Verdi - Libera me (1)

[rondelidemagnesio]

This remember me of disney :D

[8Rincewind]

I have looked for this osng for ages, only knowing that it was shown in the advert for the quiditch worldcup game.

[ang7751]

Increible

[defaultus3r]

Hey where's Susan Dunn...this lady isn't as good.

[giorgiodg]

la direzione non è il massimo, la parte dove entra il coro "dies irae" è senza dubbio un passaggio impegnativo ma questo non giustifica un minestrone generale. il tempo preso non è necessariamente troppo veloce, ma è troppo veloce per come viene eseguito, con scarsa precisione, per cui tutti gli incastri tra coro e orchestra saltano, e il forte diventa "casino". i tenori non si sentono. il soprano solista non appoggia sempre bene, ad es. la cadenza finale che infatti chiude in modo non etereo.

[petenjohn1]

I couldn't possibly rate any of the Mozart, Berlioz, Faure or Verdi's requiems against each other - they are all absolutely fantastic.

[MrBranchFreeman]

This is awesome quality!!!

[spongebobsqa7]

Who is the Conductor? I think it's Ferenc Fricsay, right? and the record is 1955, eh?

[misssunshineboo]

This is my favorite of any recording I've listened to. Maria Stader has a perfect balance of passion, anger, and terror. Absolutely beautiful.

[wblstudios]

This isn't Gurren Lagann...

[armonopera]

Bella interpretazione, ma che brano straordinario!

[ThaSchwab]

This is slowly beating out Gabriel Faure for "best Requiem."

[leobster]

I second that thought!

[fiddlrs3]

@ThaSchwab Apples and Oranges; they are so radically different in so many ways!

[moneyonthegrill]

@ThaSchwab wait wait wait a minute.....aren't we forgetting mozarts requiem???? no disrespect to Faure or Verdi

[MrBranchFreeman]

@ThaSchwab Don't forget Mozart!

[brunosilvershadow]

That was the first recording of Verdi Requiem by Ferenc Fricsay with Maria Stader! You should hear the second one from 1963! Everyone knew that Fricsay will die; the entire music is one single Prayer! Stader told me that at the End the entire Audience was crying because everyone knew that it was Fricsay's Requiem himself! And it was recorded live! - For me the recording of the Century of Verdi Requiem!

[machngunjoe]

Too fast 2:30

[leobster]

okay

[JonoHashmo]

@machngunjoe i agree to fast

[machngunjoe]

@JonoHashmo a lot of classical is performed too fast I think these days, slow it down ppl, how is the music supposed to have its extra dramatic effect when you treat it like a 16 year old Prom date!

[JonoHashmo]

i agree to fast

[padrenatas]

Muy bonita versión, pero la interprete no pronuncia bien el coeli... pero en lo que cabe me gustó mucho.

[fanoftheopera]

It was convention back then in German-speaking areas to pronounce the Latin 'c' like 'ts'. Everybody did it.

[padrenatas]

Thank you very much, This is a very usefull fact. As you know this is an ecclesiastical text for that reason I always pronounce the "C" like "ch". Do you speak spanish? because muy last coment was in spanish. Greetings.

[fanoftheopera]

Actually I don't speak Spanish - I sorted it out with the French and Italian I know ;)

[Joneses65]

@fanoftheopera Its Latin.

[fanoftheopera]

@Joneses65

I was replying to Padrenatas, whose initial comment was in Spanish.

[edulcorante]

Eres un nerd, prepotencia mode on