Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45 (Sir Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)

From the basilica in Waldsassen in 1992
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Colin Davis - conductor
Michael Gläser - chorus master
Bryn Terfel - baritone
Angela Maria Blasi - soprano
The renowned basilica in Waldsassen provides the fitting background for this televised production of Brahms' great choral composition.
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0:58 - 1 Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
Blessed are they that mourn
Heureux les affligés, car ils seront consoles
12:37 - 2 Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras
For all flesh is as grass
Car toute chair est comme l'herbe
29:18 - 3 Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende mit mir haben muß
Lord, let me know mine end
Fais-moi savoir, ma fin est la mesure de mes jours
39:35 - 4 Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
How lovely are thy tabernacles
Que tes demeures sont désirables
45:02 - 5 Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
And ye know therefore have sorrow
Vous aussi, maintenant vous voilà tristes
52:00 - 6 Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt
For here we have no lasting city
Car nous n'avons pas ici-bas de cité permanente
1:03:25 - 7 Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben
Blessed are the dead
Heureux les morts qui meurent dans le Seigneur

[@kenprazak3435]

One of the greatest pieces of music of all time. The 2nd movement possibly the greatest.

[@rhandilee3722]

The choir's opening statement of "Selig Sind" is sublime. As if the comforting voice of the Almighty Himself is saying "blessed are they". So beautifully controlled and expressive.

[@jackflackers8326]

I doubt the atheist Brahms would agree.

[@carmenionascu4867]

Whýtssttțrțțy

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@@jackflackers8326 .....shhhhhhh This is for grown-ups

[@galahadthreepwood]

Wow - a truly magnificent performance of a magnificent piece. In a magnificent setting.

[@JohnAlexanderBerry]

Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) in seven movements.

[@josemazamoreno9193]

El requiem de brams Opus 45 con brandy terfel con la orquesta Sinfónica de la radio bávara dirigida colin David por que el sello discografico en bluray video DVD está va en un disco láser disc y VHS cómo está maravillosa versión 1994 crítica del crítico José Andrés Maza

[@jesusestrada869]

I keep playing the second movement over and over. I can't get enough of the DRUMMER -- so attentive, so precise, so important. There are many versions of this work on the 'Tube, but this is the one I like to save and remember. I first heard this movement on an episode of "Endeavour". The inspiration for this movement is the Bible, 1 Peter 24: "Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" "For, all people (flesh) are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, ..." 1 Петра 1:24 - Ибо всякая плоть--как трава, и всякая слава человеческая--как цвет на траве: засохла трава, и цвет ее опал;

[@yvettevernet4759]

I too heard the beginning of this requiem on "Endeavour" I had heard it before and could not wait to hear the whole requiem again.

[@jesusestrada869]

@@yvettevernet4759 It was good to hear the beginning of the first movement. After a half-minute I looked in the comments to skip to the second movement at 12:37 - 2 Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras. For all flesh is as grass. My favorite image is that of the drummer. Right away I was impressed by his intensity, and rapt attention to the conductor, Sir Colin Davis. Although I am not religious, I can enjoy the religious experience along with other folks. Like Thomas Mann and Richard Wagner -- these were not religious men, but occupied much of their work portraying religious themes. This moody music is typical of Barrington Pheloung, now deceased, who provided the music, both his own and that drawn from the classics, for the Endeavour series. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrington_Pheloung Martin Luther: Denn alles Fleisch ist wie Gras, und alle Herrlichkeit des Menschen wie des Grases Blumen. Das Gras ist verdorret und die Blume abgefallen.

[@yvettevernet4759]

@@jesusestrada869 Thank you for mentioning it, I did not know Barrington Pheloung had died.This requiem is very moving.

[@jesusestrada869]

@@yvettevernet4759 ...for all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is like the flowers of the grass. The grass has withered and the bloom has fallen away.

[@martinlee5604]

A superb performance. Along with Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius' this is my favourite choral work.

[@dennisparnell2396]

Magnificent performance by my former student, Angela Maria Blasi.

[@stuartmiddleton1972]

There may come a day when the human race has to justify what it has done to the planet, possibly the universe and worst of all perhaps to ourselves. The Brahms Requiem has to be one of our gifts to Creation and the Universe and may help redress the balance. This is a great performance of it in a wonderful setting and shows what talent , co-operation, dedication and effort can do.

[@lovesings2us]

@Bruno56 Thank you for sharing this. May our human family find ways to build a world where a preponderance of love prohibits such egregious cultural theft, especially in times like our own, of great collective need.

[@margaretlavender9647]

@@lovesings2us. You lost me.

[@blancaperse]

What a gentle thought. I think that we might need several Brahms requiems to compensate. Along with your comment, we might, we might!

[@rosemarybutt3827]

@@blancaperse Sadly nothing will compensate- We are all doomed but this beautiful rendition of this most beautiful work can still be enjoyed now.👍😃

[@rosemarybutt3827]

@@lovesings2us What do you mean by ‘such egregious cultural theft’ please?

[@MrPLEASESQUEEZEME]

Divine, heavenly.....beyond words!

[@keiththomas795]

A mighty performance of a mighty work. Sir Colin, a great conductor of all music is certainly in his element here. The young Terfel wonderful as always. Thanks KZbin.

[@timofreeman4574]

Mic Drop. Only Carlos Kleiber could top this. But with Bryn Terfel, this setting and acoustics... this recording is other-worldly.

[@shmulikanglister]

Too bad it was recorded in analog. With the size of the orchestra and choir in this enormous cathedral this could have been one of the best sounding performances ever.

[@JohnS1704]

I only became aware of this piece thanks to wonderfully informative yet harrowing BBC series "The Nazis, a Warning from History". It is such a fitting soundtrack to human kinds' darkest of days.

[@captainneedadrink]

Yeah darkest days because the National Socialists lost

[@tonyatsucceedinielts3466]

And we're heading for even darker days now

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@@captainneedadrink ....shhhhhh Only grown-ups please Must be past your bad time

[@Larissa_Gordeuk]

It is my FAVORITE rendition and interpretation! Bravo!

[@rutepaes7867]

Maguinifico performance Brahms réquiem belíssimo oratório bravo

[@rosemarybutt3827]

For me, this is the most beautiful video recording I have heard so far.💕

[@mariorocci9624]

Ascoltando ancora una volta un lavoro come questo mi è difficile esprimere un commento: il genio è sempre difficile da commentare.

[@joelsmiechowski2605]

Quelle belle interprétation ! J'ai même entendu des traits d'orchestration que n'avais jamais clairement perçus avant. Grâce au chef ou à l'enregistrement, ou aux deux ?? Le 5e mouvement est sublime.

[@simonkawasaki4229]

The BRSO, specifically under Davis, is perfect. Listen to their recordings of Mozart.

[@debbiemail1]

A sublime performance. Yes, there were a few ads but someone has to pay for You Tube. The very end was without clapping which was magical.

[@renzo6490]

Yes! The music is still radiating outward, outward and it needs a space of silence to move into. The cacophonous beating of hands, the rowdy applause, beats it back and obliterates the afterglow that is absolutely necessary for the FULLEST enjoyment of the music.

[@davidwright8432]

Excellent performance, and technically an equally good recording. Thanks to all - conductor to engineers - concerned.

[@ireniovianafilho2267]

O réquiem tornou-se minha predileção musical desde que os Estados Unidos provocaram a guerra entre dois países irmãos, como a dizer que sem a continuidade de sua dominação findar-se-a a humanidade. Quanta insensatez.

[@emilianobortoloni]

15:14 - 17:10 wooooooooooowwwwwwww

[@dennisparnell2396]

Actually she begins at 44:59 -

[@Ant-ls2pr]

Beautiful🙂😌😔

[@malxmalx]

Awesome. I just thought that they need more tenors.

[@dennisparnell2396]

Angela Maria Blasi sings at 47:52

[@charleskesner1302]

Wonderful.

[@charlessawyer6123]

We will perform this in four days using the same score. This is inspirational. Even though the plague is tearing through Australia, I'm going ahead ... it is a great swan song.

[@odettemansy9873]

B to 5

[@sdachannel7331]

ascolta anche Pierachille Dolfini "Allegro con anima": HUMANAE VITAE (Brahms)

[@TiagoNYC]

The most powerful piece of all. It invokes greatness and horror.

[@TiagoNYC]

*evokes 😎👍

[@LeonardoGarcia-op6ox]

The Best 39:35

[@chipichipichapachapa733]

Bryn Terfel is supernal.

[@יוסייוסי-פ7ח]

יא

[@deniselingvall5892]

Sang this in college

[@miriandenizmachado1547]

♥ WONDERFULL

[@galas062]

danke!!

[@marcellegarra2976]

Muchas gracias es un deleite !! desde Uruguay, un abrazo

[@Euroarts]

Muchas gracias Marcel! Y que te parece esta otra versión de Un Réquiem Alemán, Op. 45 dirigida por Claudio Abbado e interpretada por la Filarmónica de Berlín: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5CZmptvq6eeepI :)

[@marcellegarra2976]

El link no me abría, pero lo encontré, otra maravilla. Quisiera llegar a las letras en español , soy cristiano, me apasiona la Biblia, y veo que Brahms usó mucho la Biblia, hay mucha pasión en esta composición ¿tenés idea como llego a la letra en español? Anoche, en el Teatro Solis de Montevideo fui a ver a la Filarmónica De Montevideo y al Coro del Sodre e interpretaron el Requiem Aleman de Brahms, muy bueno, pero no al nivel de los alemanes, igual fue muy disfrutable.

[@joaquindehays4400]

blog.universaldeidiomas.com/un-requiem-aleman/ ;)

[@marcellegarra2976]

@@joaquindehays4400 muy agradecido!!!

[@deniselingvall5892]

It's in my soul

[@a.noniem2168]

Bryn Terfel can definitely improve his German pronunciation. And a mullet? He should have been denied access, what a prole!

[@yvettevernet4759]

Never mind the German pronunciation and the mullet hairstyle, his voice is wonderful.

[@waynewilliams4706]

Shame on you for your comments on a great welshman and his german is exemplary otherwise he wouldnt have been chosen for the part in such an establishment.

[@dubio77]

I agree - 'verwamdelt werden' or 'geschrehben steht' to name two blunders. I do also agree that his voice is beautiful.

[@robertgreen9960]

This was recorded some years ago when hair styles were different and he was relatively young!

[@siena8759]

Wonderful voice!

[@jesarazhang]

Nice!

[@nicolahowcroft2471]

Wow is that Bryn Terfel? his hair is amazing!!

[@miriamoconnor7099]

Bryn Terfel is wonderful!

[@tangoember]

I love the Geico ad between the first two movements. :(

[@margaretlavender9647]

You’re surely joking!? ADVERTS in the middle of this massively wonderful music and words from the Bible??? Adverts should be banned from classical music and ballet and opera videos.

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

@@margaretlavender9647 Why don't you ask for your Ticket Price to be refunded. What is Wrong with you This is a gift - enjoy it, and stop whining ......I know - go out and buy it!!!

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

Maybe you should pay for the time Ask for your Ticket Price to be refunded

[@martinmoller5591]

Beautiful music, but not a Requiem.

[@kidmarine7329]

A Requiem for the living.

[@authureenbrown5563]

Not the usual Latin text about death and resurrection.

[@ellenlienhard5239]

@@authureenbrown5563 a consideration in music of death and it's effect on the living by a non-religious German musician. The use of the word Requiem is misleading but inevitable. What term would you prefer?

[@siena8759]

Beautiful composition but agree, it should not be called a Requiem. The text is completely different from other Requiems.

[@gunterangel]

​​​@@siena8759 That's exactly the reason, why Brahms called it "A GERMAN Requiem". That should made it clear from the title, that not just another setting of the traditional Catholic Latin funeral mass was to be expected. Remember, Brahms was not a Catholic, but a Protestant from Hamburg and he composed this very personal choral work to cope with the death of his beloved mother. He did put the lyrics together from various verses of the OT and NT in order to paint a more consoling image of death and the loss of beloved ones, which neglected all hints of judgement and the threat of possible damnation, which are also topics of the Latin requiem mass. He intented a more humanist vision in his very personal "requiem", so no "Dies irae" or "Confutatis maledictis" here. Thus the word "requiem" in the title is mere a metaphor not to be understood in the strict sense of the word and not really a genre specification.

[@MUTE1227]

RIP Lil peep

[@jackiekashin9052]

Åååååå

[@MikeDrewYT]

Tooo. Slowwwwww.

[@catdanceable]

Thank You For Remembering