Gotta love the ragging on the diction! Calm down people.. she's saying l's and d's, but as a Russian, she makes them farther back, with the tip of the tongue against the hard palette. It's high and dolcissimo, so diction is going to be cloudier especially with a big voice. I find this very expressive.
@beana666 I was at this performance in 1995 (or thereabouts). Bryn Terfel was the baritone solo. the banging was a technical fault backstage (which went on for most of the performance) and the BBC did an amazing job getting it down to how it sounds in this clip! In the hall it was far louder and totally disrupted the performance.
I sang this with my choir, and - not especially in this work, but always - we also had advices how to speak the words and sometimes we had to murmur or whisper words, sometimes we had to exclude rough consonants if this didn´t fit to the attention of this part etc
Britten's master work, magnificent music, decent version of "The Lacrymosa" not one of my favorite movements but moving none the less, thanks for the posting here.
A wonderful concert - I was very fortunate to be in the choir for this performance, back in 1993.
ChrisWright271 4 months ago
The greatest! piece! of Britten! in my opinion...
javilack 5 months ago
Gotta love the ragging on the diction! Calm down people.. she's saying l's and d's, but as a Russian, she makes them farther back, with the tip of the tongue against the hard palette. It's high and dolcissimo, so diction is going to be cloudier especially with a big voice. I find this very expressive.
daniellesoprano 10 months ago
Man, I almost typed so many rude things! She has awful diction, let's just leave it at that. That tenor makes my life, though.
falstocat 2 years ago
que belleza de musica.
anselgoya 2 years ago
What IS that irritating banging? Like a knocking of someone's chair leg or something. Ruined it.
beana666 2 years ago
@beana666 I was at this performance in 1995 (or thereabouts). Bryn Terfel was the baritone solo. the banging was a technical fault backstage (which went on for most of the performance) and the BBC did an amazing job getting it down to how it sounds in this clip! In the hall it was far louder and totally disrupted the performance.
Englishtenor2 8 months ago
I sang this with my choir, and - not especially in this work, but always - we also had advices how to speak the words and sometimes we had to murmur or whisper words, sometimes we had to exclude rough consonants if this didn´t fit to the attention of this part etc
so I can imagine this had a sense.
walpurga666 2 years ago
I played the piece with the young german symphony orchestra and this part would sound so beautiful if she doesn't become slower snd slower!
Herkersdorfer1 2 years ago
silly silly fart
Federicopera 3 years ago
for me it is the best part of the requiem.
as i sit naturally in the orchestra, it drives me to tears every time. but its not the sopran but the choir! its marvellous
osikea 3 years ago 2
Спасибо доброму человеку Iforgeti за то, что выложил ролик с нашей любимой и дорогой Маквалой Касрашвили!
01Vit 3 years ago
The magnificent Anthony Rolfe Johnson ...
Danishtenor 3 years ago 4
Putang ina
sudeepbansal 3 years ago
Britten's master work, magnificent music, decent version of "The Lacrymosa" not one of my favorite movements but moving none the less, thanks for the posting here.
isftpoawawh 3 years ago