Great Mass in C minor - Kyrie - K. 427- W. A. Mozart - Bernstein - Delacroix

[TheBeatlesRoooock]

What's the name of the first painting? I love it.

[BINGFRYSRDUN]

Why does Bernstein have this insatiable urge to make EVERYTHING slow?

[JoeFisher12String]

this is by far, one of my favorite mozart compositions! i must however, disagree with operamystery, and his choice of this being the best performance ever recorded. i have a version recorded in 1975, in which the soprano soloist was the great ileana cotrubas. i have heard MANY other performances to date, and NONE can come close. the pure resonance and control in her voice, and the length of time she holds notes, is unrivaled. her vibrato & tonality are astounding.

[Majora4Prez]

Awesome that there aren't any dislikes.

[OperaMystery80]

The greatest version on recording! Soprano soloist Arleen Auger is the best who ever performed it. Everything from 2:33 to 5:43, is divinely beautiful. She sings as an angel in Heaven; she's all dulcet tones, spiritual warmth and passion. Love the transition from a low register at 4:03 to 4:11 then the exclamatory "Christe!". No matter how many other sopranos sang this, Arleen Auger sang it the best. She was dying of cancer (died 1993) She now can sing this for God himself with the angels

[A1l9b9e9r9t3]

'Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut'

[MrBranchFreeman]

Amadeus sent me here!

[central807]

Lord have mercy! Such good music!

[bionicdragon5]

Beautiful, epic, amazing, and purely awesome! I miss old works like these! I wish our generation could see how great these works of art are! Instead, they just think anything that isn't Metallica or Justin Beiber is lame. What fools...

[jill506]

FANATASTIC



[GasCityGuy]

I don't pretend to know the specific music theory but I know greatness when I hear it.

[jorgevilla91]

this is a great song !!!! It really relaxes me

[alilapointe1]

mozart genius, delacroix racist

[dallaelf]

currently joined up with a sinfonia playing the tenor trombone part. NOT an easy piece to perform. But so glorious. The tenor trombone part is difficult too because I basically mimic the tenor voice.

[NovemVmbrae666]

yes, indeed, the introductory movement is the most intense and the most notable element of this piece. I could listen to it over and over again. The choir transition somewhat, in my opinion, detracts from the "building" of the beginning sequence. I think that they could have done a lot more. I would very much like to "rework" the intro into a more complex (and more dramatic!!!) conceptual process. I definitely like this variation more than the great mass intro. I first heard it in amadeus

[NovemVmbrae666]

the strings and horns compliment each other completely. 0:22 is a great "mini" strings sequence. The way the horns start in @ 0:18 is great also. The lower strings (the descension) from 0:00 to about 0:24 while the other higher strings play the melody is astoundingly dramatic, mesmerizing and spellbinding. The choirs take over the melody near 0:56. Then the horns join in with the choirs in the second movement after this

[NovemVmbrae666]

the initial introduction is pure genius. the sequencing is fucking perfect. it is so baroque it is hilarious, but classic. I do not prefer, however, the "chorus" with the descending part which somewhat detracts from the "building" aspect, however @ 1:34 there is an excellent movement which I just noticed, even @ 1:51. Then the transition @ 2:00 to the intro again, the way the choirs descend while the strings ascend is purely brilliant. polytonality at its finest and most gracefully sublime

[codonauta]

@NovemVmbrae666 Good analysis.

[TheRadioman1976]

@NovemVmbrae666

I read a copy of the Mass and was amazed at the work of this genius. I was literally staring at the page of those meticulous ink strokes...at a work of absolute beauty!

[valkhorn]

@NovemVmbrae666

I would agree, and this was close to the birth of Romanticism in music, and I think to a point it hints at Romanticism as well. Good music might fit into one category. Great music usually crosses boundaries of time, ability, and musicality.

[toneeeeeee]

Proof human beings can be angels.

[Alfarouc17]

@toneeeeeee Sorry, but mozart wasn't human, though, we can imitate them.

[NovemVmbrae666]

@toneeeeeee proof human beings can be demons

[toneeeeeee]

Could literally change the most hardcore atheist into a firm believer of the divine...Did for me!

[bigcrackerpants]

I prefer the version in the Amadeus film. When the singer in that version hits the high note, she really hits it. I wanted more from this one.

[megaleo451]

Delightful to listen to. Thanks for posting.

Leo

[rudystar209]

Respond to this video... excellent :) buhahahahaa

[a058852]

Thanks to forallyouknow to point that it is Arleen Auger's voice - yes, she is as always - divine; her Mozart and Handel are unsurpassed...

[almaesperanza63]

wow this video is very god mozart is perfect wow is my favorite, genuis is wanderful

[BachLoveNat]

GREAT!!!!!!

[forallyouknow]

3:50!

[codonauta]

At 5:33 to 5:36 is fantastic too. The upper note ( G ) is gotten from a skip of ¨6 major ( Bb to G ). The G seems don't have attack, it is not articulated, it seems, and is not a legato from the Bb. The upper G simply appears, from nothing!

[forallyouknow]

I agree! It's a very beautiful note, however, it could have been spliced in. We'll never know... still, that's Auger's voice, and it is still splendid.