Britten War Requiem Rostropovich Lacrymosa
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A wonderful concert - I was very fortunate to be in the choir for this performance, back in 1993.
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The greatest! piece! of Britten! in my opinion...
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@beana666 I was at this performance in 1995 (or thereabouts). Bryn Terfel was the baritone solo. the banging was a technical fault backstage (which went on for most of the performance) and the BBC did an amazing job getting it down to how it sounds in this clip! In the hall it was far louder and totally disrupted the performance.
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Gotta love the ragging on the diction! Calm down people.. she's saying l's and d's, but as a Russian, she makes them farther back, with the tip of the tongue against the hard palette. It's high and dolcissimo, so diction is going to be cloudier especially with a big voice. I find this very expressive.
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Folfe-Johnson looks so much like a Fremen in this recording :o
beautiful beautiful stuff..........
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Man, I almost typed so many rude things! She has awful diction, let's just leave it at that. That tenor makes my life, though.
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It's the gunfire. So you don't forget that it's a war requiem.
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que belleza de musica.
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What IS that irritating banging? Like a knocking of someone's chair leg or something. Ruined it.
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I AGREE!!! Her voice is beautiful but AAAAAAAAAARGGGGHHHHH ARTICULATE THE WORDS!!!!!!!!!!
The magnificent Anthony Rolfe Johnson ...
Danishtenor 3 years ago 4
for me it is the best part of the requiem.
as i sit naturally in the orchestra, it drives me to tears every time. but its not the sopran but the choir! its marvellous
osikea 3 years ago 2