Arturo Toscanini conducts "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves"

[Parus30]

This version appears to be a little on the slow side to me .... or is it me?

[FreeAgentXIII]

SEVEN YEARS!! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF THIS SONG FOR SEVEN YEARS. 

[SheHadManHands]

@FreeAgentXIII Then it's fitting that in celebration you were able to listen to one of the finest recordings ever made of it.

[LeTampinateur]

@FreeAgentXIII non ci posso credere!!!!! (I can't believe it!)

[maryjbutnariu]

@FreeAgentXIII Same here!! I came across the real name of it at a Decathlon Competition yesterday, now I can listen!

[pguyer]

The conductor of Westminster Choir in 1943 was Dr. John Finley Williamson. This is a wonderful excerpt, thank you so much for posting!!

[gerardbedecarter]

An incredibly beautiful and wonderful piece!

[madeddi]

Toscanini. wow!

[MrFancyTroll]

Performing this for my school choir, I must say I FREAKING love it, that first tutti chord... I love it

[celesteaida48]

Ecco, come cominciano le prime note piango!

Va pensiero sull'ali dorate...

[mikay2796uk]

I never thought a teenager like me could be so captivated by music like this. Brilliant!

[MsSmallthings]

@mikay2796uk Stick around young person. There's a whole world of magnificent music from the past ahead of you. Start off with Mozart's lacrimosa. Best of luck.

[mikay2796uk]

I never thought a teenager like me could be so captivated by music like this. Brilliant!

[mikay2796uk]

I never thought a teenager like me could be so captivated by music like this. Brilliant!

[quillian100]

Oh boy I get the shivers every time I hear this.

[ki21wi99]

@quillian100 it is even moire shivery when you are at the opera and being performed by La Scala dream of a lifetime

[lostroncos100]

Grande, Pa....

[payless321]

Excellent rendition! Another excellent more modern version is by the massed Welsh Choirs recorded in 1979 "Speed Your Journey" on CD - 36 Classics from the Valleys; it's awesome!

[famfarmerfan]

@veranopmv my grandfather did not only played it in his car. He was solosinger in a choir, he sang with it. Chivers!

[AnryK2690]

When I am listening to "Va, Pensiero" in those 3-5 minutes Verdi is the greatest composer ever.

[ChrisMum]

This is the best version I have heard...........so moving!

[tenorismo]

This should be the Italian National Anthem.

[ChrisMum]

@tenorismo

Yes, I think you're right, it would make a wonderful Italian national anthem.......it's so moving. I can imagine the Italian team singing this before their match!

[guglielmiable]

@ChrisMum D'ACCORD AVEC VOUS

[guglielmiable]

@ChrisMum N'IMPORTE QUOI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§

[tenorismo]

@laceup1967 Did they murder them ? The word Ghetto came to be in warsaw.

[guglielmiable]

@laceup1967 je dis que la musique est un langage UNIVERSEL!!!!!!! ET HEUREUSEMENT !!!!!!!!

[ienzus1]

L'inno per L'Italia deve rimanere quello che è.............!

[tenorismo]

@ienzus1 Sono Italiano

[Zhyvilla]

Wspaniałe.

[marktaban]

one of michael foot's favourites, sad today that moderation and realism are the only ways forward. Vision and radicalism in life and in my job in teaching are always important. Wonder if this will be played at Michael Foot's funeral. I remember being very excited when he was elected as Labour leader and when I listen to this piece of music I will always think of Michael now. Stood alongside him on many a nuclear disarmament march in the eighties but he was already there at the end of the fifties

[xxeternalbeautyxx]

@marktaban

Though I despise Labour, this post touched me.

[xxeternalbeautyxx]

@marktaban

Oh yes that's VERY clever of Michael Foot, isn't it? Nuclear Disarmament in the face of the Soviet Union at the time - though Foot and the entire Labour Party are Frankfrut School Marxists it should come as no surprise that they would be so keen to allow the soviets to march over Europe.

[wildhobby]

Given the time recorded, I don't think it was ever more poignant.

[horowitz109]

Toscanini conducted this choir during Verdi's funeral in 1901. I never heard a more beautiful rendition.

[themickeymouseband]

omg. ive been searching for the name of this music for 20 years, thankyou so much for puting it on

[ShrikeA14]

So you started searching for this when you were two.... Okaay...

[themickeymouseband]

@ShrikeA14

may have exagerated. i mustve been about 5 when i heard it

[paulostroff99]

A phenomenal performance! Bravi!

[jnprebozy52]

To je taková krása až mrazí,díky

[Coletta100]

Go, thought, on golden wings

Go, alight on the cliffs, on the hills,

Where there are wafting the warm and gentle

Sweet breezes of our native land.

[Coletta100]

Va, pensiero sull'ali dorate

Va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli,

Ove olezzano tepide e molli

L'aure dolci del suolo natal!

[Coletta100]

Very impressive ! Verdi gave us the most beautiful chorus of all here ! Individual freedom, patriotism, loyalty, and nobility of the human spirit are always great sentiments.

[banavivi]

BRILLANTE  !!!! Gracias

[cauffin]

We buried my Grandfather to this piece... very powerful. Still brings a tear to my eye.

[malgray2]

This is a wonderful interpretation and the singing is so good as well.

[MarciaGioie]

Viva le MIlle Lire!

[cavaliereramingo]

It seems to see the waves of homesickness, driven through the desert, towards the walls of Jerusalem. Everyone should listen to this before conducting this masterpiece. Grazie Arturo.

[chuth100]

superior to more modern interpretations

[SatchmoSings]

Somewhere on youtube there is Toscanini leading a better version of this from right after WWII when La Scala was re-opened.

[gotje123]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Plongeur1]

very nice version, many thanks for posting it, much appreciated.

[renardroux]

Ci hai dato tanti e tanti piaceri, Arturo il grande !

[OperaFanCantor]

Toscanini's extraordinary interpretation of one of the most extraodinary pieces of music ever written. Thank you for posting it!

[hunt801]

afca !! greets from Amsterdam !!

[UnsureOfSomething13]

my school is singing this and i yelled at everyone for hating it... i absolutely love it!

[lettenj]

good lad

[chrisryan1229]

funny, I heard this in gta 3: liberty city stories

[ShrikeA14]

When on earth did you hear that? It wasn't on the radio was it??

[Iraniancommunist777]

@chrisryan1229

Me too

[capriluvincharlie]

What a powerful piece of music. It has so much emotion the whole way through. I always play it at maximum volume when I'm unhappy and it reminds me that there are people worse off in the world. Absolutely amazing.

[oleishot123]

amazing!

[happyfoot232]

what a fine piece of music

[carolynan]

Amazing!!

[ventus68]

va pensiero sull'ali dorate gnurant! che la li lo lu!

[heresjonny666]

Va pen siero, sui la, lido raati XD

-sings along-

We're doing this in choir. X)

[tenorismo]

This should be the Italian national anthem

[heresjonny666]

It was during their occupation by Austria, this piece was banned. :p

[docshaphan]

My favourite opera and chorus depicting God's liberation of people with problemsof any type. I counsel folk how to be freed to fulfill your full potential in life, that precious gift with all its possibilities to every human.

[pbx1011]

doesnt have to to have religious undertones to be a fabulous work of art

[jamescraiguk]

I adore this! It was played at my Grandmother's funeral and it rings tears to my eyes every time I hear it! Beautiful!!!

[rtgphillips]

beautiful

[balletamie]

So much intense! Great rendition.