released their award winning Corelli concerti with the La Petite Bande. sd goh (malaysia)

[belianis]

After the Bruckner, this is my favorite setting of the Te Deum.

[antiseri]

@belianis : try to hear the "Mozart" Te Deum ... maybe change your mind! :-)

[Alex77rn]

the director is very clever but seems a hoompa loompa!!! lol

[Sarahb87]

Why couldn't Mozart find his teacher??

.......cause he was Haydn!!

lol!

[BwayBoundChristian]

@Sarahb87 Ahaha. Clever. xD Music humor...gotta love it.

[Cesare788]

Not for nothing Haydn was teacher of Mozart and beethoven!!!!! Great genius!

[AdamGillett]

Excellent interpretation. Can't help thinking that Kuijken is the spitting image of Berlioz, however!

[belianis]

'tis very interesting to compare this setting with those of Berlioz and Bruckner.

[HELLENOSSS]

arrassu i nui e i tutti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xkulboix]

my orchestra is doing this song (i'm a freshman in highschool) and the orchestra parts are amazing! It's an excellent piece and can stand alone as such even without the choral parts.

[Elvebrindir]

I appreciate this.

[degasperiano88]

spero di poter dire te deum finiti gli esami!

[iomassimassi]

stupendo!!!

[missmillie071]

Glorious masterwork by Haydn, that's for sure. Well done!

[rjcfireball]

Very nice choral sound!

[indians032691]

Wow the director has awesome hair!

[gustavs9]

going to scalp him , as an indian?

[wagyora]

@indians032691

In fact, he looks like an Oopa-Loompa. But he's a great conductor!

[Timrath]

@wagyora He looks more like Berlioz to me.

[Omnihilism]

@indians032691 Jesus Christ, indians... I don' t want to hurt you, but we are watching and listening to a marveillous piece, and the only thing you can notice is director' s hair?

[coolkee123]

The opening 0:46 has so much energy. :)

[GIMA6966]

OTTIMO

[emzababy06]

my highschool did this song when I was a sophomore, and we had to have it memorized...

[GooberandStevie]

If he was a bit more orange he would look exactly like an oompa loompa.

[emzababy06]

wow yeah!

[Verticaldiscourse]

Brings back memories... one of the first classical concerts I ever attended. Thanks for posting!

The other works that evening were Haydn's Drum Roll Symphony' and his 'Harmony Mass'', performed in an equally crisp manner.

[pacificaaurawynn]

This sounds practically perfect but I do not like it very much. It's just too... perfect and mechanic.

I miss the emotion.

Still, great job by the performers.

[AsksOneThing]

Goodness me, thank you for posting! I'm singing this tomorrow, and have been having fits with bars 141-166. I think I have FINALLY managed to learn it properly thanks to the clarity and accuracy of this recording.

[jekyl6989]

This work by Haydn is truly breathtaking - full of passion, energy & excitement - truly monumental! Can't stop listening to it!...

=)

[jbarbri]

Yet another off-the-rack masterpiece from the underrated Haydn. Yes, I said it: underrated.

After hearing this, you walk around singing that opening "Te Deum" figure for a week.

[oneringwraithof9]

Wow, what a conductor: expressive enough that everyone could see him, but subtle enough not to be distracting.

[chancelark]

Really good recording. We're singing it with only a piano accompanying us. The orchestra adds alot.

[ralphyy1234]

the conductor is too over-exagggerating

but the piece is really good

th UoL honor choir had to perform this

[Keith52Yo]

You obviously don't understand what a conductors energy does to the actual group singing.

[ralphyy1234]

not that much?

we did this song, but our conductor wasn't nearly as dramatic

but it's not like i'm bitching or anything, so idk what your problem is

[Keith52Yo]

It sounds like bitching man. That's all.

[Keith52Yo]

When a conductor has energy, it usually helps the group with determination to match it. Sorry if you don't fit in with that, but statistically that's what happens.

[doormatttttttt]

Magnificent! Flawless.

[nessie96]

I just noticed there are a couple of men actually singing the alto part...must be countertenors???

[nessie96]

Wonderful!!!! I love this piece...great job by all...it's real easy to get carried away with the tempo, and the conductor really held things in check.

[11JULIEN]

The choir must sing this again at a cathedral! I love hearing the ecos and trembling of sound, it truly gives is a magestic and lifting effect. well done!!

[bkmustang07]

i love this piece im going to post a recording of 1999 tmea all-state choir they did a wonderful recording of this

[Snarkymom]

Wonderful, wonderful! They're so good, why aren't they smiling?  Hayden is so fun to sing.

[Kiyae2]

WOW!!!

I LOVE the conductor in this. He clearly knows EXACTLY what he is doing. Keeping tempo with such flourishes would be incredibly difficult-and he gets a perfect performance from his choir and orchestra!

I have absolutely zero complaints, there is literally not one part of this that I did not love in entirety. Truly genius work by Haydn and those performing!

[nessie96]

Agreed. This conductor did a fabulous job. The singers are amazing...only 24 voices, but it sounds like a much larger group. The orchestra is top notch as well.

[djdrocco]

Fun! We did this in my college choir. We rehearsed all of once with the orchestra, who had never seen the score. Still, it was fun to perform. This choir is pretty much spot on. Well-done.

[olasoygala]

cool