Bach: Können Tränen meiner Wangen - Richter / Hamari

[arbresistance]

Larmes sur mes joues en pensant aux enfants de Syrie et d'ailleurs.

[TheTkingston]

I didn't know Colin Firth was a conductor in his earlier days

[MioJ1979]

@TheTkingston

Thought I was the only one to see this similarity :-)

[oluaprotciv]

This version is simply the best.

[Krukel100]

Zo hoor je het zelden meer.

[Moriyya]

AAAAARG ! impossible to conduct Bach like Brahms !!! awfull tempo and style ..; beautiful voice save the all thing !

[sergenovique]

great done, but in this tempo! much too slow.

[Buddhaxe]

What a dreadful version... clearly not as Bach meant it.

[popowowow]

A rare gem. Amazing. I listen to Julia Hamari singing the Matthaeus Passion directed by K. Ritchter since 40 years, almost once every week. She has the most lovely alto voice i ever heard. Masterful.

[Zamacola100]

Es que no me canso de oír esta versión de la Pasión

[bonzo20253]

unglaublich schöne und einfühlsame Darstellung von Julia Hamari-großartige Gesangskunst.Karl Richter begleitet sie mit dem Münchner Bachorchester auf unvergleichliche Weise.

[kenjin03]

The "studio recording" sounds so much better than the DVD. It's a bit disappointing a master like Richter has no control of his orchestra when played live. (listen to the record and you know what I mean)

[AnimusCraven]

This version is absolutely incredible... does anybody know which cd i can find this on... as for Hamari singing and Richter's approach? I can't seem to find it on i-tunes.

[HimmelsscheibeNebra]

@AnimusCraven

I just have found this on Amazon.de:

Bach, Johann Sebastian - Matthäus Passion Bwv 244 (Ga) (2 DVDs+NTSC)

In der Hauptrolle Münchner Bach-Chor und Münchner Bach-Orchester

Format DVD

Search on amazon.com:

Movies & TV - Bach, Johann Sebastian - Matthäus Passion

and you see it as the first one listed

Seems to be this recording.

[piranha341]

Dit is echt geweldig mooi!!!

[muziekacademiecello]

@piranha341 inderdaad

[khalileltarik]

That's simply fantastic! She is perfect! Brava!

[12345qazx1]

EIN ZU SPAEYE ENTDECKUNG FUER MICH,WAS EIENE STIMME UND EXPRESSION..WUNDERBAR!!

[pianomags]

Holy god, this is so shockingly good. I wonder how many of us will ever get near this sort of standard? Loved it, straight to faves along with her Erbarme dich

[cocochanelleke]

Recht vielen Dank für's "posten" / reinstellen!

[Inanna4]

Sie singt mit so eine Hingabe in ihre Augen, und so eine Überzeugung auf ihr Gesicht..und dann diese beinhaltete Körperhaltung dazu, der stille Kontrast..man denke fast, sie erfährt tatsächlich die Situation wovon sie singt...Bravo, unglaublich bekenntnisvol gesungen.

[zosinternational]

bravo geweldige stem mooi!

[gauguinreuben]

I think MP has some of the best Arias for the Alto ...buss und reu and konnen trannen....definitely best among the best.

[SchneeWarnun]

This is so lovely.  She has such a rich voice.

[7ashor]

so beautiful!!

[muscarine2000]

what can one say? when the music is so beautiful!! hail bach and richter, not forgetting hamari and the orchestra!!

[paradoxicus]

Karl Richter,increíble.

[tato4527]

I love the Julia Hamari´s voice.

[tato4527]

hermoso, simplemente hermoso, arte en su expresión mas pura.

[6cuerdas6]

wonderful!!!!!

Thanks.

Cesar Amaro

[whomakemefeel]

Oh Karl Richter Gottes Segen für Ihre Seele, alle orte vermisse dich

Könnte mir jemand entfernen Tränen!!

[thelyricalvoice]

Wonderful voice! Perfect technique! :)

[madziua90]

I absolutely agree, she is perfect..

[dreioktaven]

You can feel the desperation...a wonderful preformance...and what a voice!

[migrando2]

Wonderful!

[simonesimone2]

does anyone think this is just a little too fast? i prefer karajan & ludwig.

[madziua90]

sometimes it's too slow :)

[anacavallera]

Meu Deus, como é lindo!

Bach resnasce em toda vez que sua música é interpretada; Torna-se assim imortal!

Impossível estar morto!

[aleiv]

This performance is fantastic and her singing incredibly beautiful.

[zuckerkrank]

fantastic!!. karl Richter is best bach conductor than any authentic musician..really historical mode playing is a disaster!!

[podkivanok]

zuckerkrank, I agree with you. And I think that the main problem of authentic musicians is not the form but the spirit - when I hear authentists, I don't feel that Bach's Passions are written about God and victory upon death, it looks simply like a funeral.

[whomakemefeel]

She have great throat indeed, she splendid soprano and this movement take my soul with her voice and we should don't forget to thank the great composer Mendelssohn who sacrifice of he's life to make this genius work public again at 1829

[elias12186]

She has nice teeth.

[taxamata]

великолепно

[rosszub]

I think is wonderful how she sings. It looks that she really means what she is singing but just with her voice and face, without exagerations. And it needs mastering to manage properly.

Though is quite romantic this interpretation, is bright this way to play it due to its music and lyric content.

Also I think the video is very well directed/edited. Its rythm, focus changes... it flows with the piece.

[owzla]

When this performance recorded? The setting gives me the impression of the early seventies.

[tabbllo]

Greetings from Rep. of Georgia! I'm deeply impressed! I want to say that Matthew passion has changed me... Thank you Bach,and thank you Richter. And Hamari, I LOVE her...I have been listening this part 10 times per day during last 10 days. Hamari impresses me, and makes me feel so deeply this music!

DieSonneSinkt, millions of thanks for posting this!

[presto208]

Although the orchestra is playing WAY too much romantic (hahaha c'est tellement drôle!), Hamari is a wonderful artist. She could still sing this now, but NO orchestra would be allowed to put so much vibrato in Bach in 2008! (Watch Richter contducting as he's ASKING for MORE VIBRATO it's insane hahaha).

[beautyislanguage]

You're french! great. I am too. Tu ne trouves pas qu'elle hache énormément les phrases? J'ai l'habitude d'écouter une version plus souple quoique tendue, vraiment subtile, plus douce. Là je peux pas. laborieux selon moi mais très beau timbre!

[presto208]

Je ne pourrais pas être plus en accord! Finalement quelqu'un qui me comprend! hahaha.

[elias12186]

Maybe, but it's the best performance I've heard.

[presto208]

Really ??

[elias12186]

Yes, but I can't say I've heard hundreds, maybe 4 or 5. I like performances that capture the emotion of the piece more than any technical details of the music. Certainly those details add up to the overall experience, but the sadness in this performance, mainly in Hamari's voice is wonderful and the best I've heard.

[elias12186]

Specially if you watch the first related video...what is that?

[presto208]

For Hamari's voice, your right, she has a great voice. Maybe not suitable for that particular repertoire.

The versions of that aria on youtube aren't that great at all... You should listen on of the two version of Saint-Matthieu recorded by Philippe Herreweghe. It's just a question of style. I'm a musician, I'm a bit uptight about those things... ;o)

[elias12186]

Is the one with Herreweghe with Andreas Scholl? Don't get me wrong, I love HIP performances, but just in terms of emotion, I found this sadder and more moving than Scholl's performance and the other 4 or 5 I heard. I usually pick HIP recordings because the orchestra sounds rougher and more intense, and a smaller orchestra is more suitable to the voice, but I also can't ignore the explosion of emotion produced in my head when I heard this as opposed to the others.

[elias12186]

In the end music is a drug to me I suppose, I search for music that makes me feel that powerful burst of emotion, that almost paralyzes me and forces my attention only on feeling. I do it with many works, someone brought it up yesterday with Handel's Dixit Dominus. I am very loyal to 1 recording because it is the one that made me really have an this "explosion" of emotions in my brain. Does it make sense?

[presto208]

What can I say? It makes perfect sense indeed, especially in fields like we are discussing about now.

I just have the terrible and unforgivable professionnel deformation of a vocal coach hahahaha

Does this make sense? I'm French and my English is terrible and unforgivable as I am!

[elias12186]

Sure, I understand you :) But should technical details such as the use of vibrato really stop you from enjoying this wonderful performance? I find I never really consider things like this during a performance, my thoughts become louder than the music!

[presto208]

Oh, vibrato is not an issue at all. It's more with the orchestra I have a problem with... It's not breathing enough for my taste, and plays waaaaay too romantic. Ah... the 60's!

Although the more I listen to HER, I like it more and more. You are convincing me... ;o)

[elias12186]

If you close your eyes, and stop your thoughts, you will like it even more :)

[chouana7]

Tres tres bonne interprétation. Bravo !

[dreioktaven]

This is awesome! I've never heard a better performance than this. She was a great contralto! Thank you DieSonneSinkt for posting this great piece of music!

[harvinsky]

It is fantastic. I am deeply impressed.

This is absolutely a legendary performance.

DieSonneSinkt, thank you very much for posting this.