Brahms Alto Rhapsody Op. 53 (Ger/Eng/Spa subtitles) Sara Mingardo

Sara Mingardo, Andris Nelsons and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra performing this marvelous work with words from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. You can buy the DVD here www.prestoclass...
I don't own the video, just wanted to share it with added subtitles.

[@stevendenmark6520]

I can't think of a more powerful, loving expression of loss, hate, peace, trust, and restoration.

[@Markinsky]

First time I've ever felt and understood this piece. Her soft singing is exquisite.

[@dorkadezso5826]

Definitely my favourite performance of this Masterpiece.

[@michaelbrigden2944]

A truly exceptional performance and so deeply felt by all concerned. I loved it.

[@marinacaracciolo3161]

Sara Mingardo non ha soltanto una incantevole voce, sa anche perfettamente interpretare: questo modo di eseguire significa aver inteso in profondità il testo di Goethe e soprattutto la musica di Brahms che lo ha superbamente rivestito. La solista è pure egregiamente coadiuvata dall'orchestra e dal coro maschile. Magnifici tutti, non escluso - naturalmente - il giovane direttore!

[@vclelee]

Everything from singing to playing to conducting to camera work… just amazing…

[@glb289]

This performance brought tears to my eyes. Especially the conductor's facial expression and the silence after the final note!

[@MegaVicar]

I’ve been living with this piece for 25 years and this is the best performance I’ve heard. Truly gorgeous! Bravo to all involved, esp.Brahms & Goethe!

[@dorkadezso5826]

@@brianpotter2406 Oh man, may one express himself with "my favourite". Or should we add: "and mr. Potter's favourite is... "

[@Patrick11030]

@@brianpotter2406 Or the great Christa Ludwig !!

[@brianpotter2406]

@@Patrick11030. Definitely !

[@FlyingMalamute]

Best alto soloist EVER! Beautiful performance.

[@stefanufer608]

Heard her sing this in 1997 at a Brahms “Fest” in London under Colin Davis - fabulous voice and understatedly beautiful lady

[@dannykatz]

I deeply love this piece and I heard it performed in hundreds of time with so deferent approach, and found this performance as one of the best ever. All are part of the special event all are so emotionally involve - the conductor the orchestra and of course the solists !

[@carloalbertoanzuini6877]

At the end of the performance the director was lightly moving to tears. Great performance, thank you for sharing.

[@piquete48]

Cómo es posible tanta perfección ? La obra que más me gusta de Brahms y ella la hace perfecta...dan ganas de llorar !!!!!

[@pittssr]

Ich kenn das Stück schon Jahrzehnte aber unwillkürlich und unerwartet flossen mir die Tränen nach dieser sorgfältigen Aufführung.

[@lillianwaldmann8037]

Am just getting to know this piece, listening to different versions. I love this one, and so appreciate the English text. Thank you.

[@Rob_dad]

Great performance and so good to see the participants so involved in the work. It counts!

[@tonybennett4159]

I've heard this sung by mezzos and they just don't suit the sonorities of this piece. The first two movements need to be dark, sung by a genuine alto, so that when the men's chorale arrives, the voice is borne just above their tone, as if they provide solace and support, rather than floating free at too high a register. This succeeds better than most. Love and appreciate the long silence after the last note.

[@renzo6490]

tony bennett ..YES ! When the music ends and the last note is sounded, the vibrations continue to emanate out and out and must be allowed to subside not only in the ear but also in the heart. There should always be a period of absolute silence lasting at least ten seconds after the final note of any musical piece. The thunderous tsunami of sound made by hands clapping at the final moment ( and sometimes before!) , totally erases the enchanted silence.

[@tonybennett4159]

Yes, but I'm ok with spontaneous applause after a rip roaring piece like the 1812 Overture, for example.

[@renzo6490]

tony bennett yes, I can see that.

[@urmorph]

Conductors nowadays cue their audiences by not lowering their hands until the silence is truly felt, and involved audiences respond, especially after works like this. The ending of Brahms's 2nd Symphony is another story.

[@xiaoxiaoxialin]

Thank you for the subtitles!

[@marcocito]

Magnifique! Mille grazie Sara Mingardo!

[@marialuisavelona2032]

Splendida Mingardo. Orchestra veramente di alto livello. Grazie per aver postato questa meraviglia

[@ceciliagabrielagauna]

Hermosa interpretación de una de las obras mas bellas del mundo musical. El adagio es algo glorioso.

[@AntonioRodrigues-xf9dw]

Maravilhosa obra, com uma interpretação sublime da Sara Mingardo, e com um final cheio de sentimento por parte do Andris Nelsons. Comovente !

[@ThePatsend]

magnifique, rien de plus à dire

[@freddyb.5730]

Sara Mingardo mit wunderschöner Altstimme und großartigem Gesang. Ein Geschenk. Andris Nelsons damals rank und schlank und mit top Dirigat.

[@marapaltrinieri5667]

E' tutto troppo meraviglioso, bellezza che guarisce l'anima. Sara e' Voce pura della poesia in musica

[@JeffL57]

Superb performance!!

[@pilouetmissiou]

MOLTO BELLO...BEL EQUILIBRIO TRA TUTTE LE PARTI, LA BELLISSIMA VOCE DI MINGARDI E IL CORO MASCHILE...

[@user-og6mz2uf5v]

Идеально!!! Точная мера во всём. Гениально!

[@user-hd3gm3sc2e]

Идеал, он потому и идеал, что недостижим, но исполнение Сары Мингардо по-настоящему волнует... Единственное замечание - на мой взгляд, звучание хора не очень "настроено" на голос солистки - как-то получается не слияние, а какое-то "поглощение" - я не профи в музыке, поэтому не могу правильно сформулировать свои ощущения, но недоработка с хором мне кажется заметной, особенно на фоне хорошего инструментального звучания.

[@1thunderlight]

So beautiful, thank you!

[@posteparissud7168]

ouahou ! que de frissons quelle voix merci !!!

[@technicolorb7684]

Beautiful

[@shamquinaliocha1670]

A rare and beautiful voice!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Simplemente maravillosa música y voz

[@renatekl]

Its always about Interpretation, voices and genial Brahms. You never thought about rhe massage Goethe talked about? Listen and hear on!

[@enzopompeo6273]

Bravissima Sara Mingardo, bellissima voce

[@7amadeus]

Ach . . . hätte Goethe diese wundervolle Interpretation hören können . . . Bravo! Bravissimo!

[@TheCarambasam]

Beautiful!

[@jimgreen5999]

What a wonderful music! It is incomprehensible that this country with great thinkers, philosophers and musicians was the initiator of the First and Second World Wars. Can't understand

[@marapaltrinieri5667]

This is the ultimate mistery of European civilization. Sara Mingardo's performance can give an idea of the mistery. All these women and men are thinking about that. Then, silence of tears

[@PooCrizzap]

So beautiful

[@alexdesslin]

parfait, je kiffe !! Switzerland uber alles !

[@DaSerratos]

Fun fact: the wonderful soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is in the audience. You can see her at 14:47

[@mauricevandermeer2555]

this version of the Alt Rhapsody is by far the most beautiful, which I have heard so far and even surpasses the acclaimed performance of Kathleen Ferrier. both the orchestra, the male choir as conductor and a great Sarah Mignardo work together in a very sensitive way. The silence after the last note says everything about the appreciation of the audience. Impressive.

[@gosewijn]

Ah! Hadn't noticed that. Thank you, for my admiration for Barbara Hannigan's work is as great as for this great performance: passion and restraint in passion, the visible and audible involvement of the orchestra members.

[@piquete48]

Y qué clase de director de la orquesta !!!Para llorar con él !!!

[@johanaberg173]

Dies wunderscöne Lied har mein Herz erquicken. Danke!

[@josecarlospistilli7753]

Sara Mingardo é a perfeição !!!!!!

[@vladimirorivas7020]

Maravillosas obra y versión! Gran dirección orquestal de Nelsons: el tempo, en la entrada del coro, con las cuerdas en pizzicatto, es justo y bello. La voz de Sara Mingardo, adecuada para la obra. Puede competir con las mejores: Ferrier, Ludwig, Baker, Fassbaender. Gracias especiales por los subtítulos en español.

[@DaSerratos]

Un gusto, si se extiende la cuarentena planeo hacer más traducciones cuando tenga más tiempo

[@martineyeo7491]

Quel contrôle de la voix! Impressionant!

[@jacqueslagarrigue1028]

Merveilleuse émotion

[@BFPINHO]

Obrigado por compartilhar

[@bernardvalcourt8764]

Ceci me rapporte toujours a cet ultime voix de la poesie engagee. Yve Bonnefoy dans le mouvement et de l'immobilite de Douve. Qui m'a pris du temps d'ailleurs pour finalement comprendre l'immensite

[@ernani54]

j'aime beaucoup cette oeuvre

[@enriquedeycaza6445]

ADEMAS DE DEBO AGREGAR QUE CLARA SCHUMANN ESCRIBIO EN SU DIARIO "SE PUEDE NOTAR EL PROFUNDO DOLOR EN EL TEXTO Y LA MÚSICA" DESDE GUAYAQUIL, SALUDOS.

[@lilalola33]

Großartig !!!!!

[@TheMiraphone]

Smoke gets in my eyes

[@urmorph]

Read the relevant parts of Jan Swafford's wonderful "Johannes Brahms: A Biography" for the very moving background of this piece. Better yet, read the whole book.

[@robinblankenship9234]

Amen. I have seldom felt so personally close with a spirit from the past. Swafford’s effort with Brahms is really fantastic.

[@mochatea2434]

Magnificent

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Un regalo para los sentidos..¡¡

[@inoxydable2001]

Magnifique ! En l'entendant j'ai pensé à Kathleen Ferrier...

[@laurachiarabaldi5451]

Meravigliosa

[@enriquedeycaza6445]

EL AUTOGRAFO ORIGINAL DE ESTA RAPSODIA, J. BRAHMS PERSONALMENTE SE LA ENTREGÓ A CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN, OBRA COMPUESTA AL ENTERARSE QUE JULIE, (HIJA DE CLARA Y ROBERT) SE IBA A CASAR, Y ÉL ,AUNQUE NUNCA SE LO DIJO, LA AMABA DESDE MUCHO TIEMPO, LA OBRA LA DICTÓ EL DOLOR Y LA TRISTEZA. ES BELLA Y SOBRECOGEDORA.

[@kedemberger8773]

This is on the level of Aafje Heynis. No greater praise.

[@goodideas705]

I love Saras performance but the male chorus was way too thin and the effect was lost. Look for the Icelandic performance and you will see and hear how it should be done.

[@valentinekizito661]

they let sara down

[@robertlight5227]

Wow...

[@anapaularusso709]

Maravilhosa Sara!!!! Bela voz e interpretação de ir às lágrimas💖

[@user-gc3ei4zw3f]

아름답다..

[@jordifuentes5521]

Está Rapsodia para contralto con coro masculino y orquesta opus 53 de Brahms está escrita con un regalo de boda a la mujer de Schumann de la que el mismo Brahms estaba enamorado combinando la escritura vocal sensual con sentimientos de anhelo y perdida punto final

[@stevenking7352]

I found this recording while looking for the piece after reading about it in Kingsley Amis's "Everyday Drinking" Amis recommends it for hangover listening, and goes so far as to say that you can't claim to like music if you don't have a recording in your possession, preferably performed by by Kathleen Ferrier. I guess I'll look for that recording next, But it's a shame the old fellow didn't get a chance to hear this performance.

[@user-hp6le7ov5c]

훌륭한 메조쏘프라노 사라 밍가르도 귀한 목소리의 주인공

[@renatekl]

Tiefe Verse von Goethe /geniale Vertonug von Brahms / perfekte Praesantation

[@valentinekizito661]

Sara was too good for those men😂

[@valentinekizito661]

I thought so too the first time

[@yuehchopin]

gut

[@voncello]

Where are the subtitles?

[@DaSerratos]

You have to turn them on, go to the options of the video and press "captions"

[@voncello]

@@DaSerratos Thanks! It's great to be able to hear the melody and see the words as they go by. Makes such a difference!

[@michaelbraun5217]

Ja, ausgezeichnet. Aber die Untertitel sehe ich nicht, sorry.

[@eyraudpa]

Beautiful voice but not as moving as Kathleen Ferrier's

[@lilalola33]

Großartig !!!!!!!