Jessye Norman "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" Ruckert Lieder 5/5

This is the fifth of Mahler's five Ruckert-Lieder, recorded at Avery Fisher Hall with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic. Performed at the opening of the 1989-90 season.

[@JRMVermeer]

Being the sole carer of my elderly parents suffering from dementia for many years, I read Rückert's poem and listen to Mahler's Lieder and just feel rest, peace and meaning. This version by Miss Norman is so delicate that travels into my soul and presents me with the strength and love to carry on. Rest in peace Miss Norman.

[@marazulization]

This is so beautiful! What a delicate soul you are ! Many blessings!

[@josephinepower5577]

A trifle on the slow side but absolutely beautiful

[@delibellus]

Your comment resonates with me deeply.

[@patriziapiva3201]

La mia soprano prediletta❤. Rest in peace dear Jessie 🌹

[@auderamond3064]

4:33 4:36 4:38 ​@@josephinepower5577

[@edgreisl1]

The absolute queen of the R.Strauss/Mahler repertoire. So so so sorely missed ❤️

[@fredreindljr1996]

Rest easy, Jessye. The choir of angels in Heaven has gained yet another soprano.

[@MrOskarthebest]

She's definitely not a chorist. She went up to the realm of gods.

[@photo161]

...and a very great one at that...

[@panajody]

One of the greatest singers of the past forty years. A force of nature: a gorgeous instrument, exquisite diction (in every language she sings), frightening breath control, and an intelligence of word and feeling that very, very few other singers could dream of approaching...

[@sylvainelouisemarie6117]

Je confirme que son français était parfait.

[@leshaunda]

@@sylvainelouisemarie6117 Jessye Norman only knew perfect. I miss and love her sooooo much

[@Dal-bm7xd]

I as well loved her tender soul ❤❤❤❤

[@anitamuikristiana1510]

This Jessye Norman's piece, has set the bar of all singers in the world. She's like a Goddess brings her perfection, born to sing this song of Maestro Mahler. Thank you, Jessye Norman.

[@PamelaJean2013]

If she had never sung another note in her life, these 7 minutes are the greatest gift any singer could give us. Bravo everyone on stage. Ever grateful.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Legends never die. One of the greatest singers of the last forty years. She sang so beautifully! I will never get tired of her singing. Rest in peace . Jessye 🙏😢 from Fort Worth, Texas

[@Ravenelvenlady]

RIP Jessye Norman - (September 15, 1945 - September 30, 2019) THank you for the magnificence of your voice and musicianship.

[@JK-xz6mj]

I came here immediately... gestorben bin Ich dem Weltgetümelt!

[@phil2u48]

@@JK-xz6mj Ich auch...

[@pepevaladez8096]

Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel. Miss Norman was, is and ever will be a goddess. Her beautiful voice and timbre are unique. She had a perfect diction in all the masterpieces she sung because she spoke the language she was singing ( and not all the singers speak the language they sing ). Miss Norman is out of this world. A bis star. I love her.

[@sylvainelouisemarie6117]

Un grand moment sur cette terre. Le tissu vocal sans faille de Jessye Norman, la beauté inouïe de son timbre, ses nuances d'une sensibilité impressionnante (le crescendo parfait....) dans ces 4 letzte Lieder d'une beauté supra-terrestre. Un grand wow et des larmes d'emotion.

[@winterfee007]

She sings the fith song from the Rückert-Lieder by Gustav Mahler.

[@jnsii54]

I come back to this piece of music...a cancer patient at 64 years of age who was never religious, but seeks to find that greater presence beyond ourselves that helps make sense of all that which is within ourselves

[@paradoxicalenigma1733]

Deepest blessings and serenity to you.

[@rometube]

Peace to you

[@lawrencendlovu412]

jnsii54 my dear fellow bless you

[@kitanowitsch]

You will be, if you are not already there, in much better place my friend. In the hearts of your loved ones.

[@rootlesscosmopolite]

A fellow-survivor salutes you. Be well.

[@HJKelley47]

I never tire of hearing Miss Norman's performances. There is such soulful richness and power to her voice. She often touches my soul and brings me to tears. What a God-given gift!

[@alan1507]

I've watched this video many a time. I think 4:44 and 6:06 are the absolute goose-bumps moments. 6:06 brings me to tears as well. Hard to believe such an exquisite sound could exist.

[@sergepicard4309]

Ûne vraie grande voix qui a poursuivi et défendu son art jusqu'au bout du sublime. Elle était avec nous sur le grand BATEAU DE LA VIE , ELLE NOUS A QUITTÉ ET NOUS A LAISSÉ UN PETIT PEU PLUS SEULS , NOUS NE N'OUBLIERONT PLUS JESSYE NORMAN.

[@waynesmith3767]

God gave it but she developed and perfected it.

[@jeffreypeters395]

Unsurpassed. Jessye Norman will live forever.

[@Darrigrande]

I must admit: Jessye Norman sings the Lieder better als any german singer. I am german, but I must say that her interpretation of the Rückert Lieder ist the best of all!! Bravo Jessye!!!!

[@lukehomestead]

Rest In Peace. We can be grateful for having these beautiful recordings of your unique voice. You won’t be forgotten

[@LKemp-lr1ky]

Miss Norman, with Zubin Mehta. So delicate!! So indescribably lovely. Thank you so much.

[@firesermon22]

The greatest song ever written, in my humble opinion.

[@trevjr]

+Marek Pocestný I have listened to a lot of music, a lot of Mahler, this one I keep coming back to. Like the Adagietto, the way time is suspended and slowed is so magical. He writes 'even slower' when it is already so slow. No other composer does it like this, something with the harp pulsing in the background. This is the perfect combination of words and music ever written, yes, the greatest song ever written.

[@cristianbausbou7189]

I'm agree with you !

[@gordonmvw]

I agree, entirely. It is as if some known-unknown hand laid it down effortlessly.

[@lukegriffith2828]

It certainly is among the greatest, yes.

[@IvanMillsIlovebeethoven]

I have said those exact words many times when introducing someone to this song who was, to their misfortune, previously unknown to them. It is the most perfect, the greatest song ever written. The use of the woodwinds which are as close as the instrumental world gets to the breath behind the human voice which creates the phrase in similar arches (simplistic, I know but words fail when talking about music). It baffles me that a Dramatic Soprano who is able, without changing anything except her breath, blow the dome off the concert hall with the Liebestodt and contain her voice by controlling her breath to sing such an intimate song as this. Joan Sutherland could not do that. I don't think there is any style or fach or tessitura even that Ms. Norman can't find her way around. Arguably the greatest Dramatic Soprano ever to have lived, if we accept that singers and all musicians have seen a steady increase in the quality and technique of their instruments since the recording era began.

[@adriantamburini]

Jessye Norman is simply the best female example of perfect lieder singing, style and approach that has ever lived. Breath-taking and stellar. Brava!!!!

[@happygucci5094]

No lie told- she sings the Leider like the voice Strauss and Wagner only dreamt was possible- well here she is a breathtaking stunning, intelligent grand dame of the Opera , my God- sublime. German sounds rich and velvety dark and complex, sumptuous and regal- such beauty, such Beauty, such raw deep sentiment, exquisitely and expertly interpreted- Lived… Ms. Norman shows us how it’s done…

[@terminatesatmorden]

I have now listened to this 5 times, and every time I have cried. I don't think any other song in the world captures the human condition more than this. Just, wow.

[@victorramirez3153]

Yup! Me too. 😪

[@dwightmatthias7396]

Every cell in my body was ‘still’ listening to Jessye- a moment to pause to appreciate beauty and say thank you.

[@rizzoandrade2251]

I had the most beautiful experience of my life, attending her recital in São Paulo , Brazil back in the 90's. R.I.P L' incomparable voice.

[@erikdevries8181]

One of the precious treasures on the internet.

[@beuming1]

agree

[@desireitselfismovement9554]

+Erik Ludger ;)

[@k2024-b8n]

Check out this wonderful new rendition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6qok2aKi6qJj8U full of subtlety and profundity.

[@sylvainelouisemarie6117]

J'adore cette version. J'y aime absolument tout, le Lied lui-même, le basson solo ,la direction profonde et suspendue de Zubin Mehta, et le chant si parfait de Jessye Norman, surtout sa nuance piano de la dernière partie, qu'elle maintient et habite si longtemps, déjà ailleurs, déjà dans ce ciel que la musique exprime.

[@jeffreycomer1365]

Nobody sings this song like Norman does, no one. It's exquisite.

[@MrYonexguy63]

jessye is great. but janet baker is sublime. Ludwig also special in this music.

[@asffapoisj]

How are they (the audience) not on their feet? What an exquisite performance. Her voice. Her. ❤

[@davidboal2011]

Because it is the NY Philharmonic - famous (at the time at least) for its "reserved" audiences. Not sure what it would have taken to get the reaction this performance deserves.

[@uralbob1]

She sang so beautifully! Even after her passing, she gifts us with her wonderfully rich, expressive performances. Thank you forever, Jessye!

[@anneodland502]

Is there anything more glorious than this? R.I.P. beloved Jessye Norman.

[@hintonhendrix9082]

This piece of music in general and to me this performance in particular give us a glimpse of the Absolute. Rest In Peace. Thank you, Jesse Norman.

[@infrantasi]

And her feel for the language, as well as her flawless diction, makes this one of the very, very best. If you can sing Rückert Lieder and Cassandre the way she has, well . . . there's not too many mountains left to climb.

[@IvanMillsIlovebeethoven]

I never tire of her singing. She has righted me when feeling rudderless, helped over barriers when I needed to cry, given me confidence to perform when engulfed in fear. I know of no other musician for whom I can say those things. I wonder if during her practice time on this work she has found herself feeling a tear roll down her cheek...

[@luzrodas519]

The best for ever and ever. Now singing with all the angels! RIP Beloved Madame Jessy!

[@lizzyborg]

How could anyone give thumbs down to this? Sublime singing and conducting. Thank you for posting this incredibly moving performance.

[@angelo1962]

Some ppl are too bitter. They can never be pleased. Just ignore them.

[@RitaTheCuteFox]

Because of the video quality and the sound only coming from the right ear?? Idiot.

[@MrGottmusik]

This piece of music has probably saved my life on more than one occasion. Thank God (and Mahler and Ruckert) it exists.

[@rogerkoester4673]

I am so pleased,that someone actually mentions Friedrich Rückert!His were the poems which obviously inspired Gustav Mahler to compose this achingly beautiful music.Interpreted by such amazing artists as Jessye Norman,Christa Ludwig and Dame Janet Baker-under the right conductor-makes the Rückert Lieder ever more special.For a version by male interpreter I do recommend Guenther Geissbröck‘s rendition.For me in the same league as Jessye Norman

[@Zva26]

The magnificence of this voice and Mahler's music culminates into something easier experienced than described. This music could have been written for Norman. Absolutely sublime. It enables one not to fear death.

[@patriciamaguire9914]

Also to acknowledge the exquisite sensitivity of the conducting - what a treasure of musicianship from both of them!

[@Eilperfeld]

Jessye Norman ist eine Ausnahmeerscheinung: sie singt nicht nur tief und ergreifend, sie beherrscht auch die Tiefen der deutschen Sprache, obwohl es nicht ihre Muttersprache ist. Und Mahler: danke dir, für Deine Musik!

[@simichbrau]

To think that a black woman from Georgia USA and of such tremendous talent had to move to Europe to be "discovered", even tho she performs in the US now for 6 months out of each year. When I first heard her sing with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Zubin Mehta, I was instantly won over to her talent and most beautiful voice. This is truly a voice of an angel and must please God greatly.

[@barney6888]

As always with Ms Norman, stunning.

[@PredatorianStyl]

Dieses Lied wurde heute auf der Beerdigung meines Opas gespielt. Es war ein sehr ergreifender Moment. Er wird mir immer fehlen.

[@IvanMillsIlovebeethoven]

Ms. Norman is a Dramatic Soprano and as such her voice is quite large. The way she controls, holds her voice back and then sings a real pianissimo in the 3rd stanza is breathtaking on its own. She doesn't float the pianissimo, she sings it with the same voice that sails over a full orchestra playing fortissimo in Wagner's "Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde. She is in control of that amazing gift!

[@christianschuster4184]

So, als würde sie die Poesie der deutschen Sprache aus dieser Zeit wirklich verstehen und wie modern der Text eigentlich ist für seine Zeit !!! ... unübertroffen Jessie - from heart

[@winterfee007]

Sehr gut gesagt!

[@MrLaure7]

Une interprétation merveilleuse, quelle inspiration de la chanteuse et du compositeur! Ce qui ne gâche rien: la parfaite prononciation des paroles en allemand par Mme Norman.

[@wolfganggritschke7447]

Das ist so wunderbar gesungen......ich vermisse sie jetzt schon

[@Sir.Larselot]

Impressing performance of the great Jessye. Huge breath and rich sound, she was so amazing with Mahler.

[@jeamphe]

listening to the first notes I thoght "oh no, this is much too slow" but, much to my surprise, Jessye pulls this out with astonishing tone control, and lets the emotion out towards the end. A master class video for all singers.

[@asx5252]

I am convinced that she doesn't need to breathe ever. This is too perfect for words.

[@ungoliver]

I am so glad I can speak German. It touches one so deeply. It's one of my most favourite pieces.

[@pega17pl]

Mahler understood how important internal sounds of words were. Same at Richard Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder. Recommend Jessye Norman at them. too.

[@duanebuck3911]

So moving. Thank you for your gift.still crying

[@Pabloinjuanderland]

Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel, Und ruh’ in einem stillen Gebiet! Ich leb’ allein in meinem Himmel, In meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied! The last Stanza is pure poetry

[@daiyaozhong]

Jesus.... the breath control, I'm speechless.

[@RB-pi9ls]

Whoever ever sang this song better than Ms Norman? No one else, I suggest.

[@hape3862]

Sleep well, Jessye. We already miss you and we ever will. "I am dead to the world's tumult, And I rest in a quiet realm! I live alone in my heaven, In my love and in my song."

[@ВераРепальд]

Единственная неповторимая это Божий дар

[@tobiasR2001]

This song always brings tears to my eyes. For me, it epitomizes the yearning for transcendence that all of us have to some degree and how fleeting that moment is once experienced here on earth. If there is a heaven, this would be its music.

[@trudigoodman4825]

May She Be Most Happiest In Paradise! ❤🌹

[@bobturnley2787]

Very lovely performance of this transcendent music.

[@MrDerekHurst]

Wow... hadn't heard her version. So slow... but appropriately so. Not many singers could pull this off, but her rendition seems to lend itself to the expansiveness and timelessness implied by the text and music. This piece still strikes me as one of the most perfect lieder in the literature: text wed to music. I like the other Ruckert lieder, but his one just blows me away; every time. Thanks for posting it.

[@elyria1014]

This is my favorite of all the Mahler songs, and Norman sings it the best of all the interpretations I have heard. And, at the very end, after her solo has finished and the orchestra continues to its final notes, instead of cutting it off too soon (as so often happens), she holds the exquisite moment in sublime suspension, until the audience starts to applaud, and even then she does not bow for another moment. Fantastic timing!

[@elsharmsen-heijster2369]

Arnold Berke ¡

[@simeyD]

Very true apart from Janet Baker my friend.

[@waynesmith3767]

No number of listening experiences dim or dull my appreciation of Jessaye’s ( and we all feel that she is a”Jessaye “, don’t we?-a personal friend) beautiful performance of this great song.

[@racheloliver17]

Beautiful!!!

[@garyhowells5676]

Oh you beautiful, wonderful, peerless diva! We are bereft without you.

[@AlfredMertens]

Ein Genuss dieser großen gefühlvollen Stimme der Norman zuzuhören.. Gesangskunst par excellence. Schöner kann man Rückert nicht deuten..

[@WBFbySteefen]

Witnessing more than excellence. - Stephen "Steven" Sebastian Campbell To have been there could easily have been a wonderful experience. How does one go on after living in NYC 1989-1990? It's 2024 and I live in Texas, now.It doesn't compare! ! !

[@austinsmithson3148]

This performance is absolutely sublime. 👌🏻

[@dxhtz]

What an exquisite rendering of this song.

[@engelhardtunaeb6591]

WOW! I am stunned! Preciously beautiful!

[@musicandme1982]

My heart sings with her Amazing voice just wow 😥Only you Ms Norman go make the Angels sing along with you those clouds are longing for you.

[@beatrixpendragon]

RIP Jessye Norman. This lieder took me across so many lonely moments of my life and hers was my favorite interpretation.

[@daniellereid01]

In words that couldn't be more fitting, goodbye Jessye Norman. Your gift will live forever. R.I.P.

[@jdeeside]

So moving; so sublime; a truly great interpretation.

[@evelynkatz1301]

Incredibly beautiful, beautiful singer!!!!! Fascinating to watch her.....Mother Earth............

[@Chromexus]

Beautiful Performance- the sensitive accompaniment was on the same level as Norman..

[@sixsensesberlin]

Immensa statura artistica. È un'ispirazione e una guida per chi canta

[@AmoVitam]

I am still crying, when i hear this song...im deeply saddend, that she is no longer with us...she was the one, that made classical music important to me. I was a young boy, zapping through tv-shows, when suddenly i stumbled upon the live-transmission of Mythodea...that was my awakening.

[@leonardilaurenti9819]

A superb rendition of this piece of music ...so apt for the lyrics/message within! Here again, is a demonstration of importance of differences in voices and purpose for that difference! A dramatic soprano withan overpowering and voluminous voice! Brava, Lady Jessye Norman!

[@DelphineDussaux]

Incredible. This way of phrasing.......

[@alguso1]

È sempre um grande prazer ouvir Jessye Norman,principalmente com uma música tão bela e um regente como Zubin Meta. Parece qu Mahler compôs a música para Miss Norman. Thanks.

[@leahnewyork]

Words fail and time stands still. I am as thankful as thankful can be for this song and this performance.

[@robbystafford8273]

the level of beauty in composition and performance before she even sings a note is astonishing and sublime

[@robbystafford8273]

and then she joins Mahler at his level and fucking dominates as NO other

[@ftbailey773]

Exactly. She completely inhabits this song.

[@Pulguitapelusa]

I will miss you, dear Angel of Music! 🌻

[@wonieblue1657]

My heart tends to beat fast when I hear Jessye Sing She's a Mountain Mover She was truly a Force of Nature Rest in love your spirit will continue to sooth Us

[@Dal-bm7xd]

Goethe...Mahler... Mehta and the voice of Jessye Norman expressing herself through song is not to be compared anywhere in this Galaxie. Breathtaking performance.

[@wyattmcneeley2776]

Do you know if this is an aria or not and if it is which opera is it from

[@Dal-bm7xd]

One of 5 songs by Mahler.

[@teiko2712]

Jessie pour toujours

[@ruthrobbins7795]

Thank you Jesseye Norman for your exquisite work and your legacy of stunning music offered to us mortals. Your ability to cross cultures, to sing the praises of your african-american heritage as well as to master German , French and Italian and embody the deepest currents of humanity described by European composers through the centuries. Thank you for this song that says it all. Rest in Peace.

[@e.conboy4286]

Ruth Robbins : Do you suppose she had a premonition and she chose this as her elegy?

[@phil2u48]

R I P. This is perfect music; nothing more to say.

[@professordodo1]

FANTASTIC and no superlative sufficient to convey the beauty, the strength, the sheer magic of Mahler's art. A truly wonderful singer with such poise. An interpretation which surely gives the hardest listener a lump in his or her throat.

[@rosacrespo2889]

Maravillosa Jessy Norman

[@alfredoparamo3139]

She was one of the best singers of our time. Recquiescst in pace

[@ounkwon6442]

Her album was the very first CD I got in the early 1980's. I was forties then, just waking up into the sensuous classic music. Her picture on there was the only image I had. Now what a wonderful world with images on video.

[@evaschmid1919]

We miss you thank you

[@TheRenamay]

Wirklich - schöner kann man der Welt nicht abhanden kommen!

[@robertooliveira6386]

What a bless. This recording has two geniuses in action, Norman and Mehta, intertwined throughout this magnificent score by Mahler.

[@florincoter1988]

Norman may have been a genius, but the only genius activity Mehta performed was the destruction of NY Phil. and the Israeli Phil.

[@edmondfoets2371]

Een prachtige interpretatie, in een tempo dat weinige deze grote dame

[@scottjohnson9873]

It takes real vocal artistry to interpret G. Mahler. Jessye Normal here displays all that it takes.

[@DeSousaPhotography]

I've no words but the best song ever written and a divinal interpretation.

[@amadeusforever1]

Que c'est beau ...!!!! Quelle musicalité, et quelle maîtrise de l'art vocal pour arriver à chanter si legato et si piano (de 4.30 à 5.10)...!!! On est dans le sublime là!!!

[@boulangerlucie1689]

Merci Jessye, Merci !!! Tu est magnifique et splendide ! dans cette interprétation, lucie

[@ebenezen7259]

Wahouuuu.

[@MrLaure7]

Jessie Norman, Zubin Metha et les interprètes au violon, clarinette, etc...., l'ensemble des gestes est poignant. Merci pour le partage de ce moment magnifique!

[@happygucci5094]

Her voice is born to sing the great Leider- Wagner, Strauss- she gives them Life. She overstood and surpassed the assignment. 🥹🕊️🙏🏽💗

[@callas1923]

Bless Mahler, bless Jessye Norman!

[@vishnu3690]

Grandiosa, grandiosa!!!! Jessye Norman, gracias por lo bello que nos das.

[@rayclentchris]

She's amazing!! She's from my hometown and I am so proud to say that I from Augusta GA. I really like Diestrich-Fiskeau? singing this also. I don't if that's the right spelling, but I love him also.