Vatican 1600 (Allegri's Miserere performed by the Tallis Scholars)

[johnm28med]

The Miserere is written about in many many diaries through the ages. People travelled to Rome throughout the 1700s and 1800s to specifically here this piece sung at Vatican. I believe it was (and still is) usually sung during the Tenenbrae service on Holy Saturday and the candle light is slow extinguished.

[yugandali]

I was shocked the first time I heard this: can this be human?

I listened to the CD hundreds of times, and was overjoyed when the Tallis Scholars came to Taipei and sang this.

Thank you for posting!

[SuperRothers]

tESSA bONNER IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, SUCH BEAUTY

[christophbell2]

I love the pictures, they give a nice visual, but this is a beautiful song that requires you to listen the first time through with your eyes closed.

[Catlin11]

Yeh...this is pretty shit,im off to listen to Lil B, BASED GOD BITCH SWAG OD

[falstocat]

@Catlin11 Is that Berg?

[walafay]

This needs a dubstep remix

[rjf3tj]

@walafay No...just no....why would you want to mess with perfection?

[RichardIIfan]

Yes this is and the choir achieves its effect by having a kind of double concerto choir in the distance. It is not rushed and the pure high notes is the purist singing. This is probably the finedst piece of music ever written so simple and yet so deep.

[kdsf12]

If you can get this version on vinyl, you're in it to win it. Trust me.

[JwahAmore31]

@kdsf12 Thanks for the good lookin' out! I have this version on CD, but I just know vinyl is better! Cheers, love! - J

[C1Astra]

at about 1:40, that voice there, when it's a really good version, it can move and touch me so much it gets a :'( tear. feels like a lonely quiet call of God. Psalm 51

[Anormalista89]

Bellissimo. Anche se devo dire che senza il do sovracuto perderebbe per me molto fascino (e chissene del filologicamente corretto).

[lilgrasshoppah]

when the boys hit the high notes... what movie/soundtrack was that from. it's driving me mad!

[yahdoh1]

no words can express the appreciation for this near perfect piece...

[miguelcarvalho2008]

There is a web game called 'Bible Fight' (mortal combat with characters from the Bible) and it has this piece as intro. I didn't know it. I used to load the game just to hear the song over and over. Then I would pick Eve and beat the hell out of Moses :))))

[MorgTheHarbinger]

@miguelcarvalho2008 that is hillarious!

[lardons1]

Wonderful music.

[wilmotofrochester]

We only need a heart and a soul, nothing more...

[crabbygaz]

This is the best version, clean, clear and an outrageous soprano!

[edmundnschrag]

The pictures are fitting.  Though with our eyes we see as through a glass, you have allowed us through our ears to see Him face-to-Face, and for that I am grateful.

[linguaexdeo]

The pictures are great. I have never seen St Peter's photographed like this. There is another version by The Choir of New College, Oxford that is also superb.

[TheCosmicJam]

I think the dark grainy pictures work really well actually, it gives a brooding ominous mysterious atmosphere. Coupled with the music it makes a really good video!

[Dish951]

ma che coro e???? wich is the coir?

[earliermusic]

@Dish951

The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips

They are British

[lardons1]

@Dish951 "It was performed by the Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips and recorded by Gimell Records in the early 1980s."

It's in the description :)

[silmanzoni]

@Dish951 Sono i Tallis Scholars diretti da Peter Phillips

[TercerReich2020]

EXELENT!

[cyung01]

Obviously Tallis Scholars has made different versions of Miserere mei Deus during the years. I've a different recording which is not as good as this. Can you tell me which record is this from ? Appreciate that.

[earliermusic]

@cyung01

The recording is one of the earliest Tallis Scholars recordings (pre-digital) that was re-released in 2001 under the Gimell UK label. You can get it on Amazon.com.

Good luck!

[redstarrise]

dont believe the Mozart transcription is a legend hear the USSR ministry choir is the best.. cant find a recording of it tho

[marchesano]

@redstarrise The Mozart story is documented. He heard it twice during Holy Week on his visit to Rome.

[redstarrise]

@marchesano late on the punch been ill but yea i dont think this is the best version ive heard tis whot I meant :)

[AngelusTristitias]

Coeli cantus

[earliermusic]

The legend that I recall is that the church never published the piece for the public to use and that Mozart transcribed it from a single listening of the entire work.

[PancakesoftheLove]

@earliermusic An edict declared performance/transcription of the piece outside of the Sistene Chapel punishable by excommunication. Mozart did indeed do it in one sitting, only returning to correct a few minor errors. In fact, upon finding out who it was who leaked the Miserere, the Pope summoned Mozart back to Rome to, contrary to the edict, praise him for his miraculous gift from God.

[1Bulls0Eye1]

@earliermusic

That is correct. At the age of 14, Amadeus Mozart attended one of the two Masses where this hymn was sung during the year, on the Wednesday and Friday of Holy Week, in the Roman Catholic faith. This is definately one of his achievements that marks him as a musical genius.

[JwahAmore31]

@earliermusic That's true! Can you believe it? What an amazing gift he had and shared w/the world, for centuries to come, huh? GOD BLESS! - J

[Psued0Name]

Almost Totally True

He returned a second time to make minor corrections

[ozvoxhumana]

@earliermusic - that's not a legend, it happened in 1770, although it is believed that Mozart returned to hear it again two days later to make minor corrections.

[kirinphoebe1]

@ozvoxhumana That was quite an accomplishment by young Mozart, but ultimately not as difficult as you might think. The verses are repeated so often and the harmonies are so consonant, and the polyphony is such a short part of the entire piece, that there are others who could do the same. In fact, there *were* others who did so.

[Masterpencer]

@earliermusic And he was 14 at that time :-)

[falstocat]

@earliermusic Intellectual properties be damned! I love Mozart.

[micontrafa]

@earliermusic You're correct. The Vatican had this locked up and wouldn't release it. However, to say "Mozart transcribed it from a single hearing" is misleading. The piece repeats itself several times before it ends with a 8 or 12-bar coda. The text is just Psalm 51, which was published all over. So it's impressive, but not miraculous.

[1958debs]

Isn't this the piece that Mozart himself was in trouble for copying?

[1958debs]

And all the more mysterious.

[templeH81]

Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.

Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem mean.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me.

Quoniam iniquitatem mean ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.

Tibi soli peccavi et malum, coram te feci: ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.

Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum : et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.

[templeH81]

2. Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti : incerta et occula sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi.

Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor : lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam, et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.

Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis : et omnes iniquitates meas dele.

Cor mundum crea in me, Deus : et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.

Ne projicias me a facie tua : et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.

[templeH81]

3. Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui : et spiritu principali confirma me.

Docebo iniquos vias tuas : et impii ad te convertentur.

Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meae : et exsultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam.

Domine, labia mea aperies : et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.

Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique : holocaustis non dedectaberis.

Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus : cor contritum et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies.

[templeH81]

4. Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion : ut ædificentur muri Jerusalem.

Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes et holocausta: tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.

[templeH81]

The Tallis Scholars sing this so amazingly. This song makes my heart leap

[meezy83]

This is an absolutely fantastic recording ... the soprano is effortless. Beautiful!

[torpedo1907]

@meezy83

100% agree. I used to sing soprano in this song in year 2000 in Miami on Christmass. I was 17 then ! & only later i started to understand how beautifull song is "Miserere mei" Thanks wor writtin text for it.

[torpedo1907]

Ответить на это видео...  oh no no, not soprano but tenor... it was an amazing experience