Fauré Requiem In Paradisum

[XeutonMojukai]

Yes, I cannot explain it, therefore God. Seriously? You lot are truly moronic to think the unexplainable is made God by the fact that it is unknown. You are on the same level as cavemen thinking the thunder is a man with a big hammer. False. Foolish. Unable to enjoy the craftsmanship of your species without giving all credit to a man in the sky, instead of appreciating the sheer wonder that random chance could produce brains capable of deriving beauty from noise. Miracle-God=Beauty.

[MsVerlinden]

l'homme cherche a s'elever c'est dans sa nature c'est la façon qu'il choisi qui n'est pas bonne et Dieu n'y est pour rien si il se trompe, mais il a ete dit heureux ceux qui sont conscient de leur faim spirituelle , souvent traduit par heureu et de sa creation x les simples en esprit ce qui ne veux plus rien dire, la spiritualité est une quête constante dans l'amour du createur et de sa creation qui fut faite a son image. C'est un don mais qu'en faisons -nous?

[bassbass99able]

why don't atheists just kill themselves? hahahah

[TwilightFalls]

@bassbass99able Eh,,, because they have tangible reasons to live, as opposed to because it's the will of some celestial dictator?

[bassbass99able]

@TwilightFalls like what reasons?

[Lordthornber]

Inspector Morse brought me here too. What a beautiful piece of work this is, I defy anyone to not have the hairs on the back of their neck stand up. Magnificent.

[megakazb]

a wonderful way in which to move from one year to the next so calming!

[SethHesio]

Morse brought me here. Such a haunting, beautiful song. The first minute in particular.

[shiftdrive81]

i came here because i heard this on 28 days later....

[dumonji]

Mükemmel  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KimJiruru]

This is the best!

Performers: Philippe Corboz, Berne Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Huttenlocher, Alain Clement

Conductors: Michel Corboz

Original Release Date: 1 Jan 2000

Release Date: 1 Jan 2000

Label: Warner Classics International

Copyright: 2000 Warner Music Japan Inc.

Total Length: 36:43

Genres: Classical

[KimJiruru]

Try this version:

Fauré : Requiem Opus 48

Michel Corboz & Berne Symphony Orchestra

Organ Phillipe Corboz

[KimJiruru]

Way too fast!

[OhadAlmagorOhad]

This performance is way too fast, it ruins the tenderness of this beautiful piece.

There are at least two other performances of this piece in YouTube that are much better.

[pianoboypiano]

can we please not have religious debates on this page of one of the most beautiful classical pieces ever written...

[groovekitty70]

Great for meditation--even the thought that such a peaceful rest can be attained. Whether or not you believe in life after death, what Faure gave us with this movement is an incredible gift of peace with this aural vision of paradise. Requiem sempiternam.

[MegaChemboy]

I sung this as part of my school choir at a memorial service a few weeks ago for a friend who tragically died. It was the hardest thing Ihad to do in my life yet. he was only 14.

[mactoja]

Always beautiful piece of music... And my son is going to sing it tomorrow and in a week time in Warsaw, Poland --> Warsaw Boys and Men's Choir. I shall shoot it and present. But t always, any performance of this one... honey to my ears :-)

[GeorgeRBM1999]

My wife sings with the VA Consort. they did the Faure Requiem as a 10th anniversary of 9/11. Not a dry eye in Charlottesville. Magnificent and perfect. Melancholy but hopeful and peaceful. Genius.

[anthonela1]

Faure shows that death can be a peaceful journey for believers and non-believers

[nor5a5252]

I think that is a very beatiful and even music

[nor5a5252]

me encanta esta version

[Fallschirmjaeger963]

heard this the first time in The Thin Red Line (:

[ASAngelo]

magic ...

[MrFerminleon]

(I appreciate Wikipaedia's contributions in the descriptions on previous comment)

[MrFerminleon]

Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 between 1887 and 1890. This choral–orchestral setting of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead is the best known of his large works. The most famous movement is the soprano aria Pie Jesu. Camille Saint-Saëns said of it, "just as Mozart's is the only Ave verum Corpus, this is the only Pie Jesu."

[TheRoseFloyd]

28 days later.

[Choristenimes]

Très beau ! Listen: "In paradisum par la maîtrise de nîmes"

[Tlashase]

My senior year in high school, Central High school in Memphis, Tn, we sang thwwhole requiem with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. It was absolutely beautiful. I still have the sheet music.

[cre599]

It wouldnt surprise me if Faure was an atheist... LOL...

[TheCarsche]

My senior year in high school, Stadium HS, we performed this entire requiem, and even these many years later, it continues to be my favorite piece of classical music. I've lost my recording of it, so I suppose I'm going to have to go out and find it on cd. Hopefully you can enjoy the entire work by Faure

[MegaAzazel666]

Moving. Very moving. A Masterpiece

[Sukottop]

performed this piece in Canada last summer. Wonderful piece!

[bassbass99able]

I guess ATHEISM'S your religion then

[Feroal2]

@bassbass99able If Atheism is a religion then, not collecting stamps is a hobby...

[TwilightFalls]

@Feroal2 It is the lack of religion you twit. That is the point.

[Feroal2]

@TwilightFalls I know, read bassbass99able's comment...



[psychm0]

@Feroal2 Agreed! And a clearly ridiculous hobby it is!

[destiny2909]

I'm singing this later this month (March 2011). It's a beautiful work.

[Tripo1iSamson]

28 DAYS LATER TIT SHITS 

[encarandoelmetal]

I prefer Slechtvalk version...

That is a good requiem hahaha

God bless

[martw77]

when i was a choirister this was my favourite

[Lufologue]

Just wonderful to listen what men together can do with their voices and talents.

[watutman]

This has the rhythm to still the heartbeat for peaceful rest. That is why we can all relate.

[Anon5K]

This is the most beautiful classical music I ever heard.

[timothys2829]

Faure' is the BOMB

[sfoswiss]

So so beautiful

[ohiojib]

I selected this to be played at my dads funeral this month along with Ave Verum Corpus and Pie Jesus. I wanted the music to be glorious. It was.

[DrTWG]

This has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. I have a very eclectic taste in music but nothing has ever struck me as much as Faure's 'In Paradisum'

[barytontaine]

Musique divine ou FAURE revient à des harmonies classiques d'accords majeurs,C'est tout simplement bouleversant et particulièrement bien interprété ici.

[DrHdhouse]

beauty is beauty. what wonderous mind had this inspiration?

[Kipaorion]

Totalmente de acuerdo con Srxjer

[AuGael]

Simply beautiful!

[richw1023]

Truly a beautiful piece. I've played this work more times than I can count, and it never gets old. The choir intonation here is pretty iffy, especially the sopranos throughout.

[PirateBobLadYar]

@richw1023 I agree, it seems just to be a few voices letting everything else down. Don't get me wrong, it's still beautiful, but it's just that teensy bit off...

[2504marcus]

@richw1023 true, and if viewed from a purist point of view far from perfect but never the less still moving if taken for what it is. a bunch of people coming together no doubt enjoying themselves , trying their best . i find that moving in itself.

if one wants perfection listen to kings choir .

[Lifeofriley18]

All of the people complaining about it being a little bit flat in places (whether right or not) are missing the point entirely. In order to be noticing that you're examining it too closely or from a peformers point of view- you need to stand back and see the whole picture.

[Lifeofriley18]

@Lifeofriley18 Complaining about it being flat is like looking very closely at the ceiling of the Sistine chapel and complaining that the paint has a few small crack.

If you really must notice it, think of it as a metaphor for the human condition in line with the rest of the theme of the piece; striving for perfection and never quite reaching it, as compared to the paradise of heaven.

[2504marcus]

@Lifeofriley18 i agree, there is nothing better than to see a bunch of people coming together with a common aim. being part of a choir is a wonderful experience , each striving to do their best within the bond of comaraderie. they may not create perfection but as you say imperfection is part of the human condition. it matters not the bum notes, the serene ethereal quality was still there and i found it moving on many levels.

[pjdonagh]

@Lifeofriley18 Or is it like looking very closely at a plate of good food and complaining that the food has a few small spots that are mouldy or rancid? Hearing the imperfect tuning really isn't a matter of choice, it's just there and you hear it. I also hear much to like and admire in this performance but let's be honest about it's shortcomings.

[almightyhydra]

@Lifeofriley18 Sorry, I have perfect pitch and spotted it instantly :(

[Gud4nuffin12]

love the cello in this (Y)

[jaalexis2002]

Je mes sent quelque pars, en haut peut etre avec cette musique. Merci de partager.

[sunnysideoflove]

this is what my soul sounds like

[DrTWG]

@sunnysideoflove Lucky you

[athenazgirl]

in civitatem sanctam jerusalem... qoun dam paupere... lazaro qoun dam paupere... jerusalem... we singing this song in chorus

[jajabilox]

@ sherbetstraw and watutman: this rendition is not flat either in 0:37 or any part of the entire piece. Do listen again. I have performed this before.

[CommanderB9488]

I love this. It helps me sleep at night when I have had a stressful day.

[Hitch0403]

To be serious now....back in 1968 when i was a junior in HS i had a brother-in-law who was 28 years old dying of a rare blood cancer and we sang this song for a concert and i remember the tears swelling in my eyes.The song is beautiful because it gives the hope of a resurrection from a loving God who cares about the human race.

[spaceagewave103]

I suppose that's why they used it in 28 days later?

The 4 survivors in a world crashing down around them.

[SethHesio]

@Hitch0403 Sadly... there's too much random cruelty, destruction and obliteration for there to be a loving god. The idea can live in our heads though. The best thing is to try to be the best person you can and help others.

[ctweebee]

@SethHesio God did not create the cruelty, distruction and obliteration, man did, because God gave him free will and man chose knowledge of good and evil.

[SethHesio]

@ctweebee There is no God. It's an idea dreamt up by man. It's a powerful idea, but it doesn't hold water. Any thinking person can see that there clearly is no design, no plan, no grand creator. To think otherwise is woolly thinking.

[ctweebee]

@SethHesio You don't dream. I can tell.

[SethHesio]

@ctweebee I dream, I feel beauty, feel the majesty of things I can't understand and stand in awe at the wonderful unimaginable beauty of nature and the universe and the infinite amount of things we are yet to discover. I have never been arrogant or stupid enough to suppose that a God made me and I was at the center of it.

[ctweebee]

@SethHesio But you do dream and I'm not stupid. People who believe in God are not ignorant or arrogant.They may act ignorant and arrogant and you should pray for them. But believing one is the center of everything is more a personality disorder. Man is not perfect and suffers from a range of delusions about God and self and the relationship thereof. When one has the proper perspective arrogant and ignorant people no longer bother them. Your words show you've got it. I'm almost there!

[SethHesio]

@ctweebee Well, your argument would hold water if having very fixed belief about a deity was harmless. A great deal of the worlds problems stem from people using their personal belief as a perfect excuse to harm others. I personally think as a species we are hopefull moving away from superstition and the nonsense of religion, while still realising some of the positive messages that are in it. Be kind to eachother is great. Kill someone for being of a different sexual persuasion is not. Right?

[ctweebee]

@SethHesio Now you're an idiot. You're bringing religion into it. You're not anti God but anti theology. Saying someone is arrogant and stupid for believing in God is not the same as attacking their religion. You're against a religious organizations preaching and dictating to you. Faure's musical education was at the School of Classical and Religious Music and wouldn't exist otherwise. My only complaint is it's too short.

[SethHesio]

@ctweebee I'm anti-theist aswell as against the harm that organised religion causes. If you're willing to pin everything unexplainable on a God that has created everything, then in my eyes you're letting your species down.

[SethHesio]

@ctweebee Human beings, as we are a part of the fabulous continuous world wide symphony of nature and all of its manifestations, are capable of creating great beauty. My whole point is that this is not the work of a God or any God... there is far too much random destruction, empty space and simply contradictory events taking place to ever sincerely believe there is a God. I can no more prove this to you than prove that there isn't a toaster floating in space 6 million light years away.

[Hitch0403]

Yes...amazing that something as beautiful as this music just evolved...LOL

[watutman]

Yes, a little flat at 0:37-38. But great overall.

[4dorgan]

Absolutely superb. Fine musicians & fantastic piece of music.

[543693The]

Merci G.Fauré ... et à cette chorale de Berne , l'orchestre tout.... je suis émue profondément ! Interprétation de qualité...

[Srxjer]

I'm a firm atheist and I still think that this is beautiful, musically speaking.

[costasimpson]

I'm the same. I think that the music side of religion is just spectacular. Especially the organ.

[Betziburli]

@Srxjer Dear sir I take your statement to mean that you are definitely sure that the only God you want to bow to is yourself. Well each to his own level of aspiration. Live and let live.. and your appreciation of this musoic is merely a nervous jerk of the biological machine.. 'tongue in cheek'

[prothonotar]

@Srxjer Faure himself wasn't very religious, so your'e in good company! :-)

[prothonotar]

@Srxjer Faure himself wasn't very religious, so you're in good company. :-)

[MicAssault]

@Srxjer Theological beliefs are irrelevant in the appreciation of good music or any other art for that matter.

[w0bblegirl]

@Srxjer hey same! looool.

[TheReverberatingSoul]

@Srxjer

As am I, and as do I.

[EllieHeartBroken]

KIRSTY HAS TO SING THIS IN ITALY

[RedShadow1917]

I like this and I'm not even catholic.

[magpie4321]

That's Ok Red, we're all aiming at heaven

[magpie4321]

I can hear plenty of flat Cs

[sherbetstraw]

ahhhh flat

[cruisie]

yes...just  shy of the note isn't it. disappointing. Oh well, the unfortunate consequence of recording a live performance

[fredroberthompson]

This music without a doubt has to come from Heaven. How lovely.......so lovely.....

[dies1domini]

An English translation from Youtube:

May the angels lead you into paradise,

May the martyrs receive you

In your coming,

And may they guide you

Into the holy city, Jerusalem. (see Rev ch 12 & 21)

May the chorus of angels receive you

And with Lazarus once poor (see Luke 16:20-25)

May you have eternal rest.

The gregorian chant 'In Paradisum' was the traditional commending song in the service for the dead.

[dies1domini]

In paradisum deducant te angeli,

in tuo adventu

suscipiant te martyres,

et perducant te

in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.

Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,

et cum Lazaro quondam paupere

aeternam habeas requiem.

[mutterschied]

Heaven's music for sure....

[Krumb2]

i'm someone who loves like punk and rock and everything else like that, but we played this in percussion, and i seriously believe to be the prettiest song i've ever heard

[churchofthepalmsdel]

I would call it...... education. Your world has been made larger through exposure to a work of art - perhaps one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. I am happy for you that you had this experience early in life. And it was in a percussion class?

[asda99asda99]

I have loved this since I first heard it in the film 28 Days Later. This song plays as the destruction and emptiness is revealed.

It is very beautiful indeed. Wonderful

[nightrainbows1111]

hello asda99asda99 ... I have loved this since I fist found fragments on Youtube from the film 'The Legend of Bagger Vance' - though it deals with the subject 'golf', which I have never been a fan of ... in essence the film deals with Carl Jungian concepts such as synchronicity ... the music plays as the hero has found his Authentic Self ... in The Field ...

[benbjamin323]

pure beauty. never gets old!

[78thstreet]

This music is really great! This is really MUSIC.

ENCORE!

[patdaho]

magnifique,

le paradis avec les anges sont là, l appaisement apres le passage vers l au dela....

Boulversant

[exotiquerobert]

Faure has helped us all out by taking the fear out of death. Even the agnostic or atheist can appreciate this masterpiece. It transcends tiresome religous boundaries

[acotw67]

exotiquerobert:

That is by far the most intelligent comment about sacred music and/or ecumenism I've read on youtube.Faure's Requiem IS a musical masterpiece by one of the best French composers, without a doubt.All requiems should remove the fear of death; this is one of the few that actually does. Thank you for stating concisely what many musicians and/or Christians believe but don't often say."Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Weber's Requiem was a POP hit in'84,but it's not a work of genius imho.

[tintintabulations]

My thoughts exactly. See my latest video. =)

[jprmp]

Hello!

I invite all of you to hear the beautiful In Paradisum from the Portuguese Composer Jorge Salgueiro!

I hope you enjoy and apreciate!

:-D

[doggyloverz10123]

our 5th and 6th grade choir did this in 4 part harmony and it was so hard!!!! i can tbelive a profesional choir is doing it though...not to sound conceited or anything

[acotw67]

doggyloverz10123:

That does NOT sound conceited at all. Your choir director does not believe in "dumbing down" musical education. Neither did mine, who was a college professor. I joined my school choir when I was 8. The first things we learned were the Sanctus(in English) from Missa Luba & Mozart's Exultante,Jubilate(in Latin)We sang the Alleluia in 3 part harmony as a round.All sopranos & trebles had solid coloratura technique by the age of 11!Better to challenge youself than take it easy.

[Piva778]

it's music from haven...definitly.

[laurencelikestopgun]

I hear this from the "The Thin Red Line"

[Ultra44]

That's one of my favorite movies and I didn't even notice it in there. I know the song from the horror movie 28 days later.

[UseYourIllusions123]

that is a beautiful piece

[magpie4321]

This will be played at my funeral!

[pollybips]

it was played at my mothers last week !

[magpie4321]

pollybibs, omgoodness, you are blest!

[kalish86]

me too, i hope.

[NickBerg12]

Grazie, Dio per avermi dato il privilegio di amare pezzi come questo. Grazie.

[anonyMoses]

This beautiful piece will be featured in concert with the Charlotte Symphony tonight and tomorrow in Charlotte, with Thierry Fischer conducting. Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique is also on the ticket.

[bigmanatvu]

I love the whole Requiem but I think this choir lacked the energy and musical expression to really do it justice it deserves.

[goldie0800]

Some of the most beautiful music this side of Heaven! I hope heaven is as nice as this!

[pino505]

I agree but the best film this was used in has to be ''The Thin Red Line''

[mohanicus]

this beautifull piece was used excellantly in 28 days later.

[SmartBC90]

A wonderful contribution of The Roman Catholic Tradition to the spiritual and emotional needs of the world...Amen! Alleluia!

[acotw67]

SmartBC90:

Benedicte te. Pax te. :D

[englishrose47]

Always brings tears to my eyes as this was the background music to the death scene of Inspector Morse. The whole work is a masterpiece.

[nabzdabz]

jesus christ i have just cum in my kex

[chaoscast]

i bought the album of the complete Requiem. One of the greatest experiences in my live

[mmartini50]

0:57

[albegvir]

sublime!!!!!!!!!

[martinezje]

This is played in the beginning of the Thin Red Line. The footage with it is stunning just like all of Terrence Malick films.

[bengeeman24]

I was just rewatching the Thin Red Line after having sung this a few weeks ago. When we first started rehearsing this piece I was thinking: "why do I like this so much...? I've heard this somewhere before...?"

Now after having sung it I came back to the Thin Red Line today and in the opening I was like "So that's where I know it from!"

Such a beautiful piece of music. Have yet to see 28 Days Later, so I have not seen that film rendition of this song.

It truly is beautiful, this song, IMHO.

[EvilRadiatedMonkey]

I think in 28 Days Later it's almost the same to this one and the TTRL intro, aka, bloody beautiful. It's used very effectively in 28 Days Later.

[razorback0z]

Just cant listen to this without balling my eyes out... stunning... I try not to play it unless Im alone because it can be embarrasing. As close as I get to anything remotely religious.

[AntonioSantoyo]

In memoriam Gordon B. Hinckley. May he rest in peace.

[kevinc38]

beautiful

[ctafrance]

the best version of this i ever heard is, alas, unrecorded, i believe. it was the paris symphony orchestra choir, singing in turin in 1998 for a live radio concert on the italian national radio channel. i was singing with the choir, as a tenor. and when the sopranos launched into this...well, the world melted into ethereal wonder for the space of the piece. never have i experienced the likes of it before or since...

[owslachief]

If forced to bring two pieces of music on a long road trip, they would be In Paradisum and Biebl's setting of Ave Maria.

[dadusy]

Leeds Cathedral choir sung this in the recording for the death of the current pope. When the pope dies it will be shown. It is a beautiful song.

[conejoinmutablea]

Is this true? Are we planning ahead ?

Don't take it wrong, I am catholic and absolutely deligthed with Benedict XVI, but planning for his death is a bit unsettling for me.

I prefer a long live for him, then heaven.

[liam150i]

they play this song in the film 28 days later check it out

[evitaercx]

Thats true, there is a few nice pices there :)

[artysmarties]

Ha! I'm so glad someone else noticed this! I was watched 28 Days Later for the first time with some of my friends who *weren't* in choir and I started flipping out and they were just like shut up I don't care.

[virtuoso18]

lmfao i did the same thing when i watched it at home and my sis was like ...dont care

[eatdogs]

this is amazing music. i love it as much as claude debussy's clair de lune or arabesque#1...

[ReverendOleson]

This is what was played at my friend John Barclay's funeral.....Just too beautiful for words......This is the music that's played when you enter heaven.

[oldbutbeautiful]

Terence Malick uses "In Paradisum" to great effect in the opening sequence to the movie "The Thin Red Line" check it out!

[parousia555]

This is one of the most beautiful religious works I have ever heard

[vLTuRbOsu222]

this is very good

[swich68]

I like Faure's own comment, "it is as gentle as I am."

[Daim777]

Wow! I am in heaven! This is so beautiful!

[petelovesbevsills]

STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

[petelovesbevsills]

this is the music I would have had played at Beverly Sills's funeral... it is just too moving for words!!!!Thank you agatamaz!!!!!

[parousia555]

Did they use DeSills instead of DeVilles at the funeral?

[cyorgan]

I too accompanied this recently on organ and this particular movement was my favorite. A perfect ending to a wondering masterpiece.

[iloveejh]

Beautiful - played it and it was one of the most inspiring experiences of my life. Oh and Flicci, I love you XXXX

[parousia555]

This is one of the most beautiful religious works I have ever heard