Allegri & Palestrina: Lamentations

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Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina, Gregorio Allegri
Artists: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown (conductor)
This recording brings together music composed in a variety of contrasting yet complemetary forms, from Gregorian chant to more elaborate, polyphonic music, set to words that explore the rawest human emotions, death, sin and repentance. The death of a loved one is a particularly distressing experience, and over the centuries composers have chanelled their grief into their most moving and emotional works. In the 1850s Brahms composed the German Requiem after he lost his mother, and Fauré’s Requiem was also composed after his mother died. Britten produced the imposingly bleak and Mahlerian Sinfonia da Requiem after the death of his parents. In this recording, the grief of Mary, the mother of Christ, is portrayed in Palestrina’s masterful setting of the Stabat Mater, composed for Pope Gregory XIV. Another moving portrayal of grief is Weelkes’s intimate depiction of the pain of David upon learning of his son Absalom’s death, When David heard.
Allegri’s Miserere concerns the belief in a higher power and the submission to it. Set to Psalm 51, the work was recognised by its composer and the Vatican as being of such beauty that its publishing was forbidden. No score was to leave the Papal Chapel. But then there was Mozart..
The incredible story of how Mozart came to copy down Allegri’s Miserere, note for note, after hearing it just once in 1770. Once it’s heard though, never forgotten. That soaring high C, mortifying for the boy treble who has to reach it, makes it one of the most sublime pieces of choral music ever.
But the piece was once closely guarded, only ever sung during the days of Easter within in the hallowed confines of St. Peter’s Rome - and never published for performance anywhere else. In 1770, who should arrive at the Vatican for Easter but 14-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? The city was captivating. He was overawed by St Peter’s, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the greatest impression was made on him by that piece of music. When he returned to his lodgings - where he had to share a bed with his dad and was getting no sleep at all - Mozart wrote the entire piece out from memory, perfectly. Here’s where some people begin to doubt the story - for how could a 14-year-old remember an entire choral composition, consisting of five voice parts, that he had only heard once that day? It does seem a little implausible. But let’s remember that Mozart wrote his first composition, a charming Minuet and Trio in G major, aged five. It is also said that after having transcribed the piece, the young Mozart went back to St Peter’s to hear the work again, probably the same week, to compare his own score with the sung version.
Sit back, Enjoy and tell us what you think!
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Tracklist 00:00:00 Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina: Stabat Mater 00:11:19 Gregorio Allegri: Miserere 00:24:03 Robert Ramsey: How Are The Mighty Fallen 00:31:43 Thomas Weelkes: When David Heard 00:36:10 Thomas Tallis: Lamentations 00:43:37 Tomás Luis De Victoria: O Vos Omnes 00:46:05 Josquin Des Préz: DéplOration Sur La Mort D'Ockeghem 00:50:40 Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: O Vos Omnes 00:53:35 Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina: Super Flumina Babylonis 00:57:24 Josquin Des Préz: Absalon Fili Mi 01:01:15 William Byrd: Civitas Sancti Tui 01:05:34 Thomas Tomkins: When David Heard 01:10:12 George Kirbye: Vox in Rama

[@BrilliantClassics]

@@treewalker1070 the choir and conductor are mentioned on the album cover and in the description!

[@treewalker1070]

@@BrilliantClassics I just noticed that and deleted my comment before I saw your answer. Thanks!

[@clarekuehn4372]

Please put this also in the description below the video ❤

[@johnries5593]

We did gain quite a bit from the Enlightenment, but it is helpful to hear some musical reminders of what we lost. It's hard to imagine modern composers trying to reproduce the "angels singing from heaven" effect that these composers did such a good job of creating.

[@reasonablyserious]

The biggest mistake was trying to replace the divine with the rational. In the proper context rational thought is wonderful, but we turned everything on its head and are reaping the rewards.

[@rickythe2nd63]

@@reasonablyserious So true

[@dr.gstreadmilltechnician7997]

@@reasonablyserious probably no coincidence it's called enlightenment, with the Luciferian elements that came along...

[@jon8474]

@@reasonablyserious Yeah none of the worlds problems are caused by religion

[@andrewmcfarland57]

Yes. Gnosticism = Luciferianism. Human knowledge is fine, as long as you don't put it before God and make an "anti-religion" out of it.

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

I lost a parent four months ago and find this music both exquisite and consoling yet almost unbearable in its beauty. Allegri’s Miserer is truly divine. I simply cannot turn it off, it expresses all the longing and helplessness one feels in the realisation a much loved and brilliant parent has gone forever. For all those who have lost a truly loved person, stay strong, treasure the memories you have and try and make them proud. Now I’m crying again. ✌🏻❤️🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@marley5657]

I lost my mother seven months ago and emotional pain is unbearable. I understand grief, bereavement, feeling lost, and broken in a million pieces.

[@onix6394]

I lost my Sister 5 months ago at 32. It's very hard but I believe she îs at peace now. Love from România!

[@cmh2847]

Your loved ones are never lost forever. They are with you now and shall be eternally. Love conquers all

[@charlesgarcin7037]

This is the music I played for my mother's funeral. I hope you get through.

[@loudevone7019]

I am sorry to hear of your loss. When I lost my wife almost 5 years ago, this music for me was both consoling, yet uplifting. As Catholics, my wife and I loved this music, because through her illness, we couldn't always make it to Mass, so we would live stream Mass and listen to this music afterwards. I will pray for your healing and peace.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This solemnity and comfortable feeling is off the charts, and unrivaled, and promotes peace of the soul

[@nonnakhinich8535]

This is the angels' singing. Divine!

[@ghislainmaurice6835]

Magnifique exeptionnel ces voix nous transportes dans un autre monde loin des tracas quotidiens comme quoi l homme est capable d édifier de belles choses malgré tout ... à écouter sans modération.

[@sandroveronese2042]

this music is honey on life's wounds

[@Brooder85]

Its been a while since music brought me to tears. Beautiful.

[@JohnKuiters]

❤

[@carlosmontes6568]

The choir is extremely perfect 👌 👌 👌 ❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼❤️🎼🎶❤️❤️

[@tyennatim1]

A world treasure. Sublime.

[@dexter_vane]

Damn the miserere is stunning! Fantastic choir!

[@emmanuelleserrano9719]

Ces voix d'enfants donnent la chair de poule. C'est une des plus belles œuvres de chant choral qui existe c'est sûr. Merci pour l'info sur Mozart et sa retranscription de l'oeuvre de mémoire, c'est fou...

[@fransmeersman2334]

Thank you very much for this marvellous beautiful and consoling music.

[@jfstover]

Thanks. . .from Kansas. Great 'life appreciation' music.

[@alfredoarruda2988]

Thanks from Brasil! I can't stop listem.

[@emmablanco6137]

Simplemente… celestial.

[@virginiaclark2476]

Calm, cool, and Exquisite 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 Oh Yes!!!

[@oscargerardogalindomarquez5615]

Buenos días. Muchas gracias por enviarme está emotiva joya musical. Sin duda alguna invita a la reflexión, y a la meditación. Es muy espiritual.

[@dianegiovanniello3024]

Thank you with much gratitude ⭐️🎄⭐️

[@MenelionFR]

13:04 Heartbreaking. This high C really stopped my breath for several seconds. Thank you so much, Brilliant Classics, and have really great holidays and a prosperous year 2020! Just love those "straight singing" choirs! I can't stand modern operas since they contain too much pitch vibrato for me. This choral music however is perfect.

[@alexandermackay-smith2364]

Totally agree about the vibrato. "Bel canto" may have been a thrill the first time it was heard, but it turned into an American birthday cake, all icing, not much cake.

[@heekyunglim1807]

@@alexandermackay-smith2364 Lol. That comparison to an American birthday cake was spot-on and beautifully effective at conveying your point.

[@marvinkweyu5206]

Love the description added. I never knew that. Thank you. For both music and description. Makes the moment the more satisfying

[@BrilliantClassics]

Nice to hear, enjoy it!

[@giorgiosalmaso5903]

Un frutto del grande Rinascimento italiano.

[@sangsikjoo1360]

Beautiful !

[@luluramos2627]

Brilliant Classics los amo ❤❤❤ Gracias infinitas ❤❤❤

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

BRAVO !

[@primomartino1]

Musica che purifica l'anima. - Grazie B.Classics

[@marioescudero7103]

Gracias una vez más !!!!

[@peterv7258]

That is so beautiful.

[@solcalderon726]

Gracias. Grandes genios. Geniales musicos.

[@edesiomichels9756]

Maravilhoso!

[@allynemendescarvalho]

Agradeço comovida por tão maravilhosas e abençoadas músicas. Obrigada.

[@MenelionFR]

Since then I listened several versions of Miserere, and this one by the Choir of Clare College is by far the best rendition. Angelic voices, perfect interpretation. Thank you once more!

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

have you heard the original and the late but pre transcripted version?

[@MenelionFR]

@@mysteriumxarxes3990 Nope, what do you mean?

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

@@MenelionFR well, the original sheet by gregorio allegri isnt the same of the song we hear today, there are some differences, especially the high pitched voice part, which is abstent in the original version. Then there is the second version, which is a bit different from the first, and there is the third version, the one we hear today. The high pitched part was added by mistake during a transcription. There is a documentary here on youtube about it

[@pinosoprano]

Grazie per aver fatto conoscere queste perle rare...

[@sw3aty_forte]

Fantastic

[@leonardo78649]

Hermoso, saludos desde Chile.

[@corey57255]

It's amazing how well the dynamic of the recording space works for composers like Palestrina and Allegri, but doesn't at all for Tallis or Byrd. The cross-relations and rapidly moving figures are lost in the fuzz of the echo.

[@thraciangrapes]

What a beautiful cd 🎉

[@MarceloNeurocienciaFilosofia]

Bom dia! Muito obrigado por essas belíssimas melodias. Paz e luz!

[@BrilliantClassics]

Obrigado!

[@ChiacchieraconMichele]

Beautiful works! Does anyone know where I can find full photos of the angel used on the cover of this CD? I've seen it before and it's absolutely beautiful.

[@valmirantoniobrizolla1168]

Cantos do mundo que há de vir.

[@codedlAnguage]

00.37.47.@. Thank You Brilliant Classics. 🌈 💝💝💝💝💝 🤔

[@ahrazosman200]

Awesome… 🇹🇷

[@Patricia-wf2via]

Tengo la cabeza hecha un bombo.

[@MegaCirse]

Chants parfaits pour lire les formes subjectives des nuages et suivre d'un œil attendri les rainures des tiges des arbres; apprécier l'écriture complexe des branches imbriquées, goûter les couleurs de la décomposition de la lumière en gouttelettes d'eau dans un jardin, ressentir fortement le sol humide de la forêt ancestrale pour percevoir les traces des animaux du passé profond

[@skandishtiber]

😮🙀

[@MegaCirse]

🤪🤠@@skandishtiber

[@nikolaymatvienko8789]

Ангелы поют

[@saltburner2]

A truly brilliant compilation of minor masterpieces, beautifully performed.

[@alexandermackay-smith2364]

Minor?!! You call these minor? These are some of the greatest works Western Civilization ever produced. None of that trashy overblown 19th-Century kitsch comes within a mile of this, no matter how big they make the orchestra. The Devil take the whole big-orchestra establishment. I hope you all go broke.

[@jl8217]

Apparently tis was ONLY played in the Vatican once a year. It is said that a young Mozart was invited by the Pope to hear it and memorized it and released it to the world.

[@telascocastellanos6253]

Que ciertas las enseñanzas del Papa Benedicto de que a Dios se puede llegar por la belleza y por la verdad,está música nos eleva el alma y ayuda a ser más buenos..

[@chambermuses7802]

Siendo invisible, la música es la puente que más profundamente conduce a la Belleza Divina y a la vez nos afina a sus reflejos a través de la Creación... una larguísima y eminente tradición por muchos siglos, reconociendo que, como dijo Sta. Teresa de Ávila, “son las criaturas vivo espejo de su Criador” (Cartas, Vol. 3, #19), haciendo eco de San Agustín (“por las criaturas se llega a conocer al Criador” - Confesiones, X.vi. 8), culminando en San Buenaventura, y el gran contemporáneo de Teresa, Fray Luis de Granada, en su «Símbolo de la fe»...

[@dvoraisdancing]

🌸

[@andrewwebb9426]

Lovely music though I seem to hear old-fashioned rumble. Was this recorded from a turntable?

[@yaudry5392]

아멘

[@castleofmusic7469]

💓☀️💓

[@skandishtiber]

Аж доки обертається земля , ми , ті що тут проходимо свій шлях у вічність , будем чути спів небес. При👂слухайтесь . Так , це він. 🇺🇦🌐

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#OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic #OdedFullAlbumPlaylist #OdedWeekendPlaylist #udioded

[@jakub-monikalampart3424]

no nobler music have ever been written

[@skunkape5918]

☦🕊💛☦

[@ianevansbrown8285]

Mid Europe I presume

[@institutopropositoteologico]

13:05 é famoso

[@dasarijyothsna5085]

If captions were there ..it could be more better.. am from english ..not understanding anything :/

[@ianramsay138]

These are standard texts, and they are easily found on the internet if you are really interested. What is given is sufficient to find the Latin poems and the Bible texts. Most singers are familiar with them as are many of the people who listen to this kind of music. You would do yourself a favour by looking them up and making copies as there are many other choral arrangements of these texts through the ages. Peace.

[@clarekuehn4372]

You may do searches. They are from the Masses for Requiem. The information is not hard to find.

[@giorgiosalmaso5903]

Latin language.

[@sufifigueiredo2968]

😇👼😇🎧🎼🎶🎵❤💕💓💞💗💟

[@lesliefigueras7708]

amazing choir ,even the sound of the latin language is better when sung by none latin singers

[@tertia0011]

Palestrina & Allegri with mixed choir is not quite right to my ears.

[@graziacavasino8884]

The only unpleasant thing here is the heavy English pronunciation - and, of course, the high C, which is not by Allegri.

[@voraciousreader3341]

The soprano singing in the quartet audibly tires each time the quartet sings; otherwise, it’s beautiful!