Ein deutsches Requiem. 11. Mai 1989 in Tokio, NHK Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch (Sopran in dieser Aufführung war Julia Varady)
Herr, lehre doch mich,
daß ein Ende mit mir haben muß,
und mein Leben ein Ziel hat,
und ich davon muß.
Siehe, meine Tage sind
einer Hand breit vor dir,
und mein Leben ist wie nichts vor dir.
Ach wie gar nichts sind alle Menschen,
die doch so sicher leben.
Sie gehen daher wie ein Schemen,
und machen ihnen viel vergebliche Unruhe;
sie sammeln und wissen nicht
wer es kriegen wird.
Nun Herr, wess soll ich mich trösten?
Ich hoffe auf dich.
Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand
und keine Qual rühret sie an.
To all of you critical of this performance I can only say how sorry I feel for you. This is the greatest singer of the 20th century giving his all to music that is inspired by the most divine creative sources. Brahms would've been more than pleased, so if some of you pseudo-cognoscenti need to show your ignorance by berating DFD, do so. You'll still be nothing but ignorant losers.
1Victorinus 2 months ago
The choir is amazing... FiDi is trying to hard. His technic is perfect but I can not take him seriously.
singingisall 6 months ago
@mbouman I think you are entirely correct about overcompensating. Well came to the same conclusion and retired soon after. I heard him only late in his career - late eighties in Feldkirch with Schubert and in Zurich once with Kindertotenlieder. I was devasted afterwards... spellbinding is a good term! :-)
TommyHaegin 8 months ago
It's typical of DFD to deliver oratorio text in an unusually engaged manner. But, at age 64, with a voice that's thinning out, he's overcompensating, I think. He retired four years after this performance, abruptly. I treasure all videos of his singing. He was spellbinding in live performance!
mbouman 1 year ago
Como es posible que el video no avance? total,guardé en vano y este intérprete es de lo mejor.
belcanto24 1 year ago
so much facial expression, almost like scenical; that is rare.
on the other hand, no one would these days be 'acting' shamelessly with the score in his hand. The acting + singing more than compensates of course... 3:02 - 3:16
wwwsant 1 year ago