@2partsWhimsy1partWry I think that's no use, because even if these "stars" understood that this is music, they wouldn't change their own style, as they want to make money :-D this music is too complicated for the bulk, it's not for the radio that's running all the time but nobody really listens to.
@2partsWhimsy1partWry haha when i first begin to read your comment i thought " another stupido coment of laddy gaga, oh why dont you liste and shut up," but when a finished reading your coment, i laughed so much. YOU are completly right xD.
If i wrote somthing wrong, sorry i dont know english at all. =)
@2partsWhimsy1partWry Any music performed with sincerity is music. One style is not better than another, it's a different method of expression. I study classical voice at one of the leading universities in Canada, but I still love sitting down with a couple musician friends and jamming out some blues rock. Either way, the music speaks for itself.
Personally, I couldn't care less about Ke$sha or Pitbull, but I believe Lady Gaga is an artist who is very connected to her music. Just my $.02
Harnoncourt's interpretation and passionate delivery are absolutely exquisite...I must have watched this video 200 times already but cannot get enough of it
@jepcorpYou hear both in comparison? I do. The better is the enemy of the good (Das Bessere ist der Feind des Guten). And Harnoncourt is the best, the master.
@LifeforArt - The supreme irony ... maybe the best Magnificat EVER performed and there are empty seats in the audience!!!! Perhaps those tickets where bought in advance by bankers (as they usually do) and afterwards thought they might get a better sleep at home ...
Anyway, even if I would die to assist to such a one-of-a-kind live performance, I praise the Lord that microphones, cameras and such good sound engineers where present! They filled the empty chairs, giving us back the perfect Bach!!
@PetreJunior And one of the bassists looks like a clone of Jon Corzine, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and of MF Global, and a one time American politician, who served as the 54th Governor of New Jersey for one term. . . LOLOL!!!!!
Yeah. Players and choir combined seem to beat the number in the audience. Let's give it the benefit of the doubt: It's quite possible this was a recording performance, to which a select number of persons were invited. Hence the few empty seats.
Increible no me dejo de emocionar cuando escucho esta gran maravilla o milagro de la musica coral de Johann Sebastian Bach solo hay que ver coo este gran interprete decide cuando dejar tranquilo al instrumentista y da paso al siguiente para respetar esta obra digna de nuestro gran maestro Bach,Saludos Abrazos y gracias por este video!!!!!
Courage à tous ceux qui ont l'absence d'une personne aimée et qui sont triste mais Dieu est la prenez la force dans votre Désespoir et vous deviendrez Fort écoutez ces chants qui vous donne paix et amour
Ecoutez aussi sur le même site PIE JESUS Riccivittorio ou Hymne Glorieux a Saint Antoine de Padoue - Ricci Vittorio OU TAPEZ Ricci vittorio ou inno glorioso a sant antonio di padova Vittorio Ricci - arrivederci - honneur aux morts - UN grand MERCI
Since the first time I heard this, it always sounded as if it was written in 6/8, and not 3/4... especially at this tempo - which I like, the same way I may like a faster tempo. Both tempos have merits.
Questo pezzo di Bach mi commuove nel profondo. Utilizzando la sola parola "Magnificat" a un certo punto tocca un livello di sublimità celestiale a 2.35 grandioso talento!!!
For me, the "tempo" in Bach´s Music is not really important. Above it, we can find all the essence of His Art. Magnificat, Bach: You are always in my heart. Thank you.
This recording is really too slow! It seems to be standing on one place. I'm not one who needs an incredible fast tempo, but this is too much!
And it seems to be very uninspired (every note is played as there is no connection to the other ones) --> well it's Harnoncourt conducting Bach Vocalworks! He was never the best in that! He is a better Handel conductor!
How fast would you like it to be - and can you recommend a recording that is at the faster tempo and which retains the clarity of this one from choir, soloists and orchestra?
Well let's see Hickox, Suzuki, Hengelbrock, Koopman, Gardiner and these were just the conductors who use choirs. All of them about 30 seconds faster than this recording and musical better and also the choirs are perfect!
McCreesh is too fast in my opinion (1 minute faster than Harnoncourt) but he uses just the 5 singers as "choir".
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Someone should tell the lady at 2:13 that it's bad luck to put your purse on the floor!!! i bet she got home and found Schoenberg playing in the house!!! Dreadful!!!!
What is it about some music that moves us to tears? I too cannot help sob with joy when I hear this magnificent piece. It's a perfect blending of the human and divine spirit.
When BACH expressed His Mind so Classic in MAGNIFICAT to HEAVENLY MOM, my mind more correctly follows MOM'S RIGHT INTENTION to PRAISE OUR FATHER: I Know HIM Better Than Before! HER Children Pay Tributes to HER MAGNIFICENTLY As Well. HOW GREAT IS OUR MOM? So MANY THANKS To The Band & Singers + jormundgard.
Tempo not too slow! Just right! We, Bach Chor, just performed this one but did it a tick faster. Think of what anima mia means. It cant race! Like Canatata 36. Secut locotus est is usually done to fast. Thaose who understand Latin (therefore meaning) adjust tempo accordingly. This a great interpretation! Majestic! Danke!
... we then had to perform the final concert in a massive church with a full orchestra without rehearsal. it went without a hitch I recall thanks mainly to our magnificent music master - probably long since departed - Jock Roberts.
This takes me back to 1974 when I performed this with (my) grammar schoo, and the girls' high schoo,. choir Yes, they were the days when schools were not as they are today. We had to learn our parts in a tiny classroom round an upright piano - the girls did likewise in their school -
I prefer Harnoncourt's tempo to Koopman's.Such an excellent performance, powerful but still have time to enjoy the richness of Bach's extraordinary music.
YES! This is better than Koopman's version. He always seems to be trying to beat the clock when either conducting or performing himself. It blurs the notes and the words become inarticulate. I don't detract from Koopman's ability but I just prefer this version.
I think Bach, generally, must be played more slowly than it is... it's such a beautiful music one need to hear every little detail. When I was young, I loved speed... I now realise that slow is beautiful !
Totally agreed. But honestly every Bach conductor before or since pales in comparison to Harnoncourt. Harnoncourt showed us that Bach could be just as rich an emotional experience as any Romantic composer. As hard as it is now to believe, without Harnoncourt, Bach may still have had little more than a cult following.
This is an excellent interpretation of the Magnificat. The slower tempo really makes the piece sound more majestic. It makes it easier on the trumpets also, a win-win situation.
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Funny thing! he tempo has nothing to do with his conducting. Only with his fame. Like most famous conductors, Harnoncourt, Leonardt, Brugge and Herrewege (my God who can play with this nitwit) it is most about their fame ( and the money you can make with them). There are plenty more good conductors. Burn all cd's!!!!!!!!!
"the tempo has nothing to do with his conducting"- ermeo356
An interesting take on how the orchesrta works... please correct me if I'm wrong, but, in band, I do believe that we were taught that the conductor is the one who sets tempo, via a baton. The conductor shows the musicians how he/she wishes the piece to sound through expression of face, and conducting gestures.
Without the conductor, the musicians are free to interpret as they please, and the piece is not together. So tell me, can the orchestra simply do without anyone standing on the podium?
It has been tried with good results. The concertmaster usually sets the tempo if there is no conductor. In Bach's time, the conductor usually played the harpsichord or positiv organ, as Ton Koopman sometimes does.
That is not usual everywhere. Somwehere, conducter plays continuo, sometimes it is a violinist and sometimes, it is just conducting. For italy is usual that harpsichordist is a conducter.
The orchestra explote like fireworks in the Feast of the Lord. And, when you don´t expect, you hear some voices arising from nothing, praying Him with contagius joyness and jubilee.
This opening movement leaves me in tears every time. When I see it live, I have to bring tissues because it just tugs on my heart so much . Thank you very much for posting this.
I'm glad there's another crazy person out there. Whenever I hear the opening bars of the Magnificat the waterworks start and I begin sobbing with joy, and I'm Jewish!..., and intend to remain so.
these guys look french
xDoctorOG 1 month ago
Thumbs up if FaZe Mala brought you here!
xDoctorOG 1 month ago
THIS IS MUSIC!
bayerasa 1 month ago
"Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure"
"without Bach, God would be a complete second rate figure"
Both Cioran quotes, both absolutly true
JkBHx 2 months ago
@JkBHx i'm sorry, but this is overstated, even blasphemously overstated, and Bach himself, as a devout believer, would be the first to say so
Strefanasha 1 week ago
What is the name of de CD ? I don't want it, I NEED it for my psychological balance !
Cyberbob182 2 months ago
anybody else watching this for a music appreciation class?
clintacus19 2 months ago
Bach all'ennesima potenza, e con il miglior "direttore" di sempre !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flavio11403 2 months ago
Magnificent!
Praise GOD for giving me the hearing to enjoy such beauty.
zehnterapril 3 months ago 4
this is magnificat ! ! ! !
all those that work this Magnificat "gratia plena" we would say
and certainly Bach would applaud too
beozzi 3 months ago
0.07 jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj
martunche 4 months ago
boring music at times....
jusitke07 4 months ago in playlist Musics
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wind780507 4 months ago
Magnificat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PhillipGerwald 4 months ago
Gorgeous!
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Someone needs to take Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, & Pitbull, sit them down in front of this video and say "This is music."
2partsWhimsy1partWry 4 months ago 23
@2partsWhimsy1partWry I think that's no use, because even if these "stars" understood that this is music, they wouldn't change their own style, as they want to make money :-D this music is too complicated for the bulk, it's not for the radio that's running all the time but nobody really listens to.
silberdistl 3 months ago
@2partsWhimsy1partWry haha when i first begin to read your comment i thought " another stupido coment of laddy gaga, oh why dont you liste and shut up," but when a finished reading your coment, i laughed so much. YOU are completly right xD.
If i wrote somthing wrong, sorry i dont know english at all. =)
TheQuiqueman123 2 months ago
@2partsWhimsy1partWry Any music performed with sincerity is music. One style is not better than another, it's a different method of expression. I study classical voice at one of the leading universities in Canada, but I still love sitting down with a couple musician friends and jamming out some blues rock. Either way, the music speaks for itself.
Personally, I couldn't care less about Ke$sha or Pitbull, but I believe Lady Gaga is an artist who is very connected to her music. Just my $.02
JordnBee 1 month ago
0:45 I didn't know Steve Carell played the Sackbut so well
patrickbateman7 4 months ago
@patrickbateman7 ha! I just learned a new word, one i can't wait to use!
Shamborn 4 months ago
Harnoncourt's interpretation and passionate delivery are absolutely exquisite...I must have watched this video 200 times already but cannot get enough of it
kapost01 5 months ago
That elegant lady behind Harnoncourt is enjoying it as much as I am! I'd love to be in her place wondering this magnifique performance.
starbreez3 5 months ago
In my modest opinion, a great choir! Bravi
Maroichi 5 months ago
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vampirobrm 5 months ago
Sublime!
cuyocoral 7 months ago
the amount of times I have listened to all of these Magnificat videos- so addictive! thanks for uploading
mattvid00 7 months ago
Magnifique!
zalmoxys32 8 months ago
A bit slower than Gardiner's version, but still magnificently performed!
aronhiroshi1 8 months ago
Buen aporte ;)
Carlgrovee4life 10 months ago
difficilmente Harnoncourt delude, soprattutto con Bach!
Lurkatz 11 months ago
Nick is still the man. Lovely phrasing in the choir singing Ma-ag-ne-e-e-e-e-e-eef-i-cat! And he looks happy for goodness sake!
presbyterosBassI 1 year ago 2
Excelente versión, felicitaciones
28112010 1 year ago
un bach dans toute sa splendeur ! nous sommes transportés vers les cimes !
robynsalain 1 year ago
Love the period instruments!
terrapinbear 1 year ago
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Glory to God and the daughter of his Son the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us
vivascargill 1 year ago
sehr kraftvolle Darbietung. und die die herrlichen historischen Instrumente - sagenhaft! Vielen Dank fürs Posten!
jankahontalan 1 year ago
If only I could praise the Lord so beautifully!
henterlaszlone 1 year ago
If only I could praise the Lord so beautifuly!
henterlaszlone 1 year ago 2
Koopman or Harnoncourt?
jepcorp 1 year ago
@jepcorpYou hear both in comparison? I do. The better is the enemy of the good (Das Bessere ist der Feind des Guten). And Harnoncourt is the best, the master.
LifeforArt 1 year ago
Is that Bernd Lanner on baroque timpani?
pkrnger 1 year ago
The best version I have ever watched here on YT
IOVANNIG 1 year ago
O good, i see empty chairs!!! Such a fine interpretation of this extraordinary piece and EMPTY SEATS - i do not understand some things :-)
LifeforArt 1 year ago 2
@LifeforArt - The supreme irony ... maybe the best Magnificat EVER performed and there are empty seats in the audience!!!! Perhaps those tickets where bought in advance by bankers (as they usually do) and afterwards thought they might get a better sleep at home ...
Anyway, even if I would die to assist to such a one-of-a-kind live performance, I praise the Lord that microphones, cameras and such good sound engineers where present! They filled the empty chairs, giving us back the perfect Bach!!
PetreJunior 1 year ago 13
@PetreJunior And one of the bassists looks like a clone of Jon Corzine, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and of MF Global, and a one time American politician, who served as the 54th Governor of New Jersey for one term. . . LOLOL!!!!!
gafoster719 2 months ago
Yeah. Players and choir combined seem to beat the number in the audience. Let's give it the benefit of the doubt: It's quite possible this was a recording performance, to which a select number of persons were invited. Hence the few empty seats.
rockymtndude 2 months ago
exelente, una gran obra, fabuloso, y el conductor que entrega Brao por Nikolas
auroracideral 1 year ago
Magnificat anima mea Dominum et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.
ckene92 1 year ago
Ascoltare questa meraviglia è fare una pausa in paradiso..grazie!
sologheo 1 year ago
beautiful!
jorj119 1 year ago
Increible no me dejo de emocionar cuando escucho esta gran maravilla o milagro de la musica coral de Johann Sebastian Bach solo hay que ver coo este gran interprete decide cuando dejar tranquilo al instrumentista y da paso al siguiente para respetar esta obra digna de nuestro gran maestro Bach,Saludos Abrazos y gracias por este video!!!!!
Twjdfa 1 year ago
Harnoncourt loves his life!
xCoolSarahx 1 year ago
¡Magnifico!... Qué hermosa música... gracias amigos por este hermoso video. Saludos desde Chile.
Allegretto54 1 year ago
I love how the musicians play this lively, they seem to be enjoy it very much, which makes me enjoy it even more.
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Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
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Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
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Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
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Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
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Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
@sofigofi: Also, ich habe von Leuten gehört, die so ein Programm
namens "youtube to mp3 converter" o.ä. nutzen, um die Mp3s
von hier herunterzuladen und diese dann auf eine CD zu brennen.
Das ist natürlich abzulehnen, da auf solche
Weise eine Raubkopie entsteht! Aber es ist immer wieder interessant
zu wissen, was es so alles auf der Welt gibt.
Ich habe übrigens die Original CD unter John Eliot Gardiner.
Sehr zu empfehlen! Auch Herreweghe ist super.
Harnoncourt ist nicht so mein Ding. gruß
Valvakvlam 1 year ago
Gibt es eine DVD oder CD von dieser Aufführung? Ich finde das einfach fantastisch.
Leider muss ich mir hier bei you tube immer diese ganzen Ausschnitte zusammensuchen.
Noch viel schöner wäre es ich könnte es im Sessel sitzend als Ganzes hören oder sehen.
Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen.
DANKE und weiterhin viel Genuss mit J.S. Bach
sofigofi 1 year ago
I LOVE IT!!!!! Gorgeous!!!
mlc2005 1 year ago
This is almost painfully slow, no true exuberence!
spasman 1 year ago
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Courage à tous ceux qui ont l'absence d'une personne aimée et qui sont triste mais Dieu est la prenez la force dans votre Désespoir et vous deviendrez Fort écoutez ces chants qui vous donne paix et amour
Ecoutez aussi sur le même site PIE JESUS Riccivittorio ou Hymne Glorieux a Saint Antoine de Padoue - Ricci Vittorio OU TAPEZ Ricci vittorio ou inno glorioso a sant antonio di padova Vittorio Ricci - arrivederci - honneur aux morts - UN grand MERCI
TheVittoricci 1 year ago
eccellente esecuzione di un celebre brano della migliore e più nobile musica sacra
84ulisse 1 year ago
No one has the passion of Harnoncourt! AMAZING!
zinpgh 1 year ago
bravo troppo bravo...prefrisco meno tedesco e più italiano...capisci?
marcocatenazzi 1 year ago
Does anyone know if the Orchestra members are playing on period instruments?
mikedavistv12161990 1 year ago
They are. The easiest things to spot are the wooden flutes and the valveless trumpets.
mathsmusicandchess 1 year ago
This and Ton Koopman's rendition are the best performances of the magnificat!
mdeonx16 2 years ago 2
"she is the daughter of her son" Dante
vivascargill 2 years ago
Vergine madre, figlia del tuo figlio...
Jaquy89 2 years ago
yes from the Paradiso ?I forget
vivascargill 2 years ago
Paradiso, Canto XXXIII.
Jaquy89 2 years ago
@Jaquy Thank you!
vivascargill 2 years ago
Very nice textures.
I do, however, admit to really missing the trills on the clarino trumpet parts!
NNomad 2 years ago
xaire Maria Theotokos! Lord Jesus have mercy on me a sinner
vivascargill 2 years ago
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vivascargill 2 years ago
OH!
vivascargill 2 years ago
OMG!!!!
ThePablope 2 years ago
i played this song in my orchester today in a concert...its cool :D
PrinzP9 2 years ago 3
This video just made my day... the chorus looks so funny. although the music is very good!
thokyash 2 years ago
Since the first time I heard this, it always sounded as if it was written in 6/8, and not 3/4... especially at this tempo - which I like, the same way I may like a faster tempo. Both tempos have merits.
bersa888 2 years ago
Questo pezzo di Bach mi commuove nel profondo. Utilizzando la sola parola "Magnificat" a un certo punto tocca un livello di sublimità celestiale a 2.35 grandioso talento!!!
youvinicio 2 years ago
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StephenDeMille 2 years ago
For me, the "tempo" in Bach´s Music is not really important. Above it, we can find all the essence of His Art. Magnificat, Bach: You are always in my heart. Thank you.
butannin 2 years ago
Bravo
zen2967 2 years ago
pardon me..would you happen to have any grey poupon?
jakiner 2 years ago
cute but not really relevant
gigie555 2 years ago
@ giglrcute ? relevant why not watch Lagy Gaga
vivascargill 2 years ago
This really touchs my heart...Is amazing!!
MilDarkAngel 2 years ago
This recording is really too slow! It seems to be standing on one place. I'm not one who needs an incredible fast tempo, but this is too much!
And it seems to be very uninspired (every note is played as there is no connection to the other ones) --> well it's Harnoncourt conducting Bach Vocalworks! He was never the best in that! He is a better Handel conductor!
trompetermax 2 years ago
How fast would you like it to be - and can you recommend a recording that is at the faster tempo and which retains the clarity of this one from choir, soloists and orchestra?
Anjoucat 2 years ago
Well let's see Hickox, Suzuki, Hengelbrock, Koopman, Gardiner and these were just the conductors who use choirs. All of them about 30 seconds faster than this recording and musical better and also the choirs are perfect!
McCreesh is too fast in my opinion (1 minute faster than Harnoncourt) but he uses just the 5 singers as "choir".
trompetermax 2 years ago
This tempo does seem slow compared to Koopman's and others.
wcbroccoli 2 years ago
beautiful
cihullo 2 years ago
Bravo! I like what Maestro Harnoncourt did! It's majestic! It's a bomba!!!!
I'm proud of all of you!
God bless!!
satchieA 2 years ago 25
Harnoncourt's expressions are always such a show!
AChtChtCht 2 years ago 25
@AChtChtCht
who cares aout his expressions, listen to the music!
NotAgain90 1 year ago
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This tempo is a tad slow!!!
GosfordAbercrombie 2 years ago
Some people are only satisfied with 120 bpm.
usenetposts 2 years ago
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oh so droll! I'm almost certain 120 would be a vast improvement on this snoozefest of a tempo!!!!!
GosfordAbercrombie 2 years ago
Record it, speed it up to the speed you want, get the tablets you require, and bob's your uncle!
usenetposts 2 years ago
I like it. You can absorb it more. It sounds more majestic.
jpckrd 2 years ago 7
Who are the soloists? Where is it? What orchestra and choir is it, please?
paulaustinreeve 2 years ago
Christine Schäfer, soprano
Anna Korondi, soprano
Bernarda Fink, alto
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner
2000, Kloster Melk Benedictine Monastery, Austria.
jormundgard 2 years ago 17
Many thanks for answering so quickly.
A wonderful performance by a great team.
paulaustinreeve 2 years ago 6
I love the fact they used period instruments! Wonderful playing.
bubblykings 2 years ago 4
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Someone should tell the lady at 2:13 that it's bad luck to put your purse on the floor!!! i bet she got home and found Schoenberg playing in the house!!! Dreadful!!!!
GosfordAbercrombie 2 years ago
Wonderful, but hard to top the richness of the Helmuth Rilling vinyl recording. Personal preference and primacy, I suppose.
gpwerner 2 years ago
tears of joy on my face
ekogabalus 2 years ago 5
une merveille d'entre les merveilles ! la foi coule de source !
robynsalain 2 years ago
Magnificat!!!!
thrillionsofheavens 2 years ago 4
I love his face! XD
caracolrojo 2 years ago
What is it about some music that moves us to tears? I too cannot help sob with joy when I hear this magnificent piece. It's a perfect blending of the human and divine spirit.
wbcred 2 years ago
quelle splendeur,bach à son sommet !
robynsalain 2 years ago
sencillamnte magnifico
comunister3po 2 years ago
Superb ******Gene*****
GenericGene 2 years ago
What is the building?
jg33brunner 2 years ago
Such a vibrant and resonant piece...Oh it's just marvellous!
Concertusen 3 years ago
When BACH expressed His Mind so Classic in MAGNIFICAT to HEAVENLY MOM, my mind more correctly follows MOM'S RIGHT INTENTION to PRAISE OUR FATHER: I Know HIM Better Than Before! HER Children Pay Tributes to HER MAGNIFICENTLY As Well. HOW GREAT IS OUR MOM? So MANY THANKS To The Band & Singers + jormundgard.
YBPhotoeditor06 3 years ago
Slower is almost always better when exposing counterpoint.
TalliferUpplands 3 years ago 2
I agree, but not 100% Consider Bach's BWV 1048 first movement, his Brandenburg Concerto in G. It's fast ,yet it's easy to discern all counterpoints.
BWV 140 first chorale is also an example of fast counterpoint, but that particular cantata can go either way, fast or slow.
But, like you, I love to hear every part!
9level9 3 years ago
Tempo not too slow! Just right! We, Bach Chor, just performed this one but did it a tick faster. Think of what anima mia means. It cant race! Like Canatata 36. Secut locotus est is usually done to fast. Thaose who understand Latin (therefore meaning) adjust tempo accordingly. This a great interpretation! Majestic! Danke!
Steppenwolf68 3 years ago 2
Very well said! I always hear this Magnificat fast and joyous. Love the period instruments, just brilliant
9level9 3 years ago 2
aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!demasiado bello!!!!!!!!!excelente interpretacion,,,muchas gracias al que puso el video.
phostnok 3 years ago 5
ahhhhhhhhhh,,,demasiado bello!!!!!!!!!!!sin palabras
phostnok 3 years ago 3
I see that this is baroque ansambl, but which? I never saw this people before.
P.S. Tempos are too slow... :S
mrharpsi 3 years ago
simply beautiful
Sk8rkid3 3 years ago 3
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bloody hell, it is not possible to play this music in this style! This is complete disorder, the same as Harnocourt's DVD of Orfeo
kirschhofbarokni 3 years ago
excuse me?
Dcomp29 2 years ago
are the strings baroque? they seem to overpower the original instruments in the wind and brass.
alitapperstri 3 years ago
ahh too slow
shadowfaxw 3 years ago
Espléndido Harnoncourt,roza la perfección.
debartzen 3 years ago
One thing is worser than to die: Not able to listen to Bachs music anymore.........
luciesneep 3 years ago
Maybe not worse. But just as bad ;)
Lotiolenti 3 years ago
quelle splendeur! harnoncourt atteint la perfection!
alainrobynsds 3 years ago 3
... we then had to perform the final concert in a massive church with a full orchestra without rehearsal. it went without a hitch I recall thanks mainly to our magnificent music master - probably long since departed - Jock Roberts.
vulpecula999 3 years ago
This takes me back to 1974 when I performed this with (my) grammar schoo, and the girls' high schoo,. choir Yes, they were the days when schools were not as they are today. We had to learn our parts in a tiny classroom round an upright piano - the girls did likewise in their school -
vulpecula999 3 years ago
Wonderful...Harnoncourt is a very involved and emotive conductor.
kelsiejackson 3 years ago 4
genius!
tommyberlioz 3 years ago 2
The performqance ethereal, the facial gestures positively hyperthyroidian.
Nook6633 3 years ago
I prefer Harnoncourt's tempo to Koopman's.Such an excellent performance, powerful but still have time to enjoy the richness of Bach's extraordinary music.
laurato99 3 years ago 4
YES! This is better than Koopman's version. He always seems to be trying to beat the clock when either conducting or performing himself. It blurs the notes and the words become inarticulate. I don't detract from Koopman's ability but I just prefer this version.
NorbertZF 3 years ago 5
I think Bach, generally, must be played more slowly than it is... it's such a beautiful music one need to hear every little detail. When I was young, I loved speed... I now realise that slow is beautiful !
joiesauvage 4 years ago 13
U should listen to kkopman with this. He races through the whole thing! Compared to koopman, harnoncourt is moderate!
adaswet 4 years ago 4
agree with that. To my taste Koopman's interpretation was very weak. It seems to me koopman wasn't really a great conductor.
parmezanka 3 years ago 4
Totally agreed. But honestly every Bach conductor before or since pales in comparison to Harnoncourt. Harnoncourt showed us that Bach could be just as rich an emotional experience as any Romantic composer. As hard as it is now to believe, without Harnoncourt, Bach may still have had little more than a cult following.
etucker82 3 years ago 5
Low be it spoken! I'm getting stick from everywhere up there for saying milder things than that!...
mendoncacorreia 3 years ago
Does this conductor have a version of Bach's Mass in B Minor?
car2052 4 years ago
Yes, there are recordings from 1968 (with Boys' Choir) and 1986.
StuporMundi86 4 years ago
This is an excellent interpretation of the Magnificat. The slower tempo really makes the piece sound more majestic. It makes it easier on the trumpets also, a win-win situation.
car2052 4 years ago 9
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Funny thing! he tempo has nothing to do with his conducting. Only with his fame. Like most famous conductors, Harnoncourt, Leonardt, Brugge and Herrewege (my God who can play with this nitwit) it is most about their fame ( and the money you can make with them). There are plenty more good conductors. Burn all cd's!!!!!!!!!
ermeo356 4 years ago
Surely they gained their fame from being great at what they do?
Elaniago 4 years ago
"the tempo has nothing to do with his conducting"- ermeo356
An interesting take on how the orchesrta works... please correct me if I'm wrong, but, in band, I do believe that we were taught that the conductor is the one who sets tempo, via a baton. The conductor shows the musicians how he/she wishes the piece to sound through expression of face, and conducting gestures.
payrollz1234 4 years ago
Without the conductor, the musicians are free to interpret as they please, and the piece is not together. So tell me, can the orchestra simply do without anyone standing on the podium?
payrollz1234 4 years ago
It has been tried with good results. The concertmaster usually sets the tempo if there is no conductor. In Bach's time, the conductor usually played the harpsichord or positiv organ, as Ton Koopman sometimes does.
BayAreaBiker2001 3 years ago
That is not usual everywhere. Somwehere, conducter plays continuo, sometimes it is a violinist and sometimes, it is just conducting. For italy is usual that harpsichordist is a conducter.
mrharpsi 3 years ago
The orchestra explote like fireworks in the Feast of the Lord. And, when you don´t expect, you hear some voices arising from nothing, praying Him with contagius joyness and jubilee.
abnerwagner 4 years ago 4
perfect tempo!
gbf5 4 years ago
This opening movement leaves me in tears every time. When I see it live, I have to bring tissues because it just tugs on my heart so much . Thank you very much for posting this.
fliboi78 4 years ago 2
I'm glad there's another crazy person out there. Whenever I hear the opening bars of the Magnificat the waterworks start and I begin sobbing with joy, and I'm Jewish!..., and intend to remain so.
ralphieninib 2 years ago 3
Same for me, - and I'm a Vaishnava!
MissElfreda 2 years ago 2
i had the honor of being in the sf boys chorus and performing this piece with the sf symphony and seiji ozawa
one of the most perfect pieces of music ever written
and im jewish too
brabon1 2 years ago
Magnificent!
Valkiri801 4 years ago 2
Finally the right tempo!
hcjuancamilo 4 years ago 3
This gets me so aroused.
mahtabvideos 4 years ago
Harnoncourt's prfm. of Bach's glorious, glorious Magnificat ranks alongside those done by Rilling,Corboz,Gardiner,Hickok in my opinion.
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301250 4 years ago
absolutely loving the baroque instruments!
SotoGx89 4 years ago 3