Faure Requiem - Libera me - David Bizic, Accentus, Laurence Equilbey

David Bizic, baryton
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Choeur Accentus
Laurence Equilbey, direction
Festival de Saint-Denis / Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Basilique Cathédrale 10 juin 2010

[@bogdankulish8409]

when I was a kid in a choir I always pretend to be a solo , 15 years ago I’m on KZbin and I’m still solo in my head :D

[@philipclan4558]

Quelle musique ! Quelle humanité !

[@mrs.specksynder970]

I'm completely certain that if I saw this in person I would be sobbing

[@esta1ful]

His vocal timbre is so well suited to the music.

[@einehoel1057]

That is one dark baritone with killer timbre!!!! Amazing voice.

[@chrissanders1043]

nah he white

[@Bottlecap0]

@@kim15982 it was definitely a joke :p

[@ccflute]

😂😂he is neither black nor white, he is pastel peach mixed pinkish beige with a hue of apricot in the face with chestnut mahogany brown hair!😂😂😂😂 and he has some deep magenta and prussian navy in his voice too!

[@Tenortalker]

Yes Laurence Equilbey has a very individual conducting style, not to everyone's taste, but she achieves remarkable results in performance through her intensity and commitment to the music. Over the 10 years or so that I have sung under her direction I have been privileged to share in some very great music making all around the world particularly in Brahms, Dvorak, Mendelssohn and French music. She imagines her choir as a vocal orchestra - a gathering of soloists united in music.

[@pulverapa1580]

Her style captures the style of this piece wonderfully.

[@Danadop]

No fucking clue what you mean by "not to everyone's taste", that woman is amazing at what she does and for one to not fully appreciate her conduction the way she did, I tell you sir, that person must have no taste at all. She incorporates the music into herself and delivers the exact feeling the pieces were supposed to bring.

[@giansaverio5481]

Questo pezzo in particolare, ma tutto il Requiem di Faurè dà quasi un'idea dolce della morte.

[@ReptileBricks]

Amazing We covered this in choir and its heavenly

[@sophie-wf1kg]

by far my favourite piece from fauré's requiem

[@denz1l]

Today - we need classic music 🥺 thank you!

[@lindimashinini7237]

I don't understand people saying this is one of the best renditions they've ever heard, but they somehow think the conductor is trash... I mean fine I can't clearly follow whatever she's doing🤷🏾... but she clearly doing something to make em sing good

[@michelleong2762]

I don't really understand what everyone is complaining about with the conductor, she's conducting slightly ahead of the orchestra which is not unheard of and is marking the strong beats which are being followed

[@saramhernandez3128]

Líbera me, Dómine, de morte ætérna, in die illa treménda. Quando cœli movéndi sunt et terra. Dum véneris iudicáre sǽculum per ignem. Tremens factus sum ego, et tímeo, dum discússio vénerit, atque ventúra ira. Quando cœli movendi sunt et terra. Dies illa, dies iræ, calamitátis et misériæ, dies magna et amára valde. Dum véneris iudicáre sǽculum per ignem. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine: et lux perpétua lúceat eis.

[@stopfabrications]

What a glorious and beautiful voice. God has richly blessed you and us who benefit from this wonderful gift.

[@TayamniPa]

The conductor is amazing!! Beautifully done.

[@rosovavoda]

Fantastic voice and timbre! Sounds perfect in this piece! Great choir and conductor!

[@marizcar2774]

Bravo, je ne m'en lasse pas.

[@madeleinepodesta3181]

Wow, wonderfully sung! Thank you :)

[@panchinrocha]

Exquisita interpretacion. Mis respetos a la Directora.

[@Ryszard-o8k]

Brzmi tak jak powinno. Dziękuję bardzo POZDRAWIAM ❤

[@lucarossi3536]

Meraviglioso. Bravissimo David, e orchestra e coro fantastici!

[@Sunflowers159]

It's great to see a female conductor. I can't think of many, apart from Jane Glover, so this is very refreshing. Also, as has been mentioned, the female timpanist. Again, only Evelyn Glennie comes to mind as a female percussionist. The baritone's voice is great too. Deep and rich - sends shivers up my spine!

[@annestephenson3035]

I love your voice David and the Orchestra is great behind you Brilliant! thank you !

[@ccflute]

i dreamed someday i would find the perfect libera me...i think i found it here today. thank you!

[@davidbizicbaritone]

thank you for your kind comment

[@ccflute]

@@davidbizicbaritone i like that when you sing first phrase, there is truly desperate tone of a mere humanbeing who is made of blood and flesh, in dark pit of despair, despair so vast, so that he only can look up to god for any hope of salvation. many performances have their own merits but often many are either too smooth or luxurious for my taste, because i prefer to think about the meaning of the lyrics when i listen to this particular piece. save me lord, when the earth crumble over and the sky melt down in fire....what a dramatic and tragic vision to sing. and to think that this is a passage of a requiem, this is a song of/for a person who is facing/passing his own death...the ultimate endway of all human hope... and we all have to go through that path someday... it is very subtle to express this desperation with grace, without being over melodramatic or harsh. the grace coming from faith in god's salvation, i like to think that way. thank you for your great performance and artistry! sublime.

[@guillermoflores2064]

Kudos to the soloist for being able to follow the conductor. I don't know what the heck she was doing during that section.

[@MegaLilou59]

c'est une merveille, bravo pour votre performance !

[@sarahrose52]

I can't deal with that conductor. Well done to the orchestra and choir for giving such a beautiful performance despite what's going on in front of them!

[@BernardProfitendieu]

are you an imbecile or merely a moron, Sarah Rose?

[@georgedrummond134]

Ah, c'mon. She's just intense.

[@callmethehen]

Our local choir Counterpoint Coleraine are working on perfecting this all right now and I find you here - Fauré / David Bizec combination wow - what a talent - hairs standing up on my neck listening to this - perfection !! 👏👏👏

[@zangle98506]

Something about French performing French music. Also true for Russians. Great interpretation and performance. Refreshing performance apart from Germanic and Anglo dominated recording industry.

[@marychapman2585]

What a beautiful baritone voice -- lovely timbre and consistency!!

[@ChrisWright271]

Great dark sound, natural rather than affected. Great example to us all :-)

[@cre599]

Going to perform it as a choralist in September, this year :) Why is it that we rarely see women conducting? I loved this!

[@starnafin]

Lovely choir , so nuanced . I think Faure would have approved.

[@SvetlanaDeneva-e9v]

Най-доброто изпълнение!

[@albertoyepez1446]

amazing!! Mr. Bizic, greetings and best wishes from León Gto. , México.

[@reinmusique]

Now that's talent: BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AND conduct OUT OF TIME!

[@FlowersInHisHair]

Only a problem if the orchestra needs a human metronome instead of a conductor

[@brunodelconte]

Ouch 😓

[@marisolecheverri3195]

Suena muy bien. Hermoso David.

[@reinaldoalfredoortiz6440]

maestro!!!!!!!genio!!!!!!!!

[@nikolaacimovic8854]

Vasa interpretacija je jako duboka Davide Kao i Vas glas :) Zvuci predivno...Motivisalo me je da nadjem i u miru poslusam celo delo na KZbin-u sa Vama kao solistom...Predivno...Voleo bih da Vas cujem u nekoj od dve Bahove Pasije...Imate nenametljivu i nepretencioznu lepotu glasa koja jako odgovara duhu Bahovih dela...Pozdrav iz Nemacke.

[@davidbizicbaritone]

+Nikola Acimovic Hvala puno Nikola

[@musiciansofmercy]

WHAT A VOICE!

[@rasimalijagic8394]

Ovo je tako dobro requiem u imprentacijj Liberia mi, tako predobro

[@chessbabe8860]

Beautiful, rich and emotional!

[@benjaminmagen3045]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[@SymphonyLife]

wow, first time i listen some new hide melodies in orchestra in culmination. bravo. Super performance.

[@dillmon1]

Im a high tenor, but for this song I wish I were baritone just so I could sing the solo with everyone accompanying me.

[@SiringaVulgaris]

Beautiful voice and interpretation. Well done, David! Love the elasticity of you breath too. You get on my Favorites playlist.

[@davidbizicbaritone]

Thank you SyrVul

[@zacwestern9655]

Incredible.

[@leakarosi4532]

Incroyable

[@Tirlouf]

Bravooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TayamniPa]

I think I am in love with David Bizic, smiles

[@ezio892]

Great David Bizic !

[@brianlandrytenor]

Nicely done!!

[@sylvianedaillet3627]

Tres beau

[@davidszirmai]

What a voice!

[@crimsonchaos2866]

This was amazing. The best version on youtube. The only thing that I found was that when I'm learning Latin they always pronounce the letter 'v' as a 'w' but all the singer pronounce it as a 'v'. Does it just not apply with with singing in Latin?

[@claireplacial3668]

+Crimson Chaos Latin pronounciation can vary in time and places. At the time of Fauré in France they would pronounce "v" therefore I think the conductor has decided on an historically accurate pronounciation

[@jameswells6904]

generally in choral music it's different, I was a chorister for 5 years, and I found that in spoken latin the consonants would be different (w instead of v and k sounds in place of a c, so servus would read serwus, and cibum would read kibum, yet sung they'd sound like servus and chibum) although all this may vary from country to country

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

Are you the Middle TN James Wells? If you are, I wish to tell those here this gentleman is a tremendous choral master and musician. If not the same, well....never mind.

[@francoisbessing]

Wonderful. Not certain what the conductor is counting though...

[@storm1110]

Row Row Fight the Power

[@TheCelestialhealer]

Beautiful...

[@TheSammadan]

God bless you

[@wilfridkamtoh1894]

Wahooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@lagaviota73]

❤😢

[@Kajsa305]

Sublime!!!

[@Dalmata1961]

You're totally right... I remember one performence with Valeriy Gjergjev when I was a choir singer. Just light stuff. He was terrible... Just some movements from the wrist and no attacks given at all, so the only thing that remained was to ignore him. At the same time most of the people were glorifying him. I don't know, maybe I just had bad luck and that he is usually great conductor...

[@martimtavares3692]

No, what happens with Mr. Gergiev and other musicians alike, is that he doesn't bother with those little triffles such as "attacks" and "cues". He takes it for granted that musicians don't need aid of that type, nor basic beating, because one should have an inner beating independent from the visual aid of the baton. Gergiev works purely on musical interpretation, correcting and adjusting sound volumes and ways of express music.

[@quangvinhdong8885]

I personally think this female conductor is great! Listen to the music conducted and rearranged by her (she added some parts, especially the Timpany), I think she made the music lively and dramatic. Just try to do as good as her then you'll know how hard the job is!

[@luccayzeele4948]

Très bon tempo !

[@Nastyfinger1444]

Love the tempo

[@Margarita_Kozhukhova]

Супер!

[@gavanhill5132]

Is that John Williams and his wife in the Audience behind the conductor?

[@xbe1971]

Is the conductor alright? Which piece is she conducting to?

[@PuckettVideo]

Hardest transition for a choral vocalist is understanding the orchestral conductors are one half beat ahead of the sound, it's what orchestra's and their conductors are used to.

[@brunodelconte]

Wow...

[@GiornAldoProfZolfino]

è BELLO E SPERIMENTALE MISURARSI CON VARI GIUDIZI DI ALTI QUALIFICATI MA CERTO LA MIA ARGUZIA DI ACCOSTAMENTO DI BIZIC A VELARDINIELLO è QUANTO MAI AZZARDATAMENTE STUDIATA-GIUDICATA E GIUSTIFIOCATA NELLA MOTIVAZIONE CHE ENTRAMBI SI LIBRANO NELLA LORO ANIMA LIBERA ED INDIPENDENTEMENTE AUTONOMA

[@JamesBond0072727]

esd emis piezas fav

[@esta1ful]

Yes her conducting style is very weird and made me giggle.

[@giorgioot]

@MrMaxmorphing ....... concordo con te!! ma il coro Accentus è bravissimo!!!

[@NayNayNugget.]

Who is the conductor conducting? Because i am loss....

[@Marcel_Audubon]

you're at a loss? something tells me you find yourself uttering those words quite often in your life

[@eduferrarip]

She looks exactly like Bernstein conducting Mozart´s Ave Verum Corpus

[@tasuura]

I guess the discussion about the conductor is just an expression of ill-meant criticism. The way how the artists performed this wonderful composition is great, so she must have been effective in "some" way. I always say to such critics: Go and do the job yourself and prove you are better ! The choir is really fantastic, very artistic.

[@marklee7864]

👍!! But I can not understand conductor's beat. It is a rule of Alla Breve. Sadly, That's why I don't trust Conductors.

[@Petercarmo93]

no no no! thats not how you conduct AT ALL! what is this lady doing? everyone else is doing an amazing job at just feeling out their own pace with the thing and ignoring the spaz at the front of the show. lol.

[@leonidjr.bugriyev6907]

+Panther Pete I agree, way to many unnecessary gestures! its annoying to watch her.

[@starnafin]

It may not be the right way to conduct but the result is idiomatic . Pity about the sound.

[@sarahrose52]

She's not only making unnecessary gestures, she's actually conducting out of time and isn't giving the beats of the bar clearly.

[@sarahrose52]

I think if the choir and orchestra were to follow her in any way, they'd be all over the place.

[@NicholasGreger]

I normally don’t respond to comments like these, but something needs to be settled. There is a reason why she conducts like that and it’s perfectly normal and fine. The orchestra and choir lags a little behind so they can see and process the expression that the conductor directs. Sometimes it changes in performance due to a number of factors like a section playing too loud, quiet, or just the room in general. It may seem weird but it is entirely professional and actually a common practice. Some people may not like it (I personally don’t) but that’s how the conductor conducts. The orchestra and choir are perfectly on time with the conductor so there is nothing wrong with it.

[@caninbar]

Butch conductor! LOL! Beautiful voice!

[@itsougo1]

dire que je dois chanter sa en music...

[@NickCarlozzi]

@cre599 just as rare is the beautiful female timpanist!

[@pilouetmissiou]

Cette histoire de ne pas comprendre la gestualité je peux la comprendre parce que parfois, devant des chefs plus que connus et reconnus je me suis demandée comment font les musiciens pour s' retrouver ! Gergiev, le dernier que j'ai vu diriger....cette main gauche qui tremblote, très nerveuse mais qu'est-ce que òa veut dire au juste pour un musicien ? et pourtant les orchestres jouent et les chanteurs chantent....je pense que lorsqu'ils connaissent bien leur partie, simplement, ils jouent et ils chantent ! d'ailleurs quand je faisais partie de la chorale de l'université de Toulouse il y a plusieurs années, c'est ce que je faisais; une fois partis, on chantait tout simplement ! le chef est relativement nécessaire....

[@Futuriste3000]

Essayez de monter une pièce sans chef d'orchestre...Le chef d'orchestre est le leader d'un ensemble, celui sur tout le monde compte. Il donne les entrées quand nécéssaire, indique le tempo et donne le ton de la pièce aux musiciens. Pour vous dire tout franchement, le chef d'orchestre de cet ensemble dirige vraiment de manière étrange.... Elle ne donne pas le tempo de façon correcte et sa gestuelle me rend perplexe...

[@pilouetmissiou]

Futuriste3000 oui, bien sur quand les masses orchestrales sont devenues gigantesques, cela s' est imposé parce que probablement une grande organisation, sans chef, demanderait bcp plus de répétitions et un consensus entre tous les membres sur l'interprétation et de toute façon il faudrait tout de meme que quelqu'un donne au moins les départs (et quand il y a une chorale en + ! ) Mais on parle de grands ensembles car dans les + petits, cela est possible. Néanmoins, au bout du compte, il est plus pratique et simple que quelqu'un assume la responsabilité de la lecture et de la direction. Je n'ai jamais aimé la direction d'Equilbay; elle est bizarre oui et pourtant tout ce que j'ai entendu dirigé par elle, marche. Je préfère la Stutzman (pour rester chez les femmes). Mais en fait je vous assure que si vous regardez Gergiev, le grand chef russe, c'est un peu pareil (à mon sens). Parmi les orchestres qui me donnent la sensation de marcher tout seul, il y a le Philarmonique de Vienne; je crois que ces types connaissent tellement les partitions qu'ils pourraient se contenter du premier violon ! :)) au plaisir Futuriste3000

[@Futuriste3000]

Je suis entièrement d'accord avec vous !

[@songsmadeforyou]

i think that's just kristen wig up there being funny

[@nathaliegreck6775]

Le tempo est un peu pressé, dommage...

[@JGoncaloNogueira]

It's good to see female conductors but it's certainly not good to see anyone conducting like this! I don't understand any of her gestures! Do you know what an orchestra player does when someone is conducting like this? He ignores the conductor!!

[@giorgioot]

Rispondi a questo video... Coro Strepitoso !!!

[@chrisfistonich9497]

The conducting is incredibly off, so much so that no one pays attention to the conductor. Great performance otherwise!

[@friulano]

Why is it good to see female conductors? It is good to see good conductors, male or female doesn't matter. This one here is evidently a female, and is evidently not good at all as a conductor.

[@theureaudmartial4917]

Le chef est une catastrophe. Pour qui se prend-elle. Et pour quoi prend-elle la musique de Fauré. Ce n'est pas le requiem allemand de Brahms non!. Et alors que dire la posture!!!!! Une imposture que ce chef. Ecoutez la version de CORBOZ et l'ensemble de Lausane. Ce liberame n'a même pas besoin de chef; surtout avec de tels musiciens et choristes.

[@tynanator111]

i wouldnt want to be under this conductor. far too jerky with her movements.

[@BernardProfitendieu]

don't worry, sweetie, you'll never be good enough to work under her ... problem solved!

[@ftft98]

get rekt

[@mystudiogray9666]

LOL, nice try....

[@moroderfan]

Wow! You seem like such a connoisseur! You should go and critic more female conducteur!